Eternal Nightmare

The Struggle

Takemichi jolted awake in a cold sweat he was breathing heavily. He looked around and after seeing that he was still in his bedroom he calmed down a little. Although, just like in his dream he couldn't see clearly. Everything was slightly blurry. He then started to remember what had happened in his dream. Once he remembered everything he felt a sharp pain in his head that continued to grow worse by the second. It felt like his head was splitting and it also caused him to feel a little dizzy.

"Agh!"

It was getting worse.

"It hurts."

He grabbed his head kneeling with his elbows on the bed he curled up on the bed. Rocking himself back and forth he closed his eyes he bit his lip to the point that it started bleeding.

"It hurts!"

Takemichi began to kick the blankets, sheets, and pillows anything to distract him from this headache.

His breathing became more sporadic.

To make things worse he started to hear the voices again.

It was Hina's voice today.

She was blaming him as usual.

Reminding him of his past mistakes and failures.

She was louder than the voices in his dream.

"NO, SHUT UP!"

He couldn't take it.

Tears started streaming down his cheeks.

He was crying. Not only because of the pain but out of frustration.

He heard the door slam open but didn't bother to look up because it would make the headache hurt even more.

"Hey! Boss what's going on?"

He heard footsteps and it seemed like they were coming toward him at a fast pace.

The person crouched down beside the bed to be able to see Takemichi properly. Takemichi turned his head just enough to be able to see this person, but he couldn't see his face properly it was blurry.

It was Rindou he heard Takemichi screaming and came running to his room. Four more people came running inside as Rindou looked at Takemichi's face. Takemichi's eyes were clouded over.

"Shit, Kazutora get the medicine!"

He stood up and started reaching his hand out towards Takemichi to help him sit up. Panic ran through Takemichi and he pushed Rindou away so strongly that he ended up hitting the wall.

"Ow."

Rindou pushes himself off the wall and started walking toward Takemichi again. Takemichi was now lying on his back he was still kicking the blankets and sheets while rocking himself from side to side and arching his back.

"IT HURTS! MAKE IT STOP!"

Kazutora soon came rushing in with a syringe in hand.

"You guys hold him down."

Taiju grabbed Takemichi's arms while Kakucho grabbed his legs. Out of fear, Takemichi started struggling and flailing his limbs around trying to get himself free from their grasp. It was tough for the two to be able to pin him down flat on his back after getting a few punches and kicks from Takemichi. Even after they managed to hold him down properly they struggled to get him to stay in position.

"Kazutora hurry up we can't hold him down much longer."

Kazutora hurried with the syringe and pulled up Takemichi's sleeve that on went down to his elbows and he quickly injected Takemichi with the medicine. After that, they all quickly let go of Takemichi and observed him. Takemichi was still crying saying that it hurt he curled himself up again and felt himself getting sleepy he drifted off to sleep. There was complete silence until Rinodu broke it.

"It's becoming more frequent he had it yesterday too."

"Yeah, they used to come only once or twice every one or two weeks. Now it's almost every day." 

Kakucho sat down on the bed next to Takemichi.

"We can't keep giving him sleep medicine... we need a more permanent solution."

"No shit Kaku we already tried getting him a therapist or something, but he beat them all to death."

"It's all their fault we can't let him see them again," Kazutora grumbled under his breath, but everyone heard him.

He was looking at the ground with his arms crossed and leaning against the wall. There was a heavy silence in the room.

"He bit his lip."

Kakucho looked at Takemichi's face caressing his lip and wiping the blood away.

"I'll stay with him you guys can go."

"But you were with him yesterday," Rindou whined.

"Yeah, yeah get out."

Kakucho shooed them out of the room and after the door closed he took off his jacket and shoes and put them on a chair. He then laid down next to Takemichi and just stared at him while caressing his cheek.

Kakucho POV

I wiped off the tears on his face. It wasn't the first time this happened, but I could never get used to hearing Takemichi crying out so desperately. The night we found Takemichi asleep in the street was probably one of the most shocking days of my life if not the most shocking. Thinking about it still makes me shudder.

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