Project Rebirth #2

Chapter 13

(A/N: I don't think I have written from Wanderer's perspective yet, so here is a nice something to start your morning~[or whatever time of day it is for you])
Wanderer looked down at his phone screen, his thumb hovering over the call button. Should he call Kazuha? Apologize to him? After all, Kazuha often agreed to whatever the group wanted. Perhaps Wanderer should just follow him this time, no matter what his true opinions were.
"Don't." Xiao turned off Wanderer's phone, ignoring his fiery glare. "Begging for forgiveness like a meager insect won't solve this."
"I- I-!" Wanderer stammered, affronted. "I wasn't going to call him! And I am not a meager insect, unlike your little flea-like boyfriend."
Xiao's expression remained neutral. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that Venti put those idiotic ideas into Kazuha's head, and now they're both h***bent on getting 'revenge', whatever that's supposed to mean," Wanderer snapped at him. He had always been annoyed by Xiao's rather passive and emotionless etiquette, but today was just too much for him to restrain his temper.
"Venti simply lost himself in the anger of the moment, as did Kazuha." Xiao stared at him blankly. "Need I not remind you that these things have happened before? It's highly likely that they will soon get over their emotions."
"Well, f*** you if you're wrong," Wanderer grumbled, still distraught.
"...And if I'm right?" Xiao asked with a straight face.
"Uh, f*** me?" Wanderer muttered under his breath, cursing internally at his poor choice of words.
"I'd rather not," Xiao replied, watching Wanderer as he facepalmed in embarrassment.
"Ugh, you know I didn't mean it like that!" Wanderer protested, scowling. "You stick with your boyfriend, and I'm going to be with mine, alright?"
"Naturally."
The slightly comfortable moment of silence was interrupted by Wanderer's phone buzzing softly. He picked it up again, hoping to see a message from Kazuha. To his disappointment, the message was from Y/N. Wanderer groaned, opening the texting app to respond while ignoring Xiao, who was looking at his screen from behind him.

Y/N

Y/N: Hello, Wanderer.
Y/N: What was your cryptic phone call about?

Wanderer: Shut up it wasn't cryptic

Y/N: coming to get u btw so you better be @ the practice place

Wanderer: What the
Wanderer: Why is Heizou using your phone

Y/N: ...

Wanderer: Oh god
Wanderer: YOU GUYS
Wanderer: DID YOU

Y/N: No!
Y/N: Why would we do something as disgusting as that?
Y/N: We're not even eighteen!

Wanderer: Still
Wanderer: Why is Heizou using your phone

Y/N: bc i can
Y/N: we r almost @ the practice place
Y/N: r u there or not

Wanderer: We are already there

Y/N: We?

Wanderer: Xiao is with me idiot

Y/N: Oh, okay.
Y/N: We're here.

Wanderer turned off his phone and stood up from the couch, throwing his phone into the soft cushions as he walked to the door. The doorbell rang right as he was opening the entryway, causing him to roll his eyes. As he turned around to look for Xiao, he was nowhere to be seen. Wanderer scoffed. This day kept getting better and better. Then, as he looked outside, he froze in shock.
Y/N was standing outside, wearing her usual outfit of black clothes that seemed to make her look like a shadow. Heizou was almost completely hidden by his jacket, reminding Wanderer of a ghoul. But that wasn't the shocking part. Although the two were standing next to each other as casually as possible, Heizou was leaning against Y/N ever so slightly, and there was a trail of blood leading to the building.
"What the he**?" Wanderer said, his voice barely quieter than a scream. "Why is there blood on the f***ing...well, everywhere?!"
Y/N sighed. "It's...a long story."
"It appears that we have a rather large amount of time," a voice said from above. Wanderer stuck his head out of the doorway, rolling his eyes when he saw Xiao sitting on the roof.
"W-how did you even get on top of the building?" Y/N asked in surprise, forgetting about the situation at hand.
"Why is there blood?" Xiao countered, gesturing at the bloody scene.
"How about we all just go inside and sit down?" Heizou suggested, his eyes half closed.
Wanderer frowned. It seemed quite likely that Heizou was the one who was injured, but what had happened? Did Y/N attack him? No, there were too many factors against that probability. "Just come in before someone calls the police."
Y/N helped Heizou walk slowly into the living room, confirming Wanderer's suspicions that Heizou was injured. Wanderer rolled his eyes dramatically, mostly for show, before going into the bathroom to search for a first aid kit. Before he could grab it, however, he slid to the ground, clutching his stomach as a wave of nausea swept through him. Wanderer, in all seriousness, absolutely hated blood. When Kazuha had once gotten into a fight, Wanderer had hurled multiple times on the walk home. But this was no time to feel queasy, when it was obvious that Heizou was losing blood rather quickly. He picked himself off the floor, snatching the first aid kit and making his way back to the living room.