Caught In His Stitches

A driven situation

You pushed your way through the crowd on the busy street.

A whole lot of people were standing outside an appliance store watching the televisions that were on the news.

In passing others would stop and join the already huge crowd. Eagerly you pushed your way through to the front.

You'd been searching for hours and it was getting dark. Just where exactly were you. You kept going, running through the empty dark streets

As you ran you came across a girl in your same state running towards the loud commotion with blue hair.
You both exchanged looks as you ran together.

"Human go back home it's not safe"

"Shut it ghoul I have someone I love dearly in this fight and I'm not leaving"

"Ghoul... you know what I am?"

She stopped and you followed suit, you stared at eachother in the forming snow around you.

"I don't know how... but I have a strong sense for these things"

The girl sniffed you, "Strange, you don't smell like an ordinary human... what are you?"

"I am as you say a human"

"Hmm... look go home" the girl brushed passed ready to set on foot.

"I WILL NOT!" You screamed back running passed her.

She ran catching up at a slower pace,
"You don't act like a human... not many could be so confidently spoken against a ghoul"

"..."
You didn't know why you felt to passionate outspoken when it came to them. Perhaps in your dark forgotten passed you lost someone to a Ghoul attack... your father maybe.

"Names Touka" she smiled over her shoulder.

"(Y/n)" you replied

Suddenly you heard a powerful cry.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Not a happy one nor a frightened one, it was sadly traumatic.

You stopped running at the sound.
"Suzuya"

"What's wrong (Y-"

You ran passed Touka faster than ever.

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You came to a parked vehicle blocking the road and gasped at the amount of bead body's laying on the ground.

"Suzuya... please come back to me" you slowly stepped over one body and another before setting up to a full sprint.

"Hey kid you can't go in there!" A guy called from a parked van.

Not allowing him any time you started running into a building.

Starting up the stair case the building shook.

"Oi! YOU! I told you its not safe!" The guy followed behind you as you started back up the staircase again.

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"Suzuya!?" You called out at every level.

Until you came to the roof where his white hair stood out.

"SUZUYA!" You rushed to his side and lifted his head to your lap.

His eyes remained closed leaking with tears. "Suzuya? Please... please wake up" your eyes swelled in tears.

His eyes cringed, his whole body shook in pain, his eyes finally pried open. "(Y/n)..."

"Suzuya! Thank God"

With all his strength he straighten up the best he could in his heavy uniform. "I told you-to stay... home"

"Were you even planning on coming back?" You down casted your gaze as tears swelled and poured from the corner of your eyes.

Shifting over difficultly Suzuya leaned his head on your shoulders and sighed. "I'm mad"

"I'm sorry"

"I was constantly thinking about you ya know? I should have spent more time with him" he sniffed.

"Suzuya?"

"The owl... it... killed-it killed... SHINOHARA!" Suzuya cried into your shoulder.

Your heart sunk for him. "I'm so sorry"
Together you both cried.

"Can't you take me to him please?" Suzuya snivelled out pointing over at a unmoving body in the same uniform.

You helped Suzuya over to the body thay lay in a pool of blood, unmoving and dumped in the ground in the cold snow.

Suzuya with all his effort pulled Shinonhara in a difficult hug and morned silently to himself rocking himself forward and back as if reassuring him everything would be ok.

Shinonhara's body was lifeless, his eyes no longer containing his soul.
You leant over and closed Shinonhara's eyes and a tear of Suzuya's fell upon Shinonhara's frozen face.

"He-he li-ked you you know?" Suzuya tried his 'I'm feeling better' tone... although it didn't seem to work all to well. You could tell how much Shinonhara meant to him.

"I liked him too" you replied sympathetically sitting upright beside Suzuya.

Silence grew thin around the pair of you, no words could help in this situation.

"(Y/n)..." Suzuya finally broke the silence placing Shinonhara face up on the ground and placing his hands crossed on his chest. You sat watching him as he did this.

"You.... you're all I have" Suzuya's broken gaze met yours. He hugged you so tightly as if to sooth himself.

You hugged back and stroked his back. Suzuya pulled back and rested his forehead against you.

"You're all I have now"

"Actually..." you pulled your head back and shook it, "Suzuya..."

His expression became confused.
You picked up his hand and placed it on your stomach. "I know that it will never replace the father you saw in Shinonhara, nor might it fill the void your feeling"

"Ugh... (Y/n)?" He stared at his hand upon your slightly swollen stomach.

"Suzuya I'm pregnant"
You watched his facial expression drop.

"Pregnant?" He whispered quietly

"Yes" you placed your hand upon his.

Seconds pass without a word and Suzuya began crying again.

He suddenly held you tighter than ever knocking the wind out of you.
"Oh (Y/n)! Are you serious!? I'm going to be a father!?"

"Uh yes?" You breathed.

You wouldn't have thought he had just lost someone so dear to him.

Suzuya's chest puffed out proudly and grinned. "You are never leaving me!"
He held your hands tightly.

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