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It was late, way, way too late.
Teru was supposed to be home by now, he was supposed to be in bed, he had killed all the supernaturals in his area..so why? Why was he straying further and further from his home and killing more? Was his hatred for those dirty monsters finally getting to him? or was there something.. beneath that..? Something he couldn't put into words himself.
He had just finished killing his...74th supernatural..? He stopped counting around 40, so he wouldn't know. Which was odd, because he usually averages a normal amount of 38, but oh well, he was helping, wasn't he?
But at the cost of his own sanity?
Yes, even if it mean't throwing away his stability.
He had to protect. Thats all he ever knew. All he ever learned.
But not all he ever wanted.
He let out an tired huff, as he closed his eyes. He sat out on the curb, rubbing his eyes from exhaustion, before wobbly making his way back on his feet. He should to get home before kou worries. He checked his watch,
4:30 am..
He knew by now, it'd be atleast a couple of hours until he got home, not to mention he would most likely run into other supernaturals..
The huge gash on his abdomin didn't help either. It had been a hot minute since teru got a wound this life threating. He winced, as he touched it, wiping the blood off with some napkins he found in his pocket, he must have got these when he took koy and tiara out for dinner earlier. He remembers stuffing them into his pocket for no apparent reason..
Ah, which way did he come from again..?
Ae racked his brain but couldn't remember, ah, what a pain. This sucks. 'I should just give up, huh?' He thought of many ways to just..stop and cut it short.. but he never brought himself to take action upon these ideas.
because the idea of leaving the burden of being an exorcist on kou, or her highness.. it frightens him. more than the idea of death.
So he doesn't give up. He can't.
They've lost ther mom, must they lose their brother too?
Teru takes a shaky breath, until-
"Pres?"
Huh? is that..
"Aoi?"
The two share a short lasted silence, before akane noticed his wound, and immediatly ran over.
"Holy shit- Pres what the fuck?? You're bleeding-" "No shocker, Aoi. This stuff just happens to exorcists, it'll heal." Akane narrowed his eyes, giving teru this concerned glare. "Pres." Akane said stern and serious, "Aoi." Teru shot back, clearly too tired for banter. "God, will you just! Gah! You always have something to say, to- to deflect! Just for once, let me take care of this." Akane took him off the curb and around a corner to avoid any odd glances, then sat him down beside him as he took a first aid kit out of his bag. Teru sat ther shocked at first, but complied regardless.
"You..just keep a medical aid kit in your bag..?" "You can never be too sure, hm?" Akane muttered under his breath as he applied gauze onto terus wound.
"What are you doing out this late anyways? You always say your back by 2:00 am, its 5:03 am." Akane said, pausing between to check his watch. Teru sharply exhaled "Honestly? I couldn't tell you. Not like its a top secret confidential exorcist mission,just.." His voice trailed off, putting it into word wasn't just hard, but also seemed to be pitiful. Akane glanced up, expecting an answer, "Just?" Teru sighed "Neverm-IND-!" Teru jumped as Akane wrapped the bandage tightly around him, "Shoot- too tight?" Akane said, concern showing in his voice. "No, no just- a little shocking? Thanks for the wake up call though.." Teru mumbled, Akane felt a smile tug at the corners of his lips.
"Hey,Pres?"
"Mmm?"
"Where did you get all the scars from?" Akane asked, with terus shirt lifted, he was basically showing Akane his scars and markings. "Ah, which ones?" Teru chuckled, but it was empty and had no humor to it. "All of them, jeez, these look rough.." Akane traced his hand mindlessly over the scars, terus eyes fluttered shut. In the next few seconds, Minamoto Teru had passed out, and Akane Aoi had caught him. "Haa, Pres, you really dont get much sleep.." Akane sighed before it hit him..
How was he gonna get him home..?
He decided to drag him back to his house, giving Minamoto Kouhai a call, though he felt guilty calling him this early, turns out he was awake the whole time worried about Teru, how sweet..
As he tucked teru into his bed he let out an exhale of relief.
"One day you're gonna die from that stupid job.." Akanes voice was below whisper, he let out a sigh and walked to the couch to sleep.