They got him out. Koa doesn't think he can do this. He's hiding it all he wants to move but he's in pain and exhausted but he doesn't stop moving once they fully get out of where he's being held. It may be dark but he won't stop until he's far enough away to not hear its voice, to not hear her voice. To not hear anything but the wind and night birds.
K ahead but close. Koa started at the front and has been slowly falling behind. Mikoo, Xavier and some human are the furthest ahead. Ax and kin are less ahead trying to be weary and keep an eye on him. He doesn't want their pity. K seems to be getting closer he's tried before, koa stops walking for a moment to make sure k understands he doesn't want k near him. Koa had a revelation, he has feelings he shouldn't for K and he learned about things K did and he's afraid more so of the former but he is still afraid.
A few times the party had tried to stop to rest koa refused to let them stop until he was safe and he doesn't feel safe he's too close to it. He stumbles slightly K notices, he whispers "darlin'"
"Don't call me that" Koa yells cutting him off, k's voice sounding foreign, its voice coming into koa's head, It had called him that. "Not...not right now" he stares intensely into K's eyes. There's pity.... Or is it concern in K's eyes. Koa tries to continue walking, he stumbled again. Everyone saw it as they had stopped as soon as he yelled. "Can you walk?" K's voice cut through his haze of him finding his feet. "Yes" he grits out trying to keep focus, everything has started to blur, spots began to appear in his vision.
"Prove it then." So koa does or at least he tries to, he takes a step, everything's fine, his second step he starts to falter, he starts his third step but the darkness took over and he was falling, one of the last things he saw before the darkness had filled is eyes fully was K, kin and ax running to him, like they were going to catch him.
When he wakes up kin's jacket is under his head, kin is right next to him and ax is next to faem. He tries to sit up and everyone tries to get him to lie back down but he refuses. Koa puts the jacket on kins lap. He still doesn't feel the best but he feels a little better. He looks around and he sees. K is the furthest away from koa curled up in a ball. He looks over at k he feels bad for snapping at him, but he's not sure he can deal with him. He wants to talk to k so bad but images flash in his head of hearing what he did and a fake k torturing him.
Before he realised he was in front of k, kneeling down, koa was shaking, breathing heavily. He feels a hand on his shoulder he nudges it off, "I'm sorry" koa whispers, he's struggling to breathe, he wants to talk to k, he missed him so much he touches k who flinches slightly. Koa hugs k tightly and carefully, "I'm sorry" he repeats, he doesn't know why he's apologising to k. "I'm sorry too" k whispers back gently hugging him back.
