After finishing helping his brother, Suga unable to take his eyes off the large suitcase that was now leaning upright against the wall.
"What time are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Eight in the morning."
"That's too fast..." Suga could not hide his sullen expression, he still could not accept the fact that Danny would leave Japan tomorrow.
Danny smiled again, a warm signature smile from his younger brother, Suga almost cried, he was desperately trying to hold back his tears. Danny, who saw Suga's sad face, grabbed his shoulder and pulled him into a hug.
Suga tightened their hug, burrying his face into his shoulder, it had been a long time since they hugged like this, the last time they hugged was when Danny was little.
Twitch-twitch. His head suddenly throbbing again, somehow he could smell Danny's alpha pheromone. This was the odd thing about him despite being a beta, he could smell alpha and omega pheromones, the pheromone smell from Danny made Suga feel a bit uneasy so he let go of the hug.
"Did you just release your pheromones?"
"Ah—, I accidentally released a calming pheromone, sorry— wait ..." Danny looked at Suga with strange eyes, Suga shut his mouth tightly.
"Suga you ... you are a beta. So why—"
Ring, ring, ring—
Suddenly the loud sound from the outside door made Danny and Suga both flinch, Suga wondered, who on earth had come to their apartment at this hour? The only person they could think of coming to their apartment right now was Mr. Jason.
It was Danny who took the initiative to open the front door, Suga followed him, they both thought they would see Mr. Jason, however their eyes widened in disbelief as they saw a figure standing at the entrance with a smile on his lips.
Danny was stunned in shock, he looked at the man and then at Suga who was just as stunned. Suga blinked a few times.
In front of him, stood a man Suga had known for a long time, his childhood friend— Nakajima Yuki. The man smiled broadly, "Hello, long time no see, Danny you've gotten so big now, you used to be as small as a bear cub."
Suga scanned the man from top to toe, Nakajima Yuuki had not changed at all except for his build and height, his face was still as annoying as ever.
"Yuki, why are you here?"
"Come on, you have to let a guest into the house."
As he let Yuki to get inside, Suga could not stop staring at the man who was now much taller than him, wearing a formal uniform, clearly like he came straight here after coming to Japan.
Feeling the gaze from Suga, Yuki grinned, he also now looking at Suga from top to toe with eyes as if fascinated.
"Suga, you ... you haven't changed at all. Still skinny and short."
"Shut up you bastard."
"Haha, still as feisty as ever."
"Why did you suddenly come here?"
"Ah, yes. About that." Yuki sat down on the sofa, he placed the briefcase he brought with him on the table. "I also want to ask why you didn't call me after Sean gave you my number?"
Oh yeah that reminded him again, Sean— the omega man who suddenly pulled him into a back alley, flashing the most embarrassing photo in front of his face, that was all this person's fault.
Rolling his eyes, Suga snorted, "Maybe if you didn't use that photo I would have called you sooner."
Yuki was silent for a moment, seeing Suga's blushing face, he laughed heartily.
"You little bastard! Can you use another photo?!"
"That's the only picture of you I have, sorry."
Ignoring Suga's annoyance, Yuki's eyes roamed around the house. He smiled looking at the photo of Suga and Danny on the wall. "You look like your mother and Danny looks a lot like your father."
"Hey, answer me! What's your reason for coming here? A man who disappeared suddenly and couldn't be contacted for so long, now has come and said he wants to meet me."
"Sorry ok, I was extremely busy. I'm here now because I have something important I want to talk to you about, Suga I—" He paused as his eyes caught a large suitcase standing against a white wall, his eyebrows raised.
Suga followed Yuki's eyes. "That's Danny's suitcase."
"Oh, so he's going to Arkan corp." He said casually, Suga gave him a sharp suspicious look.
"How do you know?"
"Mr. Jason said that he offered a scholarship for Danny, but he said at the time that he didn't know if Danny would accept it— looking at the suitcase, it's a sign that Danny agreed." Yuki took a breath, he rolled up his sleeves, Danny who sat beside Suga did not say anything but his face looked displeased.
"So now Suga, you have no more reason to say no."
"What do you mean?"
"I know you will reject me if Danny is still around, besides you are the type of older brother who will not leave Danny alone, I'm glad Danny accepted Mr. Jason's help." He scratched his chin, looking at Suga and Danny alternately.
"I don't like you." Danny, who had been silent, watching the two of them, spoke up. "What do you want from Suga?"
Yuki laughed, but suddenly his nose scrunched up, he raised an eyebrow, "Jeez Danny ... those alpha pheromones, you gotta learn how to control them, you know, that's kinda rude."
"He just got the results, so he's new to this—" Suga explained.
"Aha, you are an alpha, good, good."
Clicking his tongue, Danny's face got even more irritated, "Answer me, what do you want from Suga?"
Suddenly the room was filled with thick, bitter pheromone scents from the two alphas. Suga, who was actually not really affected by the smell, became a bit uncomfortable. "I'll get a drink." He said, walking into the kitchen, letting the two alphas in the living room pitting their pheromones.
Minutes later he came back from the kitchen carrying water for Yuki, Yuki smiled faintly at him saying thank you then took a small sip of the water.
Luckily there were no more pheromones in the air, Danny leaned back on the couch with furrowed brows, he looked annoyed.
"Come to IHPS," Yuki broke the silence, and at that moment Danny immediately straightened up.
"Suga won't go to that madman's place!"
"Your brother is an adult and have you forgotten, Danny? If you go to America then your beloved brother will live here alone. Do you think it will be safe for him?"
Danny, who initially opened his mouth to protest, closed his mouth. Hearing Yuki's words, Suga sighed, he knew this. Actually, both of them were never safe, it was also the reason why Suga sold the house in Yokohama and moved to a small apartment in Sinjuku.
Before his father's death, Suga often played chess with his father, and whenever his father talked about his past at IHPS, Suga always listened carefully, spent time chatting with him even though Suga did not talk much— And he remembered the time when his father gave him a serious look. 'If I die, sell this house immediately, and move into this place.'
Suga at that time, of course, did not fully understand why he had to do that, but then the death of his parents made Suga realize that there was something suspicious happening.
"The alley to your apartment is not on the map. This is a hidden place, your father really cares about you two."
Yuki took the glass and drank all the water that was in it, he wiped his wet lips then continued, "Arkan corp will be a safe place for Danny but what about you, Suga? You two have always been safe here all these years but how much longer until it's not?
"What do you mean?" Danny asked, he wore a serious expression. Yuki glanced back at Danny.
"It was not an accident, your parents were killed."
Danny and Suga were both silent, they glanced at each other. As if they already had that suspicion in mind, Suga sighed. "But ... There's no proof."
"For now, you're right, there's no solid proof yet. But do you want to take the risk? .... Danny, your beloved Suga will be living alone here without protection, aren't you worried?"
Danny bit his lower lip, his annoyed face turned into an expressionless face, as if he was thinking, his eyes stared straight at the man named Yuki.
"As you know, Suga is a madmen magnet, he always attracts the attention of dangerous people, that is his strength."
"Hey, do you believe in that nonsense?" Suga laughed ironically. Yuki spread out the paper he had just taken out from his briefcase, containing the data of several people, Yuki smiled, somehow that smile pissed him off so much.
"Look, this guy is someone who frequents the bar you work at, he's a member of the biggest mafia group in China, then this guy—" Yuki explained in an enthusiastic tone, he then pointing at another paper with the attached bald man's photo on it, all the faces in the data were somehow familiar to Suga. "He owns a large drug factory in Tokyo. And this one is involved with human trafficking case."
"It might all just be a coincidence—"
"—I know that's why I worry when he works at night." Danny interrupted Suga's protest, at Danny who said that, Suga made a face of disbelief.
"No way Danny you too? You believe that bullshit?"
Feeling like he was being interrogated by the two of them, Suga crossed his arms across his chest with a displeased expression, looking at Danny and Yuki in turn.
"Remember in the old days when we were both playing outside together and suddenly a wanted criminal was sitting near you eating ice cream"
Suga pressed his lips together, trying to remember about it but somehow it made him remember a lot of similar weird incidents from his past— like how often criminals were caught nearby, damn he almost proving their point.
"I recognized his face even though he was wearing a wig, so I called my father and the police arrested that person." Yuki continued.
Pfft—
Laughter came out of Danny's mouth, Yuki also laughed. Suga, who was looking unimpressed at the two of them, became even more annoyed, on top of that, he could not deny it, this was indeed often happened. However Suga still thought it was all just a coincidence.
"Then come with me, to IHPS."
"Ridiculous," Suga snorted, "IHPS is full of such species, it's a den of madmen."
Yuki nodded in agreement, not denying it, "Yeah but at least that organization won't touch you there."
Danny, who had been listening carefully to Yuki's words, let out a sigh, as if thinking and thinking, and finally he made a decision, "Yeah, I think. Suga must go."
"Aha, you changed your mind so quickly, Danny. What a good boy, you're so smart."
"Shut up." Danny grumbled, Yuki laughed like he was in a good mood, his laugh was really annoying.
Indeed, if I come to IHPS I will be safer than living alone, yes Danny and I have lived here for years and nothing unpleasant has ever happened. But how much longer will it go on until something bad happens?
Subconsciously fiddling with his necklace chain, Yuki's voice interrupted Suga's reverie.
"They will be looking for you two, they want to check if your father gave you 'that thing'."
Now that he had said those words, how much more information did this bastard Nakajima Yuki know? Suga stared intently at Yuki, trying to read the man's expression.
Not that he did not trust his childhood friend.
He simply did not trust people in uniforms, Tsk, clicking his tongue, as if able to read his mind, Yuki assured. "Don't worry my mission is to catch the people from that organization, so we are allies. Trust me, my best friend."
Handing him a piece of paper that looked like a ticket— yes, it was a ticket, a plane ticket.
"I've got a ticket ready for you, you took too long to respond I thought you'd call me right after Sean found you, geez, don't you miss me, your childhood friend?"
Taking the ticket and reading the contents, he glanced at Danny who nodded at him, he felt his head throbbing in pain.
Anyway, could he trust the 'power' of his who always had a headache before something bad happened?
"I will pick you up tomorrow morning," Yuki glanced at his watch, then stood up, "We will continue our reunion tomorrow, okay."
Fixing his collar, Yuki's expression turned serious, "Hopefully they haven't noticed you're here yet. If anything suspicious happens, feel free to give me a call."
They?
Who are they? Suga pondered, his eyes roaming to the small drawer beside the television, looking at family photos. Photos of his parents smiling brightly filled his vision.
Who killed them? and what are their reasons?
Suga had no clue.
Suga escorted Yuki to the front door, opened the door for him, Yuki waved his hand with a big smile, "Remember, tomorrow morning I'll pick you up!" Suga snorted then closed the door, he could hear Yuki's signature laugh until finally the sound was no longer heard.
There was a peaceful silence in the room, both Suga and Danny sat together on the couch, lost in their own thoughts.
"Flight ticket to Australia ...." He muttered under his breath, reading the inscription on the ticket.