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A Lovers' Circle (Poly Haishira x Reader) Ch9 A Scarred Heart P2

(Or alternate title, Y/n meets a lot of her future in-laws and wins them over without even knowing.

Warnings for a creep harassing Kanae and Y/n and Sanemi punching said creep. Creep getting a broken nose, and mentioned drinking. Blood mentioned. Cussing.

Hearts conquered so far: Mitsuri, Kanae, Gyomei, and now Sanemi.)

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Finally. Sunday.

Your report was done. Your bills were all paid. Your house was clean. All your chores were finished. It was your day off. And now you had nothing to do today.

BUT SPEND THE DAY WITH YOUR HANDSOME TALL BOYFRIEND!!

You were so excited for today that you woke up early, showered, and spent WAY longer than what you usually spent on doing up your makeup and picking an outfit. Gyomei may have been blind but you wanted to look your best for him! You both already had plans to go to this cute cat cafe, and then go to the park and then he wanted to take you to visit his favorite shrine! You didn't care where you both went went, as long as you got to spend time together. So that's why you happily squealed out and happily bounced to the door like a little deer. You were so excited when you threw the door open and saw the man of your dreams there waiting for you.

He opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by you squealing and hugging him suddenly. "GYOMEI!!" You squealed out hugging the surprised man tightly before pulling back and beaming at him. "I'm so happy to see you! I've been waiting all morning!"

He didn't react at first before giving a tired sigh which made you blink taken aback. Was something wrong?

"Hey. Are you alright?"

"Yes. Everything is fine," he assured you with a comforting hand on your shoulder, "But depending on your answer our outing might turn out differently than we planned."

"What are you talking about?"

"Sanemi wants us both to join him and Kanae for a double date."

You stared silently at him. Sanemi wanted you to go on a double date with him?...SANEMI?! Why? You didn't think the man and you had anything in common besides knowing Gyomei and seeing each other when he dropped off Koto at daycare. Why did he suddenly want to go somewhere with you? Perhaps it had something to do with the letter you dropped off? But you didn't think you made a bad impression. Maybe he wanted to get to know you better?? You were dating one of his partners.

"Why?," you asked confused.

He hummed. "I'm actually not sure. He didn't elaborate on the call and I'm just as lost and confused as you are. I also told him it'd be up to you because we had already made plans."

"Oh..Where did he want to go?"

"He wants us both to join him and Kanae at a local pool hall for lunch but again it is up to you. I won't be forcing you to do something when I already promised you something else."

A pool hall high? You haven't been to one of those before. You both had already made plans however your curiosity was wondering what in the world Sanemi wanted exactly. Gyomei mentioned that it was completely up to you, and by the sounds of it he was alright with whatever you picked....So why not do both?!

"Sure. We can join them for lunch. However -" He paused feeling your hands wrapped around one of his and flinched as a gentle kiss was placed on the back of it. "But until then you're completely mine this morning.~"

His face immediately burnt a pink which made you giggle as his other hand covered it. "Go-Goodness. You're making me blush."

"Good!" You gently tugged on his hand. "C'mon. We can still go to that cat cafe you like for breakfast and walk in the park until lunchtime. I'm still determined to let you enjoy your time."

The statement took his by surprise. "I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be making sure you're time is good."

"Nuh uh! You're fun is just as important. I'm not selfish enough to make you do things that only I'll like."

'How did I ever land on a woman as perfect as you?' He sniked softly but didn't say his thoughts out loud as you continued to tug him along with a bright smile on your face. "If you insist. I think you'll love Panny."

"Panny?"

"She's my favorite cat at the cafe. She's old but very affectionate."

You really didn't think much of it. Not when you were too busy having the time of your life giggling as Gyomei's huge form was practically swarmed by cats the moment he sat down in the chair. Climbing up his thick turtleneck, laying on his lap, rubbing against his legs, and one even coming to lay on his head. Which you giggled at and took a picture of which Gyomei didn't seem to mind bur he blushed like crazy when you giggled at him. You'd almost forgotten about agreeing to meet Sanemi and Kanae for a double lunch date. You were having too much fun relaxing and feeding ducks at the park little pieces of corn someone had been selling to people to feed said ducks. The cute little birds quacking up a storm as soon as they saw the bag in your hands and waddling up from the duck pond towards the pathway you stood on.

They were so cute!

Not as cute as the cats at the cat cafe but the cute little waddles they gave and the funny way they ate from your palms had you smiling like a madman seeing it. Not even noticing the way Gyomei's head tilted at your form smiling softly. The peaceful silence couldn't last forever however because Gyomei got your attention by placing a hand on your shoulder.

"Y/n, do you have the time by chance?"

"Huh? Oh sure. Give me a moment." You dropped the rest of the dried peas to the ground as the ducks quaked and scrambled after them. You took a moment to pull out your phone and checked on the time on the screen. "It's eleven sixteen."

"Ah. Nearly lunchtime then. We should get heading to the pool hall if we don't want to be late."

Oh. Right. You'd temporarily forgotten about agreeing to meet up for lunch.

With a deep inhale you forcibly smiled at your boyfriend to avoid letting your reluctance bleeding through. "Sure. Do you know where this place is?"

He nodded extending an arm to you. "Of course. I was there a few times before. If you're a fan of hot wings, Mitsuri says they have the best in town."

"Can't say that I am, but I trust you. Let's stop by somewhere to wash our hands first. I don't think I'd want to touch food after petting a whole lot of cats and ducks."

"Fair point."

It was a quick stop by a rest room, before you proceeded to allow Gyomei to lead you out of the park, down one street, up another, turn a corner, and continued to walk until you were in a part of town you've never been to before. It was half suburban with a few two story houses and half stores with one about every three or four houses. It looked like a normal quiet neighborhood in all honesty. It was peaceful as you looked around at everything before you looked forward and nearly stopped walking when you saw what was in front of you.

It was a small building, clearly some kind of store, but it wasn't the store that made you pause. It was the man standing outside of the building.

Sanemi.

Even from fair away you recognized him and in his arms was two children. Koto asleep on his chest and on his hip was another young boy that looked older. Six maybe seven years old. He was held up on Sanemi's hip with an ice cream cone in his hands eating it as he looked around. There was also a third and fourth child standing next to him, a teenage boy who looked no older than fourteen reading some kind of book in his hands and another teenager maybe sixteen or seventeen based on his height also staring off into space. Sanemi stood there looking bored with a few shopping bags dangling from his elbows. He continued to stare ahead at nothing really before he just happened to look over-

And he had to do a double take staring wide eyed at you both coming down the street towards them but said nothing. Probably due to the surprise that was laid out on his face, however the younger boy also looked up from his book with a blink and immediately gained a big smile on his face.

"Mr. Gyomei!," he shouted as a happy greeting which made Sanemi flinch and Gyomei immediately tilt his head in surprise. "Hi!"

Gyomei tilted his head further until he came to a stop with you right next to him smiling. "Do my ears deceive me or is that Hiroshi I hear?"

"Hi, Mr. Gyomei!," the child greeted again with a bright smile on his face. "Yeah! I'm shopping with Mom."

"Oh that's wonderful. It's such a beautiful day outside. Weather is perfect for a good walk about. Is she here now?"

He shook his head before jabbing a thumb behind him. "Nah. She's inside getting girly stuff with my sisters. But Nemi's here!"

Immediately said white haired man snapped out of whatever trance he was in to shoot the teenager a glare. But Gyomei only tilted his head slightly upwards in the direction of where he presumed Sanemi was.

"Hello, Sanemi. I thought we were supposed to be meeting at The Lazy Lily."

Sanemi inhaled before letting out a loud groan. "Yeah. At two o'clock!"

"Oh." Gyomei blinked as realization dawned on him. "Oh I must've forgotten. That's alright. We can still meet you there later."

Sanemi frowned more and would've said something-

"Are you Nemi's new girlfriend?" Immediately his mouth hung open and you blinked in surprise down at the boy. He looked confused but curious raising a brow. "I've never seen you before."

"BRO!!" "HIROSHI!!"

The teenager didn't even look phased by the two older boys giving him looks . "What?"

"You don't just ask a woman that!" Said older teenager gave you an apologetic look holding up his hands. "I-Im sorry. He didn't mean t-to be rude honestly."

Sanemi nearly died right there just hearing a string of giggles come out of her throat. "No. It's ok. I'm not offended at all, and to answer your question no. I'm not dating Sanemi, but we do see each other at the college. But it's so sweet of you to apologize. What's your name?"

"S-S-Sweet? M-M-Me?!" He opened his mouth- Bur quickly shut it as his face went a light pink and he quickly looked at the ground when Sanemi also shot him a grouchy look.

When he didn't answer you, you looked at Sanemi expectantly as he paused..With a groan he threw his head back which ended in a sigh. "Genya..His name is Genya. That's Hiroshi." His leg made a quick motion to point out the boy with the book. "And this is Shuya." The little boy with the ice cream looked up..but didn't stop eating or say anything. "They're my brothers."

"Ah!" You gushed with a smile despite yourself. "I can tell! You all look similar to each other."

They all had similar features. Their eyes were similar oval shaped with Genya having the most similarly looking face to Sanemi. But Hiroshi and Genya could be the same person at different ages with the similar haircuts, same could be said for Shuya and Koto who was still asleep on his big brother's chest.

DING!!

A bell ringing overhead caught you out of your thoughts and when you looked up, you thought you were looking at a reflection of Hiroshi and Shuya. Except you quickly realized that these other two people were girls with more similar features. Five women stepped out of the shop's entrance. Three children, two teenagers and one little girl around six or seven. And two grown women-

...

You blinked before smiling. "Mrs. Shinazugawa! Hello!"

The older woman was no taller than Hiroshi as she carried a few bags of presumed groceries but the bags under her eyes and grey hairs betrayed her age. She looked surprised to see you before smiling tiredly but happy.

"Well if it's that nice lady from the daycare," she greeted with her hands clasped together, "Now what in the world brought you all the way out here?"

"I'm just going on a date with my boyfriend." You gestured to Gyomei.

She literally up immediately seeing the larger man. Guess she must've recognized him as one of Sanemi's partners. "Oh course! Hello, Gyomei Dear. Have you been well?"

"Yes, Ma'am."

"Are you sure? Have you been eating enough? You're so thin. Sanemi should've told me to pack lunches for you-"

"MOM!!" Sanemi uncharacteristically gave his mother a rarely seen embarrassed look that caused a few giggles from his siblings to bubble up until he groaned, pink faced, and looked away. "Y/n, this is my mom and my sisters. Teiko. Sumi. Y/n."

"I thought they looked familiar! You have such a lovely family, Sanemi!," you politely complimented which made him flush a deeper red warning a string of 'ooohhh' from his sisters and some snickering from Hiroshi. However you moved onto two different people. "Kanae! It's nice to see you again! What are you doing here?"

Said beautiful woman smiled at you finally being addressed. "I promised my parents that I'd take Kanao dress shopping for her Winter Solstice school dance. Which reminds me." She gestured to the final unknown child next to her. "Y/n, this is my sister. Genya and Kanao actually goes to the same school."

The girl looked a lot like a younger version of Kanae to be honest. Definitely no underestimating who she was related to. Both had black hair and pink eyes only slightly different shades and Kanao wore hers in a shorter side ponytail. She didn't say anything but she did politely bow to you both in greeting.

"It's so nice to meet you too! A dance huh? I bet your dress is going to look so pretty!"

It was then that the young girl frowned and looked to the right. Oh. Was it something you said? Kanae caught on quickly to the shift on her sister's face before frowning.

"Well that's the problem. The kind of dress she wants won't be sold to her."

"They're out?" Or maybe they didn't have them in her size?

Kanae shook her head. "No. It's not that. Do you see that dress in the display window there?" She pointed out to the large store front. "The one with the black belt at the waist." You looked and there was indeed a very pretty dress there. It was about your size, a dark magenta-purple-pink at the top but faded to a light pink and then a pure white near the bottom. A black decorative belt around it's middle as it stood there on the maniquin. "That's the only one in the store but they wouldn't sell it to us."

"Huh. Maybe it's for display only?"

"No. The woman said that it was inappropriate to buy a teenager a bridesmaid dress, she wouldn't even let us but it for her." She sighed tiredly. "This is why I wanted Shinobu to come with us. She's always so good at bargaining with people."

"Ya want me to go in there and talk some sense into her, Babe?"

That made Kanae laugh. "Thanks, Sweetie but I don't think your way of convincing would really help. Anyways- " She turned back to you and Gyomei. "There's a second hand store around the corner where I found my prom dress. We'll look there next. We'll see you two later at lunch?"

"Count on it. But now that you mention it-" Kanae blinked noticing that f/c orbs didn't look away from the pretty dress in the window at all. A thoughtful look upon her face. "That IS a very beautiful dress. It'd be a shame to just leave it there and it looks just my size!" That statement just got mixed reactions from everyone. Kanao especially looked wide eyed at your happy smile. "Gyomei, will you excuse me one moment?"

"Oh?" Said blind man looked confused as your footsteps suddenly left his side. "Um..I su-supposed so?"

Many eyes in shock or in slight disgust watched as you happily walked around or past a few people that stood in front of you. Practically skipping your way to the door. DING! With a pretty bell sound going off above her form, she disappeared into the doorway and there was silence as everyone stared... Before Teiko shot Sanemi a mean look.

"That was supposed to be the 'nice daycare lady' you talked about?!," she accused him with a disgusted frown. "That was the most blatantly mean thing I've ever seen!"

"I'd have to agree, Hun. That was incredibly insensitive."

Kanae smiled wider. "Actually..Things aren't always what they seem with her." She patted Kanao on the back as she looked a bit close to tears. "You'll get your dress."

"Not if it's being bought by someone else."

Kanae chose to ignore Teiko's mutters and just continued to stand there in the awkward and tense silence. A moment later a man was visible in the window pulling the light weighted maniquin with the particular dress that had Kanao perking up and sadly watching as it was taken away from sight. Oh she knew she felt really upset...

But there's always a silver lining in the sadness.

DING!! You happily came back out of the store. Shopping bag in hand with your other hand pulling out the pink dress halfway that Kanao stared at without missing a beat. Examining the back of it .

"Look! Isn't it beautiful?!," you gushed holding it up to Kanae who nodded. "I couldn't resist and just my luck it was the last one like this!" You then looked down again before dramatically gasped. "Oh no!"

"What's wrong?"

You frowned. "It's not my size. I should've read the tag before getting it. *sigh* Oh well. It's too late now. I didn't ask for a receipt so I can't return it either. Oh, I know!" You happily held it up to a very happy looking Kanae. "You know a lot more girls than I do. I bet you'd know someone who'd just love this."

"Why thank you. I actually have the perfect person in mind for it." She happily accepted the bag from you before immediately turning to her sister who could only keep staring at the dress... before grabbing it from Kanae, still looking on in disbelief.

"Well that was certainly a dead end. Is there any movie theaters around here?" Kanae pointed up the road. "Thanks! Gyomei, do you want to go listen to a movie while we wait?"

He smiled at you. "But of course. We will see you both later. Please excuse us."

He once again offered his arm to you and everyone stared as you walked down the road and up towards where Kanae pointed out. Everyone staring at the retreating couple before Sumi peeked up to her brother and giggled.

"Nemi and Y/n sitting in a tree. K. I-"

"FINISH THAT SONG AND YOU'RE SO DEAD!!"

Unfortunately the red of his ears betrayed his true feelings. Nor did Kanao miss her older sister's silent stare after the couple. This would be very interesting indeed.

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"How did you enjoy the show?"

"Sanemi was right about it having a good storyline," Gyomei complimented as you both walked back up the street back towards where you last left the Shinazugawa family and Kocho Sisters. "The plot twist that the final survivor was the one manipulating the strings the entire time was very well executed. The writers deserve a raise."

"I think it's easier to listen than watch along. But do tell, what time is it?"

"Uh-.." You looked around and spotted a grandfather clock sitting in the middle of an antique shop's window. "According to that clock over there, it's almost two. The movie must've been longer than we thought."

He hummed. "Then we'd best be along now. Follow me."

You once again allowed him to lead you somewhere as your arms intertwined. About one or two streets away from the dress shop he lead you, right up to a building that was a single story but large and had a sign hanging on the front that read 'The Spider Lily Bar and Diner.' Your eyes blinked up unsure at the building but didn't stop when he walked up to the building's double doors. How he managed to tell where things were or get places without sight was still a mystery. Gyomei happily held open the door for you and the both of you walked in.

CLACK!!

The first thing you heard that got your attention was the loud clacking of pool balls hitting each other to your left. When you looked there was a large generic pool table with an elderly man on one side. He seemed to be enjoying playing pool by himself as he shakily held the long pool stick ready to punt another ball. There was also an unoccupied game of darts in that corner along with a pinball machine and and an old jukebox that played pretty traditional music throughout the place. To the right and in front of you there was a clear bar with alcohol beverages behind it, and lots of tables and chairs. The air was filled with the smell of fried meats that wafted over from a pair of double doors assumibly leading to a kitchen.

The place seemed pretty empty aside from a bartender cleaning the front and a few people eating. You only continued to stand there awkwardly before a pair of pink eyes met F/c ones, and the figure of Kanae waving at you from one of the tables beside her Sanemi looked up calmly from drinking what looked like coffee.

"Mei, over here!," she called out to your boyfriend who turned his head immediately towards her.

With a soft hand on your shoulder, he slowly maneuvered you towards the table where the two were happily waiting for you this time without their families. You met Sanemi's calm face and a little bit of anxiety bubbled up as you were slowly sat down in front of Kanae when Gyomei pulled out the chair for you. He sat down a moment later again the chairs comically small under Gyomei's massive size.

"Hey, Mei! We've been waiting for you guys!"

"Apologies for the wait. We went to go see that movie Sanemi recommended. It was very good."

"Tch. Try telling that to Obanai."

"Have you both eaten yet?"

"Nah. We were waitin' for you two to make an appearance." Sanemi looked at your awkward form sitting there.. before just leaning back and raising a hand up. "You hungry?"

"Yes. I haven't eaten anything all day other than some pancakes and some theater popcorn. Gyomei mentioned that this place made really good hot wings."

"You want some?"

"Actually I think I'll just get something else."

You didn't think you could handle spicy stuff on a mostly empty stomach right now. What you didn't realize was that Sanemi was raising a hand to call over a waitress who came over and greeted your small group in a way that had you thinking that they must've been regulars or came here often enough to be recognized by her. With drinks and orders placed, you again sat back quietly as Kanae asked Gyomei about his date with her sister and Giyuu he had the other day.

"It was wonderful. You should really try that vendor. His homemade ice cream is actually delicious. Although Giyuu did have lose his to an unsuspecting dog." He chuckled at the memory. "That poor woman wouldn't stop apologizing."

"Aw. That's adorable," Kanae cooed with a smile. "Too bad we couldn't join you but work called."

"Oh. Where do you work?"

You knew Sanemi tutored people in math and worked part time as a telemarketer. Mitsuri said something about herself and some of the other ladies working in a cafe and mentioned Shinobu worked in a nearby office. Gyomei worked with you..But you had no idea about the others.

"I work part time at Holly's Flowers. It's a florist shop," she happily explained before giving you a look. "But I heard you work at the University's daycare with Mei."

You nodded with a smile feeling a little bit better. "Yes. I love working with children and it's a good job. Sure there's messes, snot, and diaper changes but it's a good job although it might not pay as much as other jobs."

"Yeah. Speaking of money.." Sanemi fixed you with a look that made you instantly nervous. "...Lunch is on me."

"Huh?"

You didn't get a chance to question him on the sudden statement out of nowhere because the waitress came back with a giant tray full of food and a moment later a plate of the tonkatsu special was sat in front of you. Oh thank goodness. Something to occupy yourself with. Using the excuse to not talk for a little bit you ate while politely listening to Kanae tell you about her florist job, and her recent order of a giant stack of tulips for someone's bachelorette party. While the boys spoke of Sanemi's recent troubles-

When a ringing interrupted all of the talking.

It was a ringtone. Gyomei blinked, lowering the chopsticks that held a piece of tempura before he dug out the comically small phone from his front pocket and held it up to his ear. "Hello?...OH! It's you. I meant to call but-"..He suddenly pulled away from the phone to give you all an apologetic face. "I'm so sorry but do you mind if I take this? It's my mother."

"Of course not!" "Sure." "Go ahead." Was your three responses.

A smile graced his faces as he stood up letting his chair screech. "Thank you. I'll be right back."

You three were silent as he left holding the phone to his ear and stepping outside to avoid bothering anyone. There was more silence as you all sat there awkwardly.. before Sanemi turned to to you with a serious expression.

"Since it's been fucking hangin' in the air, I'm just gonna say it." You blinked as his eyes narrowed slightly. "What are you getting at giving me all that money?"

Oh..Guess it was about that huh? You figured it would come out sooner or later.

Slowly inhaling you sighed before giving him a nervous frown. "I'll be honest..it wasn't my first idea to give it to you-"

"No shit. It was a thousand dollars and a free pass of year's worth of free food from the dam school. Who'd want to give up either of that shit? Which is why I'm asking. You got another angle? What the hell did you want outta it?"

You blinked again. "I didn't want anything. I was just about to say that before you interrupted me."

"Then why give it to me?"

"Because you needed it more."

Sanemi paused at the blunt tone of voice she used-..No. Wait. It wasn't blunt but more matter of fact. He fell silent looking her up and down for any signs of deceit but found none. Exchanged looks with Kanae also told him she had nothing to suspect with her beautiful smile tilted at him. It was a good moment of thought as the scarred face turned to a half eaten bowl of miso soup, with nothing but the sounds of soft flute music with the continued clacking of pool balls in the background to break it. Eventually dark purple eyes did look up at her once again with a neutral look.

Sanemi hummed. Nodded. And closed his sigh with an exhale from his nose. "..Thank you."

You blinked. "What?"

"You heard me. This soup's dam good."

You were almost confused by the sudden casual change of topic as he just went back to eating as if Sanemi wasn't trying to interrogate you just seconds before. You again gave a small glance at Kanae.. before in perfect unison you both giggled making the white haired man raise a brow with the spoon in his mouth.

"And here I thought you were upset with me. You're really a very sweet man."

"*CHOKE?!*" Sanemi choked on the food on his mouth and ended up going into a loud coughing fit. The spoon falling with a clatter on the table and his fists repeatedly hitting his chest until he gained attention the both of you with a deeply shocked and RED face.

You both giggled again before Kanae spoke. "You alright there, Honey? Sounds like you need a drink."

"I- YEAH! I-ILL GET US DRINKS!!" He muttered quickly before suddenly standing up and stiffly walking away from your table and towards the bar.

Again you both giggled before you looked back to her. "Does he always act like that?"

"Only around people he likes so congratulations."

"I'm flattered. I wouldn't mind becoming friends with him."

"We wouldn't mind either. Do you want to come over and watch a movie with us? Obi and Mitsuri will be there too and I'm sure she'll be happy to see you too!"

You didn't have a chance to answer her. Because the door opened once more, f/c eyes looked up anticipating Gyomei. However your body instantly froze and your face paled at what entered through the door. Kanae instantly noticed the sudden change in the air, pink eyes glancing on the way f/c pupils shrank while looking past her, and put of curiosity turned around to see what had caused such a change.

A group of six men had just walked in excitedly talking about something she couldn't make out in the mesh of voices but got the words 'last game of the series won'. Ah. Sports fans.

"Crap. Hide me."

A rustling of the table had Kanae look forward again to find the woman in front of slumped into her seat trying to hide behind her taller figure. "Y/n, what's wrong?"

"It's HIM!", You hissed trying to duck into your sweater.

"Him who?"

"HIM him! The guy that almost threw up on me when I met Gyomei!"

In an instant her face dawned in surprise and turned around again at the group. "He's here?"

"The guy in the red jersey. Don't let him see me!"

Pink eyes blinked again and spotted the man in the red jersey. He looked a bit roughed up, not in a fight wise but like he fell down a few times with how wrinkled his clothes were. He was laughing loudly at something the man next to him said as the bartender placed a drink in front of him. That was the terrible man that put Y/n through that horrible experience? She continued to stare at the men who were laughing at something else being said within their group until brown eyes happened to look over and made eye contact with her. A blank look came over his face before he smirked, chugged his drink back, before slamming his shot glass down and pushing himself off where he leaned against the bar.

Oh this was about to be interesting.

She could hear the unbearable groan of the other woman as he just sauntered up to the table and without even a word sat himself right down in Sanemi's seat. Leaning an elbow on the table. "Hey.~"

"Can I help you?" Her expression didn't change from her previous smile but her brow rose.

"I couldn't help but notice that you were eyeing me from the other side of the bar. I take it you liked what you saw and I've got to say-" He smiled leaning towards her just the tiniest bit closer smile wider. "I DEFINITELY love what I see. You're stunningly beautiful.~"

"Sorry." Her smile changed to one that mimicked Shinobu's all too well. "I have no idea what you're talking about about."

"Don't be shy, Beautiful. I saw you looking at me-"

"Yes. In disgust. What shampoo do you use? Bedhead number five?"

He suddenly blinked taken very much aback but snapped forward in disgust making the shrinking woman immediately freeze up and regretting her choice to laugh. "The hell are you laughing at?!"

"N-Nothing. Sorry."

"...Hey. Wait a second." His eyes narrowed as he looked you up and down. "Do I.. know you? You look familiar."

"I-I get that all the time." You looked away waving a hand. "I'm sure yo-you're mistaking me for someone else."

"Hey. Wait. You're that chick!" Again you froze in horror as realization lit up his now happy face and he pointed at you. "From the bar n' grill right? Yeah. You left me high and dry on the way home y'know."

Record scratch.wav

....You stared at him. "Excuse me?!"

Like with what happened on the date he completely ignored your question. "What are you doin' here? Couldn't resist me after all?~"

However unbeknownst to everyone, your shout had quickly caught the attention of a white haired man who quickly turned around to the source of the yellow and did a double take at what he saw.

"We happen to be on a double date." Kanae's voice also seemed to have no desired affect on him as she made a shoo motion at him. "That you so rudely butted in. Please go away or else there's going to be very bad consequences."

In one ear out the other.

Instead his face lit up with some kind of perverse glare. "Oooh. Date. Ok. You're girlfriends.~ I can vibe with that.~"

"WHAT?! HOW DID YOU GET TO THAT CONCLUSION?!" You shouted angrily at him.

No one noticed the white hot rage coursing through the man as he slowly turned away from the bar ignoring waiting for his drinks. Veins sprouted as fists clenched and stuff footsteps slowly began approaching with his sight only being filled with white hot wrath and a single man in a red jersey.

Everyone was looking over now hearing your shout. The clacking of balls stopped and talking died down with the only noise being the music still softly playing from the jukebox. You only scowled in newfound anger and fresh memories of what happened that night repeated itself all over again.

You pointed an accusing hand at Jake's stupid face. "You embarrassed me, treated me like I was some dating simulator game, and then I was made to pay for the entire bill! I didn't even get to enjoy anything because you're drunk sorry self decided it'd be a fantastic idea to try and see how much you could ruin the night for me!"

"I don't remember that." The blunt bored way he spoke had both your jaws dropping at the audacity of him. "I remember we both had a good time with drinks and then I woke up at home. Kinda a dick move to just ditch me like that."

"I ditched YOU?! I had to PAY for your ride home because I wasn't going to be responsible for you getting yourself killed because you decided it'd be a good idea to get drunk!!"

"Well you owe me for ditching me on the ride. What if I didn't make it home? I say a day with you both would be the least you could do to make up for that."

Finally the smile left Kanae's face and turned to a scowl as your enraged self could only spout half sputters unable to form a complete sentence from how angry you were.. However your anger was absolutely no match for someone else who was already reaching out for him-

"You need to leave. NOW," Kanae stated firmly pointing a hand away from them, "Leave her alone and get away from us!"

"It's not my fault you girls get so hormonal and angry."

Kanae suddenly let out a squeak of surprise and practically scrambled away as a hand touched her waist and you followed suit feeling the tips of fingers brush against the side of your thigh. Chairs scraped and fell as the both of you shot up and away from the man still sitting there like he hadn't done anything wrong.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

He didn't get to answer when a fist grabbed him by the collar.

It all happened so fast. One moment he was sitting down, the next he was ripped from the table sending dishes scattering, the chair getting knocked over, and an angry fist held up the other man easily in the air.

And there Jake came face to face with a VERY enraged Sanemi.

"What the ever living fucking hell do you think you're doing, Bastard?"

"What the fuck?! Mind your dam business ghost face!"

W R O N G A N S W E R

"Oh. My business? Well here's a little reality check for you. Keep your mother fucking hands off MY girlfriends!!"

It all happened within one second. Sanemi with a manic sadistic and enraged strained smile wound up a fist back, and with speeds inhumanly slammed forward.

C R A C K!

A sickening crack sound filled the air alongside the taunting sounds of jukebox music. Jake knocked back as Sanemi's fist collided right with his nose and the force was so much that a literal piece of his shirt collar was ripped off violently as he went back. Like a ragdoll his body slammed into another pair of tables and chairs before collapsing on the ground. Silence resumed as Jake just laid there as Sanemi breathed heavily.. before his attention immediately snapped to Kanae.

"Baby!" In one second he was in front of her holding her face with a scared expression. "Are you alright? He didn't hurt you did he? He's a dead motherfucker if he so much as bruised you-"

"I'm alright!" She quickly held up her hands. "He just tried grabbing my waist is all."

"That's one grab too much! Are you ok?!" You blinked. One moment he was holding Kanae then in one second he's on the other side of the table gently grabbing your shoulders and giving you the same scared/concerned look. "He didn't try anything to you right?! You're not hurt anywhere!?"

You were a mix of scared, angry, and could only stutter out. "H-He g-grabbed my le-leg."

"Sanemi.. It's him. The one Gyomei told us about."

In an instant his face snapped back towards Kanae. "Wait. Is that the guy?"

"Jake! Oh my God. Jake, are you alright?!"

Sanemi inhumanly slowly turned around towards the man he just punched. At the moment he was being helped up onto wobbly legs by two of his friends as a third patted the side of his dazed face.

"Jake! Dude! Say something!," the one who was gently patting his face begged.

"Wat hit meh?", Jake managed to ask dazed.

It was then that one of his friends shot up a scowl towards Sanemi.. before it instantly paled into a ghost white. "Shit... It's fucking Sanemi Shinazugawa."

"Let's get him outta here before he's killed."

It was then that Gyomei finally returned. Walking in quickly and blinking at the feeling of a group of people quickly pushing past him towards the door. He was confused and concerned looking in the direction of you all. "What happened? I thought I heard yelling on my way back in."

You were too busy angrily wiping at your face to answer so Kanae said something you didn't hear.

"Hey. You're going to be ok." Sanemi gently rubbed where he still held your firearms. "He's gone now and I ain't gonna let him hurt ya. He won't try anything else after that. I promise you."

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