❝ FALTERING FACADE ❞

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"Too bad." Mitsuya replied with a chuckle.

Mitsuya only leaned back at the chair and rocked it, placing both of his hands inside his pockets as he poked his tongue inside his cheeks.

"Well, I've been missing Toman, hm? How about that?"

"Mitsuya, let's not rush our commander." The man with the black hair said with earrings.

"You mean... former commander, Chifuyu?" Mitsuya chuckled, ignoring the sharp stare from their former commander, Mikey.

"Anyway, did Y/n like the clothes I made for her?" Mitsuya asked.

"Who the hell is that?" Hanma asked with a raised brow as he was resting back on the chair, placing his arm on the backrest while a cigarette was on his mouth.

"My slut." Sanzu said with much confidence as he stuck his tongue out with a pill and winked at Hanma.

"You gay or somethin'?" Hanma made a disgusting look on his face while Sanzu immediately took it back and scoffed.

"Hell no—"

Ran clears his throat, cutting off and scolding the two.

"So, we got two childish fuckers now?" Rindou blurted out with a bored tone.

"You mean three, you're included as well after making Y/n sick." Koko replied, side-eyeing Rindou with a whistle.

"Anyway, back to the topic, yes, Y/n suits the clothes perfectly." Ran said to Mitsuya.

"Oh? Where is she then? I want to see her fit some of the clothes I made for her." Mitsuya smirked while Bonten gave him suspicious looks.

"Wha— I meant like let her be my model or what. I barely know your woman." Mitsuya retorted.

"Good good." Sanzu raised a thumbs up while the other Bonten members just rolled their eyes. "Ain't Mr. steal yo man."

"Fucking hell this is our first time seeing each other for a decade and this is what we're talking about? Talk about something more serious, will you?" Mikey strictly said, the others immediately shut up.

Even if Mitsuya and Chifuyu see him as their former commander, they still have a little scintilla of fear of Mikey. Manjiro was, and is still indeed, a man full of authority.

"So, as for your invitation message, you stated you're in need of... new recruits?" Mikey said as one of the workers from Bonten handed him an envelope.

"New recruits my ass. I don't need those." Hanma grumbled.

"Then what?"

"Let us be in alliance with you."

Silence dropped in the room.

"And what made you think I'd approve that quickly?" Mikey asked, looking intently at Hanma.

"Let's say, yes, we don't have many members, but that's not the focus, for now, we want to be a part of Bonten." Hanma said.

"I'm sure there are more hidden reasons why you want that to happen. Break your façade, Hanma." Mikey clicked his tongue. "Just say it and be straightforward."

"Kisaki is dead."

Mikey's breath hitched as he was taken aback as well as the others, but he displayed no emotion to the news.

"For how long?" Mikey asked.

"As soon as you disbanded Toman." Mitsuya replied with a nonchalant tone.

"Cause of his death?"

"Still unknown." Hanma shrugged.

"So, do you agree with us working with you?" Hanma asked as he broke the brief silence.

"What more can we say to make you agree then?" Chifuyu said with a convincing tone.

"Lay your records out." Koko answered as he placed his elbows on the table and placed his chin on top of his intertwined fingers.

"As you wish," Hanma said as he nods at Mitsuya.

"Say, our partage from the 30% profit interest that we received from each sector has been divided into three 10% shares? Despite this, we did not use all of them and instead put another 5% into our gang's savings." Mitsuya explained professionally and smoothly while Koko laughed.

"Imagine the upcoming beneficial funds that we'll get if we're in one group." Chifuyu added.

"Stop trying to manipulate me with those words I'm familiar with, bold of you to assume I'll fall for your old traps." Koko chuckled as he leaned back at the chair lazily.

"What if we say... I'll give you 6 digits right here right now if you stop pestering us and won't ever be on our sight again, hm?" Koko said.

"Excuse me the fuck? We came here for a reason." Chifuyu said as he banged his fist on the table.

"What do you need? 7 digits?" Koko asked.

"No."

"8 digits?"

"No."

"9 digits?"

"No."

"10 digits? That's a billion already."

"Still no."

"Not everything will be solved with money, Koko. Stop thinking we all think like you." Mitsuya whistled with a provoking tone.

"Well... just trade Y/n with us—?"

Hanma's words were already cut off as he heard a loud screech from the chair and a gun was pointed at his forehead.

"That'll be your last fucking words if you continue that." Mikey said as he pressed the gun deeper to his forehead.

"Chill, I'm just kidding." Hanma smirked as he stared up at Mikey who's pointing a gun at him. "I don't even know who Y/n is." 

"Fine then." Mitsuya sighed.

"We won't bother you ever again." Mitsuya added as Mikey sat back down on the chair, composing himself.

"Only if... you find this group of people." Mitsuya said.

"Oh, now you're ordering us?" Rindou raised a brow. "Watch your mouth." 

"Maybe it'll change your mind if we show the photo." Chifuyu said as he tossed a photo on the center of the table.

Everyone looked at the people in the photo, and Bonten knew the man damn well.

Takeomi Akashi and Sanzu Haruchiyo narrowed their eyes at one of the members in the photo.

They are the Brahman.

Senju Kawaragi

Wakasa Imaushi

Ken Ryuguji

Keizo Arashi

Hanagaki Takemichi

It was already late since Bonten arrived at the penthouse.

As soon as Mikey, Ran, Rindou, Koko, and Sanzu enter the penthouse, the first thing that they saw was you laying on the sofa, asleep.

"Where are the servants? Did she eat already?" Ran asked as he sat down on the sofa beside you and lays your head on his lap.

Rindou only looked down at your sleeping figure coldly, and then he walked away until Mikey spoke.

"We need to ensure double protection and security for her." Mikey said as he puts his phone down.

"Is it because of the meeting with Hanma a while ago?" Koko asked.

Mikey sighed and slowly nodded, he was indeed feeling unsafe and unsure. He knew how his trust in Chifuyu and Mitsuya has lost.

Rindou stopped at his track and looked back.

"It's just the right choice that you disbanded Toman." Koko and Rindou said.

"If you're feeling unsure, I'll call my employees for more bodyguards." Ran said as he contacts his employees. "After all, this is our place, and we're responsible if anything happens."

"It's fine," Mikey muttered as he looked and walked near to you.

"We went here in Roppongi to rest and relax, not doing any business or keeping ourselves busy, though that's apart from the meeting," Mikey said as he knelt down next at the sofa where you were laying at, then he tucks some strands of hair behind your ear.

Bonten looked at your sleeping figure with worried yet narrowed and darkened eyes, a faint smirk forming on their faces as they began to take pleasure in your vulnerability, as long as they were the only ones who could see it.

"As long as Y/n won't get out of our sight."

Clouds were starting to get darker as the rain started to fall, trees swaying with the wind as thunder starts to rumble.

Chifuyu, Mitsuya, and Hanma all stood at Kisaki's grave, it was already dark, and only the moon above shone brightly in the cemetery.

Hanma sat down at the grave and talked to Kisaki as if he was there.

"Yo Kisaki, we just had a meeting with Bonten a while ago." Hanma sighed as he puffs smoke from the cigarette.

"Come to think of it, Mikey's still the same, they're still all the same, still some dumb fucks."

"They really think I'm clueless, huh?" Hanma laughed.

"Mikey really thought that I believe him on not knowing what's the cause of your death." Hanma said while Mitsuya and Chifuyu kept quiet.

"And... they really believed that I had no idea who Y/n is."

As Hanma said your name, Chifuyu and Mitsuya exchanged glances, both apprehensive about his next move.

"I know her damn well. Just too bad I haven't seen her." Hanma yawned as he remembers that heinous past of yours.

"It's just, I pity her." Hanma made a sad face, mocking you.

"That's the reason why you shouldn't affiliate yourself with things you're unfamiliar with." Hanma laughed as he tosses his cigarette at Kisaki's grave, lifting his feet as he steps on it, leaving behind black coals and smoke.

"I blame her. It's really true when they say that a small mistake can rupture a big repercussion." Hanma said, gritting his teeth in annoyance.

"Hmm, it's better that Bonten should just... be gone, don't you think Kisaki?" He added.

Mitsuya and Chifuyu's breath caught in their throats at Hanma's words, and they tried to regain their composure as the rain intensified, as did the rumbling thunders and lightning.

"Of course, their dear Y/n as well."

A/N: hi hello pls take time to read!!

so i guess y/n's and the past occurrences on which why everything turned out like this in the present is slowly revealing? like why did y/n end up living with her stepmom, where are her parents? are they really dead? who is behind mask? whose pov is the anonymous pov?  who is the one watching/stalking y/n? and what's the condition of y/n's stepmom in the hospital rn? who is the woman in the photo with bonten? what are really bonten's intention to y/n? what's with their past? what's the intention of hanma and the two? like why do they want to find brahman? 

ok so im going to clear something, some of u guys may think "why r there a lot of mysteries?" "isn't this an 18+ smut book or what" "this gets confusing every chapter" "there's a lot happening", about that, this book isn't only about romance and lust or stuff, there are also some mysteries, thrillers happening in this book, so yes it's not only about romance (well to think of it, it's vaguely to think of it as a romance, (personally! imo! for me!) bc there are some vile toxic actions and i don't romanticize it honestly) but some of yall interpret it as that genre and some read things like that as their coping mechanism and that's fine for me, and maybe some of u guys only read for smut, personally as an author of this book, its ok for me but sometimes i really can't avoid um feeling bad or sad it yk? bc i rlly work hard for the other chapters and stuff but you guys read whatever and whenever u want!! i don't mind and i cant control my readers hehe, this is a free book! i proofread all by myself, i edit, i make the themes and covers and everything! its all totally free! so read it free!!  you're totally welcome!<33 im just reminding for those who misinterpret and misunderstand the whole concept of this book. thank you!

"there's so many mysteries author" yes ofc hehe and those will be revealed soon or maybe not /hj :DD,, well somehow its connected to one possible outcome. anyway i love reading the theories and guesses pls drop more i might post them on twt on tiktok<33 stay safe ilyallll thanks for 40k