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Chapter 35: Ribbon

Trying to direct your mind off of pity on Lucy, you ended your thoughts by deciding that you would have to ask Atsushi about the orphanage after all of this was over.

Lucy had turned around and was now caressing Anne's cheek again. "They all shunned me because of my ability. They all thought that I was some kind of freak. I heard that when you were taken, the agency was desperate to find you. How wonderful! It must've been because of your great ability."

Atsushi desperately tried to shut her off by yelling, but she only continued to speak over him. "That's not-!"

"That's the reason why the Guild took me in, but there's no room for error in the Guild." She stopped caressing Anne's chin and sighed, "if I fail on this mission, I'll be tossed aside like a used napkin and I'll be all alone again. Tell me. Why are you special?" She turned around to face him, frustration and confusion evident on her face. "How come I'm not special? It's not fair! You should know how I feel more than anybody else! You deserve to stay here forever!"

With that, Anne had made her move again, getting ready to clamp her hands down on him. Seeing that you weren't the main target, Atsushi made a quick choice to push you aside so that Anne wouldn't catch you.

He started running away, throwing large presents at the doll when he got to the corner of the room. That's when you realized how close he was to the door with the hostages. Making eye contact with you, he quickly gestured his head to the door if you hadn't got the gist of it already.

Nodding in response, you dashed over to the door, holding up your hands to catch the key to the door holding the hostages. When Atsushi chucked it, it flew gracefully through the air before somehow landing in your palms. In your moment of triumph, you shouted, "I got it!"

"Put it in, (Y/N)!" Atsushi shouted the moment Anne turned around to glare at you.

"Anne, stop them!" Lucy ordered, pointing a finger in your direction as you quickly tried to insert the key. Junichiro was so going to owe you for saving his ass!

But before you could put the key in the hole, a voice from behind you warned, "hey, watch out!"

Turning around to figure out who had just yelled at you, you didn't expect to feel the key sliding by your cheek, cutting lightly into the flesh as it flew backwards onto the floor in front of Lucy. In response, Anne floated away and back over to Lucy as Atsushi exclaimed "(Y/N)! Are you okay?!"

"I'm fine!" You answered, despite the fact that you flinched the moment the blade of the key touched your skin.

A warm red liquid dripped down from your skin. It wasn't a large cut, but it was enough to cause a visible wound. Atsushi ran over to doubly make sure that you were alright, grabbing onto your shoulders when he came near you. He wiped the blood from your cheek off with his hand and looked into your eyes. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"I said I'm fine, Atsushi. I've had worse," you replied, taking his hand off of your cheek and ignoring his concern almost completely as you turned to face Lucy. He was caring, but you had to focus on the situation at hand. You both wanted to make sure the other was okay, but you didn't want it to cause you to fail.

You could almost imagine the looks on Kunikida, Dazai, Yosano, and Ranpo's faces. You couldn't help but wonder, how long until they all get tired of saving you?

Meanwhile, you spotted Lucy leaning down to pick up the key. "You shouldn't throw away your chance at escape," she teased.

Atsushi sounded enraged as he turned to Lucy. A flicker of dread and fear also appeared in his eyes where triumph once was. "Weren't we supposed to win if they used that key!?"