Captivated Ajin (Yandere!Kei NagaiXReader)

Moving Forward

"Hey, wake up, sleepy head." 

A soft nudge disrupts your beauty sleep, causing you to groan. You can hear the faint voice of your brother calling you like any other day. It's been years since you heard his voice. You responded with a small whine, not wanting any interruptions.

"(Name), wake up. It's time to get moving." 

You jolted with a gasp, feeling your wrists ache as you opened your eyes. Kei knelt in front of you, rubbing your shoulder to awaken you.

".... Can't you take these off? They hurt..." You softly spoke, still feeling drowsy. 

He took a minute to grab a pocketknife from his bag to cut the ropes that bind you. 

"There. Can you get up now?" He asks, waiting for your upper body to rise.

You rubbed your wrists that were surrounded by purple marks. 

"I'm pretty sure you cut off my blood circulation." You yawned.

Kei couldn't keep his eye off your wound that you received last night. He remembered what happened that day.

"How do you feel?" He curiously asked.

"Like shit." You casually admitted, stretching out your arms.

"C'mon. We're leaving this place." Kei informed you as he stood up to gather his things. 

"Where to?" 

"Anywhere but here." 

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You followed Kei to a small store in the middle of nowhere that had a small section of clothes. There were barely any people in the store. The clerk had gone somewhere in the back room to do something. It was quiet while going inside the small building. You decided to walk backwards to look casual since your back was fully exposed. You wanted to leave him and look for the clerk however, Kei kept you from doing that. He made sure you were by his side. As he quickly scrambled for some clothes, he picked some out for you.

"What are you doing?" He asked, raising a brow.

"I'm just trying to look normal." You whispered, standing stiff with your back facing him.

"Don't be ridiculous." He scoffed.

You looked around to see if anything caught your eye. You peeked through each aisle while you stayed in Kei's sight. You noticed there was a T.V. mounted at the top corner nearby the entrance door. You looked closely to see a woman talking on the daily news channel. You concentrated on the screen, barely hearing what the woman was saying. You squinted closely as they showed a picture of someone. You were familiar with that face. 

"H-Hey, isn't that...?" You pointed at the screen to show Kei. He followed your finger to see that his face was exposed to the news once again. On the other hand, you were oblivious to the news because you haven't had the chance to know what's going on since you recently came back after studying abroad.  

"It's you, isn't it??" Your voice grew louder as you became nervous. In the picture, his bangs were longer. 

"Let's get going." He ignored your concerned self, dragging you away and out the door.

"W-Wait! We haven't paid the--" 

"C'mon!" He rushed you, dragging you out of the store.

Guilt was piled in your stomach, causing it to turn. As long as you stayed with this boy, you were going to stir up some trouble with him. Something heavy was weighing you down. You couldn't tell if it was your gut feeling or your guilt, or both.

Kei led you back into the forest. He continued to go deeper into the area until he finally came to a stop.

"I think we're okay here." He panted.

You jerked away from his hand and fell to your knees.

"Are you okay??" Kei offered his assistance to help you back up but he froze in hesitation.

"Oh man..." You breathed heavily.

"What is it? Does your back hurt?" Kei gently rubs your back to ease the pain.

"I can't believe.... We didn't pay the clerk!" You shuddered.

Kei's eyes were wide opened, realizing that nothing's wrong with you. You were just worried about something so little. Relief was washed over him as he stood back up.

"You're worried about that??" He threw some clothes onto you as you stayed low.

"Put on these. We should be getting close to a small village nearby." He commented, changing his clothes before your eyes.

You quickly turned away and covered your face as he rolled his eyes, shaking his head. 

How am I going to get through with you?