dark horse [rewritten]

❝ seven : bandaids can't fix everything ❞

music recommended - anna blue's silent scream (piano synthesia)

shu was quick, to say the least. he jumped at the unconscious valt, his fingers desperately crawling over his neck in hopes of finding a pulse. the beyclub inched foward but the albino motioned for them to stay where they were.

they held their breaths waiting for shu to declare their friend was fine, and finally breathed when he nodded. rantaro was the first to speak. "is he okay?" he asked, gently nudging valt's shoulder with the tip of his shoe, earning a glare from his teammates.

xander kneeled and whisperes something to shu. diago's eyes thinned, for he noticed shu nodded at whatever xander had told him and hurries off to who knows where.

the red headed male gently carried valt and laid him on his bed. the beyclub remained silent, their curiosity growing every passing second.

they snapped out of their waiting trance when xander began rolling up valt's sleeve, explaing quietly, "don't mention a thing about this when he wakes up."

"what are you talking about?" diago and wakiya asked, their fustration getting the better of him. xander simply sighed in reply and finished rolling up the sleeve.

that's when they finally saw.

『 later 』

valt stirred. he fluttered his eyes open, and was suprised to see nothing. where.. am i? what's going on? his body felt as if it were still asleep, but he simoultaneously felt like he was floating. that's when he opened his eyes and saw he was in a black void of some sort.

he was startled by the sudden realization.

welcome.

the voice was back..?

of course i'm back. i never left you in the first place. now, do you remember..

remember what? he asked, the voice freaking him out as time passed by.

remember, he's partly to blame...

the atmosphere around valt faded into what he knew was the beigoma academy. he looked around, thinking he had woken up, but looking down he realized he was levitating. a lucid dream?

just as he was about to investigate further on, he heard a door slam open, and out came the beyclub; rantaro, daigo, ken, wakiya, and..

himself.

well this is weird. for a dream, looking at your past self and memories was bad enough, but having to re-experience them as some sort of spirit was worse. he could imagine ken spotting him and belting out the ghostbusters theme song.

this was the day everything changed.

man, you sure are annoying. he "floated" over to his friends and watched his former self pace back and forth, a hint of stress in his walk.

"what if he rejects me?" valt asked, wiping his sweaty palms on his jeans. the rest of the guys watched him tug his hair in fustration, and almost dared to chuckle at his nervousness.

wait, is this that day.. ?

rantaro bit the remains of his mango and pineapple lollipop and dug around his pocket for another one. "dude, all you have to do is be straightfoward- well in your case.."

the memory valt threw his hands up. "i know what you mean, ugh!"

daigo was less help. "tell us the plan again."

"oh brother," valt sighed. "okay, so you all know that i- uh, like shu, right?"

spirit valt's stomach somehow churned as more memories flooded his conscious, dread the only emotion he felt at the moment.

the three males nodded as valt continued. "i really want to tell him how i feel before it's too late, but.."

"-but you have no clue as to how to do it, don't you?" wakiya said, crossing his legs.

"how- "

" -did I know?" he interuppted. wakiya gestured towards the shortest male. "how do you think I felt when I confessed to daigo?"

the emo blushed and quickly hid his face into wakiya's jacket. the blonde smirked and draped his arm over daigo's shoulders.

valt groaned. "so then what do i do?!" as he was about to suggest a plan for himself, the rooftop door opened again, and he jolted backward.

shu had arrived.

"hey guys, what's up?"