Robotic Heart

Chapter 11.

She was gone, Kirumi was really gone. Everything we saw on that screen really happened. The determined, sweet girl who helped everyone was now dead.

The entire execution was now plastered into my mind, and kept repeating like a broken record player. A mob screaming, a vine covered in razor sharp thorns, spinning saws, a drawing, and the very clear memory of seeing our very own peer falling to death.

My mind started to cloud with these repeating memories, not only of Kirumi, but Kaede too. Death, nothing but agony, pain, torture of our friends was in my mind. It felt like my body was on fire, and my eyes started to fade, I could barely see anything. I thought I was about to pass out, but I got brought back into reality; someone grabbed my hand and tugged it. I blinked and look over, Kiibo. Kiibo was there once again, making me feel better. It was something out of all these people he only could do, and I loved him for it.

"Shuichi . . . everyone's leaving, let's exit now?" He asked cautiously. I nodded and we started walking behind everyone else, boarding the elevator and making our way back to the water fountain. It was night time, stars were sprinkled all over the vast dark sky, a breathtaking sight really, for a second it made me forget about everything that was happening to us here.

I sighed, I was exhausted. Each day was just more draining and draining, the life and energy was getting squeezed out of me like a lemon. I wasn't sure how much more of this I could handle. The shadows and darkness were completely taking over my mind but there was still a dim light, him.

"K-kiibo," I hesitantly started to speak,  "could you possibly stay over tonight again?" I looked down at the floor as I finished.

"Oh! Yes, Shuichi!" He replied.

I was so relieved in that moment, I looked up at him and enveloped the shorter boy in a hug. It was all in the moment, my heart beat sky rocketed as I wasn't sure how he was gonna react. I held my breathe, until I felt two arms wrap around me. My body was melting, I felt joy, pure joy while we stood there and shared a hug. Everything was so overwhelming, I couldn't help but let the tears escape my tears and run down my cheeks, burning them even more than they already were.

"It's okay," I heard Kiibo speak quietly, "I understand . . ." I assumed he realized I was crying, it made me love him even more, he was always there for me, an understanding, loving being. I let the rest of my tears escape and we finally broke the hug.

"We . . . should probably go to bed, it's very late." I said. Kiibo nodded and we were about to start walking towards the dorm building until we heard a noise coming from the rest of the group.

A sound, as if someone slapped another person very hard.

"What's wrong, Maki?" A giggle was heard after he spoke.

What kind of trouble did he come up with now?

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Shorter chapter! Next chapter will be longer, but I wanted to release one today. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and tysm for 1k+ reads!