Chapter 9

The buzzling office greeted Y/N as he stepped inside of Hololive Headquarters. The hum of voices, ringing phones and clatter of keyboards filled the air. It's been a week since his first day, but it takes much longer and harder to adapt at the new environment.

He let out a sigh, his mind flashed back to Yagoo's words when he'll be dealing with chaos, I don't expect this at all. He pushed the elevator button, but as the door about to close.

"Hold the door!" A man dressed in a nice suit shout.

Y/N put his hand on the line of the door, stopping it from closing. The man rushed into the elevator slightly out of breath but still composed. As the elevator started moving Y/N quickly took note of his sharp suit, perfectly styled hair, and an air of confidence that surround him.

"Thanks." The man said with a charming smile, at the same time adjusting his tie. "Close one."

Y/N nodded politely, standing off to the side his mind wandering back to his job as Okayu's manager. The man seems unfazed by the silence, his eyes scanning Y/N curiously, reminding him of someone, but not quite sure.

"Are you new here?" The man asked, his voice sharp but casual.

"Yes. I've been here for a week now." Y/N replied, caught off guard by the sudden question.

The man raised an eyebrow. "Ah, you must be the new manager everyone talking about, huh?" He chuckled lightly. "Sorry I couldn't greet you earlier, I'm just finished recovering yesterday."

His words caught Y/N's attention fully, he stared at the man curious at the same time concern of what happened to him. "Did something happened?"

"Nothing particular, just sick." He replied smiling as if everything's okay.

'I can't tell my junior that I get jumped by a bunch of Yakuza.' The man thoughts to himself, his smile hiding the truth from Y/N. "By the way, my name is Takehiru." He offered his hand.

"I'm Y/N L/N." Y/N replied, accepting the offer, shaking his hand in return. "Looking forward working with you."

A week ago, the same day Suisei find out about the tracker.

As the night sky loomed over the streets of Tokyo, Takehiru can be seen walking out from a bar with a tall blonde girl, his hand all over her shoulder. A wide smile formed in his face as the blonde girl waved to him. "Be careful on your way home, Choco-san."

Choco smiled warmly as she waved her hand before walking down to her home. Takehiru's grin didn't fade but instead forming wider. "She's easier than I thought." Takehiru said, his voice loud though drowned in the busy city. "Yuzuki Choco, you'll be in my hand soon."

He took out his phone whom buzzed with notification, a text message from Choco. He opened the message app, his eyes flickered for a moment to Suisei's contact name before clicking on Choco's message.

"I had a lot of fun with you 😆. Let's go to the bar again sometime!"

Her message put another grin on his face, thinking of her on his arm make him excited more than anything.

But suddenly, he feels a strong grip on his hand before he could even react another hand covered his mouth as someone dragged him down into dark alley. The strong grip immediately weakens replaced by a strong push that make him crash into the wall.

He groaned in pain as his back hit the cold ice wall. The grip on his mouth tightened as more figures approached him from the dark.

"What the fuck!" Takehiru tried to shout but his voice muffled by the hand that covered his mouth.

"Shut up." A low, gravelly voice commanded. "You better shut your mouth or I'll cut your tongue." One of the figures take a step closer towards him.

Takehiru's eyes darted around, trying to make out the assailants. Three men in front of him, one wearing a white suit the rest are all black. Their expression sinister as Takehiru met their eyes.

"What do you want?!" Takehiru muffled through the grip, his earlier confidence faltered.

The man who had pinned him against the wall finally loosened his grip, enough for him to talk but not to move. The second man who had been silent all the time stepped forward, pulling a picture of Takehiru himself from his pocket and held it up to his face.

The picture taken from a high angle, showing Takehiru shoplifting a tracker device in a certain shop.

"You've been stealing tracker devices from us." The same man leaned in. "We know who you are, we know what you do." His voice cold and calculated. "And I found out that you're using it for stalking an Idol."

Takehiru stomach dropped, he clenched his fist feeling cornered. "I didn-"

The same man punched him in the stomach, Takehiru groaned in pain holding his stomach with his hand.

"What should we do boss?" The same man turned his head towards the third man with the white suit.

The man in the white suit seemingly the leader, approached Takehiru closer, his voice laced with authority. "You thought you were clever, didn't you? Thinking you can get away easily stealing goods from our business."

Takehiru's eyes widened, sweat forming in his head. "I-I-I can explain-"

Another punch landed on his side, cutting him off mid-sentence. The pain made him double over barely able to stand on his feet, but the second man grabbed his collar roughly, forcing Takehiru to face their boss again.

"You made a big mistake." The man in white suit said, his voice sharp. "You owe us money, a lot of them."

Takehiru's heart pounded in his chest as he realized just how deep in trouble he is. He had thought to himself that he is untouchable, but there's no man that's Invincible.

The leader turned his head to the first and second man, "Give him PE lesson."

The man wasted no time, dragging Takehiru deeper into the alley. He struggled but his efforts were futile as the men descended on him. Pain shot through his body with every hit, every punch and every kick. The sound of fist connecting with flash echoed through the alley way, drowning out any thoughts Takehiru had of escaping.

"Take...?" "Takehiru-san?" He flinched as someone touched his shoulder, sweat formed on his forehead. He looked around and find out it was Y/N.

"What's wrong?" Y/N asked again, concern growing inside of him.

"Nothing much, I'm good, thanks for asking." Takehiru wiped the sweat from his forehead, "See you around, thanks for holding the door." He thanked him as the elevator reached the talent room, then he dashed away.

Y/N thought to himself, wondering if all of the people in the company are just weird and unpredictable or is it just him who had been unlucky.

As he walks towards Okayu's room, a voice caught him stopping him in his track. He turned to the source, a wolf ears, black hair and golden eyes.

"Are you perhaps, Y/N-san the new manager?" The girl asked Y/N as he take another step closer to him, as if inspecting him.

Y/N's body stiffened, nervous reached up to him as the girl with the wolf ear stare at him in the eyes. "Yes ma'am, I'm the new manager, Y/N L/N."

Silence filled the air as the wolf girl continued to stare at him, not giving any answer to his words before. Then, she let out a giggle, really sweet giggle. "Fufu, you're just like what Okayu say." The wolf girl then looks into his eyes again before smiling. "I'm Ookami Mio, Okayu's gemmate."

"Nice to meet you, Ookami-san." Y/N bow his head.

"Ah, you don't need to be so formal with me." Mio replied, his hand reaching him telling him not to bow.

But Y/N seems to stare at another thing, which she notices immediately, "What's wrong? Curious about my tail?" She teased swaying her tail back and forth.

"Pardon me, so it's not a cosplay?" He asked curious at the same time surprised Mio could move her tail freely.

Mio giggled hearing the words that come out from his mouth, "Of course it's not." She replied, swaying her tail to the front. "Do you want to touch it?"

Y/N gulped holding his curiosity but there's something inside of him, the urge to confirm it's a real thing. "C-can I?"

"Of course, you can, go on!"

Y/N approached Mio closer, the closer he gets towards her the more nervous he got. He then reached to her tail, feeling the fluffy and soft texture of the fur and the realization that it's a real tail.

Mio whom noticed how surprised Y/N is couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction. "I'm not lying, right?"

"I'm really surprised, I thought all the talents are a cosplayer." He replied stepping back from Mio.

"Well, there's so much stuff that are hard to be explained with." She smiled. "Some things are meant to be a mystery in the first place."

Right after that Mio waved to him, leaving him alone in the corridor. But, not long after that Y/N received a message from Okayu,

"Y/N-Chan, you should help me doing asmr!!! It'll be so much fun, I'll be waiting in the studio 😸😽"

Y/N could only sigh, just another day in chaos.

The heavy day filled with unpredictable things finally ended, Y/N could finally take a breath after helping Okayu with her ASMR session. Okayu wanted to walk together, inviting Y/N to stroll around the city, but unfortunately, she forgot about her own plans of hanging out with her gemmate, thus apologizing to him as Fubuki sent her a text asking where she is.

As he walked around the streets of Tokyo he could only sighed of how unpredictable his workplace is. As he took a stroll around the area all by himself, he found a quiet street, leading him into a small yet cozy Coffee Shop.

With a heavy sigh, he pushed the door open. The gentle chime of the bell welcoming him and the smell of freshly brewed coffee filled his nose. A familiar atmosphere, one that remind him of his old days with her, Suisei.

Though, her presence is the one he missed the most, he slowly starts to forget about her. All the sweet memories, even how bitter it is to forget it, he need to do it.

He takes a seat in the corner of the shop, the coffee arrived not long after he sit. He blows the hot coffee before taking a sip, the warmth spread through his whole body. There's a time where coffee wasn't bitter for him, time where her presence beside him could neutralized the bitterness of a coffee.

Another chime from the bell ring again, welcoming another customer inside the Coffee Shop. His eyes widen at what he sees, he froze in place upon the sight.

A beautiful blue hair like the sky, the familiar deep blue eyes.

She stoned seeing him, after all these years, why did he suddenly appear in her life again?

"Y/N-kun?"

"Sui...chan....?"