Scintillating - SemiShira ✔︎

Chapter 9

Yeah, he really was a handful because life was a bitch and threw unexpected curveballs at them in the strangest of ways.

Kenjirou and Eita were together nearly every day, mostly in the evenings. There were the days when morning was included but that wasn't an everyday thing considering Eita was quite a fan of sleeping in and so was the copper-haired when he wasn't required to go in early. But even when Eita did surprise him and try to make him happy lest he begin sulking about deaths, his mood brightened exponentially and even Magui could tell.

She would smile smugly at him at first and then she'd make subtle remarks that he seemed happy and finally, she directly asked because frankly, she was desperate to know.

"You've been really happy these past three weeks," Magui had stated casually on one fine morning shift. "Girlfriend?"

"Boyfriend," Kenjirou had stated even though they weren't officially together. Just wasting time by spending their hours together in bed and occasionally stealing kisses─ Eita enjoyed that ever since he managed to steal some since Kenjirou had proven difficult to give in. Leaving it at that, Kenjirou had waltzed right into his office for a good day.

And it proceeded like that to the point that Kenjirou no longer felt as if he were being targeted to get shot at.

His life was slowly falling back into place, Eita was now a constant, and his patient reserved smile was beginning to come back. He had been unable to smile at patients for the longest but over time, it returned even if it was just a twitch of the lip. He seemed to get more fond of his job, his brain convincing him that many of the people that came in could be associated with a gang member and injuries resulted from illegal activities. It was scary to think of it like that but life had to go on.

At least he had one person that awaited him everyday.

"Morning. I have a surprise for you. Just walk down to the end of the street."

"What the fuck? Who the fuck is this?"

"Eita. Extra phone because I forgot my main one at home. Quickly, I'm waiting."

"In the rain? You're an idiot, come get me or wait until it's sunny."

Kenjirou frowned at his texts. Eita would never let him walk in the rain unless there was a damn good reason and if he didn’t give a good reason in two minutes, he'd straight up tell him to suffer or come to his house so they could do absolutely nothing. His shift wasn’t until right after lunch and being seven in the cursed morning, Kenjirou wondered what Eita wanted. Normally, he would be asleep but he was awoken by a random nightmare and the ping of his phones messages that suspiciously reminded him of gunshots once he thought about it.

"I wanna show you something. But you can only see it in the rain. Quickly now, isn’t rain romantic?"

Kenjirou grumbled at the reply and got out of bed, sending a quick message that he'd be there in ten. So with a slightly quicker than usual pace, Kenjirou washed himself, threw on jeans and a sweater he had stolen from Eita─ the man had a lot considering he had to hide most of his tattoos and threw on a raincoat so he could make a beeline and stay dry. He forgot the wig for then, figuring it'd be painful as hell to dry it if it got wet, and made his exit. Sure enough, he spotted Eita's car and made a slightly quicker jog, a smile on his face as he yanked the door open and dropped in right as a particularly strong burst of rain fell.

"Hello, Ei- Who the hell? Wrong car, I'll just-"

"Right vehicle, Shirabu Kenjirou, I've been waiting for this day," the man stated all too happily, a giant piece of flesh missing from his arm although it was still functioning and mostly intact.