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When they got there, everything had mostly happened already. The police were there, getting the last few people out of their apartments. Most of them barely had any bags with them or anything. Some had packed some suitcases in advance that they were taking out with them. 
It was a mess. It was horrible and Y/N felt like death when she was seeing it. There were so many families just standing out on the street, some had small children, one woman was even holding a baby on her arm. Y/N was looking around to see if she could find Kimiko somewhere.
Kimiko was living in one of the apartments with her family and they had agreed to take them in, in case they actually got kicked out. And now it was actually time for that. It would get pretty crowded, that much was sure, but well... Kimiko would do the same for them, if Y/N was in the same situation.
But this was bad. This was really bad and Y/N didn't even know where to go first. There was Ito and his group and they were arguing with the police right now. Mr. Aizawa was nowhere to be seen, but Y/N wasn't surprised. Of course he wouldn't be there to see what his decisions actually meant. There was a big group of people on the street, some of them crying, some of them shouting angrily, others just staring off into the distance. It was messy as hell.
Y/N was just standing there, taking everything in for now, not really sure what to do. She should be going to Ito and supporting him, but she was also worried about finding Kimiko and her family. She wondered whether her parents would be there, too. Her mother was probably at work, but Y/N wasn't sure about her father. And Pai... well, Pai should be around, too.
"Y/N... what do we do?" Shouta asked. She looked over at him and he looked completely shell-shocked about what was happening. Of course he would be, it wasn't a pretty sight to see.
"I... I don't know... there's Ito, he's talking to the police, let's see what's going on." Y/N said and made her way over to the group arguing with the police officers. Y/N wasn't sure what she would be doing, but she had to see what was going on. She got closer to the group and eyed up someone that was standing around.
"Hey! Sorry, it took me some time to get here. What's happening?" she wanted to know. Someone turned around to her and eyed her up and then Shouta. God, Y/N hoped they wouldn't make a big deal out of him being here. He was barely prepared to be here in the first place.
"Where the hell did you come from? And what is he doing here? Did he come to support his daddy?" the other guy asked. 
"I got the text late and made my way over as quickly as I could. Shouta's here to support our side, he's not working with his father or anything. So leave him alone, alright? What's Ito doing here? Is he okay on his own? Is there anything that needs to be done?" Y/N wanted to know.
"Yeah, yeah, he's fine. He's trying to get them to at least go in and take a look at the living conditions, since they're below the legal minimum. Then we would have a much better case against Aizawa, once we sue. Go and see if everyone knows where they're going, see if anyone needs anything." he told her. Y/N nodded and glanced back at Ito who was still arguing with the officers.
"Alright, we'll do that. I guess we'll have a union meeting tomorrow?" she asked. The man smiled a little and nodded.
"Of course we do. Your boyfriend coming too?" he wanted to know. Y/N looked back at Shouta.
"Yeah, of course. Whatever's going on here, it's bullshit." Shouta replied. The other man chuckled lowly and put his hand on Shouta's shoulder, smiling at him. Y/N was dying a million deaths, wondering whether this whole encounter would go down well, but it seemed like all was good.
"Good on you, boy. Standing up to your old man, no one thought you'd have it in you. I hope you stay on our side." he told him. Y/N felt a weight being lifted off her chest. This was better than she had hoped for.