~A Void~

??Chapter 51??

Hearing laughing, Hiromi turned her head and there she saw Aoi playing with some dolls while also glancing at the television where her favorite cartoon was broadcasted.

"I feel weird for some reason...like something unusual is going on..." She muttered, slightly tilting her head to look at the notebook in her hands.

Ding!

The woman perked up at the sound of the doorbell and quickly got up, shuffling over to not make the guest wait too long.

"Izana?" Hiromi blinked in surprise, staring at the male.

"Hi, Hiromi. I was just stopping by to see if Y/n was here." Izana smiled.

"Uh- Sorry, but she's not." Hiromi said. "Have you tried calling her? Or maybe she's at home?"

"I tried calling her, but she didn't answer. I also tried stopping by her place, but no one was there. Her bike was gone too." Izana sighed.

"Oh..." Hiromi muttered. "What about Manjiro? Takemichi? Emma? Have you tried calling them?"

"Emma told me that she didn't know either. Mikey answered but he hung up after the question. I don't have Hanagaki's number." Izana explained.

"I see...I wish I knew where she was, but I don't. I haven't spoken to her for a week now. She did send me messages explaining that she's busy and therefore couldn't answer any calls. I even called her earlier, but she didn't answer, so I assumed she was busy again. Still, I'm worried." Hiromi sighed.

'Worried how, I wonder.' Izana thought.

"I'll be leaving. Thanks." Izana smiled, turning to leave.

But he paused for a moment, Hiromi raising a brow as she stopped reaching for the door to close it.

"Izana?" She questioned.

"Hey, it's tomorrow, isn't it?" Izana asked.

Hiromi blinked in confusion before something clicked in her mind.

"Yup." She smiled, the corners of her eyes crinkling.

"Tomorrow's Y/n's 17th birthday."

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"Izana called and you hung up?!" Takemichi exclaimed.

"Yeah! He asked where Y/n was and I panicked!" Mikey slapped his hands to his face.

"Now he's gonna get suspicious of us and he's going to demand answers!" Takemichi groaned.

"Let's calm down! We have to focus on hiding Y/n's whereabouts. We can easily make up an excuse to satisfy Izana's curiosity as to why I hung up." Mikey slowly exhaled.

"Yeah. Let's just say there was a wasp or something and you panicked, so your finger slipped and that's why you hung up." Takemichi suggested.

"That could work." Mikey nodded while rubbing his chin.

"Alright. So, what were we-" Takemichi started before a scream left his mouth.

"What the-?" Mikey flinched before also screaming as a hand gripped his shoulder.

The blonde whipped his head to look back and there he saw Izana.

"Izana! What are you doing here?" He forced a laugh.

"I decided to visit." Izana replied with an unreadable expression.

"So, what were you two talking about?" He asked.

"Well- just about, uhh- the new movie that came out. It looks good so we were planning on what day we'd go watch it." Mikey answered.

"Really?" Izana hummed, his eyes moving from Mikey to Takemichi.