Sargent Akabane

Chapter 19: The truth he speaks

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Beep.....Beep.....Beep...

I awoke to a softer and slower beeping sound ...the aroma was clean and clear unlike the stuffy and suffocating air before...Everything hurt...my head, my arms my legs...

I don't remember too much before passing out...

Just the rapid beeping of the bomb ...a loud bang and a flash of white light and asking myself...

Am I dead?

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I try to move but feel sharp objects in each of my arms...

I gradually opened my eyes and I'm blinded by the bright white light ...I wince at how bright it is until my eyes settle into the light and I have the chance to look around and get my barrangs...

I'm in a hospital bed ...there's an IV in each of my arms, one pumping blood back into me and the other containing fluids of some sort probably the thing that kept me from dying. There's a small monitor to my right the cause of the soft beeping showing my heart rate which is a little elevated but overall fine.

Then my eyes gradually settle on the small hair next to my leg, his eyes closed and face pale suggesting he'd been here awhile...he looked tired, has he been here since I got here...

Wait how did I get here?

My eyes stay on him for a moment, on his cute sleeping face the way his bangs fall over his eyes and the way his blue hair in that hairstyle makes him ten times cuter. I move my hand towards his face histated when my hands inches from his face.

....What did I do to deserve someone as amazing as you?

"Yes this building was blown up just two days ago." The words from the TV hanging above my head on the wall in front of me caught my attention.

A news man was standing in front of a large pile of rubble that used to be the hotel.

"Witnesses say that they were evacuated by.....a flash of yellow? ....Where they high? ....Ehem," The news man adjusts his tie. "Two days ago this hotel was blown up and although many made it out alive officers have found to bodies among the rubble. The police have confirmed that these two where Akira Takaoka and Shiota Hebi."

My eyes trail back to Nagisa....

..How will he handle the news of his father's death...Whatever happens I'll be here by his side...

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A few hours had passed before the blunette began to stir at my side. I glance down from the book I was reading currently and see his eyes fluttering open.

I give him a gentle smile,

"Good morning sleepy head." He stares at me but has a different look, looking at me in a new light finally knowing who-or rather what I am.

He covers his mouth letting out a yawn and sitting up before rubbing his eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep." I let out a soft chuckle leaning forward holding his cheek.

"It's okay, you looked cute sleeping." He blushes seeming surprised by how forward I was being. A nervous laugh escapes me and added, "I guess now that you know how I feel about you I can flirt with you without hesitation. That and...now that you know who I really am." He didn't say anything only continuing to look at me.

"I won't lie," I began trying not to draw my eyes away from his. "I'm honestly fucking terrified you'll want nothing to do with me, knowing that I'm..." I didn't finish that sentence I found it hard to get that last word out like swallowing a knife.

"I feel hurt that you lied, but...I understand why." His sapphire eyes poured into my amber eyes. A sheepish smile tugged at his lips. "I...thought I was just a student to you...that ...that's all I was." I lowered my eyebrows leaning closer to him bringing his eyes to mine by pulling on his chin.

As my finger rested under his chin and his eyes poured into mine I spoke in a gentle soft tone,

"Nagisa ...you are so...so...so much more to me than that. I couldn't help but fall for you, everything about you...it...it just draws me towards you. Not only are you fucking adorable and cute but your badass and a good fighter with good instincts and it makes you masterious and...I want to get to know more about you.."

What was I saying..I just poured my heart out to him...

But did it really matter ...no...

He stares at me ...a twinkle and a hint of carousity in his eyes.

"I......I wanna kiss you..." I felt myself blush and he'd realized what he just said as his eyes grew wide. I smile not trying to suppress it.

I lean gradually closer until our foreheads are touching and our lips are mere inches apart. I whisper to him,

"Then what's stopping you?"

He looks at me and his eyes close slowly as I grabs the caller of his shirt and close the distance between us.

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I lean forward pressing my lips to his and he's tense at first before relaxing into it...his lips are warm and sweet like candy and they mix well with my bitter taste...He tilts his head pressing further into my kiss and I hold his head at the side pulling him closer. His lips erupt fireworks in my chest making my heart dance around to the beat of my love for him...I want to be surrounded by his sweet scent and the warmth of his kiss.

He pulls away his lips lingering on mine for a minute and I suppress the urge to pull him back for more before I opened my eyes and looked into his sapphire orbs, his head nuzzle in my touch. His cheeks are red and he's eyes are nervous and embarrassed as he prefers to look down at my bedsheets then my eyes.

"Was that your first kiss?" I asked gently not wanting to startle him, he gives me a quiet nod and glances at me briefly before replying with,

"W-what a-a-about you.." I find it fucking adorable he's stuttering.

"No, I've kissed people before," He looks hurt for a second before I add, "But your kiss was the only thing that meant something to me, that and the only one that could get me to blush or feel anything." He smiles and closes his eyes relaxing into my touch and I nuzzled my head against his forehead.

"How are you feeling..." He says looking at me eyes half open,

"Better," I say giving him a charming smile. "Especially since you're here."

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"Karma...."

"Yes?"

"...I-I love you..."

"Heh...I love you too Nagisa with all my heart."