I Think I Love You - Chishiya x Niragi

Chapter 22

TW: Violence, blood

Niragi's POV:
I got off of Chishiya and put my clothes back on, then I stood in front of the TV as the next game was announced. The 10 of hearts. The last card. Chishiya got up and put his clothes back on behind me. "Get the hell out" he said after the announcement was finished. "Yeah, fine, whatever" I said as I walked out without looking at him. I picked up my gun on the way out and slammed his door behind me. Everyone rushed to grab phones then crowded around a woman's dead body in the lobby. A knife was stabbed into her chest. The announcer explained a witch hunt. Everyone murmured to each other in fear. "A witch hunt game huh?" I said rushing in. "This ought to be good." I stood next to Chishiya pushing him to the side. I saw his glare from the corner of my and ignored. "Alright, let's go witch hunting!" Chishiya walked away while everyone else panicked. What's he up to now? I thought.

Chishiya's POV:
After Niragi left I waited to let him go down the hallway before me. I finally left and headed down to the lobby where everyone surrounded a dead body. Niragi walked up behind me. I glared at him as he pushed me away. "Alright, let's go witch hunting!" He yelled. I turned around and left. I wasn't playing this fucking game. Kuina followed me to look at the surveillance cameras. Each person either ran or killed and all because of fear of death. "They've all gone crazy" Kuina said. "Not their smartest move" I responded. "Why would they go so far just to survive?" "There's no way to find out who the witch is this way" Kuina said. "You could be the witch. Right, Kuina?" I said with a smirk. "Or it could be you" she said. I stood for a second then chuckled.

Niragi's POV:
I stood on the roof shooting at the horrified people. They ran like mice from a cat. But they were too slow. I aimed carefully, but something caught me. I stopped for a second. I thought back to the way I felt back in high school. I knew how they felt. They all just wanted to get out alive. I thought of Chishiya. He just wanted to get out alive, and just like to these people, I wasn't making it any easier for him. Why should anyone else get to run away from the people who hurt them, when I never got to? We're all equal, we all deserve the same. I shot one more person before hearing a familiar voice behind me. "Don't you get tired of bullying people weaker than you?" My heart dropped to that sentence. "And where were you hiding?" I asked Chishiya, feeling sick to my stomach. "Oh, there are lots of places for me to hide" he said walking up to me. "You really get on my nerves, you know that? Think you're so goddamn smart. Acting like you're so damn clever" I said. "But I am clever" he said smiling. I thought for a second. No one should get to run away from the people who hurt them. Because I've never got to. And I hurt Chishiya. I can't let me guilt sit with me. "Okay then. Why don't we put an end to this?" I said standing up.

Chishiya's POV:
"You already know I have a plan and you know I have the cards. You could use that information against me in this game. I'm sorry, but I think I'll have to kill you before that happens" I said. "Sorry babe, but-" "Don't fucking call me that" I interrupted. "Okay..well then sorry, Chishiya. But I'm afraid I can't let you do that. I've got plans of my own" I tensed up. The fuck you mean you have plans? I had plans, you made it clear you didn't want to be a part of! I kept my smirk and acted like I didn't care. He'd be gone soon anyways. "Ah" I said. With no warning I started running at him. "Back off!" He yelled. I threw all the cards in the air to distract him and pulled a gun from my pocket. I swear, if I miss this.. I shot him in the chest and he fell to the ground dropping his gun I ran up and kicked it away before shotting him again was he got up. He fell off the roof and landed in the pool. I picked up his gun and stared at his body laying in the water. I thought I'd feel better, but it just added to my anger. I threw his gun into the pool with him and ran away feeling angry and wanting to cry. Fuck, what have I done? I thought to myself, running down the hall

Niragi's POV:
Chishiya? I said in my head. I felt like I was waking up from a long dream and imagined I was right next to him. I'd turn to him and everything would be fine because it was just a dream. I slowly lost consciousness as I felt room temperature pool water fill my lungs. I got cold as blood drained out from the bullet wounds. The chlorine stung my eyes. After what felt like hours I squinted at the sight of a figure pulling me out of the water. I completely lost consciousness before seeing them and woke up who knows how long later choking on water. I gasped and panicked while frantically looking for my wounds, trying to see how bad they were. How am I still alive? I thought. My shirt was off and over my three wounds were bandages. I continued to cough up pool water. I could barely breathe. I dragged myself over to a wall I could lean against. My body ached. My lungs hurt from gasping, my eyes still stung from the chlorine, my chest hurt from the bullets. My head hurt, and my muscles were sore from staying so tense. I sat against the wall when I noticed a first-aid kit sitting next to me. "Wait. Did Chishiya save me?" I whispered to myself. I dug through the bin of medical supplies. Everything we had used last was at the top. "After trying to kill me?" I asked confused. I sat and thought about everything. I had just the same chance as anyone of getting killed while I was up there, and yet I was standing around still caught up in thoughts about the past. Things that happened years ago. How could I let those dicks manipulate me into becoming the kind of person who wallows in anger? I'm just like them now. The same chances as anyone else, but I choose to hurt to hide what hurts inside me.

Chishiya's POV:
After running from the pool before Niragi could wake up, I met Kuina in Hatter's room. No one would dare go up there. "Hey" I said heading to the balcony where she was. "Hi. You okay?" She asked. "Why?" "There's been a lot happening. This is the 10 of hearts game. Oh and you just killed your boyfriend" she said. "I'm not even participating. I'm sitting where no one will go, and I'm not running around like a maniac killing everyone I see. And I killed him for my own benefit, why wouldn't I be okay right now?" "I mean, just because your not participating in the actual game, doesn't mean the hearts part of it is irrelevant to you. The only person you've ever actually liked and wanted to be with just died, and it's your fault. Chishiya, when are you gonna get it in your head that you're just another human?!" I looked at her feeling a little hurt. "What do you mean?" I asked quietly. "You think you have no reason to be here, but you have as much reason as anyone else! You're not different in the way you think. You've been absorbed in one issue for so long that it's affected your entire life! You're allowed to feel other things Chishiya! Be happy for once! Embrace liking and loving people, it's what other people do!" Kuina walked out of the room. I continued to look over the balcony. Everyone ran around desperately trying to survive. I wondered what it was that caused them to do that. Some people had other people they wanted to get back to in the real world. Some people had a life in the real world. Some people were just surviving for their own selfish reasons. Whatever it was, they desperately wanted to live, but it was as if I couldn't choose. Did I want to die? Or did I want to live and continue a search for my own life outside Borderland. What is my problem? I thought