Antagonist | Komahina Fanfic

Chapter 20

"They'd given their son the gift of great power. Not the kind of power granted by a demon. The kind of power that people laid down their lives to protect.
The power of hope." -Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh

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Ko's Third Person P.O.V.

Ko had walked down a marble staircase with Celeste, going deeper down.

"I'm not sorry for anything I did. To be honest, he put up quite a fight. I really enjoyed watching him break." She giggled to herself.

Ko really wanted to slit her throat right now, but he contained himself.

He would be more likely to get shot down before he could lay a hand on Celeste with all her bodyguards around.

"You may want to stay a reasonable distance away from your treasure." She warned.

A golden key unlocked the chain that bound the bars of the doors together.

What lay before Ko's eyes was the most gruesome scene he had ever seen in his life.
He wanted to throw up on the ground right there.

Hajime was peppered with dark purple bruises and deep wounds that were crusted with dark blood. Bandages fell limply from the brunet's arms as they failed to cover up the wounds on his arms.

His legs were bleeding all over the place.
His head was cast downwards at the space beneath him.

"Hinata-kun....?" Ko dared to mutter.

The chains that were bound to him created clanking noises, signaling that the brunet was indeed still alive and breathing.

To much of Ko's shock, red eyes pierced the darkness when the brunet slowly lifted up his head.

Exactly what happened to him?

Hajime's face showed no emotion. It was as if he had no soul.

"So you've come to kill me again?" He said blankly.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ko replied in confusion.

Hajime 'tch'ed.

"You always pretend that you're innocent, but when I start trusting you, it's all a dream again. Do you know how many times I've seen a knife wind up in my stomach?" He started laughing coldly.

"I'm such an idiot, hah. I'm talking to a figment of my imagination." He chuckled darkly at himself.

"I supposed this is another dream after all. Honestly, I don't even know if I'm facing reality right now or not." He paused.

"Scratch that. I DON'T want to know."

Ko felt a sudden chill crawl up his spine.

"Just kill me already. What will it be with today? A knife? A gun? Just end my miserable life already."

"I'm not here to kill you! I'm here to take you back." Ko countered.

"Take me back? Hah! You're so amusing."
Hajime's eyes narrowed.

"Listen up Ko," He placed much emphasis on the albino's name, "I hate you. I can't bear to see your face anymore. Just seeing you wants to make me kill myself." He tried to laugh.

He gritted his teeth in pain in the middle of his speech.

The brunet's words stabbed through Ko's heart like a sword. Hajime hated him.

Ko wanted to know. He needed to know what happened to the person he was supposed to protect.

The albino lunged for Celeste's neck, pinning her against the wall.

"What the hell did you do to him?!" He demanded.

Several guns clicked behind him.

He didn't care about them now. He wanted to know.

He tightened his grip on Celeste's neck, his nails digging into her pale skin.

"TELL ME WHAT YOU DID TO HIM!!!" He yelled in her face.

"I broke him with some mental and physical torture." She simply said.

Ko ripped off the golden key that hung around her neck and went back to Hajime, who was looking at his with a deadly aura.

"Let's go home Hajime." He smiled softly.

"Just kill me already and save me from listening to all your trash talk."

Ko undid the chains with the key, talking them off of the brunet's wrists and ankles.

All he got for a "thank you" was a punch to his gut.

Hajime started lifting himself up from the floor in a desperate attempt to run away from the albino.

This wasn't going to work. Ko had to make Hajime trust him in order to bring him back home, but with his trust broken, Ko had no choice but to forcefully take him back.

"Forgive me Hinata-kun." He whispered.
With the right amount of force, Ko knife-hand chopped Hajime's neck, knocking the brunet unconscious.

Ko scooped up Hajime into his arms, tucking his right hand underneath his back and his left hand underneath the back of his knees. 

His blood boiled in anger.

The albino blamed himself for everything that happened.

If he hadn't fallen sick so easily, this would have never happened to Hajime.

Scars littered the brunet's body, adding on to the pile of guilt building up inside of Ko.
He walked out of the tiny cell, glaring at Celeste all the way until he reached the mouth of the tunnel.

"Your lucky that my hands aren't free at the moment," He spoke without looking back. "Or else I would have disemboweled you with my bare hands."

Celeste's mouth lifted into a tiny smile. His threat was empty to her. Honestly, she wouldn't care if she died. She was also a fictional character, so what's the point of death in the real world? She would always continue living in the fictional world.

Ko walked into the tunnel, leaving everything behind him. The dim light began to fade around him and darkness swallowed him whole.

Once upon a time, Ko had lost his will to live. He would have embraced death like an old friend.

But that all changed when he met Hajime.
The brunet had provided him a purpose in life, a will to live.

So he would return that favor.

He would give Hajime the same thing he was given.

Through Ko's eyes, Hajime was his hope.

Therefore, Ko would become Hajime's hope, even if it cost him his life.

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"My job here is done." A girl's voice said through one side of the phone.

"..."

"Yes. Everything is in perfect order."

"..."

"Of course. Goodbye."

The raven-haired girl placed down the phone on the table.

And then she disappeared.