minna-san~

you know... my dear friend complied to me about the name of Akashi's force.

then I agreed to change the name of Akashi's force.

So, taraaa~ Anwa became to Akaryuu (the red dragon) ^.^

I'm sorry for my hiorible sense in giving name :"v

and i'm sorry for my grammatical error~

feel free to adjust it :3

-ending chapter 5-

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As I half look at my palm and half glance out of the window, I found five rainbow haired boys seeing me in disbelief. Mentally I face palmed. Oh no... Why the fuck they are here again?

Kami-sama. Please don't mess around with me. My heart's groaning and cursing while I hit my forehead with my palm.

SHIT!

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-6-

As expected, all of the members of GoM, burst into maji burger, circling my table, blocking all possible ways for escape. Well, though I could break their block easily if I want to.

But the worst is Lenalee never knows who they are. So when they're approaching me, Lenalee enters her battle stance. Maybe she's gotten alarmed with Daiki's scary face so within a second, without asking me, she stands up, withdraws her dagger from her sleeves, and almost throws these things to them.

Fortunately, quick enough before her beautiful daggers fly like butterfly, I deepen my voice and call her name softly yet full of threat. She stops what she does abruptly.

"Baka Lenalee. They are my friends." I get up from my sit and walk till front of them. Drawing my usual smirk, I greet them "Hi, it has been a while, hasn't it? I'm sorry for my friend antics if she scared you." I chuckle a bit at the look at their pale face. Yeah normal people will go pale knowing a minute ago a certain girl wanted to stab them with five daggers on her fingers. "Don't worry, she won't attack you anymore. And she will apologize to you for what she did earlier after introducing herself. Right, Lenalee?" I turn around facing Lenalee. For the first time, frown adorns on her face. Her orbs sparkle a question. I just nod my head commanding her to do what I said. Realizing my intent to, timidly she steps forward and begin her introducing part.

As Lenalee talks about herself, my eyes dart to each of my former teammates. Shintaro stares at Lenalee calculatively, oh he is not accepting her yet. Ryouta just dumbfounding listens to what Lenalee says. Atsushi doesn't really care, he munches his snack continuously. Daiki gaze never leave her, acutely he just see her on one spot. Her breasts, what else? She has a big boobs after all. And last, Tetsuya... he is...

...looking at me... unwarily.

Lenalee looks so excited having to talk with GOM, she shakes her hand carefreely with everyone without even bothers that a moment before, she nearly killed them. They are, maybe except Tetsuya, get attracted to Lenalee without difficulties. Their attentions focused on her. Wow, having a beautiful second in command is so helpful, you know.

Using this kind of situation, I walk silently to the restroom. I need to calm myself. Oh well my heart skip hard seeing Tetsuya again. Needed 5 months to dispose his shadow from me then just need 1 second to sink in again.

C'mon Seijurou. You must keep distance with them. Remember who you truly are.

It seems I lost in my deep thought. I stay still, without even single movements. My left hand clutches the washbasin's surface while the other one grips the faucet tightly. I let cold water slide down, wetting my red hair. I hope this way will make my clouded mind get clear. Cold water always be a strong weapon to wake me up from craziness.

"Akashi-kun." As a stoic tone suddenly trails in my pace, right behind me, I get my reflex. Unconsciously I spin my body within a second and bring my fist up to hit right on the comer head. I will smack the baby blue head hardly if I could not control my body well. I stop my fist 1-mile meter away from his temple. My eyes go wide as I look who is actually the one that nearly I smacked.

"Tetsuya?" Putting down my fist, I stand straight as if nothing happened though my heart is screaming nervously.

"Am I disturbing you, Akashi-kun?" That blue ocean boy asks me kindly. His emotionless face makes a wondering pattern. Maybe he wants to tell me that he is worrying what I almost did to him?

"No. Not really. I just got lost in my thought." I said as I walk away from him, make a distance as far as I can and leaning my back against the cold wall behind me.

Then the deafening silence begins. I know Tetsuya's orbs never trails off from me. He looks like searching something.

"Why are you here?"

Tetsuya frowned. He looks deep at my red eyeball. Maybe he is confused.

"I think the one who must ask that is me, Akashi-kun."

I chuckle a bit. Yeah I know it Tetsuya. But is it wrong if I stole your part? It's better I ask you that phrase first before you do so.

"Just get by." I say, hiding the truth. I am not a stupid person that will say out of loud that I'm here cause I worried a certain beautiful boy, so I eliminated a whole member of certain perverted organization that has a possibility attack him. Hey, his friend was attacked the day before, you know... Moreover... He is too beautiful and too gorgeous. I was afraid his safety all the time. And a certain beautiful boy is someone who standing right in front of me.

"With that beautiful lady?"

... Eh? What is that? Am I getting tired or what till I seeing a glint of jealousness in Tetsuya?

"Beautiful lady? Do you mean Lenalee?" Pressing what I feel, I put on my calm face, though my heart can't stop its race.

"Ah yes. She said her name's Lee Lenalee. Who is she, Akashi-kun?"

I giggle knowing Tetsuya's curiosity eyes. In such a good point, I feel that he desperately wants to know more of the girl who happened to sit facing me in the middle of night at Maji burger; and the way he explores what he feel is in the jealousness. I can tell it from the hatred in his eyes. Oh my. Is it indicating that this sexy boy has the same feeling with me?

"One of my new friends. Or maybe my new underling?" I answer Tetsuya's question honestly with a little mocking tone. She's my new friend, new underling, new toy, but new family for me after all. "Why? Is it bothering you not knowing who she is for me?" Teasingly I ask him that.

Great! My simple ask make Tetsuya's cheeks turn into red shade. Literally, I feel my jaw hung open seeing this phenomenon. "N-not really." Tetsuya utters hesitantly to himself trying to reject the other fact under my knowledge, though unfortunately for him, I can see it clearly.

"I see." I nod in agreement making Tetsuya's look disappointed. Mentally I am amused with lots of expression that he shows me in today. "Why you are here again Tetsuya? With them too. Where are your Seirin friends?"

For one minute Tetsuya struggles to silent himself. He has a sad expression drawing on his face, his body trembling for I don't know why instead of answering me. Is it obvious asking him why he is here?

A moment of silence makes an uneasy feeling fills me. Before I can say a thing, Tetsuya lips parted and soft waving voice tells "Actually ne... Since 5 months ago, we always hang out here in the midnight of weekend. Just to do what we did on the old days."

"Weekend?" Something slap my head realizing this is weekend! I look at my watch. It's 1 a.m. Wow. After I joined Akashi's force, and became its leader, I always forget what day it is. I never care what the day is now because whatever day it is I must work. Yakuza's boss (or mafia's boss? Whatever!) won't have a resting day you know...

"But no matter what we do I felt something missing without you, Akashi-kun." Tetsuya's whisper as he lowers his head gluing his eyes to the floor and successfully widening my eyes. What was he says again?

"And it feels so strange that i can't look at you again in the court." He clutches his hand, his body tenses up and trembling so bad. His bangs covering his blue orbs but I can tell sadness on his voice. I try to ignore it. I try. "Why is that? Why you ended your carrier on basketball? Why did you end your interest in it?" I remain silent. It is wise to be silent and pretend mute than lying. "They said you're a coward. You threw away basketball because you lost and you felt shame." Wow. Was that the rumor, which journalists spread around? "I knew you are not that kind of type. Nevertheless, how hard I tried to convince them, they didn't care and I couldn't stand against it, Akashi-kun. You told me we would play basketball again, wouldn't you?" Tears glide down Tetsuya's cheeks. I startle more or less with his sentence and his TEARS! Why is he crying for me? Furthermore, why is he defending me? I knew all along they were bad mouthing me and I don't care. I've my own reasons. However, why did he do it for me?

"It wasn't I want to throw it." I manage to say. Somehow, his sentence stirs my stomach and I don't like it. I want tell him, someone who tried his best to have faith with me, a little of fact. "I must do so."

Tetsuya jerks. His wide wet shocking eyes meet my red bloody eyes.

"What are you talking about, Akashi-kun?"

"The truth." I say while chuckling softly making Tetsuya's eyes darts in confusions. "Anyway, thanks for defending me, Tetsuya."

"You change a lot, Akashi-kun."

"Is that so? In good ways or the other way around?"

"You let them step on your pride!" That's not answering my question. Shrugging a little, I decide to play along. I am not person who will smack anyone who don't do anything like I want these days.

"They just don't know me at all."

"Akashi-kun that I knew would never let it so."

"I still keep up my pride you know… In different ways though."

"You got journalists and reporters do what they want. It proved that you did nothing to them."

"Yeah, that is true enough. I've no time responding to their stupidity actually. Though, if I want to, I can shut them in seconds. They are just mere civilian people after all."

"Shut them in second? Mere civilian people?"

Shit. I slip of my tongue!

"You see... I always get what I want." I make a reason that acceptable.

"Then how?"

"... You don't want to know, Tetsuya." That is not a statement but a demand. With his observation ability, Tetsuya knows I want to stop this argument. "Besides... I am Akashi, remember?"

I can see disappointment, sorrow, hesitation, and more negative emotion clouding Tetsuya's blue orbs. A pang of guilt stabs me. I don't want to see this look again. It reminds me of his expression when I dumped him in middle school, when I turn my back to him.

Am I doing unforgivable things again? It's not like I love hurting him. Right here right now seeing his expression I feel so stupid, so idiotic, so cruel and so on. Nevertheless, what can I do? I spilt up something mustn't be spoken and he pursues me to say what the meaning of my sentence.

Feeling guilty, I step forward approaching Tetsuya and bring him to a tight embrace. His body stiffs and I think within a second he will push me aside. But surprising me he don't do so and replies my embrace. More... He nuzzles in my neck crook. His soft breathing tickles me, give pampering warmth to my heart.

... Why? Why do you care so much for me Tetsuya?

Truly, I'm happy for what you did, but it also made my heart aches even more. I cannot be with you. We are standing in different world. I'm tainted. Underworld has been corrupting my soul completely.

I'm not the Akashi Seijurou you once knew after all...]]

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Note :

Lee Lenalee — D'gray man