#the thing was i genuinely thought that mikey and takemichi went back together was sort of brilliant idea

[belindarimbi13]

it's not the time yet.

thinking about post-timeleap, when mikey accidentally saw young draken walked by and he wanted to call him out, but takemichi who was with him at that time, preventing him by saying: "no, mikey-kun, it's not the time yet."

mikey would scrunch his eyebrows, didn't understand why takemichi didn't want him to re-introduce himself to draken.

"it's kenchin—"

"he's not draken, mikey-kun. not yet."

then it hit mikey, the boy hadn't possessed the dragon tattoo yet. he was ken ryuguji.

mikey was stubborn. "it doesn't matter. it's kenchin. what's wrong with introducing myself to him?"

takemichi shook his head. "everything."

and he told mikey about the twin dragons story, a tale that mitsuya spilled to him when takemichi asked him, why's the change of heart.

a story about how and why draken was so important to mitsuya, how his death nearly destroyed him. how draken was everything to mitsuya, how mitsuya was mitsuya because of him.

"i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for draken, takemichi," mitsuya smiled, but he looked very sad.

mitsuya never told takemichi to keep those stories a secret, but it felt too personal that even he didn't tell chifuyu about it.

and yet, here he was, spilling all those tales to mikey.

because he knew, there was something that never meant to be changed and this was one of them.

"we couldn't take that relationship off mitsuya-kun and draken-kun." takemichi concluded quietly.

mikey went silent.

he wasn't the only one who felt empty when he knew draken had died. mitsuya was just the same.

maybe even worse.

he knew draken the longest.

"i remember, kenchin talked about his sworn brother immediately, right after our first meeting."

"sworn brother?"

"yep. the cider guy, I used to call him that." mikey snickered. "he told me that he wanted to be a proper delinquent because of his sworn brother."

"he promised his sworn brother that he would teach him how to be proper delinquent." mikey watched the road where young ryuguji had disappeared. "kenchin was sore loser back then, but he was serious about this thing. maybe that's why I was interested to be his friend."

"it will not be the 'kenchin' you know, if you meet him right now, mikey-kun."

takemichi was right. there was something that he couldn't and shouldn't change. there was something that should mean to happen, for everything else to follow.

and this time, it was this: ken ryuguji had to meet takashi mitsuya first. they had to be what they were meant to be, the twin dragons.

mikey or takemichi couldn't and shouldn't intervene them.

or they won't be the draken and mitsuya that they both know.

"can't wait," mikey grinned, hauling takemichi by his neck.

takemichi yelped in surprise. "for what?"

"for us to meet the twin dragons." mikey looked up to the sky. "this time, we'll make sure they will soar together until the end."

#i cope with the ending by creating various scenarios to fill the gap #either that or completely alternating everything #the thing was i genuinely thought that mikey and takemichi went back together was sort of brilliant idea #but wakui executed it poorly and it pissed me off and saddened me at the same time #hanagaki takemichi #takemichi hanagaki #mikey sano #manjiro sano #draken #ken ryuguji #takashi mitsuya #mitsuya takashi #draken x mitsuya #twin dragons #doramitsu #tokyo revengers