BAREFACED

Chapter 11

"I'm not doing anything... fuck off..."

"You are though... You really think they are hanging out with you because they want to be friends with you?" Ren asks, his voice raspy with irritation. "They aren't trying to be friends with you... they are only hanging around you because they don't trust you. They are using you." Ren continues.

"REN... SHUT UP WILL YOU..." Eli shouts. "They aren't using me... Can't you just be happy for me for once... I fit in somewhere... They aren't hanging around me because of any stupid reason y'all want to come up with..." Eli adds.

"You are so fucking delusional..." Ren comments. Eli's eyes widen and then he narrows his eyebrows.

"Fuck you." Eli quietly says, in a disappointed tone. Eli opens the door and walks out the house. Chifuyu turns around to look at Eli. He stands up and turns to face everyone. Eli walks towards Chifuyu.

"Let's go..." Eli says to Chifuyu in a quiet tone.

"..." Chifuyu looks up at Ren and then past Ren to look at you. "Yuki..." He says. You look at him, walking towards the front door. Ren motions you to stop.

"Tell Baji she's not coming..." Ren says. Chifuyu looks back at Ren with a blank expression on his face.

"..." Chifuyu walks closer to Ren. "Baji wants Yuki to come to the meeting... Mikey is expecting her to be there too. So, she doesn't have a choice." Chifuyu replies in a stern voice. Ren looks at Eli when Chifuyu says that.

"I don't care... she's not coming..." Ren says looking back at Chifuyu. Chifuyu relaxes his eyes. He nods and turns back around walking away. Eli looks up at Ren and then follows Chifuyu. Ren closes the door and looks at you.

A few minutes later the three of you sit in Ren's room. Ren is laying down on his bed. Aimi is playing with Ren's cat. Hana is eating a bag of chips and you are silently sitting down of the floor, leaning against Ren's bed.

"Wait... so are you staying here with Ren?" Hana asks, looking up at Aimi.

"Yeah..." She sighs.

"WHHHHAAAAAA..." Both you and Hana whooped.

"Wait..." Hana squints her eyes. "Do you sleep in the same bed as Ren?" Hana asks. Aimi looks at Hana with an irritated look on her face.

"No..." Aimi sighs.

"So then where do you sleep?" You ask looking at Aimi.

"Aimi sleeps in my bed and I sleep in my parents bed." Ren replies.

"Awh..." Hana nods, then she leans in towards you ear. "He's totally lying." Hana whispers into your ear. You nod.

"So, I assume the two of you came here because of Baji?" Ren asks turning on to his side looking at you and Hana.

"Well... we did actually come here to follow Aimi... but we crossed paths with Eli and that Chifuyu guys." Hana replies.

"Yeah and that's when that Baji guy came and told me to come to the meeting tonight." You add. Hana sighs and lays down, causing the black cat to climb on top of her.

"That guy is so hot... If he weren't so scary, I would hit on him..." The three of you look at Hana when she says that. "What? He's hot... don't blame me..." Hana adds. You sigh and close your eyes.

"Isn't it getting late?" Aimi states. Hana looks over towards Aimi.

"Are you trying to kick us out already...?" She sighs. Then she sits up causing the cat to roll onto her lap. "Aw wait... Want some alone time with Mr. Nishimura over there?" Hana say's pointing towards Ren smiling. Aimi sighs and shakes her head.

"No... We have school tomorrow... Don't the two of you have to go home?" Aimi replies. Ren closes his eyes.

"Yeah... but... I should be saying the same to you... Shouldn't you be going home?" Hana says crossing her arms. Aimi doesn't respond and looks away. You sigh and slowly stand up.

"Let's go Hana... let's just leave." You say. Hana looks up at you and sighs. The sound of a motorcycle gets closer to Ren's house and then stops in front of Ren's house. Ren opens his eyes and sits up quickly, cautiously peeking out the window.

"SHIT... I didn't think he would come here..." Ren quavered.

"What's wrong?" Aimi asks looking at Ren.

"Baji..." Ren says walking out the room and down the stairs opening the door. You, Hana and Aimi look at each other. Then you hear a loud thud. Aimi's eyes widen and she runs towards the stairs. So do you and Hana. Ren is slowly sitting himself up. Baji is hovering over him, the front door still open.

"REN!" Aimi screams running down the stairs and over towards Ren. Baji glares at Aimi and then he looks up the stairs and directly at you.

"Yuki..." He says in a low toned voice.

"Oi..." Ren groans trying to stand himself up. Baji turns to look at Ren. Baji grabs Ren's shirt.

"Who the fuck do you think you're talking to... ?" he grunts, tightening his grip. Aimi looked worried. You start to feel guilty. You slowly stand up and walk down the stairs towards Baji. Baji notices and looks at you.

"You came here for me right...?" You ask. Baji stares at you for a bit before letting go of Ren. He slowly turns to face you. "I will go with you if you leave him alone." You say. Baji scoffs and leans towards you.

"You're coming with me whether I beat his ass or not-"

"BAJI..." A voice yells out from outside. You look out the door to see a guy with blond hair sitting on a motorcycle. Mikey You thought to yourself. Baji turns to look outside.

"Mikey." Baji replies. Mikey jumps off his motorcycle and walks up towards the front door.

"Hi Ren." Mikey says waving at Ren. His eyes are closed as he smiles. "We are supposed to meet tonight at the shrine... remember?" Mikey says looking down at Ren with a calm smile on his face. Mikey slowly looks up at you. "One of you are Yuki... right?" You nod. Mikey smiles and walks over Ren's legs and over towards you. "You are so small... to think you're V... I would have never thought..." You look at Mikey feeling a pain in your chest. Mikey turns around and walks out the door and towards his motorcycle. "YUKI... ride with me..." Mikey shouts out at you. He's standing next to his motorcycle waiting for you.

Did Eli tell Mikey that I was V? It hasn't even been that long since I used that fake identity and I have already got figured out. You thought to yourself.

Baji turns to look at you. "Go..." He says in a low but mellow tone. You walk out the door towards Mikey. Mikey gets on his bike and motions you to get on with him. You get on the bike, holding onto the seat. The engine of the motorcycle roars as he pulls off.