always been you (Mikey x Draken)

chapter 1

Draken's POV

When I wake up, all I hear is the sobs of Takemichi. Where am I again? I can't remember what happened.

I squint my eyes to look around the brightly lit room before realizing, it's a hospital. Why am I here, again?

"D-Draken?!" Takemichi exclaims. I look down towards the end of the bed and see that he's looking at my face so happily, yet so worried. "Good god, you're alive, man." He chuckles through his sobs, his hand gripping mine tightly.

"Takemichi? What happened?!" I hear a worried Hina coming from down the hall. I guess she heard his exclaims a moment ago. She runs in and smiles, tears in her eyes,"Thank god, I knew you could make it, Draken." She smiled, standing now right next to seated Takemichi.

I groan in pain and annoyance,"Dammit, could you guys be any more noisy?"

"Dude, we were all so worried, who knew if you would survive another wound like that, man.." he said, countering my words quickly.

He lets go of my hand and I see him move his arm around Hina's waist as she stands, leaning his head against her. "You're one hell of a fighter, Draken, you lost so much blood- I-" he stops himself and I tilt my head back, looking up to the ceiling. God, this kid worries too much about every goddamn person.

I listen to him quietly sob into Hina's waist before a thought hits me,"where's Mikey?" He was with me before I got stabbed from the back. My heart starts to beat faster. Takemichi took care of him right? He wouldn't let Mikey be alone knowing I was injured right? Thinking back to it, I always have had to know where he's at, he's like a puppy I've always kept on my side.

I look to the other side of the room and there he is. My worry instantly vanishes and the fear of him being gone is no more, he was so quiet, I would have never guessed he was here this whole time.

"M-Mikey?" I groaned, attempting to lean up in the hospital bed. His eyes meet mine, he looks so lifeless, so broken. He's always been so good at hiding his emotions but I can read him like a book.

"Draken, please don't move around, you'll injure yourself more!" Hina yelps, moving over to me to gently push me back down flush with the bed. I wince from the pain, it definitely hurts more than the first time I was stabbed by Kiyomasa. Remembering back to that time so long so pains me to think about. It's been almost 8 years. How the hell did I let myself get stabbed again?

Mikey stays silent. He keeps his eyes fixed to the edge of the bed I'm in. His hair is down and in a mess, his bangs cover his face so I can't tell what type of expression he's wearing at the moment. I'm just glad to know he's here and not hurt.

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"Good Evening, I just want to inform you guys that visiting hours are over, patients are only allowed one guest during these later hours." The nurse explains, walking over to me to check my vitals and make sure my IV bag isn't low.

It was nice getting to chat with everyone so calmly in this environment. Mitsuya ended up visiting as well not too long ago but within the next 5 minutes, they were all out the door but Mikey. I learned from Mitsuya and Takemichi that I had actually been here unconscious for a few days now. Everyone has been visiting a couple times a day since I've been here in hopes I would finally wake up. They said Mikey has been super short with his replies to them and hasn't left the hospital since I've been here. I can understand his worry, I just can't believe he hasn't left my side. They keep telling me that something's been off with Mikey since I've been here but they're too nervous to push for any info out of him, knowing his attitude can be unpredictable.

"K-Ken-chin.." I'm interrupted in my train of thought. I hear Mikey softly whisper from across the room.

I unfixate my eyes from the ceiling and look to the right of the room where Mikey was. He has a small cot made out with some uncomfortable looking hospital sheets. He really has been sleeping here in this room the whole time.

"Mikey?" I say, meeting his eyes. He still has the lifeless look to his eyes,"Come closer why don't you, I can't really lean up enough to look at you while speaking.." I explain, wincing as I still move myself up a tiny bit. I gesture to the chair Takemichi left beside my bed earlier and he starts to move over towards me.

He doesn't sit in the chair though, he gets into the bed beside me, laying his head down against my chest. He's done this so much in the past to comfort himself but this feels so different.

"Please tell me if I'm hurting you, Ken-chin.." he says softly against my chest.

To be quite honest, the pressure on me is hurting me but with whatever IV fluids they have in me, the pain isn't too much for me to handle, as long as Mikey is comfortable.

"You're all good, Mikey, don't worry ." I reassure him as I feel his body start to tremble. I make a small attempt to wrap my arm around him but it's a little tough with the IV and monitors attached to me.

He's crying. Mikey never cries, even around me would he ever dare to let his emotions out like that. But here he is, crying into my chest and I gently rub my hand down his arm. He's always so strong wielded and is always on such a high horse unless he's around me, I'm the only one who witnesses his moments of weakness.

"You can't leave me, Ken-chin. I would be s-so empty.." he whimpers, making my own eyes start to burn a little, tears starting to form and threatening to roll down my face.

With the sudden wave of emotion hitting me, the pain I've been ignoring starting to hit me, making me feel a little dizzy. My vision starts to get blurry as if I would pass out. All I can focus on is Mikey's cry's of sadness before I'm hit with nothing but pitch blackness.