Hei awoke with his arms around her and his cheek resting against her collarbone, his head tucked lovingly beneath her chin. He briefly wondered if last night had merely been a dream, a figment of his imagination. But he wouldn't be holding her like this if it was. He tried to refrain from sleeping beside her because he knew he'd only get worked up if he did. And that only brought disappointment. Besides, if none of last night happened then She surely wouldn't be looking down at him with those big beautiful eyes. Wait-
"Ah- Yin!" He lifted himself up and grasped her shoulders lightly. "How do you feel? Are you hungry? Thirsty?" He felt foolish for not asking before when she'd first woken up. He started to remember all the things he did say and he felt tinge of embarrassment. Still, he felt a huge weight off his shoulders after his slight breakdown. He'd never cried so fervently before, nor had he ever spouted such truth tinted nonsense before.
But she was awake and healthy, so that was more than enough to cheer him up. He thought back to her enchanting, nearly titillating smile last night. He felt a shiver race up and down his spine and he had to resist the urge to pull her against him and press his lips against her's.
He remembered all the kisses he placed on her neck and he wondered if she was okay with that. He hadn't meant to be so eager, but he was overcome with emotion at the moment. Seeing her recovering brought things out of him that he didn't know he still harbored. He had honestly tried to keep calm, but the instant she smiled at him he lost the power to suppress everything he held within. He hadn't realized he'd become such a mess inside until he finally let himself express it.
Her hand on his pulled him from his thoughts. "Hei," Her hand traced a path up his arm and came to rest on his cheek.
"I'm sorry if I scared you before, I think I freaked out a little." He smiled softly, placing his hand on top of her's.
"You could never scare me," She smiled lightly, still not used to it. "Hei, you feel better now don't you?" Hei nodded, smiling a bit brighter.
This was just what he needed, a moment of peace. Everything was perfect. The silence seemed so sweet. Now would've been the perfect time to tell her how he felt. But he didn't want to spring on her just yet. She'd just woken up from a coma, he needed to support her well being first.
Tension soon grew between them. Tension then warped into fear. The air grew thick with the fear that history would repeat itself. That they'd both be left lost and lonely. There were many times throughout their past where they found themselves without control of the situation. They knew this life too well not to expect something to go wrong.
They were both too fragile to take another hit, each clinging onto one another for life. The peaceful existence of each half depended on the other. They couldn't help but stress over their own hallucination of the end that seemed to be looming close.
Neither had a plan B. What would they have done had they lost everything? Who would they turn to? Could anyone else even measure up? No, they didn't have a plan B, they didn't want to need one. Still, anything could happen, and they weren't ready for anything. If something managed to separate them again, the only thing that would be left is a mental breakdown.
Yin hates it when they have to move on to the next place. Hei has to carry her on his back since she can't walk just yet. She has to pretend she's just tired of walking, but fine in other areas, otherwise people will get more aggressive in their suggestions to admit her to a hospital.
She hates how tired he is. She hates the extra mile he has to go to mask his exhaustion from others. From her. She wished he would let his guard down completely, he didn't need to hide anything from her. She wants to carry him too sometimes. She wants to relieve his pain too. It's not fair that he has to support not only himself but her as well. She wanted to help out, to repay him for all he's done. But there was nothing she could do in this state. If she thought leaving would help she would've considered it, but she still needed him in more ways than one, and he needed her just the same.
Little did she know that he hated moving around just the same. She always has the saddest look on her face just before he hoists her up onto his back. 'She must be so exhausted' He thinks to himself frequently. He hates that he's not able to make a home for her. A place where she can feel safe. So he tries to be stronger for her. He's willing to carry all the weight as long as she doesn't have to. So even if it means putting on an act for her, for everyone, he'll do it because it means being with her. So he'll take on her burdens, as long as their her's it's worth it, because nothing's harder than being without her.
For the first time in a long time, they had to face a rogue contractor. Compared to Hei, he wasn't all that strong. But the constant paranoia that the pair had put themselves through had put them at a disadvantage. Still Hei had the upperhand. Landing a swift kick to the intruder's skull, the contractor's head knocked against the wall and created a small hole.
Hei was sure the commotion would get them kicked out, and the damages wouldn't help either. He needed to wrap this up...
But the contractor wasn't done yet. Though dizzy and almost passing out from the critical blow to his head, he gave one last attempt at a fight. Pulling out a shuriken star, he ignited it with his power and throw it at Hei. Hei would've dodged had it not soared right past him.
In that moment, Hei heard Yin cry out in pain from behind him.
"Yin!" He turned to see the shuriken wedged into her shoulder. Her blood began to stain her clothes. Her other hand trembled as it hovered over the star. She wanted to grasp it in pain but that would only push it further into her flesh. It'd be better to pull it out but she didn't trust her hand to be steady enough to do the job. She continued to pant as small gasps of pain escaped her lips.
Though it could've been much worse, that slight scream terrified Hei. He'd heard numerous screams, especially the distinct shriek of death. But he'd never once heard her scream before. And maybe he was just exaggerating, but to him, her's was by far the worst out of all of them. He'd never heard anything sound so vulnerable, so pained in his entire life.
For second something in his mind shifted. He began to inflate the situation, which was something he'd only ever done once, for his sister. But for a moment it was as if the shuriken was placed a bit more to the center, as if the blood pouring from her wound was flowing directly from the heart that once pumped it. That scream was still echoing through his mind, and within their confines it sounded ten times louder, hundred times more pained, and a thousand times more terrified. As he turned back to their pursuer, it seemed as if his glowing red eyes were locked onto Yin, and held a thirst for her life.
At this point he was running on autopilot. He could do nothing as his body took control and started its assault on the contractor. Hei began to strike several times in a desperate attempt incapacitate any and all threats to Yin. His fist attacked him so brutally and so swiftly that had the assailant not already been seconds away from passing out earlier he still would've had no chance at defending himself.
Hei swung away in a desperate attempt to release all the pressure brought on by his growing fears. The thought of their separation and his insufficiency had been eating away at him for months. This intrusion had only led him to his breaking point. The delusions had of losing her had only put more strain on his psyche. He was getting paranoid and stressful, and his unfamiliarity with such feelings only made things harder on him.
Even then, it was her scream that had triggered something almost feral within him. Whatever had power over his self-control and level headedness had snapped, and his body moved erratically whilst his mind remained in a blacked out state. Hearing her express a pain in a way he'd never heard before took him by a surprise he wasn't ready for. Knowing she was hurt because he failed to defend her in time, it only accelerated his need to assault this contractor.
Yin tried desperately to call out to him but he couldn't hear her. She begged and pleaded for him to stop, knowing how much he'd regret this later. It was like she was on another plainfield, impossible to reach him. Right now Hei was seeing red, and Yin could do nothing but watch as the brutal assault continued. They were lucky another assailant hadn't shown up, Hei was far too unmoveable right now to multitask.
His mouth eventually grew bare of teeth and an eye was on the verge of being thrust out of its socket to the point where only the elastic muscle between it and the brain would be the sole thing keeping the eye attached. His nose twisted in awful unnatural ways. Most of his ribs were broken and a few of them had punctured his lungs. Blood decorated the walls and sheets of Hei's bed as well as his rapid fists. Though his body had been savagely butchered by the Black Reaper, he felt none of this. He'd been dead long before the destruction of his body.
