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Takemichi Hanagaki grew up in a relatively happy home. He had loving parents who tried protecting him from the harshness of the world. He had amazing friends who stayed by his side through difficult situations. He had a wonderful girlfriend who saw past his imperfections and loved him for who he was. But there was always something missing, well more like someone.
"JUST SAY "PLEASE HELP ME" DAMN IT!"
"AND I'LL DEFINITELY COME SAVE YOU, MANJIRO!"
"Please help me… Takemitchy."
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A sudden jolt of electricity traveled through his body waking Takemichi up. Tears streamed down his face as he was gasping for air. His vision began to clear; He wasn't on top of the building anymore… He was in his old room.
What year is it? He thought to himself as he looked around the room. He spots his calendar: April 7th, 2008.
He made it back! He can change the past and make sure that Mikey's dark impulses don't get out of control. The blonde smiles to himself. His smile slowly fades and he remembers his circumstances. Mikey had shot him multiple times and then tried to take his own life. But now he would make sure that Mikey would join them in their future.
"Takemichi, breakfast is ready!" His mother yelled from the kitchen.
The blonde needed to find a way to fix everything, but right now he needed to go downstairs and eat, otherwise his mother wouldn't let him hear the end of it.
After quickly changing his clothes he made his way over to the kitchen. His mother set a plate in front of him; she wore a worried expression.
"I need to have a brief talk with you" she sat down on the other side of the table.
"...yeah?" Takemichi looked at her. He had just come back and his memory was a bit hazy. He needed to act like he knows what's going on.
"I know you said you didn't want to come with me and your father to visit your aunt in Kyoto, but I can't help but worry about you-"
A sudden memory of Chifuyu and Akkun comes to him while his mother continues talking. He had promised that they would all hang out and play a newly released video game together. Chifuyu... He needed to get a hold of him as soon as possible.
"I'll be okay, anyways I already made plans with my Akkun and Chifuyu." Takemichi interrupted her as he finished what was left on his plate. He knew how worried his mother was for him. Being an omega in a big city wasn't something to be calm about. The crime rate against them had been increasing due to some criminal organization taking over more parts of Tokyo.
"Look... I trust those boys, but I know that your going to start high school really soon and you might be thinking about experiment-"
"-MOM!" Takemichi blushed as he realized what his mother was insinuating.
"I just want you to be careful," she said quickly as she got up to put her plate in the sink.
"I'll take my suppressant and scent blockers if you're worried," he said, trying to hide his embarrassment.
"And try not to go outside by yourself, and lock the door as soon as you get home." She gave him a worried smile."We'll be leaving as soon as your father gets back from the store. I'll make you dinner and give you money so you can get something to eat for the rest of the week. Bring me your plate so I can wash it." She said as her expression brightened a little.
"Okay,Okay I will. Do you also want me to put a padlock in my underwear, " he joked, earning a stern look from his mother. It had been years since his mother gave him "the talk" that he was easily flustered by her words.
His father came in soon after their awkward talk ready to go. They said their goodbyes and wished each other well. Takemichi promised them that he would remember to take his pills and not stay outside for too long for what felt like the 5th time. He found their worries a bit overbearing since he had taken care of himself for 26 years. What could possibly go wrong in 7 days?
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As soon as his parents left Takemichi made his way to the park to meet Chifuyu after calling him. He needed to know what had transpired in the past 2 years that he was gone. The town had changed very little since he was in middle school, but there was something ominous in the air. He couldn't really put it into words but it felt strange.
He sat in the swing that he and Hina usually sat on as he got to the park. A sudden tinge of sadness overtook him. He had completely ruined their future. He could still remember the day they promised that they would try their best to be together despite their secondary genders. Their relationship was looked down upon by others due to Takemichi being an Omega and Hina being a Beta. He wished that he could talk to her but according to his calendar she was on vacation with her family and wouldn't be back for another 4 days. Just in time for their first day in high school.. He reminded himself to buy her something for when she finally returned.
"Hey partner!" Chifuyu said, breaking Takemichi's train of thought.
"Why did you call me out so suddenly-?"
"Chifuyu! I need you to fill me in on the past 2 years!" Takemichi said, suddenly getting up from the swing.
"...You're back?" The Beta said after standing silently for a few seconds.
"Yes." Takemichi briefly said as he explained everything that had happened leading up to him being shot by Mikey and getting sent back to the past. Chifuyu listened carefully, only interrupting him to ask a few questions.
"I see…" Chifuyu said.
"Well that explains a lot."
"What do you mean by that?" Takemichi asked seeing Chifuyu furrow his eyebrows.
"Well after Toman was disbanded everyone just went on with their lives. I still keep in contact with most of the guys but Mikey's the only one who I haven't been able to communicate with.And now he's the leader of the Kanto Manji Gang." Chifuyu let out a breath of air.
"The Kanto Manji Gang?" Takemichi questions him.
Chifuyu proceeds to tell Takemichi about the gang that Mikey was intertwined in. About the 3 deities, and their rivalry. He began to get carried away with the conversation as he explained what everyone was doing with their lives. At that moment something clicked inside Takemichi. He had only been thinking about Mikey and himself lately, and had completely forgotten about his friends.
'Everyone was happy, so why should he ruin it by dragging them into this mess' He thought. Pah-chin is taking over his family business, Chifuyu has a part time job at a pet shop, Mitsuya and Hakkai are looking for a room to rent. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if something happened to them because of him. They had the right to live a prosperous future, the future Mikey killed himself to protect.
He couldn't get any of them involved.
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Takemichi made his way to his home after managing to convince Chifuyu that he could walk there himself. He stood in front of his door still in deep thought as he reached inside his pocket. His heart stopped as soon as he realized that in place of his keys and phone there was a hole in the fabric. Between all of the commotion at the park and trying to get home as fast as possible, he must have dropped them somewhere.
"Damn it…" the blonde whispered to himself.
Unable to call Chifuyu he decided to retrace his steps hoping that his phone or keys would be in the ground somewhere. The frosty night breeze made him shiver as soon as it hit his skin. He shouldn't be walking alone at night especially with the high crime rate in the area. He had heard horror stories about omegas walking alone at night that made his skin crawl.
Speeding his search as much as he could he made his way back to the park, and he had found nothing. The sun had set already and the darkness of the night consumed the surrounding area. It would be impossible to find his stuff in the dark.
Panic began to consume him as he realized that he needed to take his scent blockers and suppressant soon. He shouldn't have left them home. He wanted to kick himself for being such an idiot.
What was he going to do now? If only he had taken Chifuyu's advice and let him accompany him home then Takemichi wouldn't be in the mess. They both could have looked around together.
Well it was too late to complain and he just needed to go somewhere safe.
'Hinata's not home. Chifuyu is at his part time job. Draken lived in the middle of the red light district and going there would be dangerous ...Akkun!' Takemichi realized that at that moment the only place where he was guaranteed safety was over at his red headed friend's house.
The Beta's house was only 20 minutes away from the park. He let out a breath of relief. He could ask Akkun to let him spend the night and help him look for his phone in the morning.
Without doing much thinking he began making his way to his friends house. He walked further away hoping that he would get there before the night became darker and all the dangerous gangs would start making their way into the streets
VRMMM!
The sound of a motorcycle engine nearby startled Takemichi.
Fear quickly overtook him again. Was it one of the gangs that his mother warned him about? He continued to walk towards Akkuns home, but the noise of the engine was approaching him quickly. His heart was threatening to beat out of his chest as he motorcycle became louder.
He was running at this point. He couldn't risk the possibility of that motorcycle belonging to one of those dangerous gangs that kidnaps Omegas.
The motorcycle came closer, and closer, and closer until it passed him.
The speed of the motorcycle created a strong gust of wind as it passed by Takemichi. His hair flew onto his face preventing him from seeing who drove past him.
He let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness that whoever was in that bike didn't spare a glance at him.
The feeling of relief was cut short as he noticed that the bike had come to a stop and had started to turn back around.
He also began to turn around and run the other way, but the motorcycle had already reached him and made a sudden stop in front of him. Too stunned to move and blinded by the headlights, Takemichi tried to make out the person before him.
It wasn't until his vision began to clear and the scent of cinnamon and coffee beans hit his nose, that Hanagaki realized who was driving around so late at night.
"What are you doing outside so late?"
The cold voice of the man on the motorcycle sent shivers down Hanagaki's spine. Pitch black eyes meet his own. Its was-
"...Mikey?"