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𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟝𝟟 - 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔

They both made their way over to you and one of them sat down in the chair beside the bed you were sitting on at that moment. As you saw them striding over to you, they were whispering something to one another and you could just make out their lips moving, but not even a word they were saying. They were just looking at you but haven't said anything to you specifically since they walked inside, so you took the chance to ask who they even were, and why they knew the nurse. Ina? Was her name Ina? 

She said it wouldn't really benefit my healing process if I talk too much, but who would not ask such questions if they were in my situation?

„Who are you two?" You could only croak out a few words at a time, since you haven't really talked much for three days. But you really wanted to know what was going on and where all your stuff was. The one with longer hair leaned into you and put a finger on your lips gently before he started to talk to you. „Shhhh, didn't Ina tell you talking would be bad for your jaw?" Before leaving your face completely, his fingers were traveling to the side of your face, lightly gracing over the swollen and bruised injury on your jaw.

You were flinching in anticipation of the pain that was about to shoot through your head, because you thought he would grab your face roughly, but the only thing he did before he pulled away completely, was only softly cupping your cheek and brushing it with his thumb and pressing his lips together. Your eyes must have told him that you weren't sure what was happening, so when he pulled away, your attention was on the other guy with the shorter hair.

Are they brothers or something? They look really similar...

Suddenly a memory comes to your mind.

„𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎? 𝙷𝚊𝚑, 𝚗𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝!"

... Wait... was that... them?

„𝚂𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚊𝚑𝚊!"

Oh my...

„𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚍𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝚆𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎."

That was definitely them... When did that happen? Was I passed out? I must have dreamt that... or imagined it...

The one that touched your face was now leaning on the chair the other guy was sitting in and even if you shouldn't talk, you were just too curious to know if that memory was real and if it was them visiting you before. So you sighed quietly and laid back on the bed to get comfortable, and your question cut the awkward silence in the room again. „Did you come visit before? I think I remember something, but I'm not really sure..." The longer you talked for, the more your jaw began to hurt, so maybe Ina was right, when she said no talking. You bit your lip as you silently eyed both of them, realizing how similar they really look. Their facial features really looked alike, even if their hairstyle was nothing like the others, the color was really interesting too.

Your focus was interrupted, when the other one began to explain in a smooth voice, while he leaned back into the chair. „Yeah, actually we brought you here, together with Akashi. We checked on you a few times, but mostly you were just passed out, but it seems like you remember some bits and pieces." His lips curled up into a genuine smile when his eyes met yours, and you returned his smile, but inside your mind was only one question.

Who is Akashi again?

„Who's Akashi again?" You blurted out what was going through your mind, without even thinking twice, but that made his smile even wider when he let out a deep chuckle and responded to you waving his hand around. „Sorry, he must have introduced him as ‚Takeomi' to you." He winked and leaned forward again. You were still curious on why they knew the nurse so well, so you figured why not just continue speaking your thoughts. They seemed like they couldn't care less about filling you in about all the stuff, and actually they appeared like they were honest and approachable people.

You scrunched your face in pain as you tried to clear your throat, when you opened your eyes again to see one of the guys reaching over to get you the glass of water from the nightstand, that you took gladly, so you could moisturise your dry throat finally. After you took a sip, it looked as if they were just waiting for you to start talking again.

„Can I ask you some questions? I'm really confused-" you paused and looked at their reaction to your statement, but they were seemingly just as curious as you were. So you continued. „-...why am I here? Where's my stuff? My bag and my phone? Where am I even? And where's Sanzu and the others? Why do you know that nurse so well? What happened to Noah? Wh-" You were interrupted when one of them started to talk to you slowly in a low voice. „Woah, woah, woah! Stop... One after another, doll!" He snickered and watched you staring at them with your mouth agape.

„First of all, I'm Ran. He's my brother." He pointed to his side and the other guy started talking. „I'm Rindou." He crossed his arms on his chest and a slight smile was gracing his lips.

Oh, so Ran and Rindou... That's why I remembered something like ‚Rin'...

„Hi." Your lips were pressed together, but you managed to put up a genuine smile through the pain your jaw was sending through your nerves, that was slowly getting worse. „You're in a back section of a hospital, we brought you here after Akashi took you to the hideout while you were passed out, and Kakucho told us to go with Akashi." That at least explained why there were no other people and the nurse didn't want you to go outside that corridor you were located in. „Ina, the nurse, also works for us, she changed shifts to treat you after Akashi texted her we would come here and needed some help ASAP." You nodded, but in reality you wanted to know if she was also a criminal like them or if there was some other background on why she was working for them.

„Akashi brought your bag with him and placed it in your room at our house. He also had an envelope covered in blood with him, and told us you wouldn't let go of it, even if you would die." Ran explained with a serious tone.

OH THANK GOD!!!

„The others are at home, but I don't know where our Katana Barbie is, which is - to be honest - kind of concerning." Rindou smirked at you before continuing. „And for that ‚Noah' guy, I have no idea who that is, so I don't know or care what happened to him..."