Childhood Friend

"Hahaha. Long time no see. Hahaha. Long time no see?"

He laughed, while Raka's face looked annoyed.

"Your appearance has changed. Hahaha. Is it trendy?" Fujita asked.

"I changed everything."

"Change everything?"

Raka explains his life changes to Fujita. He also explained that his name had now changed to Raka, no longer Rama. It made Fujita surprised to know what Raka was doing. But before that happened, he laughed, laughing at Raka.

"Hahaha. Do you want peace? Are you a superhero? Hahaha. Seriously?" Fujita turned his face seriously, surprised to learn that Raka did that.

"Yeah."

"You changed your life just for peace? Oh my, you surprised me again, Rama."

"Raka... my name is Raka for now."

Fujita, who considers himself Raka's rival, is Raka's friend since childhood. The two of them were friends and competed for a long time. They know all about their strengths and weaknesses. They also knew that one of them had a higher degree. For that, they know each other and know the limits to talking, so as not to damage the relationship they have built for a long time.

"That's a bad name, you should change that. I suggest replacing it with the name Remo. It is very cool."

"I don't have a name-changing paper anymore."

"I'll buy you that. Don't worry, I can change your name as much as you want. How?"

"I refuse that."

"Why? That's a cool name, isn't it? Remo Pradana, that's cool. Hahaha."

"I know that you are making fun of me, Fujitora."

"Fujita, not Fujitora."

"Therefore, stop worrying about my current name! You're the one who should change your surname to Fujitora."

"No, I prefer Fujita. Well, even though you refuse to call me by my real name, I still allow you to call my surname. Of course, I also don't mind if you call me Fujita, as long as you admit that I always win with you, Rama—Raka."

Raka responded in silence, picking up his coffee cup to ignore Fujita's words.

No matter how many times Fujita challenges Raka to do this and that, Fujita always loses and doesn't want to admit defeat. Therefore, he always forces Raka to lose to him. It was something sneaky, far from the fact that happened. And worst of all, Fujita, if Raka refuses, will bribe Raka with money.

"How much do you want?"

Raka ignored Fujita, who wanted to bribe him. Raka once again drank his coffee so Fujita could stop doing that.

"Okay, I understand. You don't want money, do you? If that's the case, how about we compete? Oh, I know. How about we fight over that woman behind you? How?"

Fujita was aiming for that. He challenges Raka to fight over the woman who is sitting with her husband or boyfriend. It was something dangerous to do, but Fujita effortlessly challenged Raka to do it.

"I'm not here to play games. So I-"

Before Raka could finish his sentence, Fujita snapped his fingers, calling his guards to approach him.

One bodyguard approached Fujita holding a suitcase. After the bodyguard handed the suitcase to Fujita, Fujita stood up from his seat and approached the couple.

Handing over the contents of the briefcase, which turned out to be hundreds of bills, Fujita drew attention to the woman.

"Hello, Lady. I'll give you this money if you want to be my dog. Do you want it?"

"Dog?" She asked in confusion.

"Yeah, my dog. You will get your cage. Don't worry, I'll take good care of you."

The woman was confused for some reason. She looked like she wanted the money, but she didn't want to be Fujita's dog either. She was on the verge of confusion.

And before she could answer, her husband or boyfriend or friend or something immediately stood up and grabbed Fujita's collar.

"She is my wife. What are you doing, huh!?"

"Oy, Uncle, your hands are dirty!" Fujita responded with a blank stare. "Keep your dirty hands off my collar."

Geez, he's making trouble again.

Raka only drank his coffee. He didn't even glance behind him.

Meanwhile, the man suddenly trembled at the sight of Fujita's blank stare. After that, because of excessive fear, he left his wife just like that.

"Honey, where are you going?" His wife wondered about the reason why her husband left her like that.

"See, he is unfaithful to you. So, do you want to be my dog?" Fujita asked with a smile in front of the woman.

"I become your dog?"

"Yes, it is true."

"O-"

Before the woman agreed with Fujita, Raka quickly stood up from his seat.

"Stop it, Fujitora! You can't do that! You can't cause trouble to other people!"

"Oh, have you admitted your defeat, Raka? Yeah, now, your name is Raka."

"Okay, I admit that."

Raka could not help but have to relent so that Fujita would not take further action. He understood that Fujita would "really make that woman his dog". It was something Raka didn't want to happen.

"Hurray." Fujita was overjoyed at his victory. "This is my first win. You lost as Raka, so this is the first time our match has started. I'm one, and you're zero. You are the weakest, Raka."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm the weakest. It's up to you, Fujitora."

"My name is Fujita, not Fujitora."

After Fujita said that, he turned to the woman and handed the case to her.

"This is for you. However, there is one condition that you must comply with."

"What's that?"

"Get out of here on all fours. If you don't do that, I will take this suitcase from you by force."

"I see, I'll do that."

By agreeing to that, the woman got a briefcase filled with money. However, she had to get out of Fujita's presence by walking on all fours.

That might sound cruel, but not for Fujita who had already played someone. In fact, according to him, it was not worth the money he gave the woman. He should still get more than that.

"Go away!"

"Okay."

The woman left on all fours. Also, she didn't forget to bite the suitcase in her mouth. She already looked like a dog who had found the ball she had been looking for.

"Money… people requires money. With money, they will do anything. It is very easy. Hahaha."

After Fujita said that, he returned to his seat and proudly grinned. He once again cheered for his victory.

"Should I have a party now?"

"You shouldn't have done that to that woman, Fujitora..."

"It does not matter. She needed money, and I gave her money. So, it doesn't matter. In other words, in an attempt to earn money, she had to do something for me. That way, she will get the results of her efforts. Isn't it like that, Raka?"

"It's up to you to judge what kind of human being."

"Hahaha."

Raka once again took a sip of his coffee. He didn't want to stare into Fujita's eyes for too long for some reason. So, even if he talks to a man who has brown hair with an innocent look, Raka will still turn his gaze to something, whether it's coffee or something else. In other words, Raka didn't want to meet Fujita's innocent-looking eyes. He has a reason for that.

Although it didn't sound polite, Fujita already knew that Raka wouldn't stare at him for too long. Fujita already knew the reason why Raka didn't look at him when he spoke. Hence, it didn't matter to him even if it was judged to be impolite when speaking.

"I heard your story earlier," Fujita opened the topic of conversation. "You went back to school, didn't you? It is very funny. You know you don't deserve it. Wait a moment! You are now Raka, not Rama, so maybe you deserve to do that. Hahaha."

"Yeah, I'm back at school. I'm currently attending Wlynina Academy. How about your school, Fujitora?"

"It's very boring. They lick each other. They fight over me. I'm like a king to them alone."

"Is that so? Bad luck for you."

"Did you start a fight at your new school?"

"I told you, didn't I? I'm no longer a fighter, who often fights. I'm just an innocent man now. Look at these glasses, do I look like a strong man?"

"Oh, that's right. You seem like a geek who managed to befriend me."

"That's not a compliment I want to hear."

"No, I'm not praising you. That's a fact by what I've seen."

"Up to you!"

Raka spoke without looking at Fujita. He only looked at his coffee cup and took a few sips of his coffee. Even so, he was still able to talk to Fujita as usual.

"I wonder what you're like at your new school. I want to know that. Are there still many of your fans who want your kicks and punches or not? Ah, at this rate, there's no other way—I'll move there."

"Eh?"

Although Raka was surprised by that, he still only saw the coffee cup.

"Isn't that cool? I went to school there just to see an innocent man."

"That's not cool at all, Fujitora. You must not destroy my peace."

"No, I won't spoil anything. I'd be making a ruckus there."

"It's the same. Anyway, you can't change schools. Just stay there, don't go anywhere. And, you better take care of your company."

"Boring. I want something new. I want to try a new school. That way, I get a new experience."

Until now, Raka had not explained his duty to meet Fujita, so Fujita would not know that the school was a school with dangerous students.

"Anyway, over there..."

"Umph? Could it be... you came to me because there was a problem there? Is it dangerous there? How dangerous is it there?"

It seems that Fujita is starting to realize Raka's purpose in meeting him. He read the situation well.

"Is that so," Fujita continued after confirming Raka's face. "So you came to see me because there was a problem with the environment at your new school. What's that?"

Raka began to explain his purpose. He told him that two companies were interfering with his life. He intended for Fujita to do something about the two companies. Therefore, he met Fujita.

Raka did not forget to also tell that it was all done for Clara's sake. He said that he has a girlfriend who is constrained by the two companies. Fujita, who has control and is the owner of the largest company, could act to tackle both companies. Raka knew that with the emergence of a third company, namely Fujita's company, the two companies would experience a problem that Fujita would create.

The only way he thought of this. Even though it's a dirty way, it doesn't mean that Raka wants Clara's mother's company and Kevin's company to go bankrupt. He just wanted to toy with their companies by involving Fujita in them. This was all done so that Clara could be free from the matchmaking. This is all for his girlfriend.

"Is that so? However, this took me by surprise. How can someone who is not afraid to die like you can get a girlfriend? This took me by surprise. What's your girlfriend like?"

"You can't know that."

"Why? Aren't we rivals?"

"I never thought of you that way, Fujitora."

"Yeah, you always thought of me as your best friend. Well, it doesn't matter. I just need to change schools, right?"

"No, that's not what I wanted. Why did you change schools, huh!?" Raka started to panic. "You can't make a fuss there. You know, that school has dangerous students. Some of them are drug dealers, you know that?"

"…What do you mean by that?"

Fujita was surprised by Raka's words that he accidentally said. Fujita's eyes instantly went blank, looking like he wanted that.

Oh shit, I said that. He must have wanted to go to school there even more. This is so bad.

Raka panicked, while Fujita imagined how fun it would be to attend Wlynina Academy.

"Ah, that must have been a lot of fun. I can deal with those jerks. I haven't done that in a long time. If so, I'm so excited to go there. Ah, this is bad, I can't help but feel excited."

"..."

Raka responded with silence. He realized that Fujita was unstoppable. Even though he told a few lies, Fujita would still with his spirited feelings. He had made the mistake of accidentally saying that. It was he who made Fujita even more eager to study there.

"Oi, Fujitora!" Raka has decided. He bravely looked at Fujita with his piercing gaze.

"What? My name is Fujita, not Fujitora." Fujita looked back at Raka with a blank stare.

"Promise one thing! You can't make a fuss there without me telling you to."

Raka would not want to have to accept Fujita who wanted to study there. He realized that he couldn't stop it.

"Um, okay, I'll accept that. So you have agreed with me moving there. Oh, what a relief."

Fujita turned his gaze towards Raka's back. He was also aware that the look in Raka's eyes was serious when Raka was serious. It scared Fujita. He wouldn't dare stare at Raka for too long if Raka was serious. Therefore, even though his blank gaze was able to control one's thoughts, Fujita was unable to overcome the intense gaze of Raka's eyes. He could not beat Raka was serious.

Fujita chose to lose when Raka was serious.

"It's good that you understand."

"Yes, I understand that, Rama—no, Raka Pradana."

With Fujita saying that Raka lit his cigarette and regained his composure.

It's a pain to deal with someone like him. I wish there was only one person like him in this world.