Diseased (ShinKami)

Chapter 18

"Denki~ Oh Denki~! Where are you~!?"

"Don't cry my baby...! I won't let him touch you..."

"Mummy? I'm scared...!"

"It's OK... Just try and stay quiet."

Denki and his mum were hiding in the closet so that they could hide from the old man. His mum had bruises on her face, arms, legs and torso. Denki had cuts, old and newly fresh. They were stinging and apart from the pain, he was crying from the fear of the both of them being found. His father was in the middle of beating him when his mum grabbed him and they both went to hide.

The door is suddenly thrown from the hinges and the evil man stands there, bat in hand and an evil, devilish smirk plastered on his face. He rips Denki from his mother's arms and starts to hit her with the wooden bat.

Denki screamed.

"No! No! Stop it!"

"NO!" Denki jolts up, screaming out the words.

The whole bus wake with a start, and Shinso wraps his arms around the petrified boy.
Aizawa makes his way towards them. Considering the bus was still moving, the teacher was doing a pretty good job not to fall flat on his ass.

"Denki. I need you to listen to me. Take a deep breathe in and hold it for 5 seconds then let it out for 10. Repeat."

Denki tries to do it but he can't focus enough to do so. Instead, he ends up hyperventilating. He's shaking, coughing, sneezing and sniffing. He stares into nothingness as everything drowns out; the figures before him and through out the bus as well as the noises of confused students.

"kendo...Kendo... KENDO! Dad! We need to call Kendo Itsuka! She can help him." Shinso demanded.

With a single nod, Aizawa called Vlad King and asked for Kendo to speak. They had to wait a bit as Kendo had to wake up. A minute later, Kendo was on speaker and talking to Denki.

"Denki? Denki, I need you to listen to me. You need to try and focus. Find a spot on the bus and try and focus on it without removing you concentration. Hopefully your breathing will fix itself."

Denki looked around. His gaze landed in Shinso's violet eyes and wouldn't tear away. He continued to hyperventilate but after, about 5 minutes, his breathing had returned to normal and he could focus better.

"Want to tell me what happened, Denki?"

"He happened..."

"..... Oh Denki...! I'm sorry I can't be there to comfort you right now, but if you talk to Shin, you might feel better. Ok?"

"ok...."

"Thank you for your help, Kendo. Sorry for waking you."

"Its quite alright, Aizawa-sensei. I'll do anything to help! Just call again if you need me to help Denki."

"Will do. Thank you again. Goodnight."

"Night."

The girl and the teacher finished their conversation and hung up. Shinso had pulled Denki into his arms and was stroking his back to keep him calm. With a small cough and kitten sneeze, the blonde fell asleep once more, cuddling into the boy's shoulder.

"All right everyone. Back to sleep." Aizawa ordered.

Everyone shifted back into a comfortable position and one by one, they all went back to sleep. Shinso stayed awake and kept an eye on the sniffling Pikachu, just to make sure that he was getting at least a medium level of sleep.

'Oh Denki...! What am I gonna do with you? I love you so much but I don't want to see you get hurt... Mentally or physically...' Subconsciously, Shinso planted a soft kiss on the boy's heated forehead.
Shinso, with a frown, moved Denki's bangs out of the way and, with the back of his hand, felt the boy's forehead, coming to the conclusion that the boy had a fever.

'I'll have to tell dad in the morning. He might have some medicine on hand.'

Shinso snuggled down and tried to get some sleep. The weight of Denki, on his shoulder, caused him to wrap his arms around him in a protective manner. Maybe tomorrow, he would pull him aside and confess his undeniable endless love for him. For now, he'll just have to protect him from what ever is causing him trouble and pain.

This may be short but it was all the ideas I had for this chapter in one so I hope you enjoyed it!

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PLUS ULTRA!!!!!