Barefaced

You sit quietly on the couch in the karaoke room. Kazutora's "friends" sit across from you. You sigh shoving your hands into the Valhalla jacket you're still wearing. You hear the door open causing you to look towards it.

"I paid a couple hours for this room... so let's make good use of it." Kazutora bubbles. You slowly sit up watching Baji walk in behind Kazutora.

"I didn't know you like Karaoke..." You slowly say.

"Mmm... we are here to have fun... not really do karaoke..." Kazutora responds sitting down next to you.

"Have fun...? What do you mean?" You ask, sitting up a bit and adjusting yourself.

"Like drinks!" Kazutora's "friend" says pulling a bottle of liquor out of his bag.

"Drinks?" You quietly say.

"Yeah... have you not drinken before?" Kazutora asks wrapping his arm around you.

"No... I haven't..." You say holding onto yourself.

"mmm... then you should have a drink." Kazutora bubbles leaning forward and grabbing a cup. His "friend" pours him a glass of the liquor. Kazutora hands you the glass. The "friend" pours 4 more glasses. Kazutora holds up his cup and smiles. "Let's do cheers..." He suggests. His two "friends" nod. You look at Baji who's looking at you. Kazutora looks at you which makes you look at him.

"Come on..." He says. 

"Ok."

"Cheers to being back together..." Kazutora says looking at Baji. "And to making a new friend." He smirks at you. 

"Cheers." Baji says clicking his glass against Kazutora's glass. You do the same. Kazutora takes a sip and puts the cup down.

"So what do you guys want to play?" Kazutora asks.

"Why don't we play the games we used to play when we were younger?" Baji suggests, smiling a bit and taking a sip of the wine.

"Nah... let's do something new..." Kazutora responds as he rubs his hands up and down his leg. "How about a game of truth or dare..." He says looking at you.

"Truth or Dare?" You question as you raise your eyebrows.

"Yeah... have you played it before?" He asks.

"Yeah... I think so..." You reply looking down and furrowing your eyebrows.

"That game sounds ass... why don't we do something else..." Baji implies.

"I will put a twist to it... If you don't do the dare or answer the truth, then you have to drink a whole cup of alcohol." Kazutora chuckles.

"Ah shit... ight I'm in." One of his "friends" say.

"How about you Yuki... are you in?" Kazutora asks. You look at him and shrug. "Come on Yuki... stop being a drag and play with us." Kazutora implies.

"She's a top student in her school... I doubt she want's to play." Baji says placing his cup down and leaning back in his seat.

"How do you know that?" You ask.

"Remember you came to my house to be my tutor? My mom mentioned you told her you were a top student... unless that was also a bluff..." Baji says looking at you with a relaxed expression on his face.

"She tutored you?" Kazutora asks looking at Baji confused as he takes another sip.

"No." Baji replies.

"No?" One of the "friends" say.

"Was it more than studying?" Kazutora asks Baji as he looks at you.

"She only came to talk." Baji states.

"Talk..." The other "friend" says in a unsure tone.

"I only went to ask a question..." You add.

"Oh... I was going to ask... Yuki... Are you a virgin?" Kazutora questions.

"Huh?" You look at him confused.

"Just a question..." Kazutora says.

"..." You drink the whole cup of alcohol and place it down on the table.

"What the hell..." Baji mumbles.

"Woah... You know we haven't started the game yet..." Kazutora bubbles.

"I-I-I know... but that's my answer..." You stutter.

"So then that means you aren't a virgin..." The other "friend" states. Baji looks at you when the guy says that. 

"Maybe... maybe not... You'll never know." You respond.

"HA... okay. Lets play a real game this time then... pour her another cup." Kazutora motions. The "friend" pours another cup of wine. Kazutora takes the cup and hands it to you.

"Truth or Dare... Yuki?" Kazutora asks.

"Wait... didn't I already go?" You question.

"No... The game just started... so pick." Kazutora answers.

"... truth..." You say.

"mmm... Have you had sex with a toman member...?" Kazutora asks. He has an evil like smile on his face that gives you a weird chill.

"Why do you want to know if I had sex or not...?" You ask.

"I already know you had sex... but I want to know if it was a member of toman or not." Kazutora states leaning back a bit in his seat.

"You already know? But I didn't say anything..." You say in a confused tone.

"You didn't have to say anything... the way you responded made it obvious..." Baji states.

"Mhm... so answer the truth." Kazutora sooths. You look at the cup, thinking about whether you want to answer or not.

"Don't answer and you have to drink the whole cup of alcohol." The "friend" said.

"I know that." You say. You clench the cup and chug it all. After finishing the cup you shiver. Kazutora smiles at you and Baji squints his eyes at you.

"Heh... Okay Baji... your turn to pick truth or dare." Kazutora says.

"Dare..." Baji replies. You suddenly feel dizzy and lay down. Kazutora tells Baji his dare and Baji laughs. He stands up and takes off his shirt and then pants. Then he runs out the room. You furrow your eyebrows confused on what's happening. But before you noticed you fall asleep.

"Yuki... Yuki..." You open your eyes to someone shaking you. You slowly sit up to see the room empty and a bit messy. You squint your eyes to see who was in front of you.

"Baji?" You mumble.

"Your words are slurred... I had a feeling you were drunk..." Baji replies.

"Eh... mmm" You try to stand up, but you fall into Baji's arms instead.

"Everything *hic* is *hic* spinning..." You slur. Baji sighs as he holds you up.

"Here... come on... get on my back so I can take you home." Baji states. Baji gets down to allow you to get onto his back. After you get on his back, he walks outside and gets on his motorcycle. You hold onto him tightly as he drives off. 

Once he arrives at the bakery you hand him the keys to unlock the door. He carries you upstairs and lays you down on your bed.

"Ugh... My head..." You sigh holding onto your head. Baji looks at you and sighs.

"Well... you're home so... Imma go..." He says walking out the room. You slowly roll off the bed trying to stand up. Baji stops walking when he hears a thud from the room. He walks back into the room to see you on the ground. 

"Ba-ji..." You groan.

"Why couldn't you just stay in the bed..." Baji sighs picking you up and placing you back on the bed.

"... I want *hic* water..." You sniffle. Baji furrows his eyebrows when he noticed you tearing up.

"Are you about to cry?" He asks. You don't respond and only rub your eyes. Baji sighs and walks out the room. You hear a cabinet open and then the water running in the kitchen. Baji walks back into the room holding a glass of water. "Here... drink this..." He softly says.

"I can't... sit up..." You sluggishly say. Baji groans and holds you up. He hands you the cup and you shake aggressively as you try to drink it causing it to spill all over you and him.

"..." you slowly look at Baji who's glaring down at you.

"I'm sorry..." You speak. Baji's eyes soften and he walks out the room again. You lay flat on the bed feeling tired again. You slowly start to drift off into sleep.

"Yuki... don't fall asleep yet... here... drink some water..." Baji say pulling you back up and holding the cup up to your face. You put your lips on the rim of the cup and Baji tips the cup a bit, allowing you to drink the water.

Once you drank the water, Baji places the cup beside your bed on a table stand and grabs the towel he had on his shoulder, drying off his shirt.

"You're leaving?" You softly ask, laying back down.

"Yeah." Baji replies.

"Baji..."

"What?"

"Why do you want to kill Mikey?" You ask. Baji slowly looks at you.

"..." 

"Isn't Mikey your best friend...? Why do you want to kill him?" You ask again. Baji sighs and shakes his hand.

"You wouldn't understand..." Baji replies.

"Then make me understand..." You quietly respond. Baji slowly looks back at you and then down at the ground, dropping his hand down with the towel still in his hand.

"If I tell you... are you going to tell Mikey?" Baji asks.

"If you don't want me telling Mikey... then no..." You comfort. Baji looks at you again. You scootch over a bit and pat the spot next to you. "Tell me..." You softly say.

Baji sighs and looks towards the bedroom door before laying down next to you.

"This feels weird..." He says.

"It feels weird because you're laying next to me?" You ask.

"Yes."

"You feel comfortable laying with guys ...?" You add.

"Nah... I don't lay with other men... Don't be weird..." He replies.

"You act like you're allergic to girls..." You comment.

"It's not that... I just don't associate with them..." He states.

"Oh... Why is that?" You ask.

"Girls are problematic and needy... Not something I want to deal with." Baji answers.

"You say that, but you associate with Kazutora..." 

"What's that supposed to mean?" He sighs.

"Kazutora is problematic..." You reply.

"..." 

"Why do you want to kill Mikey...?" You ask again.

"It's complicated..." Baji sighs.

"I understand complicated..." You comfort. Baji turns his head to look at you.

"I want to do whatever Kazutora wants..." Baji replies.

"And that's to kill your best friend...?" You sigh. Baji still stares at you. He has a soft look on his face.

"Mhm..."

"Why does Kazutora want to kill Mikey?" You ask.

"That I can't fully understand but... It's my fault... and I should take responsibility." Baji says.

"Take responsibility? But all you're doing is helping him kill Mikey..." You reply.

"I have another agenda..." Baji states.

"Which is?" You ask.

"Why should I tell you?" He scoffs, looking at you again. You turn your head to look at him.

"Because I care..." You say softly.

"Care about what?" He questions, furrowing his eyebrows a bit.

"About you... and Mikey... I don't want anything bad happening between you two..." You softly answer.

"..." He stares at you a bit before sighing looking up again. "Yuki... we just met. Why does any of what we do matter... If I left... you wouldn't really care about that either. Don't give me sympathy." He sighs again as he closes his eyes.

"I'm being honest Baji... I know you care too. Yeh you're right that we just met but I still care about you..." You sooth. Baji stares at you for a bit and then raises an eyebrow.

"You're not falling for me or something... right?" He chuckles. You squint at him and then smile. 

"Don't make this weird..."

"You're the one making it weird." He laughs. His face goes blank and he slowly looks at you causing you to look at him.

"Do you like Mikey?" He asks.

"... I don't know how I feel about Mikey. So I don't have an answer for that..." You reply.

"He cares about you... He won't admit it but he does... and it pisses me off." He sighs as he turns his head and rubs his fingers through his hair.

"Why?" You ask.

"Because it's changing him." He answers.

"Oh..."

"And because I'm starting to feel the same..." He adds. You furrow your eyebrows in confusion. Baji turns to look back at you.

"What do you mean?" You ask.

"Your presence irritates me..." He continues. You relax your face, still looking at him confused. "It makes me feel weird... and I don't like it..." Baji sighs.

"It makes you feel weird? I don't understand." You reply.

"Yeah it makes me feel weird."

"What do you mean by that?" You ask.

"It makes me want to do weird things..." He answers. You squint your eyes because he's not making it easy to understand. He slowly looks at you again. 

"Weird things? Like what?" You ask. He stares at you a bit before answering.

"Like this..." He softly says as he gently grabs your chin and kisses you on the lips.