Doraemon [ But it's 18+]

● Bait

Akira restlessly moved his body around. Every time he tried to dwell into sleep, his brain would echo the words of venomous guilt,

~"I don't care! Even if you don't come back"~

His eyes were wide open. The tears had dried off his cheeks. He couldn't quite describe what he was feeling, maybe he didn't want to feel anything at all.

"Help..my throat...it's getting bigger.."

He struggled to breathe, even though the winds swiftly lifted the curtains.

"He... he can't leave me like this.."

Still seeming breathless, he simultaneously opened a drawer beside the bed.

His hands reaching out for a blade or a lighter.

"Fuck... it's not my house..." a realization hit him.

He was at Nobita's house.

How pathetic. He could never become a man. Always whiney about small things, he was nothing but an attention seeker.

His tired eyes started to become moist, yet again when he closed them, memories of Ida would swarm all over. It was torture, nothing but a slow painful torture.

Finally, the tiredness started catching up, his body started to feel numb.

He closed his eyes, darkness. A momentary peace, without any grief.

~~~

●3 am

Akira's eyes opened in a swift motion.

His body broke out in a cold sweat as he heard what sounded like a slow tapping on the window.

He gripped the blanket tightly, too afraid to make any visible movement. He was not alone. He could feel it.

All of a sudden the sound stopped.

He gulped, trying to calm himself down.

*"...It's probably nothing.."*

"Akira~" A sinister voice triggered his adrenaline.

Jumping out of the bed, he was no fool to look back.

"Nobita!" He shouted, opening the door and running down the stairs.

"What the actual fuck-" Shizuka woke up, annoyed. "Are we going to sleep tonight or not?!"

"Akira?" Nobita heard the muffled noises from outside. Anxious, he got up,

A sharp pain, as if someone drilled a hole into his eyeballs.

"Fuck-fuck not this again" he opened his drawer to search for painkillers.

*"I have to take a fucking day off..."*

His eyes became blurry due to severe headaches. It happened often.

He knew what was coming next.

*"I am gonna vomit-"*

A repulsive feeling. His head throbbed with severe pain. He pulled his hair, tears escaping his eyes.

"God... please"

In vain, he was unable to sense that he was not alone. A masked man stood behind him. Waiting.

"Fuck it, we don't have time"

Before Nobita could react to the unfamiliar voice, He was gripped tightly by the intruder.

Nobita struggled to get him off but his health failed him. The man swiftly covered his nose with a white cloth.

"Shh..."

Nobita could feel his headache becoming worse. The stinging odor caused the blurriness to become more prominent.

He could feel his body loose, no matter how hard he tried, he didn't have enough strength to free himself.

~~~

Shizuka stepped out of her room. Covering herself with a pink robe. She found Akira, out of breath, fear painted on his sweaty face.

"...What's the matter?" She asked in a concerned tone,

"There-.." Akira struggled to breathe,

"..there what?"

"There is someone in the house"

Shizuka raised a brow, "..What?"

"Shizuka... there is someone in the house"

Shizuka became anxious, observing Akira'sbody language, he was genuinely terrified, "What do you mean there is someone in the house? Did-did you see someone?"

"No.. but I heard them"

They both froze in fear when a loud crack was heard.

"..what was that?" Shizuka whispered,

"We should call the cops" Akira rushed into Shizuka's room,

"Wait!"

"What?!"

"Nobita.."

Good God. Nobita's room was also upstairs.

Letting out a deep sigh, Akira tried to compose himself, "Shizuka... you know... we can't go upstairs"

"But.."

"Let's just call the cops okay? The sooner we call, the safer we are"

Shizuka gulped. She was worried about Nobita, but at the same time, Akira was not wrong. It was best to call the police.

"Come in" Akira signaled Shizuka to come inside.

Helpless, Shizuka followed.

"Akira~" the men called out, they had searched almost all the rooms.

The final door. The footsteps became heavy.

"..please God.." Shizuka covered her mouth.

Akira's heart pounded against his ribcage. Whoever was in their house, was searching for him.

2 shadows now stood in front of the door,

"Enough with the hide and seek"

Before they could kick it open, faint police sirens were heard in the distance.

"Shit, what now?"

"We have to go"

The two men fled the scene before the police arrived.

Shizuka and Akira were terror stricken.

Cops searched the entire house. It looked like one or more intruders had broken in. Akira's room's window was opened, on the other hand, the guest room window was broken.

The camera at the main door showed no suspicious activity and no motion detectors went off, pointing towards a disturbing fact.

Whoever visited them today, knew about the workings of the house's security system, which is, unique to everyone.

"So, you heard someone call out your name?" Togawa questioned.

"Yes sir"

*"It's him"* Togawa was as terrified as the victims.

"Sir?" A constable interrupted the interrogation.

"Yes?"

"We searched the entire house, but there is no trace of him"

~~~

".... Will he be mad at us?"

"I don't know... I mean he needed a bait, we got him one"

The two murmured as Nobita lay motionless in the backseat.

~~~