“ Mikey… you and I can’t be together. Draken will. . he doesn’t want us together.”
Rejection. Something Manjiro Sano hated. Especially when it’s something that he really wants. He wished that you weren’t Draken’s sister, he wished that you had no relation to his best friend. Why did it have to be you, huh? Why couldn’t he have you?
“Ken-chin, I promise I won’t hurt her. Just let me-”
Draken’s raised hand stops fifteen-year-old Mikey from continuing his sentence. The slight gesture made the shorter boy pull back in anticipation awaiting the older brother’s blessing or a curse.
“ I can’t let you go near her anymore. I’m sorry.”
Mikey felt his entire world shattered into pieces with those few words, eyebrows creased, and hands. Mikey walked away, ignoring the desperate pleas of his best friend. He knew that he had to have you, one way or another.
“ Jiro, wake up.”
Raven-colored eyes fluttered open at the sound of your honey-like voice. Pulling himself up to scan his room, only to see that he was hallucinating once again. Rubbing the exhaustion out of his eyes, Mikey grabbed the photograph with the two of you, off the top of his drawers. Slowly brushing his fingertips across your smile before laying a kiss onto the picture and setting it aside once again.
10 years later
The same picture that had been on his drawer from the festival that it was taken had now been placed on his office table. Never forgetting to give the picture a kiss before heading out to work. The same calloused fingers that would brush the hair out of your face many years ago, were now blistered and bruised after landing blow after blow on a man who thought it was okay to hit on you.
“Stupid fucker. Think it’s okay to hurt my Y/n?!”
With every blow landed, another bone broke, another cry rang out but the same tar-filled eyes stayed vivid and insane. All the other Bonten members watched as their boss single-handedly break almost every part of the man’s body, to say that they were somewhat scared of the way Mikey acted but said nothing.
Wiping his hands clean of the blood, Mikey made his way over to his office, not sparing a second glance at the mess behind him. Dropping himself in his office chair, picking up the picture once again, lightly caressing the picture as he laid his head on the table.
‘Miss you, Y/n. Need you.’
The next few days at Bonten were filled with serious planning and determination to bring Y/n back to Mikey. Everyone was tasked with either the how, when, or where of obtaining you. Mikey watched from his office above, the people carrying on with their daily lives, unaware of who was above them.
“Sir, we have made a schedule about how Y/n’s week will go.”
Pushing himself up from the rails, he made his way over to Kakucho, skimming over the paper, Mikey nodded and told him to send it over to everyone else before they made the move.
**
“Have a nice day.”
Your mellow tone called out to the last customers that were leaving. Grabbing the cloth, walking over to the tables, wiping the excessive food and dirt that had been left on the tables after customers had left. Sweeping the floors as the sun began to go down, ignoring the bustling that happened in the streets.
Hearing the bell ring, you unconsciously answered whoever was there without looking up.
“ I am sorry but we are closed.”
“ The sign says that you are still open. I hope that I wasn’t interrupting anything, Y/n.”
The sweeping stopped abruptly, turning to the harsh voice, You scanned the men that were now in her shop. Stricken by the man that just called your name, you gently placed the wooden broom against the counter top before taking small, slow steps towards the men. Not taking your eyes off of them, you walked towards the man in the middle. A small smile etched onto his face.
“Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my shop?”
Rejected yet again. Did Draken instill in you to hate him so much that you forgot?
His smile faltered, now that you spoke. Once again, his pain turned into anger. Grabbing your wrists, pulling you flush against his chest. Pulling your head closer to him while stroking your hair, kissing your hair tenderly. A bit shaken by the sudden gesture, you tried to pull away but the iron hold that he had on you led to much expected failure.
“Draken may have kept you away from me but I always find a way to get what I want.”
Your eyes widen at the sound of your brother’s name, only to realize the one she was being held by. Whispering his name in fear, she held onto him, tightly, tears fleshing from her eyes.
“ I told you Y/n. I’ll have you whether you want me or not.”
We need to talk about individual relationships within the Toman Founders More?? Like they were ALL friends. They each had their own dynamic.
Draken and Mitsuya as Toman’s Designated Responsible Married Couple™, but they go completely batshit the second they’re left alone together.
Mikey leans up against Pah-chin and falls asleep, and Pah-chin sits there for hours too scared to move and wake him up.
Baji keeps trying to subtly provoke Mitsuya into fighting him, Mitsuya responds by roasting the fuck out if him without looking up.
Kazutora calls up Draken in the middle of the night when he isn’t feeling well, and they go for a ride because he knows Draken will listen and won’t judge.
Mikey and Baji go back to their childhood playground at night when there’s no kids. They climb the monkey bars and almost knock each-other off a hundred times.
Pah-chin and Mitsuya both get secretly super invested in a crappy romance manga and keep lagging behind the other so they can silently fanboy over the last chapter.
Draken and Baji tinker with Baji’s old bike together, both of them reminisce about Shinichiro and when Baji has a breakdown, Draken sits with him and lets him cry it out.
Kazutora and Mitsuya rifle through old fashion magazines, Kazutora gawks at the models as Mitsuya explains the designs to him. Eventually Kazutora becomes genuinely invested in the fashion.
Draken bumps into Pah-chin when he’s walking his dog and tags along, they don’t talk much but by the time they split up they’re both grinning.
Mikey lets Mitsuya do his hair and nails while he’s half-dozing off after lunch, and always gets super excited when he comes to and sees whatever new look he’s been given.
Kazutora and Pah-chin keep butting heads because their types in girls are total opposites and somehow it always spins into a massive argument.
Draken goes over to Mikey’s place so much that he’s an honorary part of the family, Mikey’s grandpa will usually pre-emptively put out a plate for him at breakfast knowing he’ll show up.
Baji and Pah-chin keep sparring because Pah-chin is the only one to take him up on the offer. The others make bets. Baji usually wins.
Fuck man. They’re friends. They’re all buddies. A group of friends isn’t a couple loose relationships strung together. I love thinking of how they all interact.
cw: mention of nudity at one point? idk if that counts as suggestive, it’s vague
it was quiet once you stopped the movie and returned to the home page of the streaming platform. turning around you faced your boyfriend mikeywhoseside you had been curled into the past hour. “soo,” you wandered off not really knowing what to say after just having finished watching a scary horror movie- although the clarification shouldn’t be necessary because all horror movies are supposed to be scary.
“soo-” he also started. “are you scared?” he looked at you pursing his lips.
you stared back at him for a second as if you had to think about your answer. “yes. are you?” asking him the same question.
he looked away from your eyes for a second running a hand through his- compared to the hair style he wore as a teen- short black hair. “maybe a little,” was all he offered, however when suddenly a random movie trailer started playing on the tv and both of you visibly flinched he quickly turned to you, “okay yeah i am too.”
you were not moving away from his side because admittedly feeling his presence right next to you gave you at least some comfort. you looked at the closed door of your bedroom, “i don’t think i can go to the bathroom right now,” you told him thinking about the darkness of the hallway that led there.
“yeah let’s just,” he looked around the room for a second, “let’s just stay here for a while?” he offered obviously fond of the idea himself.
you nodded. “do you wanna listen to some cringe, happy songs to lighten the mood?” you asked already looking through your music gallery. you did not need to see him nod in confirmation in order to proceed putting on bubbly pop songs which really did loosen up some of the tension in the room so you laid back down into his arms again.
after a few minutes and a few more pop songs you turned around to him again, “mikey i really need to go to the bathroom now.”
he looked back at you nodding in understandment, “okay, i’ll wait here. just scream if you need me.” after a short but intense staring contest he gave up and sat up with you, “or i’ll just go with you.”
you muttered a quiet ‘thank you’ because you really were grateful for his moral support considering you two were the only people in the apartment at the time. once you opened the door of your bedroom you took one of his hands and stepped outside into the dark hallway because the light switch was not directly next to your room. both of you quietly walked to the bathroom and once you got there mikey tried to not make it obvious how quickly he closed the door. you looked at your boyfriend before telling him to 'turn around’.
he looked at you straight-faced as if saying 'are you serious right now’ but you did not move until he sighed and faced the door. “you do know i’ve literally seen you naked before? more than once,” he said unimpressed. it was not like he was going to watch you take care of your business anyway, the extra measure just seemed a bit ridiculous to him considering the stage of your relationship.
you disregarded his comments explaining how this is 'different’. after finishing your business you both returned to your bedroom as soon as possible.
at last you both lay back down on the bed together, making yourselves comfortable in each other’s arms. you turned to mikey one last time pressing a loving kiss to his lips. “i feel safe knowing you’re here,” you said smiling looking into his dark eyes that still held so much love in them.
he returned both the kiss and your smile answering a quiet “me too” before closing the distance between your lips once again and then finally settling down to drift off to a peaceful sleep with you.
no u don’t understand. imagine you and mikey taking care of emma & draken’s baby so they can finally have a day off parenting. mikey loves children and he’ll gladly spend the whole day playing and napping with his little niece/nephew, but he cannot take care of children for shit. the baby starts crying? he’ll start panicking after a while because what does it want?? is it hungry? is it sleepy? or worse- does it have a full diaper?
he can deal with feeding it baby food (even if it ends up creating a huge mess in the kitchen and on the baby) but no one prepared him for changing a baby’s diaper. sure, emma showed him how it works more than once but suddenly he forgot all about it and just looks at you with panic in his eyes. you consider letting him suffer for a while but u feel bad for the baby so u take over and take care of that poor child to finally make it stop crying.
mikey just looks at you with heart eyes while you calm the baby down, glad that u came with him.
