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There wasn’t much to do honestly. Sitting on the ground, broken glass and debris everywhere, and trying not to die from blood loss because Niragi decided to start a duel as soon as he saw Chishiya and Arisu about 30 minutes ago.
• • •
“Sooo…” Chishiya starts, holding his bloody side and staring off into the distance, that infuriatingly smug smirk somehow still on his infuriatingly pretty face. “Nice weather, right?”
Great.
Just great.
After that King of Spades dude shot half the population remaining in The Borderlands, and Arisu and his little group somehow defeated the guy, Niragi was left bleeding out with Chishiya while the two lovers went off to complete the last game.
Sure, Niragi had been stuck with Chishiya many times before. Mostly completing games or in meetings, but that was before he set Niragi on fire, sending him off the roof of the building to then be tackled into the flames of the burning Beach by Aguni.
Before the son of a bitch betrayed them. Him.
“You ignoring me? Ouch.” Chishiya is clearly more amused about this situation than anything, still smiling like he doesn’t have bullets in his side and shoulder.
“Shut the hell up.”
“Hm…”
“The hell does ‘hm…’ mean? You bein’ sarcastic with me, Chishiya? I’ll shoot your ass.”
Niragi spits out, coughing up a bit more blood and growing more irritated. Not directly because of Chishiya, but his indifference to this is definitely a big reason.
“Maybe.” Is all he says for a few moments, before a weak chuckle escapes his throat. “How quick things went wrong, huh? Only a week or so ago we were living our somewhat normal lives at the Beach..”
“Didn’t I tell you to shut up? You were the one that ruined all that.”
“Oh? Is that right? I’m sure the whole Witch Hunt game would have still happened without me stealing the cards.”
God this was gonna be a long wait. How much longer until Arisu and Usagi finish the final game?
Might as well.
“Fine. Whatever. Why the hell did you even want the cards anyways? I bet you fucking destroyed them afterwards.” Niragi finally asks, deciding to think logically for a few seconds.
“Just wanted to see if Hatter was right about the cards being the key out. They weren’t. It was all bullshit. But atleast I know now.”
“You did all of that just to realize it was bullshit?! You fucking burned me! Or was that stunt just one of your little cherries on top because you hate me?!”
And there goes the logic thinking. He’s starting to lose his temper again.
Chishiya doesn’t answer at first, seemingly thinking about it.
Then he finally answers.
“Nah… I don’t think I hated you.”
…
“Infact. I think I burned you because I didn’t like how I felt.”
…
“Infact. I think I loved you… like really, really loved you.”
Niragi just remained silent, staring at the man before him, who’s still smirking like an idiot and staring up at the night sky like he isn’t admitting to burning Niragi because he didn’t know how to handle his crush.
“Sometimes I’d imagine you holding me at night. Smooching. All of that disgusting mushy stuff.” Chishiya continues like it’s nothing, only pausing to laugh at the absurdity of what he was admitting.
Niragi’s face was getting redder than he’d like to admit, and definitely not from anger this time.
“I’d imagine your arms around my waist, wearing your clothes. I even thought about sitting in your lap during meetings, just for the thrill of it maybe.”
Another pause, Chishiya’s smirk growing a bit.
“And sometimes I’d imagine us taking off all our cloths, so you could use me as-“
Luckily whatever Chishiya was about to say pulled Niragi out of his daze.
“Okay! Jesus… fuck.”
…
“Did you ever love me like that? Or am I some crazy, obsessive weirdo?”
Niragi didn’t even know what to say to that. One part of him definitely felt the same way, probably worse actually. The next level of shit that he would never want to admit to Chishiya. The type of shit where he’d used to sneak into Chishiya’s room to watch him sleep at night while drunk. That secret would come to his grave with him. But the other part was horrified. Horrified that burning Niragi was Chishiya’s response to having a freaky little crush.
Does he do that with every dude he crushes on? Tries to kill them?
Niragi thought he was supposed to be the crazy one.
“Maybe.”
He finally answers, regretting it but not backpedaling at this point.
“Maybe worse. But I didn’t try to kill you, so you might actually be the worse one for once.”
That earns him a weak laugh from Chishiya, who clearly is starting to get a bit drowsy from the blood loss.
Suddenly fireworks start going off around them, it seems Arisu and Usagi finally finished the last game.
Before Niragi or Chishiya can say anything about the display, the robotic female voice plays through the streets of Shibuya, telling the remaining survivors to choose if they will stay or leave the Borderlands.
“I think… I’d like to leave… what about you?”
Chishiya looks at Niragi expectantly, completely sidelining their earlier conversation.
“I… would like to leave aswell.”
…
“Maybe, I’ll find you. In the real world, I mean. And I’ll make up for my mistakes.”
Niragi makes a noise somewhere between a scoff and a laugh.
“Is that a threat, or are you trying to flirt?…. But, I think I’ll find you aswell. Somehow.”
• • •
“Niragi.”
“Hm?”
“I think I still love you.”
“That so? Cause I think I might love you too.”
• • •
“Niragi…”
“Yes, Chishiya?”
“I’ll see you later.”
“Yeah… see you later.”