Timeless

Chapter 21

1st Person POV

I blinked. That voice... It was different then everyone I knew. Who's voice was this again? So familiar yet so mysterious. I can't seem to remember—

"I'll help you find your mom and dad."

Stop...

"I'll be the one who'll take you higher then you've ever been"

Stop..

"Come on, take my hand."

Stop.

"See, it wasn't that bad right?"

Just stop please...

I clench my head in pain. Please...! Please, no more... just no more... It was like my head was beginning to split in half. Please.

I could feel a pair of hands wrap against my neck. My body was feeling limp. Only then I realized what was happening to me. I'm being hung. My eyes still hazy and my control slowly coming back to me.

"Who I want to live for? Well... I can't say, after all, it's a se~cr~et~"

I could feel my legs kick against something I couldn't comprehend at the moment.

"But~, I can say that for you..."

I could feel my arms grip onto the thing that was choking me. I feel my temperature against the thing. It was cold. Comparing my warmer hands, the difference was more than dead. It was pretty cold.

"...you should live for me"

"...live for you...?" I mumbled subconsciously as I coughed against the grip. It tighten. My blood splattered across the thing. I heard a small voice that was apparently my response.

"What are you talking about?"

I blinked again. This time it wasn't a voice in my head. I think it was Randou's voice. Randou's... voice? Oh I'm being strangled by Randou.

"...huh...?" I mumbled in response in his grip. I watch the crimson liquid hiss quietly.

"[S Surname]!"

"[S Name]!"

I could hear them shout for me. That's right, I need to focus. I'll survive and live. Because they need me.

And.

That voice. I want to find who that was. These 16 years that I have been alive. I only remember when I was 6 years old. That was when I was truly alive. But those earlier years... My lost memories. I definitely want to know more about it. My parents. Where did they go? My life before meeting Natsume-sensei. And him. That young boy's voice. Light and oozing with kindness. He definitely knows 'me' and seems to care for 'me', but who is he?

So I'll survive and live to find out. What an adventure that'll be.

I couldn't help but smile despite the current situation as I could feel my conscience kicking in. I bit down against Randou's arm, tasting the leather and cotton that protected him.

I could see his surprised expression on his face as I feel more bloody bile resurface. Although my blood wasn't like acid, that it could melt through certain material, it was pretty lethal. It was pretty similar to poison in a way. It was somewhat numbing to a regular human and would feel like it's burning. Maybe even a bit venomous.

He knew it too, that I had to have an ace up my sleeve or something or maybe it was just his intuition that just told him that something seemed wrong. Whatever it was, his 1st instinct was wiggling against my hold. It'll take some time till my blood would draw into his wound. If successful, it can easily cause light paralyses at most with the wounds I gave him. But I could've done more if it wasn't for that extreme layering of clothes he had on.