When Tokiya came to all he could register at first was pain; it was everywhere, and strong enough that he had a hard time thinking through it despite having a decent pain tolerance. He groaned softly as his head moved from it's left sided tilt to an upright position; his eyes squeezing tighter shut, and his face scrunching up in pain as he became aware that he was in fact sitting up in some sort of seat. He regretted slightly shifting around as it just increased what pain he was already feeling across his body.
Finally his eyes opened, just a little bit, and Tokiya could only see complete darkness for a moment before his blurry vision adjusted allowing him to see the vague shapes around him and realize he was in some sort of closed cockpit, the seat he was in the only thing keeping him upright at the moment more likely than not. He had a white mech suit on that was torn in places and he was bleeding on his right side… When he tried to move his arms the pain that came nearly made him pass out again a whimper escaping his lips; broken, his right arm was definitely broken.
What had happened?
It took him a moment or two before he could put the thoughts together enough to remember what had happened before. Even then the last thing Tokiya remembered was that he was meeting with Haruka and Otoya, they had agreed to go work out by the lake that day on a song for a promotion that the two were doing together. Then all of a sudden he was dizzy, and blacked out…
Vaguely from outside he started to hear things, voices from people along with sounds like something knocking against metal.
"-ked for some reason! We can't get in at all!"
"It's possible the unit is trying to protect him."
"What if we ask HAYAT-0 to open up? Since Tokiya isn't responding-"
"Nhhggg…" Tokiya shifted a bit in his seat, careful not to move his right arm this time. He knew those voices, those were his friends, but he didn't entirely understand what they were talking about.
There was another knocking sound from above, "Tokiya, can you hear us? Please open the cockpit!" Though her voice was faint he could tell it was Haruka, sounding fairly distressed as she called from the outside. That was no good, he had to respond somehow, to open the cockpit for her.
The idol closed his eyes again, it made it a little easier to concentrate, and took a deep breath before reaching out blindly with his good arm. Something thin but solid appeared against his fingers, and there was a beeping sound before that disappeared and he let his arm drop back down, his hand pressing against that injury as if it would help him. Soon there were mechanical sounds of something opening automatically, and then a rush of fresh air accompanied by the feeling on sunlight on his face.
"Tokiya! Hold on we're coming!" Tilting his head back grey eyes opened the slightest bit just in time to see copper colored hair disappear out of sight. "Cecil, Natsuki he needs help!"
With a sigh the idol relaxed against his seat, closing his eyes yet again. The light was bright, and he hurt too much to do anything other than obey and wait for his friends to get him out of wherever he was.
-( believe my voice )-
The next time Tokiya opened his eyes he was in significantly less pain, and nearly blinded by the white room he was in. "Ngh." His right arm felt heavy, as if it were casted, and so he used his left to shield his eyes from the blinding white even after closing them again. He must have fallen unconscious again as he was being rescued from that cockpit.
Breathing deeply Tokiya slowly moved his arm a bit so that he could see out from underneath it. Not surprisingly he saw that he was in some sort of medical room, the overwhelmingly white walls offset with touches of a pale blue here and there, and a few computers that were keeping track of his vital signs. Sure enough when he looked down at his right arm it was casted, the outer shell a deep purple color that had Tokiya raising an eyebrow.
Removing his arm from his eyes the rest of the way Tokiya's hand moved to rest against his forehead, only for the idol to wince as pain flared and he felt stitches just below his hairline. Remembering that he had other injuries his hand then went to feel his abdomen, which felt like it was wrapped up with a bandage.
What in the world had happened to injure him so much? Why had he been in that cockpit? Things just weren't adding up…
Slowly Tokiya sat up, and as he did so the idol noticed that he wasn't alone in the room. Half laying on the left side of his bed was Haruka, asleep in a chair that had been pulled up with a pale blue hospital blanket half off her shoulders.
Grey eyes blinked, before smiling as he sighed. "Honestly you…"
With his good arm Tokiya reached out to draw the blanket back up over her shoulders just as the door opened. As he secured the blanket around her shoulders the idol heard someone enter, but didn't look up to see who it was until he had finished his task. When he looked up there was Natsuki in dark green slacks and a white button down shirt with a loose tie and a dark green jacket hung over his arm as well as if it had just been taken off.
"You're finally awake." The blond was clearly surprised, but also relieved. He glanced at Haruka for a moment before saying, "She's been really worried, we all have. What you did was incredibly reckless, we'd all appreciate it if you didn't do that again." He kept his voice quiet so as not to wake the young woman that was still asleep.
Tokiya's head tilted slightly at that statement. He had been incredibly reckless had he? That explained quite a bit as to his injuries, but what wasn't explained is why Natsuki was wearing a uniform from the Polaris movie which they had done over a year ago.
"The doctors are a bit worried about memory loss since you ended up with a head injury. What's the last thing you remember?" The blond had moved up to the side of his bed before asking the question.
"Waking up in the cockpit." Tokiya replied also keeping his voice quiet. He wasn't exactly lying, that was the last thing he remembered. It was before that that he had been with Haruka and Otoya at the lake. However Tokiya didn't think it would be a good idea to say that yet, the way things were adding up in his head wasn't quite right.
"I see.. You recognize me though, and her?"
Tokiya glanced back at Haruka, smiling a bit before looking back to Natsuki and nodding. "Of course, and I assume Cecil is waiting outside."
Natsuki's relief was visible as he nodded as well, "Yes, we thought it would be better if I spoke to you first. I'll let him in."
"What of the others?" Tokiya asked slowly deciding to test the waters.
"Others?" The blond sounded confused, and perhaps concerned again as he stopped and looked back at Tokiya.
"Nevermind, it must have been a dream." Was the dismissive answer he gave, watching from beneath his bangs as Natsuki nodded and went to let Cecil in. That answer was all he needed to confirm that the rest of STARISH was likely not around, and somehow he was truly in the Polaris world.
Now the only question was, how did he get back to where he belonged?
A/N: So, this is actually all I have for this series right now. Like I said before it was a really random "what if" sort of idea that really just spun into this two shot.
Like I mentioned in the last installment I personally head canon that the robots are named, notably Tokiya and Natsuki's being HAYAT-0 and SATSUK-1 respectively. Also I really do feel like there would be a formal uniform. I mean it's set at a military type school pretty much so I doubt they always run around in jerseys and jogging suits. And honestly I know it's a bit of a long shot for Tokiya ( idol ) to realize what's going on right away, but I also think that if anyone could figure it out it would be him.
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