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When Koko launched Jormungand, she was unsure about the future. She stopped human control of the sky, hopping it would bring peace. But as time passed, I realized that human is not a caged bird. They can't fly, but that doesn't stop them from controlling the world. Jormungand only had a small impact towards peace. I wondered how Koko feel about this.
"I won't be surprise if you ordered us to kill Kasper by tomorrow, Koko-chan." Lehm took a deep breath on his cigarette. He peered at Koko who sat on the couch. Her expression was unreadable. She stared blankly at me. Her fingers fiddled on her phone without expression. Koko always smiling, no matter what situation she faced. And now, that smile disappeared from her face. Right now, Koko is the most dangerous person in this room. Nobody knows what she was thinking. For a moment, the atmosphere in this room was tense.
"Lehm! No smoking here!" Valmet yelled, tried to make some noise. Unconsciously, she put too much force while bandaging my head. I cringed, silently protesting. "You need to be stitched up. We should bring you to hospital once we reach Japan." Valmet ignored my painful look and continue bandaging my wound. No matter how old I turned, I hated injection the most. "But you can consider yourself lucky, Jonah." I frown, remembered about the bullet that almost took my life five hour ago. It was just a pure instinct; I tilted my head at the right timing.
"Can you imagine if you were late by just two seconds?" Lutz pointed at his temple. "Bang! And you can say hi to R at the new world." He laughed. His dry laughter died quickly when Koko stared at him without saying anything.
"Not funny, Lutz." Tojo kneed him on the stomach. "Ojou-chan! He's just kidding!" He laughed towards Koko while glared at Lutz.
Again, the room was silent. Suddenly Koko rose from the couch, making Lutz jumped in surprise. He almost kneel down to ask for forgiveness, but Koko said nothing. She walked out off the room. "I'm tired! Night, guys! Good job today!" She waved at us without making eye contact. None of us made noise until her back was completely gone.
"Scary…" Lutz rubbed his throbbing chest. "I wondered what she's going to do now."
"I'm quite sure she will contact Minami-san." Wiley said casually. "We can do nothing now. Obviously she's furious with the fact we got ambushed out of nowhere."
Tojo sighed, pulling his hair in frustration. "Damn Kasper! He sold those weapons to them! There goes my beautiful beach vacation!"
"I thought with Jormungand backing our back, this thing would never happen." Mao murmured. "Kasper is doing something. Jormungand's radar was unable to detect the enemies."
"It might not be Kasper, when you think about it again," Ugo said. "Lots of arm dealers hate Jormungand. With the fact that Koko is a former arm dealer now, they think they can kill us anytime now since Koko lost the top position among arm dealers."
Again, everyone said nothing. Valmet stood up, cleaning the blood stain from her hand. "Tojo, Lutz, Mao. Three of you stay on guard with me. I'm going to check on her first." She patted my head before she walked off the room. Slowly, the squad left the room one by one after patting my head. My head was throbbing crazily. The frustration because they still treated me as a kid brought more impact to my wound.
"Should take some painkiller…" I mumbled, annoyed. Aside from injection, I hated medicine. They are bitter and make you feel drowsy before you realized. I could get killed anytime while I fell into a deep sleep. I walked slowly towards my cabin while gritting my teeth. I occasionally closed my eyes, tried to wave away the pain. However, it didn't take a long time before I opened my eyes widely. "Koko." I stared at her figure. She was lying on my bed. Her cerulean eyes were staring at the ceiling. When I saw her clothes lying around the floor, my dizziness got worse.
"Jonah." She sat down, causing the blanket around her fell on the floor. My mouth dropped open. She only had undergarment around her body. I gulped, forced myself to stop starring at her curves. "They were under attack."
"Huh?" I looked at her eyes. Only her eyes. I almost knocked my head on the wall when my eyes unconsciously wandered around her body again. "Minami-sensei?"
"Yes. That's why Jormungand was unable to detect the enemies. Now everything is under control." Koko smirked, crossing her arms. "Kasper sold weapons to them. I talked to him just now. He agreed to help me. By morning, those bastards should be dead by Kasper's hands." She chuckled, her eyes stuck to mine.
I stood in front of the door, making no sound. She was furious, just as what Wiley said. But why? This was not the first time we were under surprised attack. Koko walked towards me, still wearing the smile which made my heart beating in wonder. I was always with her. Always. And yet I couldn't find out what she was thinking. I looked away from her eyes, feeling annoyed of myself. For a moment I spotted some visible scars on her pale skin. I frowned. What happened to her? Where did she get those scars from? I wanted to ask those questions, but I remembered something more important. "Koko. You will catch cold." I took off my tee shirt and passed it to her. Still grinning ear to ear, she took it without saying anything.
I gulped. I really wanted her to calm down. I didn't know this Koko. "What can I do?" I whispered.
"Jonah?"
"What can I do to calm you, Koko?" I stared at the opened window. When I was feeling down, Koko would bring me to parks, beaches, or places where lots of kids running around. She knew me well. Too well in fact. The night when I kissed her back, I wondered if she really didn't know the reason why I avoided her. Deep inside, I was sure she knew how I felt towards her. She needed evidence to prove her assumptions. And she got it.
She wrapped me around her little finger easily.
"It's unfair," I whispered. "Koko. You are totally unfair towards me." I clenched my teeth. A sudden flow of anger filled me. I didn't wish to get angry towards her. Not when she was on this state. But I couldn't help it.
"What do you mean?" Koko was still smiling. She put on my shirt and threw herself on the bed.
"We are always together. And yet I don't understand anything about you," I frowned. "Stop being unfair to me, Koko. I want to know why…" I stopped when I saw her smile disappeared completely.
"Someone told me that I shouldn't show people my real self in order to protect myself," she gripped the edge of my shirt. "I cover my feelings with smile."
"You don't have to do that in front of us. We will protect you," I stared into her eyes, but she looked away. "I will protect you." My voice was cracking because of the sudden throbbing from my wound.
"R died. Protecting me," she whispered. "Echo died. Protecting me. And you Jonah..." Her hand was reaching for mine. "… almost died today." Her fingers gripped mine tightly. For a moment, I could feel them shaking. "I can't forgive them. I can never let them stay alive." She glanced at me. Those azure eyes were filled with hatred. "You understand me right, Jonah? They need to die. I can't lose you. Not you. I can't… it's too much… I…" She started to mumbled nonsensically.
"Koko," I clamped her face. The sudden movement made her eyes widen in shock. "I won't die. I will protect you without dying. So stop putting that smiling mask."
"Jonah…"
"You are my world." I whispered. "You show me the world. You teach me happiness. You give me warmth." I stared into those blue eyes. "I can't live without you, Koko. I will protect you. So please, don't hurt yourself more than this."
"I can't let go of this mask completely. I live with this for years."
"It's alright. Do it slowly." I caressed her face. She smiled. Not the usual arrogant smirk, but a simple, quick smile. For a moment, I was drowned into that smile. "Are you still angry? What can I do to calm you? Tell me."
She touched my hand gently. "Hug me. That will do for now."
I moved forward, wrapping her slender curves with my arms. Without realizing, I smiled when I tugged her head inside my chin. "You used to do this to me."
She laughed, snuggled against the crook of my neck. "I can do it again if you want."
"No." I frowned. "I'm not a kid anymore."
She laughed again. "You are mine." She pressed her hand on top of my chest. "Remember that, Jonah."
I nodded, tightening my arms around her.
"And soon, the time when I became yours will come." She added with a satisfied tone. To be honest, I didn't completely understand what she means with that sentence. But I will.
Soon.
To be continued
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