IN THEIR STEAD (tok.rev. × m!reader)

21 - Lullaby - 21

Beep. Beep.

Waking up to the rhythmic sound of the heart monitor, your eyes slowly adjusted to the brightness of the hospital. From the bedside window came a pleasant breeze, tickling your face ever slightly.

Turning your head, you saw that no one was here.

'Perfect,' you thought, shifting to sit upright. You winced at the stinging pain in your stomach but managed.

Opening your phone, you dialed Four's number. He was off duty yesterday, so he must be confused by now.

"Hello?" the deep voice over the line said. "Boss, where-?"

"In the hospital," you replied, cutting him off before he could ask anything else. "There was a conflict yesterday, as I'm sure you already know. I made a stupid mistake and got stabbed."

"So that was all your blood?" Four said, mostly to himself. He'd definitely investigated about August 3rd already. "Also, what do you mean by 'yesterday', sir?"

"Hm?" you questioned with your groggy voice. What else could yesterday mean? The day before today was the only yesterday you knew.

"Sir, today is August 10th," Four replied.

"......"

"August what?" you repeated.

"August 10th. 6 days after you got stabbed, sir."

You abruptly ended the call, checking the calendar to see that Four was correct.

"I was asleep for 6 days?" you asked yourself in disbelief.  You zoned out for a good minute, before falling back to lay slanted on your pillow.

You didn't want to think about anything right now. Just stare at the ceiling, y/n. Stare at the ceiling.

"...get that it's lame, okay! Stop making fun of me!" a whiny voice said from outside your hospital room, getting closer with each step.

As the door slid open, you saw Takemichi in unbelievable clothing, Draken, Mikey, and Mitsuya behind him poking fun at it. You stayed quiet, waiting for them to notice you.

"I get i-," Takemichi was saying before finally looking up at you, sitting on your bed. You smirked as he started tearing up straight away. "Y/n!!!"

"Urgh!" you groaned when he jumped on you. Did this kid forget you were injured right now?

"Takemitchy, get off! You're smushing him, ya' idiot!" Draken yelled, trying to pull Takemichi by the collar. He stopped when you quietly pat Takemichi's head, quivering from crying.

"Shh, I'm right here," you sang, used to lulling the crybaby. "I'm not going anywhere, silly."

The room fell quiet at your soothing voice.

Mikey made his way to the opposite side of the bed, also hugging your waist like Takemichi. You pat his head the same, continuing to whisper sweet comforts. Draken took your head, arms around your neck, while Mitsuya squat down next to Takemichi, hugging your legs.

You let the four have their time calming down. You could tell how distressed and worried they were, or how hard they tried to be cheerful when coming into the room.

It wasn't every day someone they know gets stabbed and stays unconscious for almost a week, after all.

'Fucking sleep deprivation,' you said to yourself. That was probably why you slept through the past week - lack of sleep on a daily basis. Your body tends to get as much sleep in while it can - who knew your habit would be so fatal.

For the next few hours, the 5 of you had fun talking, teasing, laughing. At the end of the day, they headed back home, Takemichi being the last to stay behind. He told you all about what happened during the time you were gone.

Apparently, Kiyomasa and his gang had caught up to your group when running for the ambulance. Takemichi stayed behind to fight them, sending Draken ahead.

He defeated Kiyomasa and the rest of the gang with the help of his Mizo Middle friends. You still scorned him for getting his hand pierced, though.

Then he told you about the gang uniform he received from Draken. Draken was also in the hospital with you but woke up 3 days earlier. During his stay here, he gave Mikey's first Toman uniform to Takemichy, asking him and you to take good care of it.

When Takemichi finished catching you up, he got up from your bedside and hugged you, really tight. With a quavering voice, he said, "I have to go now."

You tilted your head in confusion. It was as if he was saying goodbye forever. Regardless, you hugged him back, bidding farewell.

Who knew that Takemichi was preparing to return to the future once more, this time hoping to see you alive.

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