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"Myu-chan!"
Ice-blue eyes looked up when the familiar voice called out to him; he was sitting up against the wall next to the door of the lab room, Tris-who had woken up-sitting in his lap, playing with his fingers.
"Ah, there you guys are." He said, Reiji and Ranmaru walking their way over to him. "How's Ai-ai...? Is Tsubase-sama making any progress?" Reiji asked, kneeling down to pick Tris up before standing back up straight, cradling the blonde in his arms.
"I have no idea." Camus sighed, leaning his head back against the wall and closing his eyes.
"I hope so..." Reiji whispered, Camus giving a small nod. "As do I." He agreed, Ranmaru folding his arms over his chest but also agreeing. "Same here."
"Ne, ne, Weiji?"
Reiji's attention was pulled down to Tris, who soon spoke to him. "Yes?"
"You' fwiend be okay?"
Reiji blinked, a small smile coming to his lips as he let one hand gently ruffle Tris' hair. "Hopefully." He said, the little girl smiling a bit before nodding and clinging to him. "Twis is happy Weiji has no boo-boos." She said, nuzzling the brunette's chest.
"A-ah? Rei-chan...is glad too..." Reiji softly said, smiling a bit more and holding Tris tighter.
"Umm, sorry to interrupt-..."
All eyes drifted over to the now opened door, where Tsubase was standing.
"Tsubase-sama!"
The glasses-wearing male smiled and gave a small nod to Reiji. "It's great to finally get to see you again, Kotobuki-san."
"How's Ai-ai?" Reiji asked, his previous smile slowly turning into a frown.
"Ahh..." Tsubase let out a sad-sounding sigh, pulling his glasses from his face to hold them in a his hands, revealing his dazzling bright green eyes.
The male looked and talked rather geek-like, but when he took his large glasses off, he suddenly looked younger then he actually was, and to put it simply...he was handsome.
It was just too bad the only reason he ever removed his glasses was when he was completely serious.
"I don't know how to put this..." The look on his face was soft, but his eyes held a large amount of sadness in them.
"I...can't fix Ai-kun..."
Camus, Ranmaru, and Reiji's eyes all went wide. "What?" They all breathed in unison.
"All of the wiring in his head has been ripped apart...It's impossible to fix, unless of course, I can take all of it out and replace it...but his memory chip is basically falling apart, and as you know, I can replace it with a new one-...but every memory Ai-kun has made with you all will be no longer. He will be an emotionless, lonely A.I. again...and I don't want to see him so blank again." Tsubase explained, everyone going quiet.
Reiji had put one hand over his mouth, his eyes watering.
Camus had closed his eyes and looked down at his lap, refusing to let his eyes water, and Ranmaru had looked away, his eyes also tightly shut.
"But...I have managed to connect the wires in his neck back to his chest and heart, so he is working at the moment...but barely, and I don't know for how long, his data-chip and power-source are slowly breaking apart more and more..."
"...Can we see him...?" Reiji softly asked, holding Tris tighter and willing himself to keep his tears at bay.
Tsubase gave a small nod and slid out of the way, Reiji walking his way through the doorway, followed by Ranmaru and Camus, who must've gotten himself off the floor.
"A-...Ai-ai...?"
Reiji's voice softly called, his eyes latching onto the multiple different limbs scattered around the table as he and his other two band member's made their way over to the table their friend was laid out on; Reiji had noticed both of Ai's arms, hands, legs, and feet, wires sticking out of every single body part.
As Tsubase had said, his head and neck were attached to his chest and torso once again, but those were the only two things connected.
The bluenette's eyes were opened but half lidded, showing off his dimmed, ice-blue iris'.
"G-...uys..." The fifteen-year old droid's voice was cracky and metallic, but he was still understandable.
"Ai-ai...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..." Reiji's voice shook, the tears he had been trying to keep at bay sliding down his cheeks. "This is all my fault...I'm sorry...I'm so, so sorry...I don't want to lose you...I never should've left..." Without being able to stop it, a retched sob left the his lips, trembling as he clung to the small child in his arms. "Please don't leave me...I'll teach you anything you want to know, I-I promise...Just don't leave me...You're one of my best friend's...I love you like the brother I never got as a kid..."
"Re-..iji..."
He had never called him by his first name before, this was the first time he had.
"It-...'s...not you-...r f-fau...lt...I wa-ant-...ed t-to...s-...a-a-...ave you..." The broken-droid miraculously got out, only causing Reiji's flow of tears to grow heavier.
His half-lidded eyes drifted up to look at Ranmaru and Camus. "Y-y-...ou...guy-...s..a-are...m-...y...be-...e-es t f-...fri-...ends...too..."
"Ai..." Tears had begun to build up in both the silver-head, and the blonde's eyes.
"I-...l-l-...l-lo-...ve...y-you g-g-...g-...uys..." The bluenette's voice got softer and eventually drifted off, his half-lidded eyes gradually falling until they shut, never to re-open again.
"Ai-ai...no..." Reiji sank to his knees, breaking out into sobs, the small child in his arms holding onto him in a feeble attempt to comfort him.
"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..."
Ranmaru put his hand over his mouth, the tears building up in his own eyes beginning to slide down his cheeks and drip off his chin.
"Ai..."
"Guys, I know I can't really do much more-" Tsubase spoke from behind them once again. "-...but, for your sake, I took the liberty of calling up a few of your friends that Ai-kun told me you all grew really close to quite some time ago..."
The three remaining members of Quartet Night all turned towards the doorway, being met with the most unexpected surprise ever.
Sparkly red eyes and bright red-hair was able to be seen through Reiji's tear-filled eyes, and directly next to the red-head was an all too familiar blue-haired male, who had a soft look on his face that was uncharacteristic for him.
"Otoyan...Toki..."
The red-head kneeled down, his arms opening.
"We're here for you Rei-chan..." He said with the smallest of smiles, Reiji having to set Tris down before diving into Otoya's opened arms, sobbing into his chest and clinging to the back of his shirt.
Otoya eased down onto the floor all the way, letting the brunette rest in between his legs like he had done to Ranmaru earlier. "We'll help you get through this..." Tokiya's voice said in a gentle tone as he kneeled down behind Reiji, his arms sliding around the older-male from behind so he could embrace him as well, Otoya doing the same.
Next to the where the two teen's had been standing was a ginger with sky-blue eyes and a short haired bluenette with midnight blue orbs.
"Kurosaki..." Something similar to a sigh left Ren's lips before he walked over to Ranmaru, wrapping his arms around him and pulling him against him, not caring that he was taller. "We're sorry..." Masato said, sliding behind the silver-head so he could embrace him from behind like Tokiya had done to Reiji, Ranmaru slowly blinking before he squeezed his eyes shut, clinging to the ginger in front of him and burying his face in his orange hair, letting out a choked sob.
"Camus."
A tanned hand reached out to gently stroke Camus' cheek, blue-ish green eyes staring into his own. "I'm here for you." Cecil softly said, letting his hand resting on the Count's cheek slide to card through his luscious blonde hair so he could pull him closer, his other arm sliding around him so he could tightly hold him.
"You don't have to be strong right now...I'm here."
The blonde lost it after that, embracing the younger-Prince tighter as tears fell from his own closed-eyes and slid down his pale cheeks. "C-Cecil..."
"Shh, it's alright, I won't leave. I promise, Camus."
Standing at the back of the room where two blonde's, one with green eyes, and one with blue. The green eyed, more curly haired blonde had his arms wrapped around the more pale-haired blonde, whose back was to his chest.
Tears stained both the male's cheeks, but they couldn't do much since their Senior...was gone.
All Natsuki and Syo could do was comfort each other as the rest of Ai's band cried their hearts out, holding and clinging to their Kouhai's like they had never done before.
Ahh, I will be honest, I came close to crying multiple times while writing this one, I won't lie. ;w; But I hope you enjoyed the chapter, I'll try to update soon.
Reviews are welcome~. :3
