Chapter 14: The pieces shatter!, it was never fixed in the first place?

Black Star slowly opened his eyes coughing slightly. He looked around at the familiar room. He was in an infirmary at a hospital. His eyes widened and he looked down to his wrists.

Each of his forearms were bandaged tightly with red stains going from his wrists to just above the halfway point on his forearms. It looked like the bandages were striped. He sighed in relief, knowing that the prank didnt actually happen yesterday. "It was just a dream." He sighed again remembering what had really happened after the game.

((So basically the if you're confused, last chapter was a dream as well as the end of chapter 12))

-after a few games-

Kid and Tsubaki made their way to the basketball court soon after their 5th game was finished. The two smiled at the breathless teens. Soul was bent over and Black Star was spinning the ball on his finger. "G-Good, G-ga-game..." Soul panted and wiped the sweat from his brow.

Black Star was talking to Kid about te game as Tsubaki walked over to Soul. The two looked over at the bluenette assassin. He hadn't been this happy in about a month. "Thank you..." Tsubaki smiled gently at Soul. He nodded. "Anytime." He stood up straight and stretched his back.

Kid placed his hand on Soul's shoulder lighty as the others left. He kissed his cheek gently and then took his hand in his. The two walked home together. Along the way they chatted about class and school.

-at home-

Black Star sighed and walked into his bedroom. He let his fake smile drop from his face. He could still feel the piercing feeling in his chest. He could feel the tears forming in his eyes. He bit his lip and wiped the tears away. He collected himself and walked into the bathroom.

Tsubaki was in the kitchen preparing dinner. Black Star took Tsubaki's razor she used to shave her legs. He slumped against the wall and pulled out one of the blades. He set the razor on the side of the tub and placed the cool blade against his wrist.

He bit his lip and closed his eyes, he pushed down on the blade slighty and started to slide it across his arm. He growled a bit and then made a fresh cut an inch or so above it.

He let the tears flow freely as he made 7 rough cuts on each arm. He not only did just 7 but he made them asymmetrical. Just to piss off Kid. He opened his eyes, his vision was blurry from the tears and blood loss.

He dropped the blade beside him and tried to stand. He was dizzy and fell over. He sighed as his breathing slowed. All he could feel was the stinging in his arms and the cool tiles on his face. The room smelled of blood. There were small pools being created in the floor from his arms. There was blood on his shirt and some on his shorts.

He became lightheaded and felt some blood run from his forehead to the floor, he had hit his head off the floor pretty hard. He had a headache coming on hard. The rusty smell if his own blood became smothering.

He was distracted by the door creaking open before Tsubaki screamed his name in horror. That was his last thought before slipping into the darkness.

-now-

Black star sighed, he thought he was going to die and be freed from his depression. He felt his forehead, running his fingers along the bandage.

"B-black Star?..." Someone coughed quietly. He looked to where the voice came from. His eyes met Tsubaki's tear stained ones. She was sitting in a chair next to his bed. She looked like she had slept there. "Tsubaki? What are you doing here?..." Black Star said, his throat dry.

She sniffled and rubbed her eyes. The room smelled faintly of blood. "Your alive..." He nodded. "I thought you died... I was worried that you weren't coming back..." Her expression was grim. He felt slightly guilty.

"Why Black Star? Why did you do it? I thought Soul made you feel better yesterday... After the game, that was the whole point of him hanging out with you was to make you feel better... You seemed happy, what happened?" She asked feeling slightly angry.

He sighed. "I-I dont know, I just thought that it would be better off, the world with out me in it... All I do is create problems, nobody really cares about me...-"

"DONT SAY THAT!" She was now standing and slapped him, not caring that he was injured already. His eyes widened and he placed his hand on his face where she had hit him.

"Wh-what was th-"

"Dont you dare to ever say that again! We all care about you! If we didnt care we wouldnt have gotten Soul to try to get you to feel better yesterday! If we didnt care I wouldnt have called Kid and Soul over last night to carry your limp body here! If we didnt care we would have let you die! But we do care! We do! So dont ever say that again! Ok?!"

Her hands were now clenched into tight fists and she was looking down at the ground. She sniffled and then let a few tears fall to the ground. "Dont ever say that again..." She said again through tears.

-FLASHBACK brought to you by; Free's wolf form-

"BLACK STAR!" Tsubaki screamed in horror as she stared at her unconscious meister. She panicked for a second and tried to lift him. He was too heavy and she let out a frustrated growl.

She picked ran into the hall and grabbed the phone on the wall. She quickly dialed Kid's phone number.

-Gallows Manor-

Kid groaned in bed and rolled over as his cell phone rang. He picked it up an looked at the screen. On it was a picture of Tsubaki. He raised an eyebrow and answered it. "He-"

"Kid quick! I need your help! I need you to come over now!" She yelled into the phone, Kid could tell she was crying. "Tsubaki what's wrong?" He asked now slightly worried. "It's Black Star, I need to get him to the infirmary but hes unconscious and i cant carry him!" She panicked.

He sighed inwardly. "Alright, We'll be right over." He hung up and woke Soul.

-they arrive-

Soul and Kid ran into the apartment and up the stairs. Kid gagged slightly at the sight and smell that hit him as he got up the stairs. He comforted Tsubaki as Soul picked up the assassin. Kid called for an ambulance which arrived in minutes.

The paramedics took him in a gurney and Kid, Soul and Tsubaki got into the back with a paramedic and the dying teen.

Soul was sitting with his head resting in his hands. Tsubaki was crying into Kid's chest quietly. The paramedic was sitting in silence as he tended to the wounds on the assassin's arms and head.

After they made it to the hospital Tsubaki sat in the waiting room with Kid as she cried more. He comforted her. Soul was at the front desk while the secretary entered Black Star's information into the system, as a record of his being at the hospital as a patient.

Soul returned to the waiting room and sat down. After about 15 minutes the doctor came out to speak to the three. "Alright, your friend is going to be ok... He is still sleeping but you may go home now he will be staying the night. His room is the last on the left if you would like to see him..." The doctor said before walking away.

The three stood up. Tsubaki hugged Soul then kid. "Thank you... You can go if you want but I'm gonna go see him." Soul nodded. "I called a cab, im going to go wait for it babe..." Soul said before leaving. "Are you going to be ok?" Kid asked quietly. Tsubaki nodded and hugged him again.

Kid nodded and walked away, getting in the cab with Soul and going home and back to bed.

Tsubaki walked into Black Star's room and sat down in a chair next to his bed. She sighed and started crying again, leaning over his bed. After a while she calmed down slightly, her eyes puffy and cheeks stained with tears. She settled into the chair, falling asleep.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

"I-Im sorry..." Black Star said quietly and guiltily. She hugged him tightly. He grimaced slightly and then relaxed, hugging her back. He cried into her shoulder, enjoying the much needed comfort.

She sighed and nodded as he stopped crying on her and let go. "The doctor said you can go home today." She said happily. He nodded slowly and rubbed his eyes.

Soon a nurse came in and put new bandages on his wrists and took off the one on his forehead, it was only a small cut there. He slowly pulled himself out of bed. The nurse gave Tsubaki a roll of bandages. The assassin left and walked home with Tsubaki. Once there he took off his bandages and hopped into the shower.

The water hot water felt nice on his back. He ignored some of the stinging from his cuts when he washed them. Once he finished he walked out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist. He went into his room to get dressed. When he went down stairs he found a note on the fridge.

"Black Star, Went to the... Wait, hit play on the phone." Black Star read aloud and hit the play button on the phone. There was a light blinking where it said voice mail. He hit the answer button and listened to the message.

"Ok, Black Star, I left this recording because of well, your reading issue, I went to the store a while ago, there is some stuff on the coffee table for you. I left again, obviously, i went to Maka's house, her number is on the fridge. if you need me, just call there. There is Food for you in the fridge for you."

Then it beeped as the message ended. Black Star sighed and opened the fridge. On the shelf was some Rice balls and sushi in a small container. He smiled and ate a rice ball then closed the fridge.

He walked into the living room where there was some wall filler and a scraper, next to it was a small container of paint that matched the colour in his room. He smirked and took the stuff.

He filled the hole and let it dry, afterwards he painted the wall. He smiled and put away the left overs then returned to the kitchen.

He ate the rest if his lunch then lounged on his couch. He reapplied his bandages and then decided to take a nap.