Saviours of the spirits

Chapter 5:

Once Mikoto had found his balance, the whole group walked to the picnic they had set up, before.

Juniper made every effort to make sure that Mikoto was confortable as Juniper and Nellie were the only ones that knew a bit of his past, but he hadn't told the whole truth to them, and even  if it was just with a quarter of it, they had been really careful with him and made sure he was alright.

He hadn't told anyone about it, not because he didn't trust them, but because he didn't know if he was ready to tell it.
"Are you sure you are alright? I saw what was holding on you there." Kami whispered.

"I mean, I hope that whatever that was, wasn't a mermaid. I know my looks are amazing, I'm more of a Triton kind of guy. You know what I mean don't you?"
Kami blushed. It wasn't that he was ashamed that he liked both genders, male gender mostly, but the problem was that he wasn't ready to say it out loud, especially in front his religious family.

The only person he had ever told, did not take it well. Kami smiled at him "Are you sure your ok I mean you did ingested a lot of lake water, you could be suffering from dry drowning we should probably get you to a hospital,"

Hospital. That set him off Mikotos bright face darkened as he violently shook his head "No, no hospital I'm ok you see I'm fine if anything it's just my leg that's killing me,"

Kami looked a bit worried but stared down at Mikotos leg before letting out a gasp. Mikoto looked down and saw what he was gaping at, from the top of his ankle to his foot was what looked like a scarred red burn which coiled around his leg.

Mikotos eyes widened before putting on a fake a smile "Awh that sucks I always wanted to be a foot model," he said while smirking at Kami.
"Right that's it we have to take you to the hospital now Oto," Kami said, getting up; he was unsuspectedly pulled back down.
"No kami no hospitals,"
"But your clearly hurt Mikoto you need medical treatment!"
But mikoto shook his head again "No I'm not going  to any hospital, please don't tell anyone about this ok?"

Kami looked at him suspiciously before nodding and sitting down next to the boy.
"I won't say anything if you tell me why you don't want to go," he said in a concerned voice.

Mikoto looked away before returning his gaze to kami and taking a deep breath.
"3 years ago I came out to my parents as gay and well they took it horribly, they sent me to live with my granny but when she died there was no one to take care of me, I was on the streets and only made money by," he looked away and kami grabbed his hands.
"Hey it's ok," was all he said but that boy made Mikoto feel safe.

"I sold my body for enough money to get a room in a crappy motel on the ugly side of town. When I was coming out of the hotel one night, after  finishing up with a client these thugs I had never met found me, they knew I was gay and they they what I had just done. I don't know how they knew but they beat me senseless that night, I would have been dead if some onlookers hadn't found me and brought me to hospital, I don't like hospitals because of that night , I hate thinking about it"

He said while his eyes began to fill with his tears. Kami felt a wave of sympathy hit him while he stared at the broken look on Mikotos face.

He moved his hand up to cup his face while wiping away his tears. "I'm sorry, I won't tell anyone I promise," he said before wrapping his arms around the boy. Mikoto wasn't sure why he felt safe around Kami's arms, but he did.

He had always had trust issues, he took about a year to trust his two best friends with a piece of his past and even though, he knew Marc and Victor for the same amount of time, he had never felt confortable enough to tell them.

Yet, now this boy came, and not even knowing him for a month, he had revealed his darkest secret. And this boy three inches shorter than him, was holding him and assuring him he was alright now. It was weird in a way, how his trust issues seemed to disappear when he was with him, but he liked that feeling.

Kami held him only for three seconds, but it was enough for Mikoto to feel safe and better.
"Thank you" he whispered and smiled at Kami.
"No need to thank me, you just have to promise me something" Kami said seriously. "What's that?" he asked.

"Once we get back to Nels' house, you will let me clean that injury" Kami said sternly "Do you know how to treat burns?"

"I know a thing or two"
"Mysterious, huh? I like it"
"Yup. Now promise"
"I promise" Mikoto said with an eye roll. "Sir" he added with a smirk.
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It finished with 888 words, my heart= 💞😫🥳😩😪🥺😌🥴
This whole chapter just had to be a huge kamoto moment (yes we gave them a ship name hehe).
So here's a few things: the weirdest thing for me is that you don't hate being in a hospital until you've already left the hospital after weeks of being there... just from personal experience I think that's why Mikoto hates it so much, I mean it's not so much actually being in there it's just the premise, sure most people are nice but you get those shitty nurses who are horrible to you and it's not nice going back :)
Also Mariana HAD to include that Kami was way shorter than Mikoto haha .
Thanks for reading guys :)