Traitor (Renji Yomo x Reader) [Continued in a second book!]

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(Renji's POV)

Seeing her fragile body kneeling on the floor, her eyes reflecting fear and helplessness as they wandered through the room as if she was looking for something but couldn't find it, tore at the seams of my heart. To see her like this, so weak and deserted was anything but uplifting.

She lost more weight..

And then it hit me, my eyes widening in shock of my sudden realization.

No, she didn't lose more weight. She lost her baby bump.

Shit.. where is her baby bump?! Where is the baby!?

There was only one explanation that came to my mind and that was the worst one possible.

Did she lose it..? Or.. Did someone make her lose it..?

With that in mind, my hands formed fists. If she had really lost the baby, that meant that something bad happened.. And I couldn't be there to protect her. The thought alone was upsetting me to the point I wanted to tear Kanou apart. It just had to have been his fault. As he called me his future son-in-law I wanted to wipe that smug grin right off of his face - in fact, I wanted to rip his face off. Eating him was not even on my mind, I just wanted to see him suffer, bleed out if possible - or just torture him like he tortured us.

As he called me his son-in-law the blood in my veins froze - while I obviously didn't really want to be related to him, I always wanted to be with (Y/N) and if that'd mean being related to him, that'd be okay. I'd give anything to be with her, so I'd definitely endure a monster-in-law - I'd protect her from him as much as possible. After all, that's what I always wanted to do too.. Yet never succeeded.

Just a few seconds later a group of investigators came running for us, clearly aiming to attack us - along with Eto and Tatara who were creating bigger trouble than I thought, at least Uta and Itori managed to distract them. Before the investigators came too close, I ran towards Kanou, wanting to hurt him, to hit him.. And to cause fatal damage. Though I knew, revenge was not a good idea.. I really wanted him to suffer - especially since he was right in front of me. It was not my main priority, though; I just wanted to save (Y/N), so instead of continuing to run for him, I bent lower to take ahold of her. But right before I reached her, q bullets were shot by those investigators. They all missed me, not a single one even leaving the slightest scratch on my body. 

The distance between us was closing in, we were only inches apart as I started reaching out for (Y/N). My heart was racing at the sight of her, both with love and hate - no hate for her of course, but hate for the people causing her current state. Our eyes met - and then I was stabbed. A kagune pierced right through my body, causing me to choke on my breath as organs were torn out of me. Blood was flowing out of my abdomen as I bit my lip hard, not wanting to show a pained expression. It was then that I noticed that Kanou was the one aiming for me - with a quinque.

I should've known.

He broke out into an evil laughter as his quinque was turning back into a knife-like object. It was tiny, so it was no surprise I didn't see it. Apparently, he thought he got me good, but he didn't. Though I didn't plan on, I ended up releasing my kagune, preparing to attack him.

"Renji..?" a soft, frail voice spoke to me from below.

My eyes immediately went to her, she was staring at me, maybe recognizing me but surely asking for me. Just then various q bullets pierced through me, making me remember my goal.