With the Port Mafia

Chuuya watched as Hana was practicing the basic martial arts moves he taught her. she got tired of being in his apartment reading. he could see why, he wouldn't want to be trapped inside a room doing the same thing over and over again each day. but it's not like he could take her out either, since she was a high priority hostage. he sighed to himself.

'geez... when did I start thinking about how to make children happy 24/7?'

suddenly an idea popped into his head.

"hey Hana."

she stopped to look over at him.

"what do you think of Onee san?"

"I like her. she's really nice and pretty and so graceful. she's also really polite and listens to people when they're talking."

"would you wanna visit her some time?"

"really!"

"maybe, let me call her and see. besides I'll be heading to a meeting for the boss anyway, and I figure this would be better than reading books at my place for a good half a day."

she nodded in agreement to his sentence.

"alright then, I'll call her later today."

"yay, thank you so much Chuuya!"

Hana ran over to him and hugged him tightly. his eyes widened at the sudden show of affection, but soon recovered. wrapping his arms around her as well hugging her tightly. he retracted his arms and she pulled back.

"alright let's go back home and I'll call Kouyou."

"Yesssss!"

she grabbed his hand and pulled him in the direction of his apartment.

"come on! the sooner we get home, the sooner you can call her!"

'home?... what the hell am I saying?! she's a hostage! not a member of the mafia!'

he thought to himself as she dragged him by his sleeve.

Once they got back Chuuya called up Koyo. asking if she could look after Hana for the day, due to him going on a mission and being away for a while, and would probably get bored just waiting around in his apartment until he got back. she agreed. with that Chuuya hung up the phone heading over to Hana.

"well it's done. you'll be going to see koyo tomorrow while I'll be away for a mission."

"yay!"

Hana through up her hands in excitement, Chuuya couldn't help but smile a bit. but she put her hands down, a frown starting to form on her face.

"hmmmm, what's wrong?"

she looked up at him.

"you'll be ok right?... on the mission I mean... I heard that they can be dangerous sometimes."

his eyes softened a bit, he put his hand on her head and smiled down at her.

"I promise I'll be back without a scratch."

she nodded.

"good girl. now time for dinner."

he started making his way to the kitchen to start cooking as Hana went to go get two plates, and utensils to set the table. it's starting to become a routine now. and after dinner he would read to her before putting her to bed. then having some wine, then going to bed himself.

The next day they made their way over to koyo's place. it was a traditional Japanese house with a garden. they walked up to the door. koyo opened it, she was wearing her usual kimono and had her hair up in the traditional hair style. Hana bowed to her.

"thank you for taking care of me today."

koyo looked at the child a bit surprised by the fact she wasn't afraid or the fact that she was still a hostage to them. although she hide her surprise within less than a second.

"it's not a problem. but you are an odd one."

Hana just looked at koyo calmly.

"you got that right."

Chuuya chuckled a bit.

"well I should get going. Hana be good while I'm gone."

"right..."

as he was turning to go when Hana grabbed onto the coat that was hanging over his shoulders.

"hmmm..."

he looked at her to see her pouting, her eyes full of worry. he bent down.

"listen, I promised you I'd come back without a scratch."

her grip only tightened, he sighed he took off his hat and placed it on her head.

"take care of it for me Hana. I'll be back soon. no scratch's, no injuries. it'll all be fine."

she slowly let her hand loosen, letting go of his coat, still looking at him.

"good girl. I'll be back soon."

he placed his hand on her head one last time before turning around and walked away to carry out his mission. kouyou couldn't help but smile at the scene she just witnessed. she looked down at the girl still staring into the direction that Chuuya disappeared off to.

"come child, it's time to go inside."

Hana looked up at kouyou.

"don't worry about Chuuya. he's quite strong, I should know. I helped train him. now shall we go inside."

Hana nodded following kouyou inside and into the living room. Hana sat down at a low table in the middle of the room. kouyou brought some tea and put it on the table taking a seat across from her. taking one of the tea cups from the tray Hana following kouyou example sipping her tea. kouyou was first to break the silence.

"Hana."

the young girl looked up at the woman.

"what makes so attached to Chuuya? after all he is in the mafia, as well as him being your warden and you being a prisoner currently. and yet even when you know all that you still worry for his safety. why is that?"

Hana looked at her tea in thought, after a minute she looked back up at kouyou.

"I don't know... even though I know that Chuuya does terrible things and is probably doing them even now. I don't feel he's a terrible person. I mean even if it was orders to take care of me, he would go out of his way to do things to make me feel better. like cook me my favorite food, teaching me how to fight when I don't feel like being in his room. even today usually he leaves me at his place when he goes on missions and he knows I get really lonely. but after I met you that day when I got lost and you helped me find my way back to him. he asked if I wanted to stay with you while he was away so that I wouldn't be lonely. so I guess when I think about it I feel safe with him, and if anything when I'm here I feel like he is home."

after a couple minutes of silence kouyou smiled.

"I think that's a fine reason."

kouyou closed her eyes as she took another sip of her tea.

"hey kouyou."

"hmmm?"

"do you know what my dad was like?"

"why do you ask?"

"well whenever I try asking Chuuya he either changes the subject or gets grumpy and leaves the room."

the older woman sighed. knowing Chuuya probably dodged the subject not wanting to ruin the image that the child probably pictured in her mind, based on the things her mother probably told her. kouyou stayed silent for a moment.

"I'm afraid, I don't know to much about Dazai. he was never under my mentorship. although he was always considered a mystery. in addition he was very intelligent. always predicting the outcome of situations, almost never being wrong. I think the only one other then Chuuya who could tell you anything beyond that would be Mori, the boss of the mafia. he was the one who looked after Dazai. teaching him everything he knew."

Hana shuddered at the thought of going up to the top of the giant tower to see that man again.

"I don't want to see him again. I get a creepy feeling when I saw him when I first arrived. I feel like he's the type of person to put poisons snakes in your bed when your sleeping."

kouyou nodded at the girls words, understanding the girls wariness to him.

"you have very good head on your shoulders if your suspicious of him. even I don't always know what to think of that man."

Kouyou sighed.

"anyway shall we move on to something more interesting."

Hana looked at Kouyou with curiosity.

"I will teach you about culture today and other things to know as you are here."

Kouyou got up and started heading to the other room. Hana following behind her eager to learn what the older woman had to teach her.

The sun was beginning to set as Chuuya made his way through the streets of Yokohama. he just finished his job and was on his way home, before looking at one of the streets that held a bunch of different shops.

'it's been a while since I saw her. maybe I should pay a visit. she would probably would have a good recommendation on something Hana might like.'

he smiled to himself at the thought of seeing his childhood friend and crush of many years.

"Y/n..."