𝒟𝒶𝓌𝓃 || 𝓓𝓲𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓴 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝔁 𝓞𝓒

𝒳𝒱𝐼𝐼𝐼

Here she was again. The hallways seemed colder than they were when she was last there. By the time she entered the house with Asuza, Yuma and Kou were already anxiously waiting by the door..

"Why are you so late?" Yuma growled. He grabbed her wrist and bean dragging her up the stairs and down the hall. The other two fell into step behind them. Akira's breath caught as she took in the shattered windows, flipped furniture and animal fur on the floor.

"What happened in here...?" 

Akira' question was left unanswered as one heavy hand on the small of her back pushed her forward urgently. "We'll tell you later. Watch the glass." Yuma muttered.

"I'll clean it up later," Kou replied. "Come on in we go."

Akira stepped over the bloodstained shards strewn around the door and stepped in. The three boys guided her to the bedside. The room was furnished modestly, and in the middle of the room lay Ruki on the bed. His blazer was unbuttoned, revealing a bandage that wrapped round his chest and over one shoulder. A patch of crimson was spreading just below his shoulder. Ruki's breathing was laboured, brow furrowed in sleep. 

"Oh no..." Akira's fingers twitched. She stopped herself from reaching out. "What happened?"

Yuma rubbed the back of  his neck. "There was an attack. A bunch of wolves came to our house not two hours ago."

"Wolves...?" Akira's palms began to sweat. The Tsukinami brothers immediately came to mind.

"He...protected me..."

"Is there anything I can do...?"

Kou smoothed out the duvet. "We brought you here because we were taking you could maybe supply him with your blood to heal him. He's sleeping now, but..."

"Of course I'll help." They had taken her against her will, but they had grown on her. Akira now saw them as she saw her brothers. Not to mention, they were mates now...

They nodded. "Thank you."

After Akira had  helped them clean up, they all gathered in the living room.

"Ruki had been acting weird around a week before he locked you in there." Akira shuddered as she recalled the unpleasant experience. "We—I— sorry for not saying anything." Yuma clenched his hands.

Akira shook her head. "It's alright. But why..."

"It was...for...the plan. The Eve of Dawn, to...find the Adam..."

"Ruki has always prioritised the plan above all else."  Kou stared at his feet bitterly. "So much so that he''s lost himself..."

"But...because of him...we became brothers..."

"A family." Akira smiled wistfully. "I see."

The silence hung awkwardly for a while, before  Akira clasped her hands together nervously. "Um...I want to say something..."