Kaidou shifted in Aren's arm, visible sign of being anxious. After all, it didn't take much time for him to figure out that they didn't decide to go to his house, which could be understandable. His mother was so gonna flipped out when she saw him skipping his supplemental class and participating in fight. Class... class!
"What's the time now?! I was supposed to be in Math class tonight!" He jolted, struggling to get up.
"There's no way we can let you go to class in this state" Aren shook his head in disbelief. Having used to the life of normal civilians to some extent, at least he knew that nobody in their right mind would prefer studying over treating their wounds.
Although he wasn't the one you should considered normal. Saiki supposed. We all did
"But still.." Kaidou grimaced, hoping that the teacher wouldn't call his mother for tonight absence. He opened his mouth again, only to give up when met with their emotionless stares, leaving no room for objection. Gotta admit, they were way scarier than the thugs he faced yesterday.
You think? Saiki poker faced.
Maybe he shouldn't try to hide his situation. Although, the thugs had seen him walking with his friends after all. They could try to threaten them. He hadn't worried about Aren or Nendou much, as those two were a force to be reckoned with. Unlike his pathetic ass, Aren was strong. And Nendou was, well, Nendou.
But there was also Saiki. The pink-haired male was quiet and reliable. Always be there for his friends despite his reluctance. Even he didn't show, Saiki cared a lot for the people around him. Saiki was.. his first friend. So he'd rather let himself be beaten up than letting people bully Saiki if he could help it.
Except I was weak. Kaidou bit his lips. He was lanky. Not muscular. Awkward. Not smooth. He knew he was a chuunibyou, an embarrassing one at that. He didn't know why people choose to put up with him at times. Some days he just wanted to hide under the matress and wondered all the ways that one could die from shame.
But they chose to stay beside him. A sudden blush appeared itself on his cheek when the thought popped up out of the blue, butterflies fluttering in his stomach. That was true. He never figured out when or why their peculiar relationship started. They deserved better and he-
They chose to stay with him. The voice in his head murmured again, cutting his thoughts and he could feel his feet curled up in feverish joy
—-
They reached Saiki's house. Kuboyasu held Kaidou in his arms, waiting while Saiki unlocked the door. As the psychic expected, the house was empty. His parents had gone out to have dinner together like a newlywed couple on their anniversary. Lovely.
Saiki leaded them to his bedroom then disappeared to find a band aid kit while Kuboyasu dropped Kaidou on the bed. His family didn't have any use for the kit before, trust Kusuo treating for them with ease. Yet he couldn't use his power in front of his friends. So he settled for going downstairs and teleported to his grandparents' house to borrow it.
"Take off your clothes" Kuboyasu said, touching the other's arm to observe the extend of the wounds, his brows furrowed slightly when he noticed the anguish look on Kaidou's face.
"I can use a little bit of help" Kaidou chuckled "Please?"
It wasn't like he couldn't manage it himself. But if look could murder, he would be long dead right now. It wasn't like Aren could take a good hold of his temper. Tedious time of being delinquent made him easy to be provoked, with all the guys trying to defeat him, to no avail.
Aren's grim mood softened. He helped him to unbutton his shirt and took off his jacket, his touch gentle. He still eyed the injured arms.
Wait. Kaidou briefly remembered something. Shit.
His hands shot up, tried to cover his body, but the damage was done
"Fuck." Swearing when he stared at the dark purple color revealed on Kaidou's torso and lower body, Kuboyasu was vivid. His jaw clenched. He knew that the bullies had beaten the blue-haired boy all over, the arms being proof. Thus the beating was so rough that his friend could collapse from being pressed down, but to the point that he only saw the hideous redish purple and yellow covered every inch of that soft pale skin? On Shun? His Shun? The boy had never fought once in his life. Even whimpered from the force of his confident handshake when they first became friends months ago.
"Wait here. I'm gonna come back and fucking kill them for real" He stood up, the vein on his face throbbing. In a brief moment he felt Kaidou tucking on the edge of his shirt
"I honestly have no idea what you did but I think you don't have to do that again" Kaidou whimpered. He didn't see the exact scene in the alley, having fainted and all, but he had witnessed the former delinquent fought before. The bloodshed was terrifying for sure. "Besides, I am the force of darkness. I can handle the Dark Reunion. This doesn't even graze me a bit"
Aren snorted. More like fluff ball of darkness.
"I bet you do" He responded dryly, sat down instead. Until a soft click distracted him and the purple-haired male turned around "Saiki. You're back. What took you so long?"
Saiki went in with a box of first aid. He raised his eyebrows with the unfolded scene in front of him, then transferred the kit to Kuboyasu without words.
"You should have told us" Aren was upset. He had gotten used with taking care of the wounds. Learning the basic band-aid was the first lesson he ever received from his parents, while beating the thugs up was kinda something you used to in the hostile environment.
Yet he never thought that he would treat somebody with the utmost care, like mending back the cracked porcelain vase. The delinquents took care of the injuries on their own. Not others, and for certain not with gentleness.
"Yeah." Kaidou avoided looking at them out of guilt. "Sorry"
"It's okay. Just.. you scared me. I think you manage to scare Saiki too" Aren's flat voice made Kaidou left out a laugh and Saiki rolled his eyes.
But then..
Yeah. I was scared. The psychic thought back. Even now, sitting here and do nothing
It was almost funny. How he could destroy the world with his abilities and couldn't do anything without revealing his power. He had made mistake, once, in the kindergarten. Mistake that have him erased the memory of Akechi, wiping out their friendship forever, never could be restored.
One day I will tell them. One day
Later, giving in to the puppy-eyed look and small whining, Saiki found himself on the bed, Kaidou's bandaged hands wrapped around him, clung on for dear life as his quivering torso being treated by Kuboyasu.
"Ouch! Ohmygod!" The boy yelped. His pain tolerance he had before seemed to disappear as he wailed "Be gentle! Ouch! I'll never do it again! I swear!"
—
The boys knew better than making comments at Kaidou when he arrived at school the next day, his sudden thick gauze on lower arms was noticed by Teruhashi. As the girl tried to be nice and concerned and asked about the cause, Kaidou painted a exaggerated story about Jet Black Wing's heroic fight with yakuza, successful making his classmates crowded around him in awe.
Kuboyasu and Saiki sighed. They should have known better.
—
"Shun, promise me." The blue-haired boy startled, almost choked on his lunch that afternoon. He looked to the left, only to find the former delinquent's determined eyes. "Talk to us if you get hurt"
"Er.."
"If he doesn't, I'll make sure he talk" The intangible threat of the psychic was soundless like his voice, but all of them understood it without doubts
"S-sure!" Kaidou gulped. How come Saiki could be way, way scarier? Aren was a delinquent for crying out loud!
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