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The sight was just… it was shocking, terrifying, it took your gut and tied it into a thousand knots… unbelievable and… scary. He had just taken that swing and he took down the other man, leaving him completely destroyed, immobile on the ground, muttering inaudible words to himself and on the verge of tears.
And what he said… "Cherry is boring…" He wanted to grab him by the collar, take him like a punch bag. But what could he do…
As soon as the scene unfolded his body moved on its own, he ran, his legs didn't stop until he was next to the pink-haired man. ADAM… and his senseless words…
"Hurry! The hospital is more important!" Hiromi yelled from the car, as he swiftly made a sided parking so Kojiro could easily slide in.
He slid one arm under his friend's legs, while the oder on his back, holding him tightly, trying not to make much movement, while making his best not to be that aggressive gorilla the man he was holding would call him. How much he wished Kaoru would just… call him that right now.
He hopped in the car, as clumsy as he could. Holding Kaoru close against his chest, making his best efforts to close the door while Hiromi started the car over again, making a rushed exit outside of S and Crazy Rock.
Kaoru's body was trembling, his mask was ragged and ripped. "Don't worry Kaoru, I got you…" he murmured to himself, in hopes that, as some sort of miracle, the Sakurayashiki would hear him. He held him close, cradled him, coddled him in a protective way.
"I'll go to the nearest hospital… do you know if he has insurance?" As unexpected as the situation could be, the two adults had always come prepared. It would be stupid from Hiromi's part to day he didn't have his card in hand too at all times in case something happened.
They trusted each other.
"He has, it's…" Kojiro carefully searched on Kaoru, very carefully, as if the man would break from just breathing. He took out the card, handing it to the other.
Now the issue was… what to tell the doctors… they couldn't just ever so casually mention that the man got knocked out because some guy pulled an Oh SangWoo in an illegal race with a longboard. It wasn't that easy. They couldn't-
Sobbing.
Sobbing and inaudible words, shivering. Oh… Kaoru…
The sight, it was heartbreaking. He tried to reach for Kojiro, immediately wincing at the sharp pain of his broken arm. Tears started rolling down his face, barely managing to say "I'm sorry…"
"I- I'm sorry" his voice felt broken, barely coming out from his throat, stuck.
Kojiro held him closer, stroking his hair with his fingers softly, humming. If it was a normal situation… the both of them would be bickering at one another, with those jokingly angry expressions, throwing meaningless insults, but instead, Kaoru was met with Kojiro's eyes… watching him with a kind and pained expression, soft.
"It hurts…" he whispered achingly, more tears rolling down his face, making his broken mask get wet.
"I know… I know…" Kojiro whispered softly to Kaoru, almost comforting. "We're almost there… just hold on." Even Hiromi couldn't handle the scene, it was just… too hard to stomach.
With his healthy hand, he gripped onto Kojiro's jacket, if he.said smithing he would break at this point, and probably throw up too. All of it… all of it came back too fast, all the memories being shattered in matter of seconds, all his hopes, his expectatives, the image he had of ADAM. It all…
And both Kojiro and Hiromi would have taken the time to beat the shit out of the man. What kind of move was that? What kind of person would– not even Hiromi as Shadow, and the man threw bombs at his opponents, but he was never actually threatening their lives!
Cherry tugged desperately on Joe's jacket, getting up with watery eyes and a sick face.
"Hiromi! The window!" Kojiro demanded pulling down the pink-haired one's mask down, and on cue the man opened it as fast as he could, allowing the injured one to throw up.
Kojiro caressed Kaoru's back, hugging him to give him support, causing Kaoru to have a warm and fluttery feeling inside his chest, leading him to cry again.
Kojiro stretched his sleeve, gently cleaning the sides of Kaoru's mouth, humming.
"Just hold on… we are almost there."
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To the three adults it was one hell of a night, Cherry couldn't even sleep, because as much as the pain killers were there, he felt unsafe, with all those memories that blossomed again like a horrid nightmare.
Miya had come to visit after his race… not-so-surprisingly with the news that he had been defeated by Snake. All of them were terrified to the bone, well, at least those who knew, being those Hiromi, Miya, Kojiro, and (of course) the IA that Kojiro enjoyed insulting, Carla.
When he woke up, he couldn't tell if it was day or night, and truth be told, he didn't give a dam fuck, all of his body was in pain, and he was greeted with his head ringing and bandaged, his left leg immobilized and his right arm fully casted.
He started by wishing all that ever happened last night was just a horrible dream, to no avail.
The door of the room he was in, opened. Entering a broad figure, with an orange and white striped button up, and those stupid green curls. He would be lying if the presence didn't warm him, making him feel safe.
"Hey Kaoru" Kojiro said as he smiled.
"What do you want." He managed with his usual tone, glad that the man waited a little longer for him.
"Well, that's no way to greet the one who saved your life." Kojiro responded sarcastically.
"The fuck, you talking about, Gorilla." He said, almost laughing.
This felt almost familiar. It felt nice.
"Fucking four eyes- you don't-" he even managed a fake pained expression, placing his hand on his chest as if he felt hurt by the other's words. "We had a bonding moment! I cradled you in my arms!" He expressed dramatically.
Continuing with the stupid quoting Kaoru said "Don't remember, didn't happen!" Showing off a small grin… just like the good all days.