Wish You Were Here (Bonten Rindou Haitani X Fem. OC)

Chapter Eight:

A/N: Hello :) I am back again, sorry for the delay. I am currently in my senior of college and its been a little chaotic so bear with me!

Content Warning: Blood, gore, and disturbing imagery.

Our limousine driver opens up the door for us and Natsu quickly pulls me inside. The driver shuts the door behind me and makes his way up to the driver door and starts the limousine. I take one last glance towards the venue, only to see a group of three men standing outside, two of which I recognize.

Kokonoi winks at me while the other just looks back at me with an empty face. But I know better than that...

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'...Rindou.'

Kaede POV

'Holy shit.' I take a deep breath as I embrace the plush seats of the limousine as we make our way back home. I didn't expect to run into him of all people tonight. I haven't even heard his name in years, but I guess that's due to avoiding Roppongi to the best of my ability, to avoid hearing the name of my last lover and his idiot of a brother, Ran.

'I wonder if Rannabelle is also a part of Bonten, those two are never separated.'

"So..." Natsu starts to talk but trails off as he stares out the window next to him.

"So..." I reply, hoping that Natsu will get the hint and drop the topic.

"Do you...wanna talk about?" Natsu finally looks over at me, a look of sympathy on his face.

"Not really." I snap back.

"Okay, let's try this again, I obviously went with the wrong approach." Natsu fully turns his body towards me and grabs my shoulder, forcing me to face towards him. "What happened?" He asks me again, but more forcefully this time.

"It's..." I look down at my hands and nervously pick at my nails as I think. "I'm not even sure Natsu." My voice breaks as I try to push away these feelings that seeing him invited back into my mind. "I think I just feel betrayed by seeing him."

Natsu puts his thumb and pointer finger up to his chin, thinking. "You don't talk about him a lot." Natsu points out, causing me to roll my eyes.

"There's a reason for that." I continue to pick at my nails. "He left me, so why did he call out to me? Is he with Bonten? Is Bonten going to use my bond with him to gain information on us?" I start to hyperventilate, a feeling I'm far too used to by now.

"Hey...it's okay." Natsu coos at me, pulling me into a hug to try to calm me down, something he's used to having to do.

Natsu is the only one I feel comfortable having a panic attack in front of. Not that I would feel uncomfortable in front of my brother, my brother just doesn't know I have them. Natsu was there for my first panic attack, and since then, he always tries his best to be there for me when I have them.

"Rindou betrayed you. You don't need someone like him in your life. He doesn't deserve you, and you deserve the world." Natsu started to rub soothing circles onto my back while I try to regulate my breathing.

"Thank you Natsu." I whisper at him, sniffling my nose, finally feeling myself becoming calmer.

"It's all good Kaede." He pats my back as he starts to pull away from me.