"My Butterfly" (Shinobu x FEM Reader)

Chapter 12

Shinobu's POV:

Even though I was in the warmth of Y/N's embrace, I could not sleep. I don't know if I was scared or embarrassed or even both. I hadn't slept good in ages, it will take me awhile to adjust back to where my sleeping schedule once was. Apart from not being able to close my eyes for awhile, I enjoyed my time in her arms. I finally felt.. safe.

Breaking my thought process, I heard someone shouting. All of the memories came flooding back.

Flashback:

"YOU DO WHAT I TELL YOU, YOU USELESS WOMAN!" Kazuko pounded my stomach with his fist so hard that it could make a dent.
"YEAH CRY YOU SL@T! I WILL MAKE YOU COUGH UP ALL OF YOUR BLOOD!" My chin was covered in fresh blood, previously inside of my body. The abuse was getting worse. Everytime I did something wrong he would raise his voice higher than the time before that: the screaming soon leading to a fist aimed at my bare stomach or face.

"Now if you're ready for listening. You better enjoy the time you have left alive, because once you get back to Douma," Kazuko chuckled maniacally, "All you are to him is his prey~" How could I enjoy being tortured? I'd rather get sent to him now if it meant getting out of this r@pist's lair.

Present:

"SHINOBU!! HEY YOU'RE OKAY!" I was being shaken by my sister. I flinched hard and struggled to get out of her grip. Seeing me trying to escape, she let go of my shoulders and glanced at Y/N.
I was hyperventilating; having a panic attack from the sudden attack from my painful memories.

"Shinobu?" Y/N asked gently. She knelt infront of me, comforting me with her presence. My ragged breathing started to slow when I heard her, soon returning to a normal pace. Not being able to hold it in anymore, tears fled from my eyes rapidly as I lept at Y/N. I tackled her into a hug and buried my head into her haori, waterworks still staining my makeup-ridden face.

Kanae's POV:

I was shocked when my sister hugged Y/N. I'm glad she felt safe with her, but I also felt a little hurt she didn't trust me as much.
"Shinobu, we're going to get you in a ward room, alright?" Y/N asked quietly, stroking my sister's tangled hair. Under the muffled sobs, I heard a small ok.
"Can you walk? Or would you like me to carry you?" The lightning pillar asked the small butterfly woman.
"C-carry my please.." My heart shattered at her words: emphasising even more she has basically been traumatised.

After her reply, Y/N picked her up bridal style; the same way she had brought her. We were speed walking to the room Aoi had set up. Mitsuri came out from the corner and I could see the tears brimming in her eyelids at the sight of Shinobu, her physical state was genuinely scary.
"Its just this room here, Lightning pillar-sama." Aoi quickly opened the door to the room that Shinobu would be treated in. Y/N layed her down on the bed and whispered to her, "Come and get us if you need anything, please rest." Shinobu nodded and put her head on the pillow, slightly wincing.

"So, where was she?" I asked her when we got out of the ward.
"She..was with a man. I found her outside of a restaurant with him clinging onto her like if he did not she would run away."
"She was being held against her will? How did you retrieve her?" I questioned, confused. Her eye twitched a bit.
"He dragged her into an alley. I followed them from the rooftops and.." I could tell her throat went dry from having to recall these haunting memories. "..she was up against a wall by her neck. It seems like he has been abusing her since shes been gone."

My hatred for this man grew by each word that came out of her mouth
"She was..crying and apologising for something. He then started biting her neck.." I knew it hurt to get out. I clasped her hands in mine.
"Thank you for keeping your promise."

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im not crying my eyes are just cosplaying as sabito