Theme: Enough is Enough
Prompts: Knees Buckling, Repeatedly Passing Out, Head Lolling
Whumpee: Kuroba Kaito
Song: "Moondance", Van Morrison
"It's Pandora," Kaito whispered, shoving the gem into Akako's pocket. Her eyes widened. "I need you to hold on to it, protect it."
Akako continued staring at him. "Kuroba-kun, are you sure-"
"I can't protect it myself," Kaito continued, glancing back to make sure the organization wasn't directly behind him. "I need your help, Akako. Just… please."
Akako stared at him, then said, "Alright. I could get you out of here too though, you know."
Kaito shook his head. "No. I have to make sure the organization doesn't hurt anyone." Anyone other than me, he thought.
Akako clearly had the same thoughts, but she just whispered, "I'll come back for you, Kuroba-kun," before she disappeared.
And the organization burst in.
It was always the same questions, every single time. Where's Pandora? Where did you hide Pandora? Give us Pandora! It was all about Pandora, and Kaito knew there was no fucking way he would tell them where Pandora was.
And that led to torture.
Kaito had always thought that he was strong, that he could handle pain. But clearly, he was wrong. The organization had elaborate torture methods, it seemed, and all of them were designed to put Kaito through as much pain as possible. That was a lot of pain, apparently. Kaito found himself repeatedly passing out, and whenever he woke up again, it was time for another torture session.
Kaito wondered when this would finally end.
The next session, Kaito couldn't even keep his head up to look at his torturers. He glanced at them for a second, maybe two, before his head lolled back, too weak to stay up long. His torturers laughed.
They removed his bindings and hauled him upwards. They began to drag him to the wall. Kaito's knees buckled and he began to fall, but one of them simply picked him up and carried him the rest of the way. They rested him against the wall, and Kaito flinched as he heard the sound of the whip being dragged out of the corner.
He squeezed his eyes shut.
Denial did not stop the pain.
It kept on going, going on and on and on and on and on and-
Would it ever stop?
Akako kept her promise. She came back for him.
Kaito lay in the hospital, feeling the pain course through his body as the pain medication wore off. He gazed blearily at the faces surrounding his bed. Who are you guys, and what do you mean to me? He wondered distantly, then felt a faint spike of fear at the idea that he might have forgotten the people he knew.
He was relieved to find out that they were only doctors. He didn't forget.
…until a girl, maybe his age, walked in and Kaito asked who she was.
She cried, and Kaito (was that even his name?) didn't know what to do, what to say.
Another girl came next to his bed and whispered, "I'll get your memories back, Kuroba-kun. And I'm sorry for coming too late."
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