[Tokyo Revengers] Hello, Taiju

"Um, what Taiju-kun just said, that I'm your girlfriend. Is it true?" Chinatsu asked timidly, looking up at Shiba Taiju with an expectant expression.

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When Shiba Taiju was a child, he met an idiot. She could have been safe if she'd just handed over the money, but she refused and got beaten badly.

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When Shiba Taiju was in middle school, he met a girl who was so pure it made him want to tear her apart.

But he never imagined that she would actually approach him first.

After winning him over, she abandoned him for some stupid thing called a promising future.

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Chinatsu, sitting on top of the wall, covered her face with her hands and frantically tried to climb back over.

Shiba Taiju picked up the backpack she'd dropped and looked up at her from below.

"Is this why you've been avoiding me these past few days?" Shiba Taiju looked at the eye wrapped in gauze, and the bruises at the corner of her eye, on her lips, and across her cheek.

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"Do you know that you were never part of my future? You only seemed to like me. You don't actually love me at all. You could throw me away just as easily as a piece of trash. You never once included me in your future."

Chinatsu watched Shiba Taiju walk away, then crouched on the ground and burst into tears. My future has neither you nor me in it, Taiju-kun.

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"Didn't you break up with me? Why are you here?" Shiba Taiju looked at his ex-girlfriend, who weighed less than half as much as he did. She never ate properly, and felt far too light in his arms.

"Taiju-kun, will you go out with me again?" Chinatsu gathered her courage and spoke under Shiba Taiju's cold gaze.

"No. Go chase the future you want." Shiba Taiju turned to leave, but a force so light it could almost be ignored tugged at his sleeve.

"I want a future, a future with you in it." Chinatsu clung to Shiba Taiju's sleeve. He could have pulled free with the slightest effort, but he didn't. He stopped.

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The plot may change, but it shouldn't make much difference.

Warning: Taiju may be out of character.

The Taiju in this story is another side of him, one I've tried to imagine, then imagine again, and again.

Taiju gives me the impression of a gangster in a suit. He follows Christianity, but he's also a thug. He's a thug cloaked in the robes of Christianity.

I love Taiju. Taiju is the best.

Chinatsu is crazy for Taiju, obsessed with Taiju, and would bang her head against a wall for him.

I can't be bothered to write the other characters from the anime. If they show up, they'll probably just get a brief mention.

Taiju has a warped understanding of love, and Chinatsu is afraid of it. Let these two figure each other out.

Theme: The wise don't fall in love; they build a beautiful China.