Reconsidering Promises

[madimpossibledreamer]

I sidestepped the canon Yakuza 4 thing with Haruka because that was just wrong.  You're welcome.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about don't worry about it.

Main Points:
Yakuza, follow-up to Uncomfortable Conversations
Summary: Haruka has something important to tell Saejima.
Word Count: 320
Rating: Teen
There are no warnings in particular compared to general Yakuza things.  This general series does have shipping but this specific one does not.

        Saejima hadn’t expected to see the little lady again, after what he’d done.  He’d seen her and grabbed her arm, remembering his little sister he hasn’t seen in a while, hoping she’s safe.  He’d hurt her, he thinks, not letting go of her arm as he refused to let go—at least for a moment, until he realized what he’d been doing.
        But she was there, patient, waiting, keeping an eye on him despite her father’s warning, childish desire to trust him warring with the bruise on a little girl’s arm.
        She sighs and crosses her arms, frowning at him in an expression mimicking her father’s.  It’s certainly more effective from him, but he can’t say he isn’t intimidated by a little girl, given that he has no damn idea what he’s doing.
        “You know Majima-san, don’t you?” she finally asks, and he startles, surprised that some random little girl knows his name. He doesn’t have to say anything, that he’s already given away the fact that he knows the name of the man who betrayed him.
        “He said he made a mistake, one he expects to die for,” she continues, settling in, like that or having a conversation with Majima—true, he’s a softy, even if he’d demand a fight if Saejima dared say so, but he’s surprised a little girl let an obvious yakuza get anywhere near her.  Then again, this Kiryu-san looks like a yakuza, or ex-yakuza, really, too, so maybe she’s used to this kind of thing.
        “‘Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye,’” Sawamura-chan repeats, the childish rhyme sending a shiver up Saejima’s spine as he pictures a horror movie Goro would coo over.  “Majima-san already did that part, so maybe you don’t have to kill him.”
        Her father calls for her, and she smiles apologetically at him and then runs to the other room.  She never explains further.