E Is For Enemy

Karma's P.O.V.

Asano woke up screaming and struggling, which woke me up pretty fast.

"Shuu! Hey! Calm down, Shuu!" I shouted, climbing on top of him and grabbing his wrists, struggling to pin them down to the mattress. "It's me, it's Karma! Stop!"

It took a few moments, but slowly he started to come to his senses and gradually stopped fighting against me. I was relieved, I was surprised at how strong he was. A few more moments and I don't think I would have been able to hold him down anymore.

"Kar...ma?" He blinked a few times, staring at me with unfocused eyes.

"It's me, baka." I smiled down at him. "You're home."

"...home?"

I reluctantly released him and slid off. "Do you remember anything?"

He sat up, pressing one hand to his head. "No...not really. It's all a blur. I remember being in the bathroom and then there was this piercing shriek and the mirrors broke. I looked out and saw this massive black bird monster and then...I must have blacked out or something."

He drew his knees to his chest and I saw he was trembling slightly.

"What happened to me?" He whispered.

I didn't want to answer, and I didnt think he really wanted to know. So instead I crawled beside him again and pulled him into me.

He didnt protest and curled into me. I wrapped my arms protectively around him.

"All that matters is you're safe now." I murmured. "And that this will never happen again, I swear it."

When he didn't reply, I glanced down to see he was asleep again.

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Asano's P.O.V.

There was something I wasn't telling Akabane.

I did remember what happened.

But that was just it...the things I remembered were all just memories. Things that had already happened. I couldn't recall anything new or useful. When I tried to think about what happened after the attack, all that came to mind was memories, mostly of Karma, for some reason.

I didn't tell anyone because it wouldn't help and I definitely didn't want anyone to know.

Especially not Karma.

Besides, I didn't know why that happened and I didn't want to discuss with anyone anything that I didn't fully understand. Image, and all that.

"Room service!" Karma sang, opening my door. He was carrying a silver tray with toast, juice, dry cereal and fruit on it.

I scowled, hiding my blush. "I can get my own breakfast. The doctor said so himself, I'm entirely fine! They didn't hurt me, not even a scratch."

"Remind me to send them a thank you note." He said, setting the tray down on my knees. He took a seat beside me.

"That means you don't have to baby me," I prompted, raising my eyebrows at him.

"Open wide," he ignored me, holding out a piece of toast.

I slapped it away with the back of my hand. "Akabane! I am fully capable of taking care of myself! I don't need or want you to dote over me like some worried moth-" I cut myself off quickly, looking away.

He was silent too.

Finally, he placed his hand over mine softly.

"I know. But doing this gives me a feeling of control and security, something I severely lacked while you were gone. Please...just let me have this. If not for just another day."