Nightmares ; Bonkai

chapter 28

Bonnie listened to Kai coughing and trying to catch his breath as she attempted to open her eyes; her body feeling so overexerted from being drained through each level. She moved her head to the side and groaned, the coldness against her back reminding her she was still leaning up against the wall of the cave. She tried lifting her arms when her eyes wouldn't budge but she felt cemented to the ground as if gravity was winning and keeping her anchored.

"Bonnie?" she heard next to her and felt his hands on one of her shoulder. "Hey, wake up."

He shook her gently when she didn't respond and pulled her off the wall laying her flat on her back.

"Okay, time to rise and shine, come on," he sounded close to her face as he slid his hands on either side of her neck.

Bonnie felt her hand lift off the ground and land on his forearm, her fingers slowly curling. He laughed and lifted her head slightly.

"Now let's see those green eyes," she heard through a smile.

She moaned in disapproval as her body fought against her mind to reboot itself after a long and harrowing mind-trip. She felt her eyebrows press down as she squinted to open one eye, then the other; Kai's brilliant blue eyes being the first thing that clouded her vision.

"Ha!" he exclaimed, lifting her up by the neck into his embrace. Her body ached like she had ran a marathon but she didn't fight against his tight hold as she reached around his ribs to hug him back.

"You wouldn't believe the dreams I had," he laughed into her hair, pulling her back to look into her eyes. The heavy bags and pale complexion was gone and a vibrant smile replaced it.

"I think I would," she croaked, her throat feeling dry and trying to swallow past it. "I think you'd be surprised at just how well I could follow your trip down memory lane."

Kai's eyebrows went down as he looked from one eye to the other then over the rest of her to see if there was any physical damage. He tried pulling his hands apart and cocked an eyebrow.

"First question; why am I wearing these ancient handcuffs? I get being kinky but these things could hurt somebody."

She grinned and reached into her pocket, pulling out a key that looked nothing like your everyday police matching set of handcuffs and keys and set him free.

"I think... I saw you," he murmured as he rubbed his wrists "towards the end, briefly, but you weren't supposed to be there. Or, well you weren't there – but then you were."

She stared back at him, knowing she was going to face this conversation after she got him back but didn't have any sort of plan for what she wanted to tell him and what she wanted to keep hidden.

"What happened, how did we get back in the cave?" he asked when she didn't say anything.

"What do you remember last?"

He looked down as his eyes darted back and forth trying to wrack his brain for his last moment.

"I- everything got really spotty and confusing towards the end, I kept going in and out of hallucinations. I remember waking up with the symbol on my wrist," he glanced at the wrist that wasn't holding her neck and raised his eyebrows at the decent sized burn mark going straight through it.

"Ouch, your handiwork I suppose," he murmured through his smirk, looking it over briefly before his eyes went back to her. "I went to the store then came home and kept seeing my dad. Then-"he cut himself off as his last moment replayed.

"You told me to run," she finished for him. "And I did, right the hell out of there."

"Did I catch you?" he asked without his cocky undertone.