~𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕖~

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I was sat in the gorilla without my gear, holding my title, staring my brace and crutches that rested against a chair next to me. It wasn't fair keeping the title away from everyone which is why I had to make probably the hardest decision in my career. I was helped over to the wings by the crew where I watched Kairi Sane going against Io shirai. Kairi was on offence and was really good at it. The match ended with Kairi pinning Io, once Io left the ring I cued for my intro music.

I was helped into the ring and handed a microphone, Kairi's eyes locked with mine and I could see her trying to read my next moves. I shushed the crowd before speaking "I know. I know how shocking it is to see me like this. My triple threat match left me with an injury which was worse than I thought. And because of it, I'm not going to be able to fight for at least another 5 weeks." The audience were shocked, so was Sane, she hugged me tightly before allowing me to continue "my injury had caused me to make the hardest decision in my life, giving up my title" I said, tearing up at everyone's shock and denial. "I don't want to! It's the last thing I want. But if I am giving it up. I want to give it to someone who deserves it. Someone who brings a real fight to this ring. Someone who wanted to challenge me before my injury. Someone I know would not stop until they got what they want. And that's...." I turned to Kairi who was sat in utter disbelief "you." I said smiling, her eyes grew wide and I could see the excitement bursting through her. She questioned whether I was being serious or not, I removed the title belt from around at waist and handed it over to her. She took it from me and sat staring at it, teary-eyed and mouth agape.

She threw her arms around me and jumped from excitement. "Now you go be champion while I recover, try your best to keep it, because I'll be taking it off of you the second I'm back, okay?" I said earning an excited nod from her, she helped me out of the ring and I was met with Sarah shoving a microphone in my face. "So serenity you have just given Kairi Sane your NXT title, how do you feel" "well Sarah if I'm being honest, im absolutely gutted, but I know that Kairi will protect that title with her life and I'm happy for her" she nodded and asked me another question that was sort of unexpected "why didn't you give your title to Rhea?" "What do you mean?" "I mean rhea and you are quite attached emotionally and I guess I thought you would give the title to her..." "well that's stupid, you shouldn't really assume what I will and won't do with my title. And as for rhea, if she wants the title she'll get it. As anyone else would. Kairi deserves the title and that's my decision to make so if you wouldn't mind could you get this Mic out of my face, I want to go home now." I walked past her and left her standing there.

Demi was stood waiting for me outside, she was really worried about everything now, she didn't want me hurting anymore than I was. She hugged me and asked if I was alright. "I'm okay, really, just disappointed" I said. She helped me into the car and reassured me that "champion or not you've intimidated everyone in that entire division!" I sat in silence on the drive home and I knew that demi was trying to cheer me up but I was kind of zoned out, it wasn't her fault I was injured but I knew she was blaming herself.

When we arrived home we were told that due to difficulties the elevators were completely shut off. "You're sure?" Demi asked the receptionist "yes hun every elevator is closed." She said trying to be as nice as possible. I sighed knowing I'm really gonna struggle, we had to go up three flights of stairs to get to my apartment and I was in crutches. After the third step it became very clear that I wasn't making up these steps, demi noticed this straight away and took matters into her own hands. She stared at me for a moment before picking me up bridal style and carrying me up all three flights of stairs, it was crazy how strong she was but right now I couldn't be more grateful.

She placed me down at the top of the stairs and held me up while I put my crutches in place. we made our way back to the apartment and tried to be as quiet as possible to not wake Izzy and trav up as it was 00:45. We were pretty tired because we hadn't stopped all day, I trained today because we were training back and biceps. 

My brace was beginning to really piss me off, it was impossible to do anything in it and it constantly needed re-adjusting. Demi noticed my struggles with it but still made me wear it, however whenever she could she was helping out with me. Like when we needed to get upstairs, she thought quick on her feet and really helped me. We got changed and sat in the living room for a bit to watch some tv before heading to bed. I may down next to demi and she wrapped her arm around me, pulling me into her chest. She was very comforting in that way, her warmth radiating off her made me feel safer than ever. I had never felt this safe in someone's arms before, it felt like she was the only one who cared for me like it really mattered. It was enough to make me sleep peacefully.