Chapter 56

"AUUUGH! WHY WON'T THIS BEAR BUDGE?!" Draken shouts in irritation. You furrow your eyebrows at Draken. He looks at you and sighs. "I only have one coin left..." He sighs holding the coin in his hand, he takes a deep breath and places the coin in the machine. He moves the crane and it lowers down and picks up the bear. He clenches his hand watching the crane move. The crane drops the bear into the shoot. He sighs in relief. He goes down to grab the bear. You smile as he shows you the bear. 

"You did it! Doesn't it feel good to have won it?" You bubble. He stares at you with a blank expression on his face.

"No. It doesn't... I spent 10,000 yen on this dumb ass game... nothing about this feels good." He sighs. "Let's go... I'm hungry." He motions you to follow him. You follow him out the arcade.

You sit on his bed beside him as he eats a cup of ramen. You take a bite of a soft bun and sigh. 

"I'm sorry... I would have taken us out to eat but I'm short on money." He sighs.

"It's fine." You comfort. He stares at you and rests his arm on his thigh. 

"Yuki." He softly says. 

"Hm?" You hum looking up at him.

"Who told you about what happened... with Mikey and Kazutora?" He asks. You stare at him a bit and then look away. 

"Why do you ask?" You question. Draken furrows his eyebrows and places his cup of noodles down. 

"Was it Kisaki?" He asks. You stare down at the ground and then slowly bit the soft bun. 

"How far is Roppongi?" You ask, ignoring his question. He stares at you and then looks away feeling irritated. He takes his braid out and runs his fingers through his hair. His hair went down to his shoulders. You take another bite of the soft bun. 

"When was the last time you talked to Kisaki?" He asks. You look down at the ground taking a big bite of the soft bun. "What did he tell you exactly?" He continues. You slowly chew the food in your mouth. Draken stares at you waiting for an answer. After swallowing your food, you look at him. He raises his eyebrows and moves his head a bit waiting for you to say something. You slowly open your mouth and moved the soft bun towards your mouth taking a bite of it. His eyes twitches and he grips his pants. "Give me that." He says motioning for the soft bun. You slowly shake your head. "I bought it... so It's mine... give it to me." He seethes.

"You gave it to me. You can't take back what you gave."

"Eh? So, you can respond to that... but not to the other questions?" He huffs. You stare at him and take another bite. He quickly reaches for the bun, but you move your hand away and push yourself away from him. He grabs you by the ankle and pulls you over towards him, slamming you down on the bed. You hold onto the bun tightly as he try's to pry it from your hand. You shove the bun into your mouth and he furrows his eyebrows, glaring down at you. "... What the fuck." He huffs and then sighs. You slowly chew the food in your mouth. Your cheeks were puffy and full. You try to push yourself away again but he grabs your thigh, pulling you towards him. He gets in between your legs, placing both his hands on both sides of your head. You stop chewing and look at him confused.

"I will wait for you to finish chewing." He seethes. You furrow your eyebrows and begin to slowly chew again. After you finished chewing, swallowing your food, you push your hands up on his chest trying to get him to move. "You done? Now answer my questions."

"Can you get off?" You ask.

"I will after you answer." He responds.

"Don't you like Emma...? You shouldn't be on me like this." You sigh. Draken's eyes widen and eyebrows raise.

"I'm not going to do anything to you-" He says relaxing his face.

"Mmm..." You hum and furrow your eyebrows.

"Why? You want me to?" He asks leaning towards you, smiling at you.

"Want you to what?" You ask in a confused tone.

"To fuck you."

"WHA?" You look at him shocked and begin to push him away again. He grabs your hands and pushes them down.

"What did Kisaki tell you?" He asks again. You glare at Draken and sigh.

"He said Mikey killed Kazutora..." You softly say. Draken stares at you for a bit then squints his eyes a bit.

"And how did Mikey kill Kazutora?" He asks.

"How would I know... I wasn't there." You rasp.

"And so... You believed Kisaki?" 

"No one else told me anything... so yeah... Why? Did he lie?" You ask. Draken looks away and gets off of you. "Did he?" You ask.

"... I don't know what happened." Draken sighs.

"What? How don't you know if you were there..." You say in an irritated tone.

"Cause it happened too fast. But Mikey said he didn't mean to-" Draken huffs.

"Didn't mean to? How do you not mean to kill someone?" You rasp. Draken stares at you and looks away. You squint your eyes at him. "If he didn't mean to then tell me how hE dIdN't MeAn To..." You say in a low tone. Draken sighs and grabs the cup of noodles. 

"Why don't you talk to Mikey and ask him." He sighs.

"No thank you." You quietly say standing up. 

"You really gonna be like that? You believe Kisaki... but not gonna ask Mikey-?" Draken chuckles in an irritated way. You stare at him and then at your shoes, putting them on.

"Thanks for the soft bun..." You say standing up.

"Where you going?" He asks.

"To Roppongi..." You reply.

"Eh? Why?" He questions.

"None of your business." You sigh. Draken glares at you and scoffs, shaking his head.

"Ight. Be that way..." He motions towards the door. You relax your eyes and nod. You open the door and close it, walking down the hall. 

You ride the elevator down and slowly make your way out the building. You slowly walk down the street thinking about what Draken said. 

"He didn't deny Mikey killed Kazutora but then says it was accidental... how the fuck does someone accidently kill someone..." You quietly sigh. You look up at the sky. The sun is setting, and the sky is getting dark. You close your eyes and furrow your eyebrows.

You knock on Eli's front door hoping he's home. The door cracks open a bit and Emi stares at you through the crack. She sighs loudly when she sees you.

"IT'S ONLY YUKI!" She yells out behind her. She opens the door allowing you to come in. You bow a bit and smile at her, she smiles back at you. Eli looks at you, holding the baby in his arms. The baby is crying and squirming around.

"What's wrong with the baby?" You ask.

"She's sick..." Eli sighs.

"Why don't you take her to the hospital?" You ask.

"She has no papers... If we take her, they will take her away from us." Emi sighs. 

"But what if she gets sicker and... yeah." You say, frowning a bit. Eli furrows his eyebrows and rocks the baby.

"I know. We contemplated taking her. But we don't want to risk losing her..." Emi softly says. You walk closer to Eli, touching the baby's head. She was extremely hot and snot was pouring out her nose.

"She's a month old... right? You said she was born October 4th...?" You ask. Eli slowly nods. "Has she been coughing?" You ask. 

"No... thankfully... She's just very warm." Emi replies.

"Has she been pooping?" You ask, looking at Emi.

"... No... She hasn't..." She slowly replies.

"What have you been feeding her?" You question.

"Milk." Eli replies.

"Milk? Cow's milk?" You look at Eli shocked.

"Yeah? What else...?" He says looking at you confused.

"You know you have to feed her baby formula..." You sigh. Emi's eyes widen and she looks at Eli.

"I TOLD YOU!" She shouts, pounding her fist into Eli's shoulder.

You softly wash the baby with warm water. Emi sits beside you, holding the baby's head up. After washing the baby, Emi puts clothes on the baby. You touch the baby's stomach. It was hard and stiff. You furrow your eyebrows and sigh.

"Poor baby... she must be in so much pain..." You softly say in a sad tone.

"I'm sorry... I should have told him to get formula... I feel so bad." Emi frowns and rubs the baby's leg. You slowly nod. 

"We can move her legs up and down, as if she were riding a bicycle... it can help her poop." You say holding onto her feet. Emi slowly nods. You lay the baby on a soft blanket and sit down in front of her. You hold onto her legs and move them back and forth. The baby grunts and squeezes her eyes close. Emi sits beside the baby and rubs her belly.

"Are you okay?" You ask looking at Emi, still moving the baby's legs.

"Yeah... just very tired..." Emi softly says.

"Has the baby kept you up all night?" You ask. She slowly nods and sighs. 

"That and some guys tried breaking into our place last night..." She quietly adds.

"HUH? Did they try to rob you?" You ask.

"No... they were looking for us."

"... Why are you both still here if that's the case... Wouldn't it be dangerous to stay here? Did you tell the police?" You ask.

"No... We haven't called the police... If we did, they would of taken the baby." Emi sighs. "Besides we have nowhere else to go... so we have no choice but to stay here." You furrow your eyebrows and tilt your head to the sound. 

"Why don't you stay at my place?" You ask. Emi's eyes widen and she quickly looks at you.

"Wait... really? Are you sure?!?" She says in a happy tone. You smile at her and nod. The baby makes a grunt noise and a water gushing sound comes from her bum. You furrow your eyebrows and look at the baby who's face is red and scrunched up. Emi stares at the baby too. Then the baby relaxes her face. Emi scrunches her nose when she smells the smelly diaper.

"Welp..." You say letting go of the baby's feet. The front door opens and Eli walks in holding a few bags of baby formula and other things.

"I'm back." He say's placing the stuff on the counter.

"Eli." Emi says. Eli looks at her waiting for her to say what she has to say. "The baby pooped." She says pointing at the baby.

"Okay? Good?" He says looking at Emi confused.

"Yep... So, change her." She bubbles, as she stands up.

"Eh? Come again?" He huffs.

"I think the poop is leaking out her clothes..." You say backing away a bit.

"Mhm... go change her." Emi motions.

"What... Why? I went all the way to the store to get her baby food and more clothes just to come back and change a poopy diaper...?" Eli sighs.

"I was up all night dealing with a crying baby..." Emi listlessly says as her eyes bore into Eli's. He takes a deep breath and slowly nods.

"Okay okay... I'll change her." He says walking towards the baby and sitting in front of her. You move away as he unbuttons the baby's clothes. Emi opens the bags and looks at the stuff Eli bought.

"EW! IT WENT UP HER BACK!" Eli shouts, gagging a bit. 

"Pfttt..." Emi looks away and begins to clean out a bottle.

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" He rasps. 

After he cleans up the baby. He sits on the couch, rocking the baby a bit, feeding her baby formula.

"Yuki said we can stay at her place." Emi softly says.

"What?" Eli looks at you confused.

"Emi told me what happened last night. So, I offered for you both to stay at my place." You reply. Eli stares at you a bit and then slowly nods, smiling a bit.

"Thanks." He softly says. "Can we go tonight?" He asks. You slowly nod.