WarningSign
"Awarningsign
Itcamebacktohauntme, andIrealised
ThatyouwereanislandandIpassedyouby
Andyouwereanislandtodiscover." WarningSignbyColdplay
Prologue
"Hey! YOU! GET BACK HERE! WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GO- canIhelpyou?"
The brunette visibly started and fixed his sunglasses nervously. "Er...yes! Can you tell where the Jack-of-all-trades is? Gin's Yorozuya?"
The crossing guard's expression darkened under the ridiculous police cap. "It'll be at your next intersection, on the left."
The young man turned away, trying to school his features back into a blank look and failed miserably. Hasegawa threw an anxious glance over his shoulder. the kid looked no older than nineteen, his teacher's concern flared up, getting the better of him,. Nothing good ever came out of helping people, or so he told himself as he sat the furnished home office, sipping five-cent worth green tea across from the living definition of Murphy's law, next to himself.
"You haven't been making any enemies around here, have you?"
The silver haired man fixed him an irritated look. "What's that supposed to mean? And you don't you have a job now, old man? Send some work my way!"
"It's your job to look for work! How am i supposed to help you?"
"Oh? Big words coming from the attorney that saved-"
"Shut up! I didn't molest here! I didn't do the Madao buster! I caught her!"
"With her legs spread over your head? Who are you trying to fool you perverted old man!"
"Who's the perverted old man?" Hasegawa sighed in annoyance and pushed up the bridge of his glasses. "You had it great at Kabuki-students hanging off your every word, the nice car, nice house, where did it all go?"
Gin paused in his tirade and went silent. His listless dark eyes clouded over in thought. To Hasegawa, this was never meant any good. "You lost your teaching license the year before last, right?"
Hasegawa nodded slightly, setting the steaming cup down as Gin spun around in his swivel chair, he begun to speak with an even voice unlike his own that reflected a deep sorrow others could not match.
"Well, after what happened when your case blew up in the news, they didn't want to attract any more attention, so everything was kept quiet. " Gin paused, as if debated telling the rest of the story before continuing. "Otose was the only one that believed me. My landlord kicked me out after hearing by word of mouth that I was 'preying on young boys.' She had some property in the city which is where we sit now. I couldn't afford the car bills-sold it."
Hasegawa froze cold, and anger began to settle in "You mean you-"
The Yorozuya spun around to face him, expression contorted in pain. "Can you hear me out? it's a long story."