A/N: Written for the 1k words in 1 hour challenge from the CoAi discord server. I didn't reach the word count (obviously) so as a punishment I'm publishing this fic unedited, typos and all. Also this can be read as a prequel to "Driven"
Prompt: His hands were covered in blood.
Warning: Major character death; blood tw.
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His hands are covered in blood, her dress, soaking wet in a scarlet ocean.
She paints the carpet crimson with every droplet gushing out of her wounds— her face, her arms, the opening between her shoulder and neck— he can feel the last remains of her life bleeding out of her body with every breath that hitches in her throat.
"Haibara!" The boy cries, the lump on his throat making it hard to speak. To breathe. "Please, don't— don't fall asleep! Stay with me, please. Please." He pleads as tears blur his vision. This couldn't be happening. "Don't do this to me, Haibara. Don't you dare! Oh, God. There's so much blood."
The strawberry blonde lying in the boy's arms reaches a shaky hand in a weak attempt to touch his face. Trembling with fear, Shinichi is fast to take it into his hand and clutch it against his chest. His heart. Right where his very soul is breaking.
He watches in horror as her expression twists into an attempt of an apologetic smile.
"No!" He grunts fiercely. "Don't give me that face. I won't accept your apology, damn you! You're not giving up, you hear me? You're not—"
Her face pales, lips parting to whisper words that never have a chance to be spoken.
"HAIBARA!" A despaired growl. He shakes her limp body desperately trying to wake her up, all previous worries of deepening her wounds overtaken by her silence. "WAKE UP, DAMMIT! YOU CANT—!" He doesn't know how he started sobbing into her strawberry blonde hair, cheeks wet with a mix of tears and her blood— her blood… her blood is just everywhere. Everywhere. "You can't do this to me! How can you—?"
Dead silence.
Slowly, Shinichi shifts his face to press his chest against the last remains of her warmth.
"Come back to me. Please, Shiho."
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A strawberry blonde stands in the middle of a scarlet pool, watching the boy clutch to a girl's lifeless body.