Blond Facility

Chapter 4

 Blond Facility

As Mai walks the streets, he can't help but look through every window he comes across, as he looks through a window at a fast food restaurant, as he watches the people eat, his own stomach growls, he sighs and reaches into his back pocket, and takes out his wallet

he opens it he sees 2 bills of 1000 yen, and some change,

"that makes 2500 yen" he mutters, he looks up at the menu on the door,

a burger for 450 yen, a drink for, 200 yen, and some fries for 120 yen 

Mai takes a deep breath and walks in, he orders a combo for 770 yen,

leaving him with 1,730 yen left, he sighs and takes a seat, behind a woman with a much younger male than herself, as he unwraps the burger , he can't help but eavesdrop on their conversation, "so you have the money?" the older women said, "yes…." the boy answers, he seems scared,

"good boy" the older women says while patting his head,

the boy seems uncomfortable, Mai continues eating his meal nor really bothered by their conversation, suddenly Mai makes eye contact with the boy, his eyes is filled with fear their almost teary,

Mai sighs and stands up "hello ma'am" Mai says moving closer to their table,

the woman smacks her lips as Mai arrives at the table, "can we help you?" the woman says a little annoyed,

"well i couldn't help but realize that he's a little young for your age" Mai smiles,

she rolls her eyes ``first of all that's none of your business… secondly of all the age gap really isn't that lange" she scoffs,

Mai looks at the boy closely,

"well he doesn't look over 18... and you ma'am, well you look well over 30 maybe even 40" Mai smirks,

she snarls at his comment "well.....i'll have you know....he's well over 18"

Mai grins "oh really?" he says before turning to the boy again "may i see your identification?" Mai says still with a grin,

the boy gulps and looks nervous, "i-i lost it" he says with a nervous tone,

Mai raised an eyebrow, not buying their story, he bends forward to the boy,

"listen man, i know your not 18, let me help you out here" Mai whispers into his ear, the boy sighs, and looks at the lady whos giving him dirty looks,

"o-okay fine….i'm not 18" he says nervously,

Mai turns to the woman, then back to the boy, "so are you two dating?" Mai says his smile falters a little,

the boy slowly nods, and Mai turns to the woman, who's sweating bullets, she stands up, "w-what? no i-i only agreed because he was so lonely and depressed ... .It was out of pity!" the women yelled,

"well then it's time for you two to break up" Mai smiles at the women,

She snarls and storms off, Mai sighs and grabs his food and, and joining the boy, at his table,

"so...….. why were you with her?" Mai askes as he takes a bite of his food,

the boy sighs "i....i own her money" he says looking down at the table

Mai sighs,"how much money?"

The boy looks up at Mai "i-i paid most of it off, i only have 2k left…."he says nervously,

Mai raised his eyebrow, "that's not a lot really, i mean she could just let you go" he sighs and leans back in his seat,

the boy nods,

"so…... .what's your name?" Mai asked while stuffing his face with fries 

"M-Minato hino…" he stutturs,

"cool…my name is Mai, Mai Yagi,"

Minato nods, "anyways how old are you?" Mai askes,

Minato looks up at Mai, "i-im 14" 

Mai widens his eyes and starts choking on his fries,"what!? only 14!?" Mai yells,

Minato nods, "what about you?" minato askes, "I'm 17, turning 18 soon," Mai replies, still a little shocked over the fact that he's 14.

Minato an Mai talk for a while, as the finish their food they walk outside,

Minato sighs deeply "what's wrong?" Mai says a little concerned Minato turns to Mai "i...don't have anywhere to go," he says feeling ashamed to being homeless,

Mai smile "same here" he says before wrapping his arms around Minato's neck

"i guess we're homeless together" Mai laughs and messes with Minato's hair,

Minato starts laughing as well when he sees Mai's smile,

As their laugh dies down, they sit down and they start to brainstorm where they should sleep for the night,

Minato quickly stands up with an idea,

"I know!!" he yells and grabs Mai's hand and starts running,

they run through the streets, panting all the way, until they reach a dead end for the road, then it's just a dark forest, Minato walks into the forest with Mai behind him, they walk in the forest for a few minutes and then reaches an abandoned building,

"i used to come here as a child to get away from things" Minato says before walking inside, "well you're technically still a child" Mai laughs,

they reach a bedroom with 2 beds, Mai pulls out a lighter, "maybe we should start a fire to keep us warm?"

Minato nods "yes but we can't make it in here if we don't want the whole place to burn down, Mai nods, "okay then i'll go and look if there's a fireplace here" ,

Mai says before walking out of the room to look for a fireplace,

after a while Mai screams for Minato to come down,

"What is it?" he says while walking towards Mai,

"look! a fireplace, we really hit the jackpot here" Mai laughs with confident,

Minato rolls his eyes but laughs along with him,

"Okay you get the fireplace ready, i'll carry the beds down here" Mai says while walking passed Minato by the stairs "why can't i carry down the beds?" Minato says tilting his head, Mai looks Minato up and down and smiles "i think you already know the answer to that" Mai laughs,

Minato looked down to his body soon realizing what he meant, he couldn't help but feel a little offended,

as Mai carries down the bed he sees Minato outside picking wood for the fire,

he can't help but feel sorry for him, "14" he mutters to himself with a frown,

after Mai is finally done with the beds he throws himself on one of them,

"man, i'm exhausted" he yawns,

Minato laughed, "hey! pass the lighter" he yelled from the other side of the room, Mai reaches into his pocket and pulls out the lighter, and throwing it to Minato, he catches it and lights the fireplace,

he sits onto the bed and sighs "finally"

they sit in silence for a while just watching the fire, before Minato breaks the silence, 

"So Mai...….why aren't you staying at your parents house?" he tilts his head

Mai's small smile faltes,

"oh my god….Mai im so sorry, i just assumed that your parents were….." he trails off feeling embarrassed,

Mai's laughs "Minato, my parents aren't dead" he laughs,

"oh thank god," Minato sighs in relief, "so why?"

Mai takes a deep breath and sits up to face Minato, "well…. i'm no staying home because i want my mom to be safe" he says in a low tone,

Minato tilts his head "safe from what?"

Mai's sighs again even deeper,

"my dad is in debt...or was" he says slowly

Minato nods, "my dad didn't have the money to pay it off...so he wrote a contract with some mafia scum…..he sold me off to them so that i could pay of his debt " Mai says while laying down again,

Minato's eyes widen as he listens to Mai's words,

"Mai….i'm so sorry" Minato says in a low tone, "dont says sorry" Mai says quickly in a rough tone, he suddenly turns to Minato,

"shit…..im sorry Minato" he says quickly, "its just i don't like when people say they're sorry for something even a little sad" he turns away,

Minato nods, "oh, sorr- i mean it's okay, i get it" he says laying down as well

"lets just get some sleep" Mai says before turning to face the wall, Minato doesn't reply.

to be continued...…