Nightmares ; Bonkai

chapter 23

By the time they made it back to the house it was somewhere in the middle of the night. Neither stopped for food or the bathroom as they headed for his bedroom, barely giving themselves enough time to pull back the sheets before they flopped onto the mattress and drifted to sleep.

Bonnie woke to the light hitting her eyelids from the open curtains, groaning and rolling over. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before replaying the events from the day before, popping one eye open to see 10:30AM on the clock next to her. Rolling back over to look at Kai she frowned; his pale face was coated in sweat and he had worry lines across his forehead. She waited a moment and didn't hear any pained or anxious noises triggering a nightmare but he still looked like he was in discomfort.

Sitting on her knees and unzipping his sweatshirt she felt his heat all the way through it, his shirt slicked with sweat in certain areas and she had to do a double take at how much worse he looked now compared to before he went to bed. Pulling one arm out of the sleeve and then the other, Bonnie moved him back when she noticed a mark on his wrist picking it back up to examine it closer and could have sworn it looked like a fresh brand, pink and raw. She tried to recall if she saw it the night before but knew she wasn't paying much attention to his wrists.

"Hey!" she smacked at his chest, him moaning in the back of his throat.

"Wake up," she smacked him again. "What's this on your wrist?"

"Hm?" he murmured

"Your. Wrist." She enunciated. "Have you always had this?"

Kai opened his eyes slowly, rubbing them before lifting them both in front of his face. He looked at his left under his leather bracelet and sat up.

"It looks fresh," she said looking back down at a skin-toned brand. "Oh – it did look fresh. It was pink and looked like it just happened. Have you seen that symbol before? It kind of looks like a Roman numeral, or-"

"Gemini," he answered.

Bonnie studied the basic symbol of two straight lines down with a curved line for the top and bottom.

"What does that mean?"

"Probably not anything I'm gonna like," he shook his head.

He glanced at his shirt and pulled the sticky cotton off his chest.

"I'll be right back," he murmured as he headed to the bathroom.

When she heard the water turn on she hopped off the bed and paced the room, most likely going through the same thoughts as Kai.

Where did that symbol come from and why? What is his father up to? How is that going to affect him?

After last night it is safe to say she feels somewhat invested in this person and his life, and she doesn't plan on watching him die again any time soon.

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A couple of hours later her grumbling stomach pulled her out of her thoughts as she headed for the kitchen. She hadn't seen Kai since he got out of the shower but he seemed to be in a fog all of his own. When she turned the corner she found him leaning against the counter with his head down. His posture was tense and his eyes were closed, unaware that she was in the room. She stepped closer and saw the mark on his arm was burning red.

"Kai, your wrist-"she started as she went to touch his arm but he was quicker and had her pressed up to the fridge.

She saw someone she didn't recognize in his eyes as hatred flared back and his hold on her arms tightened.