Mum? Mei Hatsume just appeared in the bathroom

Pt. 10 Coming Home Again

Y/N: C'mon Mei.

You rise from the kiss, Mei pouting as you did while holding the chains of the swing.

Y/N: Gotta get home.

Mei: Why?

Y/N: This place at night? Ohhhh, boy. Haha, you see-

Mei: It's dangerous. Isn't it?

She looks on you with no amusement in her voice.

Y/N: Yeah.

Kendo: What's that matter?

She asks, with Ponama beside her, his face in her side.

Y/N: It's dang-

Kendo: Yeah but, I can still make my fist huge.

Y/N: Still. I don't want Mei getting hurt.

Mei: Well, I do always have this.

She presses a button on her utility belt, opening a square shaped box that revealed an all-American, M1911 pistol.

(This)

Y/N: Mei! Put it away!

You almost whisper to her, putting all of your weight on the lid, closing it.

Y/N: Why?!

She looks at you, starting to tear up.

Y/N: Now Mei, no wait I didn't mean to upset you.

She stops shaking and finds her head in your chest.

Y/N: This is a playground, with kids.

Mei: I'm sorry.

Y/N: It's okay babe. It's okay now.

You pick her up from the swing, planting her on her feet.

Your arms still around her, you assure her,

Y/N: It's gon be okay, Mei. No one saw it.

Mei: B-but, what-

Y/N: Shh. Mei. I'm sorry for getting up you like that. I should have been calmer about it.

Mei: That was definitely not a calm situation. How bout we go home and make up?

Ponama: More like make out.

Y/N: Ponama! She might not want to do that!

Kendo chops the nerve on his neck, a scene you were familiar with, at least on another whose name sure did rhyme.

She carries him, cradling him in her arms.

Mei: Thank you. You're a gem, you know that?

Y/N: I do.

You take her home, the walk, an uneventful one sure, but it mattered not.

You go into your room and sit on the bed with Mei.

Mei: I'm sorry I showed my gun, I just wanted you to know that I'm safe. That we could stay a bit longer or something, you know?

Y/N: It's okay Mei, just don't scare me like that again, okay? You ain't never going to need it, not when I'm around.

Mei: I'm sorry. I just-

Y/N: Mei. It's okay. You need some rest?

She looks like it. Her eye bags are getting bigger, her eyes are closing a bit, she don't look like she's got much left.

Mei: I-I just got back though. Surely you don't want me to just go to sleep, leaving you alone. Right?

Y/N: This isn't about me. Nor what I want. You take care of yourself, not just me and my feelings. I know I push you around a bit but-

Mei: When?

Y/N: Huh?

Mei: When have you ever pushed me around?

Y/N: I- it's just, a bunch of things, y'know?

Mei: Do you need me here? With you?

Y/N: No. I don't. Not if you need some time to yourself.

Mei: It's fine. You can just, just-

She starts to fade, her head dropping lower and lower. She finally rests on the pillow, closing her eyes.

You put a hand on her forehead and run your thumb through her hair. A few strands come out without any force whatsoever.

You've been stressed, haven't you? I was a bit harsh, wasn't I? Not like anyone saw the damn thing.

You leave a peck on her cheek as you exit the room. You run to your mother as you exit.

Y/N: Where's Iris at?

Mum: She's out with some friends.

Y/N: Okay. Good. Mei's sleeping, she had a rough day.

Mum: Seems like both days she's had with you have been rough.

She says, raising her eyes from her phone.

Y/N: What do you mean?

Mum: Oh I'm just screwing around, you gotta admit that you'd be real scared if you were transported into another world.

Y/N: Fair but still, I want to make this as easy as possible for her.

Mum: Sure. You're already trying that though.

You hear a few voices at the door, two you recognise.

That's right. Ponama went out again, with Kendo, but who are the o-

Your thoughts are stopped by what you could make out from their slurred speech.

Ponama: This my girlfriend, she got big hands.

???: They look small to me, what you meanin', you crazy drunk.

Kendo: hehe. Hic. No no. Hands grow, hehe.

???: Hang on what? I too drunk for dis shi, ah.

The mystery person falls on the floor.

You open the door to see Kendo, Ponama and a man, around Iris' age who was on the floor still.

Y/N: Kendo. Ponama. Inside.

???: I come in too?

Y/N: No. You fuck off.

???: Hang on. You Y- Y/N or something. Iris talk bout you.

Y/N: You know her?

???: She was saying you was with girl, doing the funny thing.

Y/N: What funny thing?

???: The thing.

He sways his hips back and forth, alluding to what he thinks happened.

???: You know, Iris doesn't like girl. She said she capture Y/N. To do more of the thing, that thing.

You sigh, seeing that even when drunk, she hates Mei completely.

???: Iris did the thing.

Y/N: What?!

???: Yeah. She was sad, she said her brother was gon be stolened. She cried, we gave her some bottles, make her all better, den we all got very silly.

Y/N: Who fucked her?!

You say, grabbing the man by his shirt. (Iris is at age of consent btw not that it makes it any better)

???: I didn't want to, she pulled my pants off and she did the thing and I couldn't get her off, was sleepy drunk, you know?

You push the man away from you, just as Iris and her friends return.

Y/N: Oh boy.