AN: This is for Inuvember Day 4: KogAya, inspired by Emotions Prompts "Horror"by shrodanger dot tumblr dot com. Hope you enjoy!
Warning: blood, death
She awoke at half past midnight to the sound of running water coming from the kitchen. Throwing her sheets off, she dropped her feet to the icy floor, and tentatively made her way to the bedroom door. Inching it open, she called out softly, "Koga?"
No one answered, so she quietly padded into the kitchen where she found him hunched over the sink, scrubbing furiously at his arms. When she got close enough, she could see pink tinting the water as it pooled before falling down the drain. "Oh no," she murmured. "Darling, what happened?"
He glanced up at her, gripping the edge of the sink tightly enough to turn his knuckles white. "Everyone's dead, Ayame," he growled. "Those damn Birds found the den and––" his voice broke and he bent further into the basin, hiding the sound of his cries beneath the babbling water.
Ayame lifted a hand to her mouth, air suddenly absent from her lungs. "No…" After a moment of silent horror, she pulled him away from the sink by his slouched shoulders and flicked off the faucet. She grabbed a towel off the counter and gently patted his arms dry, taking her time; her next question would not be easy for him. "Koga… What are we going to do?"
He opened his mouth to speak, but instead choked absent words, and shook his head as he cast his eyes down in defeat.
She collapsed to the linoleum floor, tugging on the arms she still held, bidding him to follow her. Immediately, he acquiesced and fell to his knees in front of her, head still hung low. She crawled into his lap, straddling his waist with her thighs. His arms coiled tightly around her, and she hesitated for a moment before grabbing him by the hair and kissing him roughly. Using her tongue to force his mouth open, she dug her nails into his scalp and pulled him as tightly into her as she could, pleading with him to communicate their shared grief. For a moment, he responded eagerly, squeezing handprints into her waist and kissing her back with even more fervor, until he froze and pulled away, dropping his head onto her shoulder. After a couple of shaking breaths, Ayame wrapped his arms tightly into an embrace, and he began to sob at the loss of his fallen comrades.