Barefaced

You grab the first aid kit from under your bed, placing it beside Baji. He still has a bored look on his face. You look him in the eyes making him look at you. He's a lot prettier up close. You thought. You hesitate, reaching to touch his hair to move it to the side. Your heart starts racing. You can't tell if it's because you're nervous from him being this close to you or because he's staring at you. You move his hair to the side and start wiping the wound clean with a washcloth. Baji is still staring directly into your eyes, making you shake a bit. You slowly look back at him.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" You ask. He sighs quietly and looks forward. You continue to clean his wound. You grab some ointment and put some on the wound. Baji closes his eyes scrunching up his face a bit from the pain the ointment is causing. You grab a Band-Aid from the kit, opening it to put on the wound. Baji opens his eyes to the noise of you separating the wrapper from the Band-Aid.

"Don't put that on me..." He says, looking you in the eyes. His eyes look relaxed and dim. You furrow your eyebrows.

"Why not?" You ask.

"Because its pink." He responds. You stare at the pink Band-Aid for a bit then you look back at him.

"Okay? So what."

"I don't want that on my face." He adds. You sigh, crumpling up the Band-Aid and wrapper together. You search through the kit to find a regular Band-Aid. You open it and place it on the wound. You slowly nod and put everything back in the kit. Then you close it and put it back under your bed. When you look back up at Baji, he has his eyes closed. You stare at him a bit thinking about what to do. He slowly opens his eyes to look at you.

"Are you done?" He asks. You slowly nod. "Okay." He says standing up and slowly walking out the bedroom. He is walking slow and sluggishly. Did I really hit him that hard? You thought to yourself.

"Baji." You say walking out the bedroom. He's leaning against the wall by the door. He's holding his hand up to his head. You can't see his face because his hair is covering it. "You don't look well..." You quietly say. Baji sighs and slides down to the ground. You slowly approach him.

"My head is killing me." He sluggishly says. His head drops down a bit before he lifts his head back up and leans his head back against the wall. "Do you have any food here?" He asks. You shake your head. He slowly nods and crawls towards the couch before giving up and laying down on the floor. You stare at him wondering what to do. "Call Draken for me..." Baji says.

"Draken?" You ask walking over towards him.

"Yeah, and tell him to come here really quick..." He quietly says. "Actually...No- call Chifuyu." He vacillated. You slowly nod looking for his phone. He moves his arm underneath him and then pulls it out, sliding his phone towards you. You pick up his phone, flipping it open. You go through his contacts and then you call Chifuyu.

"Hello."

"Chifuyu?"

"Huh? Who is this?" He asks.

"Yuki..." You reply.

"Why are calling from Baji's phone...? Did something happen?" He questions with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Kind of... Can you come to my place?" You ask.

"Yeah. Send me the address." He says before hanging up. You text him the address.

You place the phone down next to Baji, slowly sitting down next to him. His eyes are closed. Is he asleep? You thought to yourself.

"Is he coming?" Baji asks.

"Y...Yeah." You stutter. You look away, staring at the walls.

10 minutes later Chifuyu calls Baji's phone again. You answer it. Chifuyu tells you he's here, so you run downstairs to open the bakery door for him, letting him in. The two of you walk upstairs, back into the living room where you see Baji laying down on the couch.

"What happened to him?" Chifuyu asks.

"I kind of hit him in the head... with a rock." You slowly say. Chifuyu raises an eyebrow, looking at you in confusion.

"With a rock?" He questions. You slowly nod. Chifuyu chuckles and then sighs. "Why did you want me to come here?" Chifuyu asks looking at you.

"I'm hungry... buy me something." Baji quietly says to Chifuyu.

Chifuyu bores at Baji. "You called me all the way here for me to get you food?" Chifuyu asks. Baji stays quiet. "Why didn't you ask Draken? Doesn't he live around here?" Chifuyu questions. Baji sighs.

"Draken and the others are supposed to meet up with Moebius later." He replies. Meet up with Moebius? At night? There's a lot of difference between this reality and the manga.

"Why didn't we go?" Chifuyu asks. Baji slowly opens his eyes.

"That's something between Pah and Moebius... there's no point in us being there." Baji states.

"Oh-"

"Can you buy me some fried noodles?" Baji asks looking at Chifuyu. Chifuyu sighs and nods.

"Come with me." He says looking at you.

"Come with you? Why?" You ask.

"Because it will be nice to have some company... also I would like to get to know you more." Chifuyu sooths walking towards the door. He turns to look at you, waiting for your response.

"Okay." You say nodding.

After buying the fried noodles, you and Chifuyu walks back towards the bakery.

"Wait- how did you get to the bakery... I only saw Baji's motorcycle outside when we walked out. But I didn't see another." You say looking at Chifuyu. Chifuyu slowly looks at you and then looks forward again.

"I don't own a motorcycle. So, I ran here." He states.

"Ran?" You question with a hint of shock in your voice. Chifuyu chuckles and nods.

"Yeah. I don't live that far from here... so I jogged here." He says. "I usually just get a ride from Baji..." He adds.

"Oh..." You slowly nod.

"Do you think I should get a bike?" He asks. You shrug, making him smile. "You're so quiet... I haven't heard you talk much. Is it because you're shy?" He asks.

"No. I don't know. I'm just not much of a talker." You reply. Chifuyu nods.

"Do you still talk to your friends?" He asks.

"My friends?" You question.

"Yeah. Eli said you are always hanging out with your friends. That's why I'm asking... After everything that has happened... Do you still talk to your friends?" Chifuyu asks. You go quiet thinking about it. You haven't talked to any of your friends recently. Am I a bad friend? You thought to yourself. You narrow your eyes and look down. Chifuyu notices and sighs. "If they left you then they weren't good friends to have." Chifuyu states.

"They didn't leave... I just haven't talked to them since then." You say. The two of you turn and stop in front of the bakery.

"You should reach out to them... at least. But then again they should be trying to contact you too." Chifuyu implies. "If you need a friend... I'm always here. Okay?" He sooths, smiling at you. You smile and slowly nod. He hands you the bag that has the fried noodles in it.

"You're leaving?" You ask.

"Yeah... I have school tomorrow, so I have to run back home. It was nice talking to you... See ya later?" He smiles at you, slowly walking away.

"See you later." You reply. He nods and starts jogging away.

You walk back into the bakery and up the stairs. You open the door to the living room, quietly closing the door behind you. Baji is laying on his stomach, sleeping on the couch. You slowly walk up to him. "Baji." You quietly say but he doesn't respond. You place the bag on the table and you walk into your room. You close your door, and you get into a cozier outfit. You grab your blanket preparing to go to sleep but then you remember Baji is in the living room. You don't know how you feel about him being unmonitored. You slowly slide open your bedroom door. Baji is still in the same position, sleeping on the couch. You walk back towards your bed, and you grab your blanket, getting underneath the covers and falling asleep.

You slowly wake up to talking. The sun is shining through your blanket. You lift up your blanket a bit to see Baji sitting up and eating the fried noodles. He's looking towards the door to the stairs. You narrow your eyes a bit wondering what he's looking at.

"Pah stabbed him?" Baji questions, looking back down at the fried noodles and taking another bite.

"Yeah, and Mikey wanted Pah to run." The voice says.

"And?" Baji looks back up towards the door.

"I told Mikey to leave Pah..." The voice replies.

"So, that's why Mikey is mad at you?" Baji asks, taking another bite of the food. "You know he's going to come here for Yuki... If the two of you are having a feud, then being here isn't a good idea..." Baji adds.

"Tsk... Whatever... I'm still taking Yuki with me." The voice says. Baji smiles and shakes his head.

"Ah- Mikey is going to be mad." Baji sighs, slurping down more noodles. He finishes his food and places the container into the plastic bag. "Whatever is going on between you two needs to end soon..." Baji starts.

"Tch-"

"You know Kazutora is going to be released soon..." Baji continues. There is silence in the air before the other person responds.

"Yeah... I know..." The voice replies in a low tone. Baji nods and looks towards you. The two of you lock eyes. He stares at you not saying anything. "She's awake?" The voice asks. Baji nods. The person walks over to your bedroom door, leaning on the doorframe. You look up to see Draken.

"Draken-" You quietly say, sitting up.

"Are you well rested?" He asks. You nod. "Good. Now get dressed so we can go." He adds. Go where? You thought to yourself. You sigh and you slowly get off the bed. You walk over to the bedroom door, and you slide it close. You open your dresser and go through Yuki's clothes, trying to decide on what you want to wear. After putting on some clothes you walk out the room. "Ready?" He asks.

"Where are we going?" You ask.

"We are going to drive into the city..." He says. You slowly nod. Baji stands up and stretches.

"Are you leaving?" You ask.

"Yeah. I have to go home before my mom starts trippin again." Baji replies, walking towards the door and putting on his shoes. You slowly nod and look towards Draken.

BAM!

"SHIT-" Baji yells holding his head. You look up to see Mikey holding open the door, staring directly at you. "Why the hell did you open the door like that?" Baji asks moving away from the door, looking at Mikey.

"Huh? Why the hell are you here?" Mikey asks looking at Draken.

"I can ask you the same thing." Draken replies.

"I came here to take Yuki out for a ride." Mikey adds.

"So did I..." Draken comments.

"Huh? Yuki is mine- She's got nothing to do with you." Mikey replies.

"Ah? That so? Well... I treat her way better than you treat her... Right Yuki?" Draken adds, looking down at you, grabbing hold of your hand. Mikey narrows his eyes and glares at Draken.

"Let go of her- you good for nothing..." Mikey huffs.

"tsk- I'm going to go-" Baji says walking out the door.

"You're mine... right Yuki?" Mikey asks looking at you with a blank expression on his face.

"You prefer to be with me... right Yuki?" Draken asks pulling your hand towards him. Your heart starts to race and you start to feel stressed. It felt like two wolves fighting over a sheep. You snatch your hand away and shake your head.

"I DON'T WANT TO GO WITH EITHER ONE OF YOU! I DONT CARE WHAT THE HELL IT IS YOU TWO ARE FIGHTING ABOUT BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE APART OF IT!" You yell storming past Mikey and out the door. Mikey glares at Draken and Draken glares down at Mikey. You rush down the stairs and out the bakery. You feel your heart racing. I can't believe I said that... You thought to yourself.

As you slowly walk down the sidewalk, you wonder what to do. You look at the time on your phone. Right about now people are leaving school or going to their club. You start to think about Aimi and Hana, then you think about Ren.

"Ren should be in the art room right now." You whisper to yourself. I should talk to him. You thought to yourself.

You jog your way towards your school. Once you make it, you walk into the building, heading towards the art room. You stop a few spaces in front of the art room. All of a sudden you feel nervous and nauseous. You slowly walk to the door, peaking in a bit to see Ren painting something. There's Ren and a few other people in the art room. You take a deep breath and slowly walk into the room.

"Yuki- Didn't I tell you; you are banned from the art room." A voice says behind you. You turn to see who it was. It was a tall girl with short black hair and big boobs. She is pretty and wears glasses. Just by looking at her you have gotten irritated.

"Ayame-" You speak under your breath. The girl who you don't get along with is back. Not only will she make it hard to talk to Ren now, but you're also even more irritated than before.