Toman's Black Cat

I've sat here long enough.

I faked a smile as best I could to get the nurses and doctors to believe that I was ready to leave the hospital. They asked if I needed to call anyone, and I told them my Aunt was traveling but I would be fine enough to call a friend.

I was allowed to sign myself out and then leave.

I didn't notify anyone, not even Chifuyu. Remembering made my head hurt but I refused to cry again.

Like hell will I let that happen.

I walked down some busier streets to keep myself from being attacked and didn't even notice the familiar lavender hair walk up to me.

"Excuse me." I mumbled.

Before I could walk around him, I felt a gentle hand wrap around mine. I jerked my eyes to look up at the concerned face of Mitsuya.

No matter what, I won't involve anyone else close to Mikey.

"You're finally out of the hospital, but you don't look quite well enough to walk. Do you want a ride?"

Lie.

"I'm fine, my place isn't that far." That wasn't actually the case. I still had a good ways to go, and still felt weak. Add some limping into the mix, and I'll get to my house in a few years. I won't ask him for help. He has a big heart, but Mikey needs him and I don't want to take away his family from him.

I tried to pull away, but Mitsuya didn't let go. I didn't look back at him in fear he could look right through me, but unfortunately, that's why he knew.

"I just wanted to check on you because I care about you too."

I could feel my heart beating loudly and tears fighting to come, but I swallowed every bit of it before replying.

Mitsuya is trustworthy, but Mikey needs his support. There's no way he actually cares about me.

"You have no reason to care about a traitor. I'm nothing more than the girl who used to cling to Mikey." With that, I pulled away from him harder and walked off leaving a sad faced Mitsuya behind and an even sadder person a little further away who had remained quiet, but distant.

I can't let in one more person. I can't do it.

I had been walking only a few minutes longer when I felt myself stumbling more than actually walking. I felt my breathing stagger and I felt like I had an ice pick being pushed into my brain. I couldn't even tell where I was even going anymore, and I knew it was getting late if it wasn't late already.

I'm so tired…I don't think I'm gonna make it home.

I felt my body falling and didn't even bother to try to catch myself. But someone did catch me. I could hardly think or do anything more than try to catch my breath.

Whoever it was carried me bridal style, but I couldn't hear anything but a muffled voice. The arms carrying me felt so familiar as well as comforting. With that feeling of safety, I ended up giving into fatigue.

It must have been an hour or so later when I woke up again. I felt myself starting to panic when I felt warm arms wrap around me.

"Hey, it's okay. It's just me." The voice tried to calm me, but I know that voice.

I turned and found myself gazing into the same blue eyes I'd seen in the future. I started sobbing. I couldn't help it. I clung to him tightly and couldn't even understand the words I was saying.

I didn't let go, even when I felt myself growing sleepy, I refused to close my eyes in fear that I would be back there and the only one I wanted here with me would be dead.

Chiufyu's POV

I panicked when she looked at me and started crying. I thought I scared her and went to apologize. When I had believed she had calmed down enough, I moved to go so she could rest, but she gripped my jacket and wouldn't let me go.

I couldn't make out everything she was saying, except it sounded like she was begging me to not die and leave her alone.

"He was going to shoot you and I couldn't save you."

He listened to her sob and he held her in his arms, rocking her back and forth, assuring her he wouldn't die even though he assumed she had to have had a really terrifying nightmare.

He knew she was tired, but he also knew she was fighting sleep.

"Hey, just rest now, okay?" I tried to convince her to rest.

She fiercely shook her head and refused to close her eyes or even let go of my jacket.

"Fuyu, you can't leave me. So many keep going away and I don't want anyone else to go. So please don't go." He listened to her and rubbed her back to help her relax as he could tell she was having a harder and harder time fighting sleep.

"I'm going to be alone and it's all my fault. That's why Mikey hates me." She hiccupped. "Because I'm useless.."

"No!" He had to stop her there. Hearing her say all of this made him want…

Want what exactly?

She gazed into her eyes and she was still obviously fighting hard to stay awake. He wiped away her tears with his thumb. He had been sitting with her on her bed in hopes she would fall asleep and he could tuck her in before leaving.

What do I want? Seeing it was her and how much she cried over Baji, begging him to stay for Mikey and for him too. He couldn't ever forget it.

He felt himself becoming more and more powerless to the intense ache in his chest seeing her tears and brokenness.

When he first got to talk to her, it was clear that Mikey didn't want her around him or any of the other guys. He had hung back without a second thought trying to be the good guy. She ended up having her heart broken after a claim was thrown at her that most Toman members doubted but had no way of confirming or going against Mikey.

"I swear I won't ever leave you alone." He gave a smile and placed his forehead against hers. "You aren't useless to anyone. Especially not to me."

He almost freaked when he felt her grip loosen, thinking something was wrong, but when he looked, he saw she had fallen asleep in his arms.

I want…

He smiled, placing a kiss on her forehead, before leaning back with her in her bed and pulling her close. He looked at her face one more time before allowing himself to fall asleep beside her.

Her.