Destiny [Ai Mikaze x Reader] [FATE BOOK TWO]

Chapter 9 - So Is This Betrayal?

"... Ai-kun... why won't you wake up...?"

That was what I muttered to myself after Ai hasn't woke up for days now. I sat there beside his bed, as he laid there unconscious - so beautiful and peaceful. Like a scene out of a fairy tale. I frowned, as my thumb rubbed the top of his cold hand.
The professor was weirded out when I called him - he said that he was supposed to get an alarm in the lab every time something was wrong with Ai, and this time that wasn't the case. He said that he will try to figure out what's going on and until then, he should stay here in the dorms where he is safe. That was a few days ago, and he hasn't called yet. I hummed to myself sadly. If this was really like a fairy tale, maybe he's cursed and a kiss should wake him up...
I slowly leaned above the sleeping cyanette, closing my eyes. I wish this would actually work...
Before my lips could reach his, my ringing phone snapped me out of what I was doing. I quickly shook my head, straightening back up and grabbing my phone from the bedstand. My eyes widened.
"P-Professor??" I jabbered into the phone. "Have you fou--"
"Come to the lab. Bring Ai as well. Right now. Hurry."
"W-What?? Professor, what's-"
Before I could finish, he hung up. I frowned. "... Rude... Well, Ai-kun, I guess we are going..."
I pulled the covers off of him and tried my best to lift him up.
"Oh Sugar Honey Ice Tea, you're heavy...!!" I groaned out. "... Well, no shit Sherlock, he's a robot, what did you think...? I have to get help..."

"How can you even carry him like that...?"
"I have something called muscles."
I chuckled awkwardly, as we walked side by side with Ranmaru, him carrying Ai in his arms. With a disguise on all of us, of course.
"I hope you do realize we look super weird and suspicious..." he murmured over to me. It was a fact that seeing people covering their faces with scarfs and hats, carrying someone covered with a blanket, might seem wrong. I was actually surprised nobody questioned us yet.
"Yeah, but this is our only way. This is really important... and I really appreciate and am surprised by your help." I mumbled back, making him send a tired glare over to me. "Don't look at me like that, I just thanked you."
As the streets got emptier as we walked on, we finally arrived in front of the lab. As if predicted, the Professor immediately ran out to us and took Ai from Ranmaru's arms.
"Come on in. Ah... Young man, it's better if you go home." he looked over at the silverette again.
"What? But-!!"
"I'm afraid the matter that will be on the table in our conversation only concerns these two for now." he cut him off, gesturing to Ai and to me.
"... S-Sorry Ranmaru. Thanks for your help... I appreciate it." I tried my best to smile at him. He sighed and nodded with a grumpy expression.
"Follow me." the Professor told me, rushing inside the building. I quickly waved goodbye to the moody rocker, then ran in after the man.

The Professor quickly laid Ai down on the bed that was in the lab. Rushing through all the mess that was in the room, he sat down by his computer and gestured for me to do the same.
"... S-So uh... is it serious?" I asked slowly, kind of afraid of the answer.
"More serious than I expected," he muttered as he started to search between his thousands of files and applications. To that, my stomach got in a knot. 
He finally opened up a weird screen. It was a loading bar, and it was at just about 30%.
"... W-What's that...?"
"The virus that's downloading itself on Ai's system."
I widened my eyes. "H-Huh...? Can it be stopped or something??"
"Believe me, I've tried," he muttered. "So what's this virus exactly doing to him is... first shutting him down, but according to my calculations, he should wake up in less than 24 hours. That's not the worst part... The worst part is..."
He took in a deep breath.
"... Professor?" I whispered. My heart was pounding in my chest as I waited for him to finish.
"Until the virus is done downloading... Ai's memories are blocked... Every single one of them. He won't remember his own name. He will be in the exact same state he was in at the very start. Like going back to a newborn state... And when the virus has completed downloading... there are two options that depend on the virus' developer. One is..."
He stopped again. I was already breathless from what I just heard, but he continued.
"... one is that he shuts down forever... the other one is that the virus developer takes control over him and turns him into whatever he wants... like a completely different person or even some kind of killing machine... So basically Ai will... Ai is..."
".... d-don't... don't finish that..." I whispered. I slowly looked over at Ai, lying so peacefully on the bed. "....... P-Please... there... must be a way..."
"... I'm sorry."
".... A... Ai-kun..." I breathed desperately. I couldn't even cry. I didn't even know what to do. The Ai I know and love is... gone...
"... I know that I've already stressed you out... but you should probably see these." he muttered slowly.
"....." I hesitantly looked up at the screen. The Professor started a video. I soon realized that it was a recording from what Ai saw.
The boys' bathroom...
Ai opened the door. His emotion levels in the corner showed rage and stress.
Then, as he entered the bathroom, there was somebody there. Leaning on the sink, looking in front of himself with a dark expression.
"... Reiji?" Ai's voice called out in the video. To that, the brunette looked up at him. As he looked him in the eye, it looked like he was staring right at us. "... What, did you get tired of kissing [F/N] or something...?"
His emotion levels now showed jealousy. I frowned.
To that, Reiji let out a low groan. It was weird... I never saw such a side to him before.
"What do you know...?" he hissed out. I've also noticed now that the crack in the mirror was already there. 
"I know that you did something you weren't supposed to. You do know that she is in a relationship with me, right? And you do also know that you can't kiss someone who is in a relationship since that's called chea--"
"I know very well what it is!!" the brunette cut him off with a yell. "The sad fact is at this point I can't care anymore!"
"What do you mean? Will you just start kissing her every day, like that's completely okay??" Ai's emotion levels started turning to anger and annoyance.
"Maybe I will. You don't treat her the right way, Ai..."
"What do you know!? Let me decide how I treat my own girlfriend, thank you very much! Besides, I just want to remind you that you are eleven years older than her...!"
"That's not the point!! Do you even realize how many times she came to me, crying and stressed because of you!? Because of what you said and because she felt like you don't really love her!? Every time I told her that you do, it felt more like a lie! How is that a good relationship!? I was the one who was always there for her, I was the one who supported her, so why is it that I just can't hear anything else from her than your name!? I'm sick of it! I'm sick of you! I should be the one holding her as you do! She deserves far more than an empty shell of metal!"
"Shut up!!" Ai yelled, his anger level jumping up to an insane level. "She isn't an object you can claim!"
"But you are an object I can throw away..." he hissed. I widened my eyes at the look he was staring at Ai with.
"R-Reiji don't..." I whispered to the video.
".... What are you saying...? Reiji, snap out of it...!! Don't come any closer!!"
Ai was suddenly lifted to the air. At the corner of the screen, I saw an error message that said 'lack of air'.
"I-Is he cho...??" I breathed with horror.
"You thought that you could hurt her without any consequences... But I'm ending your story." he hissed through his gritted teeth.
"L-Let me go, you idiot...!!" Ai's voice choked out.
"You can forget all about your happy ending... And I will give her what she deserves. My story starts... RIGHT. NOW!!"
There was something like a slam, and Ai's vision crashed with glitches. I heard his desperate, struggling noises before his vision turned black.
I sat there, staring at the black screen. Watching Ai's emotion levels, stamina... and everything go down to zero.
... It was Reiji...
I didn't know what to say. I sat there in complete shock. 
Who was that person on the video?
Do I even know my best friend...?
"..." the Professor silently rewinded the video, then paused at one moment. Reiji, lifting his hand, just about to finish it.
The first thing I noticed was his bloody knuckles. Then I also noticed a black thing in his hand.
"... That's a chip." the Professor muttered. "With the virus on it. What Reiji did... was slamming the chip into this small, humanly not visible hole in Ai's neck..."
"............ Reiji killed Ai...." I whispered. Staring at the furious, crazy look Reiji had in his once happy hazel orbs.
".... It's almost over... I only have one thing left to show." the Professor sighed. "... But you won't like it..."
"..." I couldn't say anything, staring in front of myself.
"... do you remember... the concert's, the hacked monitor's and the video's case...? Well... I found... footage from the supposedly broken camera when I investigated a bit myself, and..."
...
"Just watch."
With that, he started yet another, this time audioless video. I could only stare at the screen. The room with the monitor's panel. Empty. But not for long.
Someone entered the room quickly and sneakily. He hurriedly put something in the panel, then once done, turned around. I couldn't even gasp. I only stared with my mouth left wide open.
Reiji smirked to himself, before quickly running out of the room. Then, the video ended.
"......................"
That can't be it, can it?
Reiji was betraying me... all this time...
He lied to me, forced himself on me, killed Ai... 
"..... N-No... no way....." I whispered out. I couldn't breathe. 
".... I'm sorry."
"......" my hands clenched into fists. Suddenly, I wanted to cry, scream and slap somebody in the face at the same time. Reiji shattered my life to pieces. Reiji. The one I trusted the most. I suddenly felt like I don't even know him at all.
".... I-I gotta talk with him...!!" I hissed, jumping up from my chair with so much power it fell back. Before the Professor could say anything, I sprinted out of the room, rage boiling in my chest.

This isn't some prank anymore.

A/N: Don't hate me, don't hate me, I promise I know what I'm doing. XD Uhm, I know it might seem wrong, but it will work itself out, just TRUST ME XDD
In a good or bad direction, who knows.
Um, hope you enjoyed XD