3:30 am, right after the party on the way home.
"Aaaahhhhh c'mon siiiiiiiiiiiiiis! Why'd we have to leave eaaaaaaarrrly?" Ryoku slurs, as he is barely being held up by Kojima, Seiji, and Umi.
"Weeeeellll, for starters you're drunk as fuck!" Kojima points out, taking one last swig of a drink before mindlessly tossing it behind his back.
"Yeah, that's a big SAYS YOU right there Yosh!" Seiji yells.
"Psh, more like a says both of you. You two had more to drink than he did! It's not my fault that my brother is such a lightweight that he ended up barfing all over the floor," Umi retorts, hoisting her brother higher up on her shoulders.
"Whaaaaaaaaat? What-what-what're you talking about? I didn't do thaaaat! Ha Ha!" Ryoku can barely pronounce his words properly anymore. He might as well have liquor running through his veins than blood.
"Case in point." Umi sighs.
"Yeesh, is it even possible to have such a bad stutter that it rivals that of Kojima's when he was a kid?" Seiji snickers, knowing full well the consequences of his words. Kojima narrows his eyes at him and punches his boyfriend as hard as he can with his free hand, which mind you isn't very hard at all, more like a tap.
"If this drunk-ass dipshit weren't on my back I would, I would, I would punch you so hard right now." This in turn just makes Seiji laugh even harder.
"Th-that j-j-just-just proved myyyyy, point sucker!"
"N-now look who's talking!"
"Hey guys," Umi buts in, knowing full well that they are too drunk to remember anything, "are you two dating or what?"
Seiji and Kojima look at each other before bursting out laughing, "Well no shit Sherlock! Of course we are!" they say in unison, "we're so bad at hiding it, it's borderline pathetic!"
"AHA! I KNEW IT!" Umi yells out, waving her fist in the air like a champion before quickly realizing that Ryoku is quickly slipping off of her back, "are you guys even going to remember telling me?"
"Knowing this guy probably not," they both say, pointing at each other.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy, guuuuuuuuyyyyyysss... ummmm, b-b-burger nuggets!" Ryoku randomly slurs.
"Yeah, we better hurry this guy home before anything else happens," Umi sighs once again.
The Morning After: Kojima's POV.
"Hmmmmm..." So retched human body, what do you have in stock for me after last night? My eyes slowly open, but as soon as the light hits them, the light feels like a laser beam that is specifically aimed toward the two organic balls encased by my face and they immediately snap closed. Sigh... So the migraine route this time huh?
I extend one of my arms outward and feel around slightly with my hand. The bumpy, smooth, kinda wet surface indicates that I am touching a face, although I am not sure whose... Wait, there is a line of skin in between two patches of fuzziness. Yup this is Sage Boi. I retract my arm and I plant my face into what seems to be a pillow, although I am not exactly sure, in order to block any light that might reach my pathetic eyes.
I stay in this position for a good half hour, before finally getting up.
"Ugh, feels like Goku and Naruto fused together and then went Super Saiyan and went Kamekameha and Rasengan on my brain," I groan to myself, whilst shakily making my way to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom and taking two aspirin.
"So, looks like you finally woke up huh?" Umi says, just the sound of her voice is making my head pound even harder, Well any sound is, not just specifically hers.
"Just... sh-shut up! Head... Hurts..." I shush, making my way downstairs to my "mini-lab", shutting the door, placing sound barriers, putting up a poster on the window, and shutting off the light. This is the only way for this fuckin migraine to go away, with no sensory stimuli whatsoever.
Ugh, even just thinking hurts, I wish that I could just shut off my brain for a while... go away for now...
Two hours later...
I emerge out of my room after god knows how long, with my headache almost completely gone. Finally!
I make my way upstairs, to see almost everyone slumped on some kind of furniture. Yup, typical. Seiji is too tired to move much, Umi is downstairs in her room, and Ryoku is asleep cradling what looks like a trash can.
"Hm, looks like you're ready to run a marathon," I say sarcastically to Seiji, lightly touching his shoulder.
"Yup! Ready to just go outside and fuckin take on a world record in energizabilty," he replies with just as much sarcasm. He peeks open an eye to look at me, "lemme guess, you took two aspirin and locked yourself away from any and all stimuli in your 'lab' right?"
"No, I was out at a loud metal concert with flashing lights. Of course I locked myself in there you idiot!"
He chuckles, "yup, as I expected."
"H-hey guys? Can you guys shut up please? I'm trying to sleep off this hangover..." Ryoku mumbles miserably.
"Okay lightweight. Hope you learned not to try and copy our drinking speeds," I tease.
"Just-just shut up already Dragonfly..." Ryoku mutters.
I laugh a little. "Okay Lightweight."
"Is that his new nickname or something?" Seiji asks, sitting up and suddenly kissing me on the cheek.
"Y-yeah I guess so heh heh," I stutter, blushing a bit and returning the favor
That is basically how the entire day goes, everybody recovers and all is back to normal. I've been meaning to tell Seiji about what might happen to me tomorrow, but every chance I get, I blank. Sigh, I guess I'll just write a note and leave it on my desk...
The Next Day...
"YOSHIYUKI KOJIMA GET OFF YOUR ASS AND GET READY!" Umi yells at the top of her lungs.
"DUDE! I'VE BEEN READY FOR AN HOUR! IT'S YOU WHO NEEDS TO HURRY UP!" I holler back, rolling my eyes. Somehow she convinced me to go out shopping with her. Not like I really need anything, just more cake and a new phone charger.
"Okay, whew that should be good," I say to myself, looking over the note. I sigh, dick move I know, but I can't bring myself to say it to his face like that... I'm just too weak...
"KOJI-" Umi starts to yell again, but I cut her off.
"I'M COMING! CALM YOUR SHIT!" I place the note in-between the keys on my keyboard, and I grab my bag before running upstairs.
"Heh, sooooo looks like you do go out. Wow who would've guessed," Seiji snickers, blocking my way.
"Psh, says you Mr. I'm going to stay inside and play Mario Kart," I retort, poking him in the chest. My smile quickly fades, that's right... "Hey love..."
"Hm? Yeah what is it?"
I pull him into a deep kiss on the lips, wrapping my arms around him, "If I don't come back, there is a note in my keyboard for you."
"Huh? What's going on?" He asks, as I pull away.
"I love you my love!" I say with a wink, avoiding his question and waltzing right up the stairs, just to be greeted by a very annoyed Umi tapping her foot.
"Pfffffft! Ha! What in the actual hell are you wearing!?"I burst out laughing upon seeing her. She has temporarily died her hair purple with a spray colour, and her bangs have been sculpted to resemble a unicorn horn on her forehead. She is also wearing a Yuri! On Ice t-shirt with a bubblegum pink miniskirt, one blue-and-black stripped thigh-high sock, one knee-high pink sock, and purple shoes. Not to mention she is covered in glitter.
"Haven't you ever heard of Fairy Kei? Now c'mon! I've got shit to do!" Umi says, grabbing her holographic purse in the shape of Hello Kitty and opening the door.
"Of course I've heard of Fairy Kei ya dumbass, I'm just saying that you look ridiculous."
"You look ridiculous Mr Same jeans, same flannel, overfull messenger bag, same headphones, different t nerdy t shirt!"
"Guys! Stop the arguing over clothes like some Highschool girls," Kotoko deadpans.
"As the Queen orders," I say, gesturing at Kotoko who is currently perched on top of my head. Umi rolls her eyes jokingly
"Yes your Majesty."
"Her Majesty is not impressed," I say in a faux British accent. This in turn just causes Umi to roll her eyes once again.
"Just, please! Do that, just don't start with the puns!" She snaps. A sinister grin makes it's way across my face as I snicker.
"Oh god! No!" Umi says in terror.
"Why not? It's not like I'm PUNching people in the face, is it just that much of a PUNishment for you? Or does it make me seem like a PUNk?" I immediately burst out laughing as I watch Umi's facial expression turn from neutral to full on cringe!
"UGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH! I REGRET EVEN TAKING YOU AT ALL!" she practically screams.
"Gottem!" I say victoriously, as I fist-bump Kotoko.
Five Hours Later...
"...and that's why I think that Haikyuu..." Umi rambles on nonsensically about some sports anime. To be honest my brain just kind of cut her voice out a while ago. All day I've been feeling a bit dizzy and tired, my head is constantly spinning around and around in circles.
"Hey! Dragonfly!" Umi hits the back of my arm, breaking me out of my trance, "you feelin' okay? You seem kind of tired."
"What? Oh no, I'm fine," I say, dismissively flapping my hand" "just a bit tired. That's all! Nothing is going on at alllllll."
Kotoko raises an eyebrow, "Master, are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine!" I snap. Suddenly I can feel my heart flutter and then skip a few beats, and I can faintly hear a Beep!beep!Beep! Beep!Beep!Beep coming from somewhere in my pockets. I know exactly whats happening... that.
Uh-oh... already? But I haven't even said "goodbye" yet... I can't tell if things are slowing down or speeding up, and I can see a bright light off on the distance. So this is when and where I die huh world? Wow world, I expected more from you. I can't concentrate on anything that is going on around me, I can't even tell if I am falling, I think so.
But despite all of this, I feel strangely at peace. I love you Seiji, more than you ever knew. I slowly close my eyes, Yumeyuki, I'll see you soon...
And with that, the world completely cuts out and goes black.
"Kojima! Are you okay?" Umi repeats, noticing the science prodigy's sluggish movements, but as soon as she says those words, his eyes close and he collapses to the ground in an instant. He starts twitching sparatically and his breathing becomes jagged. She clasps her hands to her mouth, as her eyes open wide in complete shock as he suddenly stops.
"M-Master?" Kotoko says in a soft voice as she gets up from the ground and walks over to her unconscious master cautiously. "Master? Please tell me that you are awake..." Her voice cracks as she moves down to his neck, only to feel no pulse. "MASTER!"
Seemingly the entire street stops and upon hearing the tiny pained voice call out.
"SOMEBODY! CALL AN AMBULANCE!" someone yells, bringing Umi back to life.
Her eyes scatter across the scene, and she immediately runs over to Kojima's side.
"Kotoko!" she hollers, trying to get the tiny com's attention, "does he have a pulse?"
Kotoko looks up at her with tears in her eyes and shakes her head.
"Oh shit!" Umi collapses to her knees and starts assessing him, "he needs CPR!" thankfully, because she is currently in Medical School, Umi knows how to preform CPR. She climbs overtop of Kojima and starts pressing her palms to his chest. Soon after, the ambulance arrives and takes away his body, Kotoko still clinging onto his currently lifeless form.
"Oh come on Ryoku!" Seiji grits his teeth, as he loses the 39th match of Rainbow Road to Ryoku, who currently has a huge grin plastered onto his face, "I demand a rematch!"
"Psh, not until you don't suck at this!" Ryoku says plainly, taking a gulp of his pop and setting it back down onto the junk food-riddled table in front of them.
Seiji glares intensely at the video game addict. "I'll show y-" he begins to threaten, but is soon interrupted by the ringing pf his cellphone. "Umi? Hold on, let me take this."
"Faking a call to avoid getting you ass kicked?" Ryoku retorts, "NOOOOOOOOOOOB ALEEEEEEERRRRT!"
"Yeah fuck off!" he answers the call and presses it up to his ear, "Umi, what's so important that you need to interrupt me kicking ass at Mario Kart?"
The line on the other end goes silent for a solid minute, before he can hear Umi say in a choked voice, "It's Kojima, he... he fell into sudden cardiac arrest when we were walking on the street."
Upon hearing that statement, Seiji can feel his heart plummet to the very pit of his stomach, "th-this is a joke right? H-he's fine, you guys are just pulling a prank right? You guys only call me to talk to both Ryoku and I..." he stutters, as tears stream from his eyes.
Umi takes in a deep breath, "no, I'm not. You know that I wouldn't joke around like that... anyways he is in critical condition, you guys should get over here, fast!" and with that, she hangs up.
Seiji shakily lowers his phone down from his ear and says nothing.
"Yo, Sage Boi what did sh-" Ryoku begins to say.
"JUST SHUT UP OKAY!?" Seiji lashes out with tears in his eyes. Ryoku is clearly taken aback, he's never seen Seiji react so strongly to something. Sudden cardiac arrest? Are you kidding me Yosh!? Why didn't you tell me... unless. Seiji gasps and immediately runs to Kojima's mini-lab, that's right! the note! he swings open the door with such force that it crashes against the wall leaving a dent, and lo and behold, the note is sitting right there, inbetween the keys of his keyboard. Seiji gingerly grabs the note, carefully opens the note and starts reading. It's in Kojima's illegible chicken scratch, so he knows its sincere.
Seiji,
I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you sooner, I really tried but the words couldn't come out. I think that I told you at the party, but we drank so much that I forget if I did or not. Chances are, if you are reading this I am probably dead...
To Be Continued...