The Cure

Reiketsu Kira

Kotoko was sitting in class, he looked around to see, pretty much, nothing. Everyone was looking straight, and actually paying attention. Sometimes someone would look back at me, but then they would look passed him and turn around like they were scared.

He was curious, so he turned around. All he saw was a girl, she seemed angry. She was motioning towards her arm, so he looked down to see a layer of cuts, bruises, and scars. He looked back up, to see her getting up and rushing towards him with a knife.

"WHY WON'T YOU LOVE MEEEEE!!!!"

He was absolutely paralyzed with fear. He didn't know the slightest thing about self defense, so...he just closed his eyes.

Then, he heard a loud CLANG! It was a girl wearing a hood, with long, black hair coming out of the sides. She had deflected the other girl's attack with her own life. The girl with the hood looked at him with a crazy look, her eyes were crimson red, and she seemed excited.

He looked down to see the girl's torso, oozing with blood. Kotoko screamed, but nothing came out. Just some bubbles.

Am I...underwater?

The girl walked towards him, and grabbed his face.

"Don't worry, Kotoko. I'll always protect you....Darling~"

Kotoko suddenly woke up screaming, he was sweating crazily and gasping for air. It was midnight.

"Holy—"

Suddenly, Kotoko began to cough, then lean over his bed and gag as tears strolled down his pale face. Before he could even get a breath in, two beautiful roses came from his mouth. He kept spitting and coughing, only to find that more and more started to pour out. It was like a fountain. Although, he couldn't breathe.

His face turned purple as his Foster Father kicked the door open and picked his son up. His foster mother was running downstairs to get the keys.

"Honey! Is Kotoko okay?!"

He heard, faintly as he still struggled to breathe.

"Yeah! Just get to the car!"

His foster father was in the marines, therefore, he had a lot of strength for his age, but Kotoko wasn't even that tall, nor did he weigh very much. He hardly ate, and when he did, it was always blended up, the doctors said to avoid meaty food. So, he had never had the foods that any of the other kids had. The doctors were surprised that he even lived this long with his diet. He wasn't unhealthy...but he wasn't healthy either.

As soon as his father got to the car, Kotoko just blacked out. He saw, heard, and felt nothing. He just felt......pity. Pity that they had to take care of a sad boy that should be able to take care of himself. The doctors said to never let him move out, because he couldn't take care of his illness alone. Or wait until he found a significant other, but that was completely out of the question. They always said that it was no problem, but he knew that it was. They would constantly argue about what was better for him. They got even worse when they found out that his foster mother was pregnant.

When they arrived at the hospital, it was all a blur. He didn't know if they were trying to kill...or save him.

Hours Later-

Kotoko had already been through half his school day, it was the same as always. Except, he noticed that there were key objects relating to his dream, he saw the crazy girl, running towards him, she was eyeing him a lot that day. But there was something more to it.

He began to think about it once he opened his locker. It was close to lunch time, and he was let out early so the nurse could give him his blended food. Basically, the hall was empty. He closed his locker to notice a girl with long, black hair and blue eyes. She seemed to be watching him, as soon as he noticed, she skipped away.

He shrugged and walked towards the nurses office. The nurse wasn't there.

"H-Hello?" He said.

"Are you Kotoko Kyomigaru?"

He heard a soft voice ask.

"Wh-Who are you?"

"There's no need for silly questions. All I know is that you're going after something that I want..."

He turned around to see a fragile girl with a bunch of men surrounding her. They were wearing formal attire, so maybe they were lost.

"H-Hey! Are you lost? If you are waiting for a festival, that's a few days from now! So maybe you should—"

"He's annoying me..." She snapped her fingers. "Kill him"

The men rushed towards him, but someone threw a knife between them. He looked at the knife.

That's the same knife from my dream...

"Stay away from him!"

He looked at her to see a red eyed girl with long black hair.

"Y-You're the—"

She started to attack them, one acrobatic move to the next...

In a short period of time, they were all down. The girl was completely covered in blood, it was dripping from her clothes.

"Where is that little—" The girl said, with a knife still in her hands.

"Who are you?! Why are you following me?!" He asked, almost in tears.

"Oh, Darling! You don't remember me?"

He shook his head. But how did she know about the Darling thing....?

"Well...I'm Reiketsu Kira...."

The girl removed her hood, and her eyes went back to blue.

"Y-You're the most popular girl in school! Wh-Why are you helping me?!"

"Isn't it obvious?" She leaned in close to him, basically pressing him against a wall. "It's because..."

"I love you~"

He could almost feel the flowers again. Everything was going too fast.

"Well...lets go! I have someone I want you to meet..."

She was walking towards the door, and at the last second, she stopped and said.

"I promise to protect you, no matter what...so..."

She turned around...

"Are you coming~?"