You turned to face the man and his empty black eyes shot right through your soul and chills ran down your spine. There was a moment of silence between you two as you both tried to fight this sense of familiarity that seemed to overtake you both.
He was wearing a white unbuttoned suit with a white dress shirt underneath. He had a tie on but it had been loosened, slightly revealing the top of his chest.
This was a man who had a strong presence in every way, shape, and form. You studied his facial structure; it was so bony. The man had a sharp jawline and looked so pale. He had eye bags so prominent they were almost completely black in color, just as his eyes were.
His nose was the perfect shape and all his facial proportions just seemed so beautiful. His platinum white hair looked so silky and soft to the touch; yet, despite his unusual appearance, you weren't afraid of his beauty... something kept drawing you in.
Tension continued to build as he studied you as well. He quickly glanced at your e/c colored eyes and admired how your makeup accentuated your features, like how your lips were so plump and glossy and how that eyeliner gave you the perfect cat-eyed look; you were perfection.
He followed the long length of your h/c colored hair as it led down to the shimmery red dress you were wearing that perfectly outlined your curves as you sat on the bed. He noticed the single strap that had begun to slide off your shoulder which led him to your prominent collar bones. He noticed how your skin was so full of life, it seemed so surreal to the man.
The silence was so loud yet, in a sense, comforting.
"Uh, h-how do– um I mean, did that pink-haired guy tell you who I was?" You asked in a stutter.
"Yeah, his name is Sanzu by the way. You know, you're going to be the first female in Bonten," The white-haired man told you, "Well, first lady actually in Bonten. I guess the brothers were too scared to tell me who you actually were. Makes sense."
You were confused by his words but to no matter, you agreed to his statement. Your plan had been going a lot smoother than expected but you still had no idea what Sanzu had told this man.
You turned your head down, facing your thighs as you spoke, "Yeah, Sanzu met up with me in a bar and told me what to expect before bringing me here to his place. Covered my head but didn't harm me in any way... he explained he just needed to keep the location secure," You lied.
"What's your name, by the way?" The leader asked.
You didn't want to give away too much information up front, especially since he didn't know what your name was so you assumed he didn't give this man much personal information. Your plan meant making your way to the inner rankings of Bonten, and based on what Chifuyu told you about this gang, they could easily figure out your identity if you were to truly reveal yourself even if it was just a name.
You had to play it smart, this was an intricate plan that could have no flaws. You wish you had thought of this sooner since you had already revealed your name to those brothers earlier, but your only hope was that they either didn't care enough to remember or that they didn't even pay attention.
"I go by "(first letter of your name)", you told him, looking once again at the man. "Better coverage for myself."
"Respect," He told you. "Although, for a female in Bonten, I doubt you'd need much coverage for yourself," He said, winking at you. "Being in any level of Bonten already proves to me how capable one can be; However, don't let that make you think you can be caught slacking. I'm expecting great things from you, Y/I (Your Initial)."
The man got up from the bed and reached out his hand to formally shake yours. You placed your hand in his bony grip, shaking hands as he spoke, "Allow me to formally introduce myself. Sano. Manjirou Sano—Leader of Bonten, to your acquaintance." Your eyes widened as he began to walk away and out the door. You were speechless.
"Later, pretty girl," Manjirou said without looking back."
Your jaw dropped faster than you could speak, "Mikey?" You let out in a quiet tone. A quick flashback filled your mind as the words "pretty girl" hit your ears.
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"So, Chifuyu's in your guys' gang?" You asked curiously.
"It's actually Mikey's gang," Chifuyu said, looking down, pointing at the boy with the coat over his shoulders, saddened by the fact that you caught him in his lie. "He's our commander."
"Now, now, Chifuyu. We all know it was Baji's gang; but now, I like to think of it as our gang." Mikey said, smiling as he spoke modestly.
So, "That's... the 'Invincible Mikey'?" You thought to yourself, unknowingly staring at the boy.
"Well, he surely doesn't seem to fit the description I had in mind." You thought to yourself. However, his eyes do lack that spark an average human would have.
"Whatcha starin' at, pretty girl?" The commander teased as he walked towards you, bending to your height, noticing your eyes on him.
His black eyes were no longer at your level as he straightened back up and he saw you snap back to reality, putting his hand out as you grabbed it and stood up. He was a tad bit taller than you, but not so much to where it was a huge difference.
Time had frozen as you stared into each others' eyes, hand in hand. It was as if the world had stopped spinning and you were the last two people on earth; nothing else mattered except for—
"And you are...?" The boy spoke, slowly releasing your hand. You flushed a little, though you didn't know why. But Mikey was pretty attractive. "It's Y/N."
He smiled as he tilted his head, "It's a pleasure, Y/N." He nodded his head downwards.
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You were sitting side by the side with the man you had long since been searching for. Suddenly, the senses of familiarity made sense.
"Holy. Fucking. Shit."
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Sanzu left the office before Manjirou had and was proud of the plan he came up with on the spot. Sure, originally, his plans were to deal with you himself however he saw fit, but this could work just as well. With you in Bonten, he believed that based on your history, you could easily make it to the top of the organization in no time.
He realized this meant allowing you to get closer to Mikey, so he made sure not to mention your name or who you were. Once his end goal occurred, he planned on revealing your true identity to Bonten's leader himself and allowing him to deal with you personally, leaving Mikey to Sanzu.
Based on what he had read and what Manjirou had spoken to the city about that night, he knew he wouldn't be easy on you.
As Sanzu was walking down the hallway, Ran ran up to him, walking alongside the pink-haired man, "Took you long enough. I sent that message with urgency, you know."
"Ain't my fault you left me and Rin to deal with that girl in the basement, what was her name again?... eh, doesn't matter," The brother replied.
"Shouldn't have gone down there in the first place, wasn't your fuckin' business," Sanzu said, menacingly while shaking his head. He placed his hands in his pocket and stopped in his tracks, Ran following his actions.
Sanzu turned to face him, "Listen, from here on out she's officially a part of Bonten so don't bother trying anything on her, got it?"
"The fuck? A female in Bonten? Shit's craaaaazy," Ran said, laughing, "Well, whatever. I don't care much for her, she's up in the boss's room with Rindou at the moment. We didn't know who she was, you know. So, when Mikey entered the basement we told him he was our pleasure lady."
"Well, luckily for you he seemed to forget about that. All that's known to him is that she's in Bonten now and that's that," Sanzu sighed, "She's in the fuckin' boss's bedroom, with Rindou?"
"Yuh, we were gonna question her more because she claimed to have no idea why she was here but with you telling me this I know she was obviously lying. We had to make it believable if we got caught."
"So what, if someone had walked in, you woulda fucked her on the spot just like that?" Sanzu queried.
"Yo, I'm always down for a good time," Ran replied, shrugging, "She's wearing a dress, dude. Literally would've just had to slide it up, bend her over and it would've been 100% believable."
"Whatever. Well, if you catch Rindou, catch him up to speed on things, I need to go check on the girl." The pink-haired boy said.
Sanzu walked off from the interaction with the man and continued into the main lobby of the building. Upon arrival, he then began to head up the grand stairs and turned to the direction of Manjirou's room. Once he was outside, he knocked on the door and quickly opened it. To his surprise, Rindou was not in the room, only you were and you were sitting on the boss's bed.
"Where's Rindou? And what the fuck are you doing on the bed?" Sanzu asked you, getting no response, "Hey, piece of shit. I'm talking to you," He added, again with no reply. The man began to grow angry and quickly made his way over to the bed and spoke once more.
"Where. The. Fuck. Is. Rindou?"
You finally looked up at the pink-haired man, "I just spoke with Bonten's leader right now," You told him.
"Mikey... he was here?" He asked you, trying not to lose his composure, "Well don't just sit there silently, what the fuck did he say?"
"I'm... in Bonten. The first female in Bonten," You spoke, "Didn't give him my name, well full name at least. Only my initial so he has no idea who I am.
"I have a full recollection of him, and now a current facial image to add to that. Yet, he hasn't the slightest clue about me," You added in a sorrowful tone. (A/N: Ouch.)
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