Irresistibly You | A Haitani Rindou Fanfic

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ-ꜰɪᴠᴇ

୨⎯ ...and I begin to love You again. ⎯୧

Rindou and I had no other option but to go upwards to the rooftop of the madness of this hospital. The moment we land on the open rooftop, bullets ricochet all over the cemented floor. He pushes me back before any bullet can pierce through any part of my body.

Retreating back, I can feel Rindou's heartbeat getting louder. This is his weakness: me being in danger and him not knowing how to guarantee my life's safety. In short, I am his achilles' heel. I no longer want to think how he will react if I ever get harmed. I might blame myself when that happens.

"Y/n, are you okay?" Rindou asks me as he locks his hands into mine. I shortly nod my head, answering, "Yes. Don't worry about me. This adrenaline just brings me back to when I used to fight gangs along with my peers."

Amidst his utter loss of hope and incertitude, Rindou is still able to grin at my bright response which leads me to believe that I cannot show any fear because he will without a doubt. If I am his weakness, I can also be his strength.

He caresses my cheek while speaking in a calmer tone, "Hold onto that thought since this battle of ours will be tougher than I thought. Your brother might take a longer time before he comes back to us. You trust me, right Y/n?"

My eyes shine more radiant than before the more I examine his facial features, witnessing how his expression gradually beams a light as a contagious smile affects him. I answer him with confidence, "You will never hear a 'no' from me, Rin. It will always be a yes."

Footsteps running up the flight of stairs get louder and louder approaching us to get our heads. As Rindou becomes alert of this, he holds my hand tightly and we both now run back to the open rooftop.

Bullets come again, but we don't stop running. Our eyes are now fixated on the red stairs that lead to the ground. Now, it is a battle of stamina with this rooftop having a wide area.

The more we run, the more I notice that the gunshots I hear are decreasing. Are they running out of bullets or are the people behind this taking a break? Who knows how many chances they have before they all run out of power to shoot.

When another explosion comes, the building rocks side to side bringing an imbalance to the gravity keeping us upright. My hand loses contact of Rindou with the shockwave being stronger. A part of the building must have collapsed with the feeling of where we are standing has now become lopsided.

As our hands come undone, my body almost falls to the ground but fortunately, I am able to grab a hold of myself. But for Rindou, he loses control and stumbles to the ground. As he stumbles on the cemented floor, a bullet finally lands on his body. Small amounts of blood escape through the opening of where he is shot.

"Rindou!" I shout as my eyes follow his body swiftly rolling to the edge of the rooftop once he gets shot. Everything goes in slow motion in my vision as I feel my heart sink to my stomach. I can feel my head feeling light, blood rushing to the top of my head as panic greatly overwhelms me.

I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight. I choose to fight!

I take off my shoes and run as fast as I can to catch Rindou before he can fall to the ground completely. Adrenaline is such a crazy thing to feel. It makes you think irrationally even at the scariest times, but it is the only thing keeping you moving forward and pushing through the hardest challenge which is fear.

Just before he can roll to the empty side, I claw onto the back of his shirt and drag his unconscious body back up to where we cannot slide downwards. Even though it is difficult, I grab all of the energy I have so he doesn't leave me.