The Hearts Crossfire/// A Kou Minamato x Mitsuba Sousuke story

Date of The Dead

Some trigger warnings: Shooting, slight description of blood, and sad boys with trauma.

Please enjoy <3 -Toki <3

POV Kou

It has been a few weeks since I met Mitsuba, and I can honestly say I felt better than ever. We were together all the time and being in his presence made me feel really happy. Checking my outfit one more time, I walked out of my room and into the living room. "Hey guys I'm going to the mall with Mitsuba." I smiled at Nene and Hanako who were cuddling on the couch. They nodded slightly at me but mostly stayed focused on the movie they were watching.

I shrugged it off and left to wait outside for Mitsuba to show up with his car. I didn't have to wait long because he pulled up 2 minutes later with a smile on his face. I couldn't help but stare at him, he was really beautiful sometimes. Snapping out of it, I got in the passenger side and smiled back at him. I had noticed my thoughts surrounding Mitsuba change from friendly, to a little more. It scared me thinking that maybe, just maybe, I could have what Nene and Hanako have.

We talked about random things on the way to the mall. Things like the weather and what animal we would be if we got reincarnated. Mitsu wanted to be a cat so he could do nothing all day. I gave a slightly more complex answer, wanting to be an Eagle. The symbolism being everything I wanted to be and have. The conversation died down as we pulled into the parking lot, but Mitsu had smiled and told me that I gave him peace. My heart felt full, and I held his hand once we got out of the car, looking at him with love in my eyes.

He squeezed my hand lightly and smiled back pulling me into the mall. We walked around looking at all the stores, going into one every now and then. Mitsu pulled me into a suit shop and made me try one on, which I only agreed to do if he did as well. Once we were both in suits we stood in front of a mirror, and I couldn't help but imagine we were wearing them for another reason. He looked really nice, and we looked like we belonged together. I don't know if he was thinking something similar or not, but he suddenly grabbed my hand and smiled at me in the mirror.

We took a break and headed towards the food court. Mitsu turned to me and said, "you go find us a seat and I will order the food, okay?" I nodded and quickly went over to a table in the corner. I was looking at my phone, scrolling TikTok, when a loud beeping sound came from one of the stores. I glanced up and saw someone's bag being checked for stolen items, but I looked down soon after.

I heard footsteps getting closer, but I only looked up when they sat down. His hair was covering one of his eyes slightly while he prepared our food. I couldn't help myself and I pulled my phone out to take a picture of his mesmerizing beauty. I had never seen a person more beautiful in my life. Mitsu looked up just as a clicked the button, and it was almost as if he glowed. "What are you doing?" He squinted his eyes and laughed slightly.

I shrugged my shoulders and moved to my settings, making the photo my home screen wallpaper. Mitsuba handed the food out and while he did, another beeping sound was heard. It was a different store this time, and when I looked it was a different person. I ignored this too, focusing on Mitsu who began talking.

As we ate, five more stores had their alarms go off. Each time it was a different person, but I started to notice they all had the same backpack on. At first, I thought it a coincidence but as the alarms kept going off, I started to get a bad feeling. After lunch we started shopping again, I didn't mention it, but I tried to steer clear of where the alarms were going off.

Mitsuba noticed that I was tense and pulled me aside in one of the stores. "Hey, you okay? Ever since lunch you have been jumpy, and you keep looking over your shoulder."

"Oh yeah I'm fine, just a bit tired I guess." I shrugged his hand off my shoulder where he had placed it to comfort me and walked back to the clothes racks. I could tell he wasn't convinced but he still let it go, which I was thankful for.

We headed into what we decided was the last store we would go in before we left when I got a text from Nene.

[Texts]

Nene ♥: Sooo how's shopping with your bae~?

Kou: You gotta say stuff like that every time we go out?

Nene ♥: Gotta make sure he is treating my best friend right ^^

Kou: Always will Nene you know that. We are almost done so I should be back soon.

Nene ♥: KK love you <3

Kou: Love ya too <3

[IRL]

Putting my phone away I looked around for Mitsuba. I was about to call out to him when I was pulled down under a table. I fought for a second, but a flash of pink hair made me freeze. Mitsuba slowly let go of my but held a finger to his mouth, his expression sour. "What's going-" I stopped talking when a boom sounded outside the store soon followed by screaming.

I was frozen in fear until I remembered Mitsuba, when I looked at him, I felt horrible. His face was pale, and he was shaking, stress sweat forming on his face. I scootched closer to him and stared rubbing his back, he needed comfort more than me.

Once he was calm, we started looking around trying to find somewhere we could escape. I caught the eye of a women waving her hand at me and pointing to an exit behind her. Grabbing Mitsu's hand I got up to run, but Mitsu didn't move. He tried to drag me back down behind the table, but I resisted, trying to pull him with me.

Another shot rang out and Mitsu let go of my hand and curled into himself. He glanced up at me right as a pain blossomed in my side. I heard someone scream but it sounded far away, and I reached down to my hip. Pulling my hand away left me in a confused state, as I looked at the red liquid covering my hand. My white shirt slowly turned red in one spot, and I slowly slid down the side of the table.

I felt someone come closer to me, and they pressed super hard against my hip. I gazed at them, and I could barely make out the blurry figure of Mitsuba hovering over me. I felt something warm fall on me from above and could only guess it was tears. Reaching my shaking hand up I grazed Mitsuba's face, fighting the sleep trying to seal my eyelids shut.

I felt the sob that wrecked through Mitsuba's body, he was talking but I couldn't make out the words. I smiled slightly while shaking my head as much as I could before whispering, "Beautiful..."