Chuuya feels like he's losing his mind. Everything is mixed up, everything is too unclear. Verlaine's appearance is like a bolt from the blue, it's unbearable, he is ruthless and cruel, pursuing Chuuya and wanting to take him to a "safe" place. But the boy doesn't want this... He DOESN'T understand this. Not when it seems like everything is starting to get better, not when he is finally able to at least slightly cling to the thread of his past and there is at least the slightest attempt to find out who he really is.

But here it is. Flags are dead, his friends who looked after him as much as their mafia nature allowed them to, that annoying detective with a good head is also dead. Damn it.. And now it seems it's your turn. You were the one who tried to find a common language with that ginger-haired guy when he joined the mafia, you were the one whom Kouyou asked to tell him all the rules, you didn't try to extinguish his temper and even and wasn't even offended when rude and harsh words came out of his mouth.

Chuuya used his ability to accelerate towards the place where you were supposed to be, where Verlaine was supposed to kill you. His heart pounded in his ears, drowning out all rational thought. He didn't care where Adam was, that annoying robot or whatever the hell he was, the one who protected him and all that. Yes, now he is concerned about something completely different. An abandoned building, his movements are still fast though not particularly precise as he rushes inside. No...

His blue eyes widen when he sees your body lying on the dirty floor in the middle of the large hall. You look like a broken doll, and your chest rises so heavily as if you have to push it from the inside. He doesn't even listen to the end of his name in your broken, hoarse voice before rushing towards you. Here he is already on his knees, lifting the upper part of your body and forcing you to partially press against him.

"No, no, no... Wait." He mutters, his eyes wandering over you as your blood soaks his clothes. Too much.. Will he make it to the hospital in time? There might be some questions there, but it doesn't matter. They definitely won't leave a man to die, and everything can be settled with money later. No, what if he doesn't make it in time? Or what if he touches you too carelessly? It will only make things worse for you.

He opens his mouth to speak again but then he feels it... A sharp pain shoots through his torso as the blade enters just under his ribs. Chuuya only has time to grit his teeth to keep from making a sound louder than a ragged breath. It takes him exactly one moment to understand. Just one. And then he suddenly pushes you away and jumps back, creating a distance of several meters. His hand instinctively goes up to feel the handle of the knife and a hiss escapes him when he realizes how deep it has gone.

"What.." He looks up only to see that you no longer look like your body is made of concrete. Your chest rises at its usual slow, measured pace. You don't look like anyone touched you with the intention of harming you. In the mafioso's head, all the words got unfortunately mixed up. Confusion and incomprehension replaced the despair he had felt just a second ago, and all of this was seasoned with rising anger from the realization of what had just happened. The lump in his throat was still there, only now it had a different cause.

"YOU-!"