Silver Infinity ((Kamukura X Komaeda))

Chapter Sixty-Three: Awoken

Komaeda rose his hand to knock upon the cabin door but stopped himself quickly. Would it have been okay to knock after being such a bother to Mukuro already?

As he was hesitating, the door suddenly opened to her welcoming face,
"Finally, I was starting to think you forgot."
Komaeda merely smiled, holding out the bucket hanging off his arm, and the cloth in his hand.
"I got stopped on my way. I wouldn't have forgotten in a million years. How is he?"

"Well," She hesitated, looking away a moment before giving a sigh. "Gonta finally finished examining what the wine made him throw up. The Ale, but a decent amount of blood as well."
"Blood-?" He started, but Mukuro raised a hand for him to stay silent.

"Not his own," She continued. "His health would be much worse if he vomited up that much blood at once. My hunch was the wine expelled his past few meals. Human bodies can't digest blood like that, of course."

Human... Human...
Did it work then?
He tried to peer over the girl but she moved to block his view once more.
"Komaeda," Mukuro's voice became much more stern. "He woke up a few minutes ago. You can come in but don't be loud. Especially, don't be too rough. He's not strong enough for hugs yet."

Was it true? He was finally awake?!
There was no question, the fluffy pirate nodded in understanding, and the girl opened the door, allowing him to lay his eyes upon the Pirate King.
His eyelashes fluttered, appearing confused. But Izuru looked around the room, head still resting upon the pillow, before he turned ever so slightly, meeting Komaeda with dazzling gold eyes.

Even his eye color changed...
That didn't matter to Nagito though, his head still raced and he didn't waste a second hurrying to his bedside.
"Kamukura, you're awake," He suddenly felt breathless with relief, kneeling beside him, "How are you feeling?"

As Mukuro stepped up beside them, she dunked one of the cloths in the bowl of water already there, squeezing it out tightly before placing it over the Pirate King's forehead.
He barely reacted, his movements slow and tired.
Blinking a few times, he took in his lover's looks with his new shining golden eyes before licking his lips.
"Who are you?"
Nagito felt his blood run cold. In a sheer instant, everything started to crumble around him.

It wasn't true, was it? Did he really forget?
He quickly rose to his feet and took Izuru's hand lying on the sheets and gave a squeeze. Although Mukuro opened her mouth, likely to remind him about being too tough, she stopped herself and looked away, focusing on the new supplies instead.

"You didn't forget me, did you? You promised you wouldn't forget. I know I'm probably not worth remembering, I'd forget me too if I could, but... But I'm selfish, and I love you. Do you remember we promised to get married? What about that? Did you really forget me?"
Tears stung his eyes and he tried his best to swallow before they streamed down his face like a river in front of everyone.

Suddenly, Kamukura squeezed his hand back as he reached over with his other to ever so gently cup his lover's face.
"I was joking," The dark man forced a small smile. "I thought it would be funny. Don't cry, of course, I remember."
Komaeda exhaled, bigger than he probably ever had, but couldn't find the will to get upset. He couldn't deny he did almost have a heart attack though.

"You might want to work on your sense of humor," He returned the smile before his face fell once more. "I was worried sick, what happened? It was supposed to heal you, wasn't it?"
"Yes." Izuru released his hand and ever so slowly pulled himself up.
His face strained in pain but that didn't stop him until he was up. For a few seconds, his eyes clouded over, his exhaustion obvious.
"Take it slow," Mukuro warned, reaching out to remove the wet cloth before it fell. "Gonta is working on something for you to eat."