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

Luckily Impatient

Although I tried to reach Renji and Touka by calling their phone numerous times, neither of them picked up. The live reporting continued to show terrible images. Some minor explosions happened inside, too. Ghouls escaped, ravaged citizens and investigators until they were killed. Blood was spread all around the area. Human corpses were removed abruptly while ghouls just laid around like they were dirt. However, some managed to escape entirely. They were able to sneak past all investigators and into the city. Some troops went after them but the majority remained outside of Cochlea. Only the highest ranked investigators were sent inside; that meant Kishou was in there too.

There was no way I could go to sleep that night, even if I really wanted to. I was worried about Renji and Touka but also Kishou. All of them were insanely strong but.. I had no idea what was going on inside. The only live feed I got on TV was one from a helicopter and occasionally a woman updating on the situation.

Eventually, once it was after midnight and Koutarou went to bed, I tried to call either of them again. All their phones were switched off or had no signal. Only Kishou had a mailbox, so I told him to call me back as soon as he could. Renji and Touka received a message asking them to call me back. But that never happened. There was no simple solution to this situation. While they seemed to have most of it in control; most ghouls were captured and locked away; there was still no sign of life from either of them. And that had me worried big time. So while I nervously fidgeted on the couch and couldn't scrap my eyes off the TV screen, I started wanting to leave. The longer I waited, the worse I felt. Something was wrong. Nothing felt right. Waiting at Koutarou's place didn't feel right. I couldn't help but imagine that my help was needed - not that I would be much of a help.

They've been gone for.. Forever. It's been at least 8 hours since I first tried to reach them. Something happened. I.. I can feel it. I have to go there. I have to help. But how?

Investigators won't just let me pass them by. And I can't enter from above nor from below. Or.. Wait. Maybe I can enter from below.

Without further due, I rushed up the stairs into Koutarou's room and tried to sneak over to his laptop that was almost waiting for me on his desk. At least until the screen lit up, he seemed to be asleep, snored softly - a lot more quiet than Renji. For a split second, I remembered how I slept next to Koutarou, how he held me close to him and how patient and cute he was. It made me feel bad, like I used him. But as soon as the laptop magically made a sound, I came back to reality. Luckily, I knew his password. At first, I didn't even notice that he woke up, didn't even hear him walk over to me and just typed away random sentences along the lines of 'how to get into cochlea'. Unfortunately, most links were only giving me the same, simple answer; through the entrance. Very useless.

"What're you looking for?" Koutarou grumbled, his voice rather deep due to him being tired.

Because I knew his voice and he was far from scary, I didn't jump - he didn't scare me. Renji would have. Turning my head to look at him I bit my lip hard. Throughout the evening he told me to not even think about jumping in to help countless times. I knew he didn't want to hear this.

"How.. How can I get into Cochlea without going through the obvious entrance?" I wondered, chewing on my inner cheeks while I watched him.

Leaning over the chair, forcing me to lean back a little more because of his weight, he sighed.