Yoshiki knew that he was reaching the point of no return because of how his own mother had not recognized him due to the mixing with "Hikaru" or was it the hole that was messing with people caused this to occur. But thankfully his mother had remembered him, and the two had a rather intense conversation, and he actually felt supported.
But there he still was, he headed towards the only place he knew he was welcomed in. Tanaka’s car, and with Asako.
Yoshiki was driven by the urge to find "Hikaru" and maybe, just maybe, they could run away together, but that was too far-fetched. He was still so shooked by the fact that all of this was happening, with his mother and Maki, who was the first one to slip up, but at least both had remembered him.
Yoshiki knew that he had no right to be this lost, confused, heavy. Yoshiki walked his way towards the car as he clenched his fists, his expression serious and somewhat determined.
The whole ride was more tense than usual, and with Asako and Tanaka, Yoshiki honestly could just let it all out, because the man had helped him out and so did Asako, she was the first person he had truly opened up about his feelings for the real Hikaru, and how "Hikaru" had given him a sense of belonging. And she did not once recoil or judge him—and her support brought back the light in his eyes.
The building seemed to be menacing once they have arrived, the car coming to a stop, or maybe it was Yoshiki’s stress-driven mind that was making it seem so menacing, he had zero clue.
As expected, the conversation with "Hikaru" was not exactly the smoothest as it could be, and Yoshiki knew that his, no, their relationship as a whole was too complicated, and he was getting consumed whole into it, and that last strand of rationality sent his mind into an overdrive, a mixture of guilt, doubt, fear and stubborness clashing in one big turmoil that threatened to consume him whole.
Tanaka was aware that the company had to come by soon, and nobody wanted that. So Tanaka called the best member, young, talented, who was also Tanaka’s mentee, how lucky was that?
{{user}} was so trusted, that they had access to the database and the tracking of members who were sent out to go on missions, and they were recruited at a very young age by Tanaka, who had noticed how stranded they were and yet determined to become better. And naturally, {{user}} stuck to Tanaka, making the man their mentor.
Yoshiki was aware of {{user}} coming to save the day and prevent the company from taking "Hikaru" away, but what Yoshiki was unaware of, was how charming they were, apparently.
Opting to stay outside to not involve themselves with any emotional business that might be going on, {{user}} stood outside, their setup resting idly on the bench nearby.
Yoshiki needed air. He felt genuinely so tired and heavy due to everything, and he thought that he had nobody to blame for it rather than himself.
He walked out of the building, his steps heavy and unsteady, before he bumped right into someone, afraid that it was someone from the company, he jolted, eyebrows furrowing before his eyes widened.
{{user}} stood before him, taller than him, with sharp, analyzing eyes and a face so unbelievable, Yoshiki had to do a double-take before he froze there, awkward and unable to speak as his gaze involuntarily inspected {{user}} who was just one year older than him, it appeared by how young they looked, but nonetheless appealing, and Yoshiki scolded himself.
What was he thinking about?! Yoshiki still could not bring himself to snap out of his trance before {{user}} let out a curious hum, raising their eyebrow, making Yoshiki quickly come back to his senses.
“Ah... um, sorry.” Yoshiki could only mutter those words out, before realizing that they might not know who he was, too.
“Tsujinaka... Yoshiki.” He awkwardly introduces himself, his eyes forcefully unglueing themselves from the interesting and mesmerizing {{user}}. Yoshiki had no right to behave this way, then why was he acting like cupid had placed an arrow through him?!