Ameliorate - [Tokyo Revengers Various] X Reader

•38• scoundrel sneaks

4 August, 2005
1:48 AM

As you and your two friends move further away from the parking lot, you feel a vibration running up your body, which gradually begins to numb your muscles until you can barely move anymore.

The pulse loudens within your eyes, and your vision blurs. You can tell the intense focus and redirection of adrenaline to the fight earlier has drained out the last of the energy within.

A shaky inhale precedes a deep, exhausted sigh, and you quietly let yourself lean against the wall to one side of the road.

With every movement you make, a ringing louder than the previous erupts in your ears. It feels as though the thundering heartbeat has somehow entered your eyes, now distorting your sight altogether.

You need to make sure both Takemichi and Draken reach the ambulance in time. Though more severe in the case of Draken, even Takemichi has been stabbed in the hand and is losing blood too and yet he pushes himself to help Draken move.

Stopping in your place now unable to move further, you watch the two boys leave until they're out of sight.

Once the boys have left, your knees give away and you sink to the floor.

Every fibre of your being aches in exhaustion, and your brain begs to be calmly turned off for a while. The fight from earlier has also stretched your unprepared muscles, and now intense cramps develop in your traps and legs, even shifting your position feels painful.

A low, tired groan escapes your lips as you shift to sit on the floor.

If you stay out here any longer, you fear your body will shut down completely. You aren't oblivious to how it has already neared that point enough already.

In your pocket, you can see the bulge of the phone Baji left with you in case you'd need help. You stare at it for a good minute before making a last movement to pull it out and unlock it.

All I need to do is call someone.

You can not risk lying here in this condition in a dark alley, it is way too dangerous, especially considering the future Hanma says follows the natural flow of this night.

All I need to do..

Baji's phone is with you. You don't want to face Mikey right now; he's definitely going into interrogation mode right away. Draken can't help you right now, and you can't stop your brain from circling your head around, calling Nahoya, knowing he would protect you at all costs, but how can you even keep face in front of him anymore?

Your apology from before doesn't undo what happened earlier; it's not like he'd stop feeling bitter just because you told him you were sorry.

This is also the reason why you don't wish to call Mitsuya or Souya, who would definitely know by now.

But..

The situation you're in is way too grave for you to care about things like these. If what future Hanma dreaded happens tonight, more than one person would suffer endlessly.

You know they will still come, no matter how annoyed they may be with you. All you have to do is just call them over; you know they'd answer the call mid-fight, knowing you need help.

Fuck.

After all this, you can not let your ego be selfish.

The shame and guilt swirling within you clashes against your rationale but you know better than to let these emotions get the better of you again. Though, that does not eliminate these emotions.