Save Me From Myself

Chapter 4

A/N: Yo, I'm back with a new chapter finally, sorry for not updating in a while, I kind of stopped writing this all together at the end of October ish but now I'm back writing it and this chapter has just been sat, unfinished on my laptop for over months....Whoops, oh well, it's a fairly long chapter so hopefully, that makes up for it? Anyway, enjoy another chapter of Ikuya suffering. Also I kind of based the teacher in this off my history teacher at school, she's awesome so yeah, anyway on with the chapter.

When Ikuya next checked the time, it was around two in the morning. He realized that he must have fallen asleep at some point and his bedroom light had been turned off, presumably by his parents.

He stood up to go to the toilet however, his vision began swimming, causing him to lean against the wall to steady himself.

His vision soon went back to normal however, his head was pounding inside his skull. After he had been to the toilet, Ikuya headed to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. He had to stop in the doorway again as his vision blurred again. It was when he started to see black spots obstructing his vision that he began to panic.

"Ikuya?" Someone behind him asked. Ikuya spun around as quickly as he could, losing his balance as his vision went completely black.

"Ikuya!" Natsuya quickly reached out to catch his brother.

"Natsuya? What's wrong?" His father was there now, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"I don't know. Ikuya just collapsed or something." Natsuya replied, panicked

"Natsuya, calm down. I'm sure he's just tired." His father said in an attempt to calm his oldest son down, however, the panic in his voice didn't go unnoticed

"Ikuya!" Natsuya attempted to wake him up.

"Natsuya, I'm sure he's fine, smiling slightly at how concerned Natsuya sounded. "I'm sure he'll be fine in the morning." His father said, going over and scooping Ikuya up in his arms, carrying him to his bedroom with a concerned Natsuya following him.

"He'll be fine." His father said, ruffling Natsuya's already messy hair after he placed Ikuya in his bed.

"Okay then...." Natsuya said reluctantly as his father led him out of Ikuya's room.

Natsuya couldn't get back to sleep after that. He was worried about Ikuya, after all, he had just collapsed in front of him for no apparent reason

"Maybe there's a reason he collapsed, after all, he always looks so pale and recently he's looked like he's not been sleeping properly," Natsuya muttered to himself.

"I need to talk to him about it..." Natsuya muttered as his eyes drifted closed against his will.

When Ikuya woke up the next morning, he could feel a strong pounding in his skull as he attempted to focus his vision.

I don't remember falling asleep last night.....

Ikuya stood up, his headache washing over him like a wave. He stood for a moment, trying to keep his balance as his head spun. After a while, the dizziness faded away and the throbbing in his head getting worse. He forced himself to start getting ready for school, hissing in pain at the stinging cuts all over his thigh.

Well today is going to be fun, isn't it?

"Ikuya?" Natsuya's voice came through the door. Ikuya turned quickly to face the door, looking at the door like a deer trapped in the headlights of an oncoming car.

"Y..yeah?" Ikuya tried his best not to let his voice crack

"Are you feeling okay?" Natsuya asked, his concern clear in his voice.