Thank You (Chishiya x Niragi)

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--Niragi's pov--

Son of a bitch. I groaned as I sat up slowly rubbing my fingers over my nose gently, not too much to set off another round of blood though. I got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom checking for any more injuries. Thankfully, I had none. Just the giant ass bruise on my face from where I got rammed in the face. I washed myself up by taking a quick shower and getting changed into a fresh pair of clothes.

After that, I grabbed my gun off the shelf and walked over to my nightstand to check my phone. Just to see the time since I haven't done that today. 1:34 pm. Holy shit I slept long. I mean- can you blame me though? I walked out of my room, shutting my door behind me, and headed down the hallway, getting to the main room.

--Chishiya's pov--

I woke up the next day in a shit tone of pain. My whole body felt like it had been ran over by a truck. I stayed in bed for a little while, scrolling through my phone, checking messages, and things like that. I picked up the rag that Niragi had given to me the night before. It was dry now though, so I got up and took it to the bathroom. I sat it down on the sink and looked up at myself in the mirror.

Mm. I figured there'd be a mark. Unfortunately for me, it's not small. Niragi's rag did help last night though. Hate to say it but it did. For once I am grateful he was there like I had said before. I tried my best to not hurt myself for the rest of the day, considering the fact I felt like shit anyways. I put on some new clothes and brushed my hair and all that before grabbing my phone and leaving my room, not forgetting to grab Niragi's rag first.

I walked down the hall to the main room and saw Niragi sitting on the beach in there. I took a deep breath and sighed before walking over to him. "Hey," I cleared my throat. "Uh- here." I handed him his rag back. He was about to put his hand out but stopped. "No. It's fine." He shook his head and looked away. "Keep it. You'll never know when you'll end up needing it again." Niragi told me. I just nodded without saying a word. ".... You can sit down ya know. Don't be weird." "What? Oh, I was just-" "Sit." .. I sat.

"Thanks.." Did I just..? Okay. Niragi laughed a little. "Your eye." "What about it?" I asked. He shrugged. "It's bruised. He got you pretty good huh?" I looked away and put my hood up. Before I could speak again, Kuina came over. "Heyyy, what you up t- .. oh- oh my god Chishiya! Your eye!" She looked at Niragi and growled. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" She yelled.

"What the fuck? I didn't do anything? Back off my case." He said. I shook my head and looked at Kuina. "Don't. He didn't do it. If anything he sa-" "I don't wanna hear it, Chishiya. I know he did it. Stop lying." .. "I'm not lying? He didn't. If you'll let me finish I can explain." Kuina paused and dropped her shoulders. "No. I don't want an explanation." "But if you just-" "NO." She snapped. Niragi got up and told her off, telling her to go away and whatnot. She protested but eventually did after a whole fifteen-minute argument.

"Sorry.." I said. "What? Why?" Niragi asked me. I shrugged. "I don't know. Because she thought you did it? And which we both know you didn't. But still." Niragi looked away and said nothing. Great way to go awkward Chishiya. Awesome. "It's fine." He finally spoke up. "It's not anything new. I mean you see what I do around here and y'all are friends so I get it." Niragi finished. Nodding, I understood what he meant. I mean, he's right. Kuina knows I don't talk to anyone here besides her. So seeing him next to me with me injured probably made her think that.

"Could we... go take another walk maybe?" I asked. Niragi looked at me with a surprised expression. "Really? I mean sure?" He said as he got up. He put his hand out to help me up. "Careful." I blushed a little as I very slowly grabbed his hand. After that, we walked to the door scanning out bands again. And we left just like that.

--Niragi's pov--

We're walking out of the beach now, with a hurt Chishiya and me on high alert we aren't probably gonna go far. I let him out first as I put my gun on my shoulder walking out behind him. I let Chishiya lead as I followed him out while looking around and just checking for my surroundings, still a little shaken up from what happened yesterday. "You okay?" Chishiya asked. I looked at him and just nodded. "Yeah. Just looking around.." "Relaxxx, they aren't gonna come around.. let's hope anyway. But I doubt they would after what I did." He did have a point. That doesn't mean they wouldn't... "Yeah.. you're right," I said and we continued our walk.

About fifteen to twenty minutes into our walk, I asked Chishiya finally. I don't know why... but I finally had the balls to ask him, nor to even start a conversation.  "Hey.. so uhm- I know we see each other around the beach and what not... but do you wanna maybe get to know each other a bit more?" What- sigh. Fuck me. "... I mean... I guess? Why you ask?" He laughs. "It just doesn't seem like you." No shit. I can't answer that even for myself. "I don't know. I guess I'm just bored. I mean if you don't want to it's fine." Chishiya shrugged. "I don't know--.." He looked away. Great going, Niragi. "Alight. No worries." It was awkward now. Not knowing what to do now we both just continued walking.  While walking, I noticed Chishiya who looked up at me. Confused, I looked back and raised my eyebrow. "..What?" I asked. He sighed and looked away. "Do.. do you think I'm annoying? Like honestly-" The hell? I mean- I don't even know at this point. I think so? But-  I'm just overall confused. I don't know what I think about him at this point.

I use to hate him. And- I thought I still did? But... I guess my mind is telling me something different.  Fuck feelings. I didn't respond at first. Because I didn't know what to say. Thinking about what the hell to say, I finally did speak up though. "I... I..." I sighed. "I don't know. Fuck, I don't." I looked away embarrassed. "So you do. Don't you?" "NO!... No... I never said that." Chishiya looked away and crossed his arms and sighed. "Look... I'm sorry. I just don't know. I like you more than I use to... We'll put it that way, k?" I told him. Chishiya didn't say anything. He just sat there and nodded. "K..." That's it? Seriously? Wow okay. "You- know I'm serious... right?" "I believe you." Right. "Well, that's a flat-out lie." He sighed. "Sorry. I just... have a lot of trust issues. That's all." Now it makes sense.

"Can I know why? Is it because of me?" I asked.

--Chishiya's pov--

Sigh. "No." "Then why can't I know?" Niragi asked. There was a moment of silence. Niragi chuckled a little. "Mm. Giving me the silent treatment eh? I see how it is." "Ya know, maybe there's a reason I'm giving you the "silent treatment" yeah? Ever think of that?" I got sassy with him. "Sure sure. But it's gonna bother me for a while because I know something's wrong now and you still won't tell me." Niragi explained. I sighed again. "Then guess what? Let it bother you. Cuz you ain't gonna know anytime soon. You're lucky if you ever even know." I told him.

Niragi let out an annoyed sigh and just looked away. "Fine." The conversation ended after that. We walked around for a little while longer talking about random stuff. Eventually, we made it to some abandoned hospital that Niragi dragged me into go looking in. Not that thrilled, I still went with him. Watching him walk around with a huge smile on his face... filled my heart with joy.  I felt... safe with him. I continued letting him roam around until it started to get dark. Not wanting what happened yesterday to happen, I told him to come on. "Hey! We should get going now. It's dark and you can't see. You're gonna fall and hurt yourself."

"But it's fun when it's dark! C'mon PLEASEEEE??" I laughed a little. "Noooo we can always come back, Niragi. Let's go." Niragi sighed and came back out to me with a frown on his face. "Oh my god. You'll be fineee."  I said as I began walking up to him. I gently wrapped my arms around his waist. I felt his body get tense a little. I looked up at him to see him staring off, so I quickly let go. "Sorry.." I said. That is until he- did the same to me... he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me back into the position we were in just a few moments ago. "Wha-... What's this for? I thought you didn't-" "SHH. Just... shut up and enjoy the hug." He cut me off. For once in my life, I did. I just sat there with him in my arms. I smiled a bit as we both held each other. It... was nice. Wow...