Dependent✅

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Tatara and Mikoto's parents watched over Mikoto as a few days had passed since he was last conscious.

"Tatara, can you finally tell us what happened...?" Mrs. Suoh asked quietly.

Did she know about Reisi? He could gain her favor if he told the truth, but doing so might drive Mikoto further from him.

"He uh, he went to get something a small child dropped and he was hit by the truck..." lied Tatara, giving her a better image of her son.

"I always tell him to look both ways... Now look at him..." she whispered, Mr. Suoh wrapping his arm around her.

Tatara nodded. No one was really expecting it. The bus made it hard to see what was on the other side. They looked towards Mikoto as they heard groaning. They held both of his hands, softly calling out to him to wake up. Mikoto squeezed his eyes as he rubbed his head. He wasn't at Jin's.

"Miko, you're okay!" his mother exclaimed, hugging her baby boy.

Mikoto pulled away, her touch foreign to his body. She looked at him, worried that he may not remember her.

"Please, don't touch me..." said Mikoto, rubbing his head again.

"You were out for a few days... You're lucky you only received a few cuts and that head injury..." said Tatara. "But the kid was thankful for your heroics."

"Huh...?" Mikoto said then noticed him gesturing. "Oh, right... I'm glad they're happy. I couldn't let a child go out into the street like that."

Tatara smiled, glad he caught on. Mikoto asked his parents to let them have some alone time. Once the door closed, Mikoto looked at Tatara with a serious face.

"Did Reisi stop by...?" he whispered.

"I don't know. I don't think he cares. You saw how he left the other day." said Tatara, subtly trying to manipulate Mikoto.

"Are you sure? He might've come when I was out and you all weren't here." said Mikoto, clinging to hope.

"I'll go ask your assigned nurse and let them know you're awake." said Tatara before leaving the room.

Mikoto spotted his phone on the table, frowning as it was far from his reach. He sighed then felt his head, wondering how serious it was. The door opened and Tatara had walked in with a nurse. She checked his vitals and asked him various questions while doing so.

"Well, everything seems okay. You may experience a headache or two for the rest of the day then. Other than that, I'll get the doctor so you can go home." she said, smiling before leaving.

"She said no one like Reisi came to visit." whispered Tatara as his parents had come back in.

Mikoto closed his eyes and nodded. There wasn't much he could do. He didn't know where they stood anymore. Were they friends again? Were they not? Reisi never made it clear and it was causing him distress.

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Jin quietly watched as Reisi paraded around his room, completely wasted and high. He caught Reisi's shirt as he had flung it before crashing on his bed. Something was clearly wrong but Reisi was surprisingly tight lipped about it.

"Rei, what's going on? Usually you only show up high..." said Jin, placing his shirt off to the side. "Somehow you got your hands on alcohol..."

"You want to know something? Do you? Of course you do! I, Munakata Reisi, am such a loser! I'm a dog!" said Reisi, rolling around on the bed. "I wag my tail and roll over whenever someone gives me attention. Doesn't matter who."