Vampire Kisses

74: Shuichi

"Why are you here?" I asked with a small glare in my eyes. She didn't seem phased as she sat upright and held her hands in her own lap. She slowly moved her head to face me but her eyes were closed...what the hell is even going on?

"I'm here because Kokichi's body is going to be experiencing intense pain as these scars are healing or even becoming permanent." I felt my shoulders slump.

"Permanent?" Like here forever? I moved my hand to hold hers but she didn't even move at the action. I retracted my hand back before she suddenly gasped.

"That's correct," She groaned holding her stomach in pain. I tried to move over to her but all she did was stand up and move over to the corner of the room. There was still black marks on the wall from the fire outbursts I have been having over the course Kokichi had his coma...I slumped at the thought of his coma.

He was taken from me because of the bond him and Syn have. He was hurt because of her...I shouldn't think like that. She has been very helpful at being able to figure this situation out. So I should be grateful for her support as well as being able to get Kokichi out of his coma because of her guidance...so it's a good thing she is connected to him right? Then why do I feel so jealous?

I know Kokichi better than anyone...and I know he loves me as much as I love him. But then why do I feel so jealous of their soul and heart connection when me and him connect on all levels? I felt some tears come into my mind as the jealousy came onto my shoulders like a bag full of rocks. Making it painful to do anything other than slouch.

"These could last longer than I may have first thought," Her voice pulled me out of my own thoughts. I looked up at her and saw she had some tears in her eyes. I felt worry come over me making my jealous and nervous thoughts all become less apparent in this moment. Because Syn, Kokichi's soul and heart bonded wind elemental, was in pain. Something about the way she said it would last longer than she had first thought, just didn't sit well with me.

Has she had to deal with this before? How long have her and Hess been around for? Maybe I could ask Hess about that...but that's for another time. What does she mean by that? Does she mean that this situation with Kokichi is different from anything she has experienced with others...well I get that because Hess and I bonded well together while Syn and Kokichi had some issues with the bond to his body and soul. I still wonder about that....Kokichi is so strong with all that he has had to deal with, so why did it do this to him and not me?

I felt even more confused than I felt before. How could this have happened? I thought back to when me and Kokichi had first met one another when we were younger as well as when I started Hope's Peak with Kyoko's guidance. Did this all happen to bring us to this moment? Was all that bonding just so I would get to this point with him? Being able to have him trust me completely even in moments where he is weak and vulnerable. Only for him to be broken down from this connection that I caused?

Syn was groaning and holding onto her stomach. She gasped and bit her lip. Is it really that painful? I mean I have no room to speak seeing as I am not the one in pain at the moment. "ShuichI?" I heard another voice call out as Cathy was in the room.

I looked over at her before moving so Syn was in my arms. She seemed to relax a bit at this and calmed down where she wasn't groaning and grunting in pain as much as before. "Yes," I asked, trying to tell her to state her business. At the moment there was something else that needed my attention, because it pertains to Kokichi, and he is always my top priority.

"I see that Kokichi is in pain...and those scars?" She asked moving into the room. I groaned and looked at her trying to get her to put it together...but I knew she wasn't in the loop with all the things that have taken place in the past couple of hours.

"I see." She said before taking a spot on the chair close to the door. She didn't say anything as she stayed there. This let me move my focus back to Syn who was still currently in Kokichi's body...which means that Kokichi must be in her body in his mindspace. Which explains why Hess isn't communicating with me at the moment...she doesn't seem to be able to have as good of a connection to me when she is in Kokichi's mindscape...but she has a better connection when it's me in the mindscape and her out here in my body.

"Syn is in Kokichi's body at the moment....because his body is still trying to process the change from this bond him and Syn have from his new vampire body, blood, and urges." I said looking her in the eyes. She gave me a nod before my focus went back to Syn. Her hand was clutching part of my shirt as she stifled her sniffles and cries in pain.

Why does this have to be happening to my Kichi? Why couldn't it be me?

-Here is todays update--sorry for the wait! I was working on getting some Nightmares recordings ready as well as setting up the 12 Days of Christmas Saiouma prompt book that will be starting on the 13th! Thank you all so much for reading!-

-SK-