Game time

The male turned towards you so you could take a look at his depraved. His eyes were dilated unnaturally and his arms were shivering. He lunged at you and began strangling you with no remorse he was too downed in his anger to see anything else.

"Why does everyone around me give that look," he said tightening his grip on you. "am I  really that pitiful why can't anyone just love me once they all act as they do but all they see is this kid to be pitied"

The small chuckle immersed you as you looked at the male above you. His grip loosened for a second before he tightened it again. His eyes widened to look at the gentle smile you were giving. He scoffed and shouted at the top of his voice.

" Do I amuse you so much ,asuna."

"You do. It's good to see the real you rather than the mask you made." you knocked off his hands and began to massage your neck.

" I don't understand .?" the male hand now fallen on the ground his body shivering but not from the sea breeze but fear of revelation.

" I don't know what broke you in past but you don't need to hide the pain with so much fake demeanour  ." putting a hand softly on his cheek you made him meet eyes with you. Softening your gaze " You think you can get love like this .?  No Hikaru don't hide pain. The person who is meant to be will love you despite how broken you are. She might even mend you ha"

The boy felt a tear roll down his cheek as his mind kept repeating the girl's words over and over again till it was etched in his mind. He collapsed on his back staring up at the sky. His face was flushing.

You peered over him curiously looking at him as if he were ill.  His face bright red could have been an indication of that. You put your hand over his head to check the temperature only to watch his face get more redder with each passing second. He tried to grab your hand but you shrugged him off.

He reached out to you. To touch you but you only walked further. It was way past 7 in the evening and it had started to get dark you didn't want to spend time anymore as there were no passers-by.

"No wait I will drop you off," the blonde male said grabbing your hand only for it to be shrugged off.

"I have a ride " you said pointing to the black Honda City parked at the entrance of the beach.

You left him alone. Not bothering to say goodbye as you had to hide your wounds from him strangling you before you entered the car. You pulled out a scarf from your handbag and wrapped it around your neck. Entering the car you were blown away by loud music and a raven-haired male vibing to it.

"You both looked chummy back there something I need to report, " the male said in sarcasm with concern hidden behind.

You raised your eyebrows about to tease the male but decide against it. Flopping down in the passenger seat you said "Nothing I can't handle"

After a few minutes of silent driving the male beside you asked. "are you sure .? " you just hummed curiously knowing full well what he was asking

" Are you sure you will resign from the ln group after your last case"

" Kiyoshi. Stop trying to change my mind. You know how twisted this family is.  If not for them I would still have katsu " You looked out of the window hoping your cousin would stop talking and focus on driving instead.

"  I won't be there for a whole year. Not me not Sayuri, not anyone else. Punishment for abandonment of loyalty. No one is above the family law ,Asuna." The male kept the focus on driving not looking at the said female.

" I can survive a year without you all " you sighed " I must survive "

" don't tell me I didn't warn you" The dark-eyed male clicked open the door telling you to get off.

" Bye asuna this might well be the last" Your younger cousin speed off leaving you at your doorstep wondering what this ominous feeling was. You could still feel someone eyeing your every move feeling a shiver creep in your run into your house.

Nearing your front porch you saw two figures settled down on it. One is deep in sleep other is busy playing a game. You carefully neared the males each step lighter than the last. Only to your disappointment, the almond-eyed male lost his focus as soon as you neared them enough.

" Asuna, you are back finally" kazuto hugged you.

Quickly breaking off the embrace you sat down beside the sleeping male. Hoping to stir him awake.  Takumi stirred slightly his lavender eyes opening a bit before and closing it again. Then they opened once again a warm smile spreading from cheek to cheek. He yawned placing his hand over his mouth.

" You should have called me. I would have come sooner,"  you said ruffling his purple hair.

"I wanted to welcome you," the boy said in a dejected tone

"Aww, it's okay you can help me up by making some snacks for you both instead.

You dusted off your hands on your clothes and got up heading towards your door just as you turned to the corner you got shocked to see a red blur dropping down from your roof a closer look you saw it was just Akira who happened to be napping on your roof.

"You are still alive huh.?" the redhead asked his face shocked he was more than confused

"Was I not supposed to be? I don't want you here and you know that. The gate is that way" you said pointing at your house gate which was barely visible from where you stood.

" I don't want to be here a second more than needed but I drove these two lovesick morons here" he said turning his eyes towards the purple and hazel-haired males

Kazuto frowned upon hearing the word sick but decided to ignore it since it was paired with love. He put his arm in the arm your arm propelling you forward.

" Aren't you underage Akira.?" you said while opening the door.

"so was the guy who dropped you off " the male smiled looking at the infuriated look you gave him.

"Who was he .?" the almond-eyed male asked you. You could feel his strong muscles surprisingly for a lazy person like him he was pretty toned.

" Family " was all you said. Sorting out some of the mess you beckoned everyone to sit. Leaving them alone you went ahead into the kitchen to grab some snacks.

"Takumi" you called the shy male.

Pretty soon the purple-haired male entered the cooking area and started to help you with some light snacks. You noted he was not much of a cook but was pretty good with a knife.

" Have you had some training for using a knife so proficiently "  you continued while frying some traditional snacks from your home country. You looked at the way he was holding the knife. His grip was a lot stronger than normal you were pretty sure as he was quite thin he could not have such power. Yet he showed these signs.

The male blushed and started to stutter a bit before formulating what to tell him. "I have taken some training in the use of knife it can be quite a handful ". 

You both soon finished making snacks and served them out. You reluctantly offered the red-haired male some. You saw that kazuto had already taken the liberty of switching on your television and playing a game of his choice. He quickly gestured for you to join him.

You opened the drawers to take out your spare controller and started playing you were off to a very good start but in the end you lost. The game was so intense that it even pulled in Akira to watch it. The crimson-eyed male sighed in annoyance looking over at the winning male.

" she would have won if you didn't distract her by touching her ears several times," Akira said in support. He looked at you giving him a discerning gaze so he averted his eyes to something else.

Kazuto happily chimed in for another round but you were interrupted by a low snarl. It seemed like your cat had come down after giving you the most eventful afternoon.

" kyo wasn't afternoon enough for you to go back to sleep boy" you shrugged off your cat. But he didn't listen it kept snarling, so you followed his line of sight to see the purple-haired male giving him just the same amount of his own glaring it looked like these two needed to be separate at all costs or there will be a fight.

The red-haired male walked over to the cat blocking view of his friend. You could feel literally Kyo rolling his eyes and giving a prideful walk back upstairs. If Kyo was a person he would have been your best friend.

You laughed at your cat's antic giving the haughty male a smile of your own defeating him in his earlier response. He groaned and sat back down. Soon he too joined in the game which he inevitably lost.

"Why do you have so many controllers," the shy male asked. He sat on the couch holding his legs close to his chest.

You looked at the controllers being held by Akira and kazuto. Visually remembering actual owners of the controllers. Two raven-haired girls laughing heartedly by your side. You couldn't always win but you never lost just the same as now. A smile spread on your cheeks as you fondly reminisce about your female cousin.

" My cousin they often come by it's usually late on Sunday nights" you rushed your hands pressing buttons in sequence finally defeating the almond-eyed male.

" so today.? " the lavender-haired male asked

Your eyes widened at the realisation that it already has been a week since joined at school and yet you had done little to no investigation on your current case. You quickly switched off your tv to which the almond-haired male groaned. You dusted off your hands and sympathetically peered at the tantrum kazuto was throwing. His phone started to ring but he ignored it and continued to cling to you. 

So you decided to pick it up for him instead. The caller id was familiar. It was saved as Dad 2.0. After some time of silence.

"kazuto.?" a familiar voice inquired.

You recognized it in an instant " Subaru. It was you" you chuckled remembering the nickname the hazel-haired male had given him.

"What.? They are with you. I thought- " the male trailed off. "  could you give Akira the phone please asuna. "  he requested.

You did as you were told. Passed the phone to a crimson-haired male. Soon he frowned and was about to retaliate about something but decided against it. He looked back up at you and glared his eyes saying 'It's your fault'.

Putting back the phone he started to drag out a stubborn almond-haired male who refused to let you go and Takumi made the same puppy dog eyes that made you go weak. But you decided not to look the purple-haired male in the eyes doing your best to avoid it.

Akira huffed and dropped both of his friends and looked back at you.

"Please knock some sense into both of them" he looked at you " Because when I will do it. It's gonna hurt."

You peered over from where you stood and gracefully yawned closing your eyelids. You walked up to the fallen males.

" I will see you both tomorrow today was awesome " you smiled genuinely at them

Looking like you were tired kazuto picked himself off the ground and started to walk towards their vehicle it was way ahead shrouded in darkness so you couldn't see the model. Akira raised his eyebrow at the obedience the stubborn male showed and took quicker paces to reach the vehicle. He stopped after reaching the car and stood there for some time. After deciding he should speak.

"I don't know how you do it but it works you can control these morons but not me I am too strong to give in to your charms" the redhead bluntly said in a prideful tone. Without saying goodbye he left. Leaving you not able to respond.

' I should have been saying that to him'

Well at least now your cat seemed relieved you went back into your house double checking your lock. It was time to clock out of the normal world and take a step back into world of crime.