Evening later.

The night was quiet, but inside his head, every step of the plan was loud. He's been thinking for days about how to get the laptop, which holds all the information he needed to give to Mr. Bagrovskiy. His house was just above the shop, in a small room that no one ever went to. The problem was that he couldn't get it because he was with Nate.

“Mr Alvarado, I’m Nate Giordano. I’ll come with you to downtown,” he said calmly.

“Alright,” he said nervously, already plotting something he couldn’t afford to fail.

They have arrived at the shop, and Haruto is observing the surroundings to see how he can leave quickly to get his laptop and copy the file.

When they entered the shop, both he and the shop owner were surprised to see each other.

“H-Haruto? You…” he said in surprise.

“Gin!?” he replied happily and surprised. He widened his eyes to warn him and gave him a side eye to let him know that he needed to act.

Ah… How are you? He asked, and could see from his face that he had many questions in mind.

“Fit as a fiddle,” he smiled. After he saw Gin, he thought it was the perfect time to slip away from Nate quickly.

“Good to hear that. So how can I help you? What do you need?”

“I need a laptop to use for my work.” He said, Gin already knew what he was referring to.

“So, what kind of laptop do you need? I can give you a tour or even show you some of our other models so you can see what you need.” He said confidently, speaking as if he were a normal salesperson.

“That's better for me to see it, right?” he asked as if asking for permission.

 Gin smiled and glanced at Nate and Haruto.

“Is that okay, Mr. Nate?”

“Giordano fo you, Mr Alvarado!” he said with annoyance on his face and tone in his voice.

“Scusa, Mr. Giordano.” He replied, clearly pissed off, but he still smiled as he said those words.

“Va bene. I'll stay here. If you do something sketchy, I can just slit your throat right away.” You can see from his face that he doesn't trust Haruto and even doubts him.

They moved toward the table to discuss the laptop, and Nate sat near the doorway, watching the room. He took out his cigar and was about to light it, but Gin stopped him.

“Mr… What’s your name again??.. You can’t smoke here!” he said with a smile, but his tone was annoyed.

“What??” The annoyance on his face was obvious, and he sighed after what Gin said. 

“Don't you know me? I…” He was cut off because Gin answered quickly.

“I do…” Haruto covered Gin's mouth to stop him from speaking. His words almost slipped from his mouth because he was caught up in the heat of the conversation. 

“I think you guys should calm down…” Dude, shut the fuck up, I can't afford to fuck up my plan right now… he said in his mind.

“Mr Giordano, we can't make a rucus here,” he looked at him. “You can smoke outside the door. I won't do anything, I promise.”

"Ohoh," he let out a low chuckle and glared at them. "Mr. Alvarado, I smell something fishy..." He smirked and gritted his lips, hiding his anger.

“I won't run away; there's no other way out of here, and that's the only door you can go through,” he replied calmly. Oh, God, Buddha, Allaha…he muttered and sighed deeply.

As Nate walked out, he told Haruto. "If you do something sketchy, I'll call Mr. Bagrovskiy, know your place, fucker."  and he slammed the door shut.

“Oh, for fucking sake,” Gin said, and they both took a deep breath.

“Sorry, I almost fucked up your plan…” He was interrupted when he was told to be quiet.

“SHHHHHHH. Dude, shut up! What if he can hear us out there?!” his voice sharp.

“Don’t worry, he can’t hear us…” They both looked at each other.

Gin had so many questions after 1 month of Haruto being gone and having no contact with each other, he couldn't help but ask. While they pretended to be discussing the laptop.

"What happened? Why are you with the Bagrovskiy man?" he asked worriedly.

He looked outside and sighed. The night was getting deeper, and time was running out, he had to carry out his plan before Mr Bagrovskiy got home to hide the information he got.