major tw for suicide
"Run!" They hear through their tired haze. They slowly blink up and see Silver, eyes brimming with tears as he grabs them. They feel a spark of hope in their chest, reigniting the shadow of the person they once were. Hopeful, innocent, lively and determined to get out of this hellhole alive.
That singular spark is strong enough to get their feet pushing beneath them as they look back to see the horned man stand, grinning maliciously. They trip over their own feet as the wooden doors at the entrance slam shut, the heavy bang rattling throughout their entire body. They wail and slam their fists on the doors, slamming their body against it with every ounce of energy they have remaining.
"Get behind m-" They hear Silver start, cut off by a sharp gasp.
Silver chokes behind them, coughing and sending blood spraying to the ground as Yuu looks behind them in terror, watching how the horned man's lime green eyes glow in the low light, hand raised lazily as he snaps once more, another spear shaking free of it's suit of armor and soaring through the air; impaling Silver's back with a wet squelch, blood dripping to the ground as he collapses, aurora eyes wide as he grabs at his chest. The spears lodged in his chest shift with each twitch the boy made, making him let out another weak, pained groan.
They collapse next to him, feeling, for once, cold at the sight of the loss of their friends. Yuu holds out their arm, gripping onto the cotton of his dorm uniform, the fabric not registering to their cold hands. They cannot bring themselves to grieve the boy, do not feel that familiar tug of anger, or of terror that would normally grip them and push them to action. As they rest their hand on his forehead, watching the light leave Silver's teary eyes as he gasps once last time and lies limp on the common room's carpet.
Yuu finds that they are tired.
So, so tired of watching their friends die.
And so incredibly tired of being protected by the damned.
Yuu sits on their knees on the ground, hand still resting on Silver's face, the warmth fading and getting increasingly more and more cold. They stare up at the horned Prince, a single tear sliding down their cheek aside from their forlorn expression, eyes half lidded with exhaustion.
The man crouches and lifts their limp body into his arms. Their head lolls back and they cast one final look at the bodies of the Diasomnia students before exhaustion grips their mind and their consciousness leaves them.
Yuu blinks and winces against the dim light that meets their weary, bloodshot eyes. The surface they lay on is cold and hard, aside from the spot they were laying on. Yuu groans, entire body screaming in agony as their sore limbs struggle to function. They're back in the mirror chamber, placed in what appears to be a large golden bird cage in the center of the room.
They turn their head to what should be the exit, and let out a shrill scream when they notice the monster's head mounted on the wall above the door, as though it was some trophy to be won. It's ears no longer give off the fire, it's electric blue eyes dull even in the light of the mirror chamber.
Staring at them when they had nowhere to run. They were forced to stay under it's harsh gaze, forced within this cage to stare at it until they can somehow escape.
Yuu chokes back a sob, whipping around noticing how each mirror wavered threateningly, as though one of the dorm leaders were to step through at any given moment and end their life right then and there. They calm their shaking body to the best of their ability when they notice that the metal bars are too close together for them to slip through, and they were not even given a blanket or a pillow to rest upon.
