Okay so this is a thing that just wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it, I will probably do another chapter because I am a sucker for this ship xD. I obviously do not own Corpse Party or any of it's characters, I am merely borrowing them for this story. I hope you enjoy :3
It had been a week since the group had made it out of Heavenly Host Elementary School. Satoshi was at Naomi's side everyday to calm her down when she got frustrated over Seiko's death and the fact that no one seemed to remember any of those they had lost at the school. Ayumi was trying to hold herself together when she was at school, the teacher was a horrible man who didn't care about his students and it was soon taking its toll on her. Yoshiki tried his best to comfort her when it all became too much but things had taken a toll on him too. Bags appeared under his eyes before long; he had a short temper with the other students in the class and started to withdraw into himself, only speaking to Ayumi, Satoshi and Naomi.
When class had ended, Satoshi and Naomi waited at the school's entrance for Ayumi and Yoshiki to catch up. Ayumi walked up to them with a sigh.
"Tch. I hate Sensei so much. He was very rude to me today and told me to stay over tomorrow afternoon to watch over detention so he can go home!" Ayumi complained.
"What?! He can't do that can he?" Satoshi asked, shocked that the teacher thought he could get away with treating his students this way.
"I think so, but what can I do? I'm Class Rep and I'm supposed to help Sensei out."Ayumi answered, sighing again.
"There is only so much you can do before you have to put your foot down and stand up to him." Naomi said, looking at Ayumi with concern.
"It's okay, I'll be fine I just..." Ayumi hesitated; she didn't want to seem weak in front of Satoshi and Naomi. "I'll just get it over with tomorrow and then go home and relax and try and forget the entire thing ever happened." She added.
"I think that might be for the best; if you dwell on it too much, you might get stressed out and Lord knows we all don't need any more of that right now." Satoshi said, a raindrop fell on his nose and he looked up to the sky, noticing the dark look in the clouds, he looked over to Naomi and knew he would have to get her home before the thunder started. "Where is Yoshiki? He was supposed to be here by now?" He asked Ayumi.
"I don't know, he was behind me one minute and then told me he would be right back. I'm gonna go look for him, do you guys want to come with me?" Ayumi asked, she was beginning to worry about Yoshiki; he didn't look so good that day either.
"Sorry Ayumi, I need to walk Naomi home, it's starting to rain, if you need any help call me okay?" Satoshi said worriedly, putting his back pack on and helping Naomi put her's on.
"I'm sorry Ayumi; I just don't like the rain." Naomi said sadly.
Ayumi smiled at Naomi, "its okay, Naomi, I understand, get home safe you two." Ayumi said, waving slightly before turning back and heading into the school. She walked to their classroom to see if Yoshiki was there but there was no one in the classroom. Feeling a little scared as the clouds were making the hallways look dark, she walked on, calling out his name whenever she could.
Ayumi went to the boys locker room and knocked the door, there was no answer so she carefully opened the door and peeked in. Ayumi sighed and almost closed the door in defeat before she spotted a shoe sticking out behind one of the lockers. Ayumi tried to settle her anxiety and took a deep breath and walked slowly towards the shoe, as she got closer, she could see a person lying on the ground and quickened her pace. The person was lying face down, and she bravely reached over to touch his shoulder and carefully pulled it back and saw Yoshiki's unconscious form. Ayumi panicked; dropping to her knees and shaking him desperately.
"Kishinuma-Kun! Kishinuma-Kun! Please wake up! Please! Don't do this to me!" She cried as he wouldn't wake up, fear curled its way up her body and she began to cry as flashbacks of the school began playing through her mind.
"Hngh..wha? Shinozaki?" Yoshiki said quietly as he came to. He then started to notice the upset state she was in and his adrenaline kicked in, he stood up to his full height looking around for the immediate danger and seeing none he turned back to her. "What's wrong Shinozaki, you're okay, nothing's going to hurt you!" He shouted, crouching beside her.
Ayumi stopped herself from hyperventilating when she saw him and tried to stop the tears falling, with little success. "*sniff*...Kishinuma-kun? *sniff*..." she mumbled and then threw her arms around him and blew her nose in his shirt.
Yoshiki flinched when she threw her arms around him but didn't do anything when she blew her nose on him. "Tch.. Shinozaki, why blow your nose on me?" He said, trying to lighten the mood with no real anger in his voice. He hugged her back and tried to calm her down. "Now, tell me what happened." He added calmly.
"*sniff*...You didn't come back so I went to look for you. Satoshi had to walk Naomi home because there's a storm tonight, *sniff* I looked everywhere and couldn't find you and then I came here and you were lying face down and when I pulled you back you were unconscious and I panicked and..*sniff*...and tried to wake you but you wouldn't wake up and..." she started to cry a little and Yoshiki hugged her tighter.
"Hey, Shinozaki I'm okay. I just passed out that's all, it's okay, I'm okay, there's no need to be upset okay?" Yoshiki said trying to calm her. He felt bad about upsetting her; he hadn't really been sleeping much since they escaped from Heavenly Host. Whenever he went to sleep, he dreamt of the events that occurred at the school and would wake up in a cold sweat screaming so he thought it would be better to just not sleep or at least prolong it for as long as he could.
Ayumi calmed down and Yoshiki let her go, standing up and then offering his hand to her to help her up. She accepted the help and didn't let go of his hand. Yoshiki noted that ever since Heavenly Host, she stayed close to him because he made her feel safer, he was flattered and happy that he did because she did the same for him.
"Come on Shinozaki, I'll walk you home okay?" Yoshiki said, squeezing her hand to reassure her as anytime she had a flashback, she would need the comfort.
Ayumi nodded and allowed herself to be led, Yoshiki lifted his bag and then Ayumi's shoulder bag and carried them himself, knowing that she would've carried her own schoolbag if she wasn't like this.
They walked through the seemingly empty school, hearing the sound of Hoovers in the distance as the cleaners were always in when school ended. Ayumi squeezed Yoshiki's hand until they left the school grounds, and visibly relaxed when they were far enough away. She looked up at Yoshiki and examined his face, she saw the fatigue visibly on his face, and the cut on his head from the hammer looked like it was getting a little better but some bruising was still prominent.
When they had managed to escape and come back to their school, Ayumi went to the First Aid Kit in the classroom and got the bottle of disinfectant, she cleaned her own wounds and then wiped it through his cut; something Yoshiki both hated and was grateful for, Ayumi then insisted that everyone use it on any injuries they sustained at Heavenly Host in case of infection. Satoshi hugged Naomi and Yuka tightly to him, checked if everyone else was okay and said goodbye before helping Naomi walk home on one side, while Yuka clung to his other. Ayumi watched Satoshi walk away with Naomi and tried to understand why her affections for him had dwindled, they seemed so strong before and she knew that throwing Satoshi back in Yoshiki's face all the time, while they were in the school, was hurting him but she couldn't bring herself to stop, but then again, the school did mess with her and everyone else.
"Kishinuma-Kun, I want you to know I'm sorry." Ayumi said sadly. Yoshiki stopped and looked at her, she always felt guilty when she thought back to their time at the school, they had had this discussion before and he had forgiven her then and that wasn't likely to change. He smiled at her gently.
"Shinozaki, you have nothing to be sorry for, the school messed us all up in a lot of ways and none of that was your fault." Yoshiki said kindly. Ayumi's eyes had begun to water and Yoshiki hugged her. "Oi, no crying, you have no reason to be upset, you have no reason to be sorry, now we're almost at your house and the rain is really starting to pour and I would like to get home before school starts tomorrow." Yoshiki joked, trying to cheer her up.
Ayumi giggled and nodded, they walked to Ayumi's house and Yoshiki stopped just outside her door. "Here you are, I'm going home, call me if you need me okay?" Yoshiki said, smiling at Ayumi. He gave her schoolbag to her and she nodded with a shy smile on her face.
He turned and made the long walk back to his apartment, he was halfway home when he heard the thunder go off and he quickened his pace. He wasn't afraid of the storm but even so he didn't want to be caught in it for too long, he could feel the exhaustion taking over just as he got to his apartment complex and rushed up to his room and unlocked the door. He walked over to the hotpress and grabbed a towel and rubbed it around his hair and clothes before he dripped everywhere. Yoshiki went into his small kitchen area and put on the kettle before he headed into the bathroom to take off his damp clothes and grabbed a quick shower.
Yoshiki made his tea and was about to sit down when his phone went off, he jumped and quickly ran over and answered it.
"Hello" He answered.
"Kishinuma-Kun?" Ayumi said quietly.
"Shinozaki? What's wrong?" Yoshiki asked worriedly.
"I'm scared, there's no one at home and the thunder is getting worse. Can I come over?" Ayumi asked anxiously.
"Sure, do you want me to walk and meet you halfway? I don't like the idea of you walking on your own." He said, it had gotten darker outside due to the storm, that and Ayumi was afraid of it.
"I'm going to call a taxi because I don't want to walk." Ayumi said.
"Okay, see you soon." Yoshiki said and waited until Ayumi hung up.
Once the phone call had finished, he quickly got up and tidied the apartment a little, there wasn't much of a mess but he put his clothes in the washbasket and the towels he used. He filled the kettle and turned it on, he then grabbed some pyjama bottoms and put them on, he brought two blankets and set them on the sofa and then he sat down and finished his tea while he waited.
This wasn't the first time Ayumi had been over, the first night she came over was on the second night they had been back; the first night she had wanted to see her family, but found that she couldn't sleep. She called Yoshiki to ask if she could come over and he agreed to walk over to her place and they walked together to his. When they were inside, Yoshiki offered her his bed and he told her he would sleep on the sofa (or sit on the sofa and watch TV since he didn't sleep). She accepted the offered bed but found that she couldn't sleep there either, she wrapped the blanket around herself like a burrito and wordlessly curled up beside him on the sofa and fell asleep before long. Yoshiki then gave himself the excuse to stay awake in case she had a nightmare.
He was jolted out of his thoughts by a knock at the door and quickly stood up to answer it. When he opened the door, Ayumi stood there, worrying her bottom lip with her teeth, her eyes were wild with stress and fear as a crash of thunder went on outside, she ran and hugged him and he closed the door behind her, hugging her back before he gently let her go and walked towards the hotpress to give her a towel as her hair had gotten a little damp.
"Thank You Kishinuma-Kun, I'm sorry for bothering you, I just couldn't sleep and I got scared and I was worried about you as well, you should be sleeping instead of passing out at school and scaring me to death." Ayumi said quickly as her anxiety set in about the thunder and the events of that day.
"Calm down Shinozaki, I'm sorry I made you worry, I just...haven't been sleeping well either okay, I'll be fine, and you don't have to worry about me." Yoshiki said quietly, trying to calm her down. He walked into the kitchen area and made her some chamomile tea, knowing that it was her favourite and always calmed her down from one of their many conversations together.
"I do worry about you Kishinuma-Kun, you worry about me and make sure I'm okay and I want to do the same for you." Ayumi said determinedly. Yoshiki knew there was no arguing with her once she became like that.
"Okay, do you want to change into your pyjamas in the bathroom and I can get a movie set up?" Yoshiki asked. Ayumi nodded and lifted her bag, she walked into the bathroom and got changed. Ayumi pulled out her pigtails and rubbed the towel through her hair before joining Yoshiki on the sofa, she grabbed her blanket and wrapped it around herself. She snuggled up to Yoshiki and grabbed her cup of chamomile tea and began to drink as she settled herself. She felt so much better and safer since she had gotten here and was beginning to get drowsy.
"Hope you don't mind I decided to put on X-Men: First Class, I thought it would be a good idea to watch." Yoshiki said, taking a sip of his own tea.
"It's fine, I'm kind of sleepy anyway, you should be sleeping too you know, I do not want you passing out tomorrow." Ayumi said sternly.
"I can't sleep Shinozaki, I'll be okay." Yoshiki answered, the fatigue that was catching up with him was trying to get him to sleep but he fought it.
"Can't sleep or won't sleep?" Ayumi replied knowingly. Yoshiki was caught off guard that she noticed, he had been so careful to hide it but it must show how exhausted he is if his facade was failing.
"I just...I just don't want to see what happened anymore; I'd rather ignore the problem and hope it goes away." Yoshiki answered sheepishly.
"We both know it doesn't work that way. Now lie down!" Ayumi said sternly, standing up to let him move. Yoshiki sighed but lay down, making sure his blanket covered him, Ayumi had a faint blush to her cheeks, but determinedly climbed over him to lay down beside him with her back to the sofa and snuggled into his side. Yoshiki blushed and couldn't believe this was happening; he bravely put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him.
They didn't talk after that, Ayumi snuggled closer, she snaked her arms around him, rubbing her nose in his neck and fell asleep, Yoshiki turned to watch the film, but between their body heat and the two blankets, the sleep was getting harder to fight off and before long, he fell asleep, pulling her closer to him.