Her eyes were still closed, but Otoya was definitely awake. The serial killer wasn't sure where she was, and with who. She was disoriented, she didn't know if her reunion with Shiena was real or just a dream, maybe she was still in the dark room, with Midori, ready to torture her mercilessly again.

Otoya felt that she was lying into a bed, a familiar bed, comfortable and calming. She noticed something on her forehead, something humid and cold. Her entire body was hot, but strangely the serial killer was cold. Her right hand was extremely painful. She couldn't be in the dark room, it wasn't a dream. Otoya decided to open her eyes, and she saw her.

Shiena was sit next to her. They were in her apartment, in Shiena's bedroom. Otoya could see concern, guiltiness and sadness into the brunette's eyes. This wasn't normal, why Shiena cared about her so much? After what she did to her, she tortured her, sexually assaulted her, humiliated her, bullied her, Shiena's concern about her wasn't normal. The serial killer didn't understand, this situation was disturbing for her.

"I'm sorry, Otoya. I couldn't bring you in a hospital, I asked to a clandestine doctor to treat you. Don't worry, he's someone trustable, and he owed me a favor"

Otoya's wounds was in majority not serious, there were torture marks, there wasn't supposed to kill her, but to make her suffer. Her right hand was broken, as three of her fingers. A plaster cast encased her injured hand and fingers. She also had few bandages on her multiple cuts. With her left hand, Otoya touched slightly the thing she had on her forehead. It was a wet cloth, soaked with cold water.

"One of your cuts is infected, this gave you a fever. The doctor gave you antibiotics, you should be okay in few days" said Shiena.

Otoya looked at the brunette's face. Her color was pale and she had dark circles under her eyes. The serial killer didn't know how long she was asleep, but she knew that Shiena didn't sleep at all, too much worried about her. Otoya suddenly felt disgusted by herself. How dare she, making Shiena cared about her, a horrible person? She gestured Shiena to come join her in the bed.

Shiena hesitated, but Otoya insisted. The brunette came in the bed and lay next to the serial killer. Shiena nestled her head on Otoya's shoulder and put her arm around her waist, while Otoya used her uninjured hand to stroke gently her fluffy hair. Shiena was pretty tied, so she fell asleep really quickly, snuggled against Otoya.

Otoya felt appease, Shiena's proximity, her warm against her body, this was comforting. Her presence relieved her pain, and made her felt something that Otoya never really felt in her life. This was happiness.

But somehow, Otoya felt that she didn't deserve this feeling.

Since six days, Otoya didn't say a single word. She was definitely conscious, it wasn't the concussion she had who make her silent. All she did was to stay in bed, and barely ate. Every time that Shiena came back from school or work, Otoya was sleeping, or rather, pretending to sleep. She seemed to try avoiding the brunette, to avoid talking with her, for not saying what was happen to her when she was sequestered and tortured.

Shiena didn't know why Otoya didn't want to have this discussion with her, and she was kind of annoyed by this. She wanted to know who did this to her, the reasons. She was worried for Otoya, worried that the person who did this will try again. Maybe it was someone related to her past, or worse, maybe it was because of her if this person attacked Otoya. Shiena was really worried if it was the case, if it was really her fault, she would feel even more guilty.

The brunette entered into her bedroom, and approached of Otoya, who seemed to sleep. She sat on the bed's corner, and put her hand on Otoya's forehead. Her fever was gone. Shiena also noticed that when she touched her, the serial killer moved slightly her eyelids.

"I know you are awake, Otoya"

The serial killer opened her eyes, they weren't empty, she was clearly aware of what happened right now.

"You can't be quiet forever, you need to talk to me, saying to me who did this to you" said Shiena.

Otoya looked her like a confused child. She understood what Shiena was saying, but she didn't understand why she asked this, why she cared about her.

"I know that what this person did to you was horrible, but you can trust me, if I can help you with anything, you need to talk to me"

She looked the serial killer, which was trying to avoid her gaze.

"You should think that I deserved this, not be worried about me" said Otoya. This was the first thing she said since several days.

Suddenly, Shiena grabbed Otoya's collar, forcing her to look into her eyes. The brunette was pissed off by her talking.

"Nobody deserves to be brutally tortured like that, even someone like you! I don't know why this person did this to you, but no matter the motivations, this isn't acceptable!" protested Shiena.

"Dammit, I tortured and killed so many people, you can't think that I didn't deserve this! I even brutalise you, I made you cry many times, you have scars because of me! Why did you care about me? I don't deserve this, I don't deserve you!"

"Otoya, if you weren't injured right now, I would have slapped you. I care about you because I love you idiot!"

Shiena immediately regretted what she said. She began to blush, embarrassed. Otoya remained silent, shocked and confused by this sudden confession. If there have something that Otoya was convinced, it was that her feelings for Shiena weren't mutual. It seemed that she was wrong about that.

"So, who did this to you?" asked Shiena, trying to change the topic.

"I don't know, maybe an assassin hired by someone who hate me, or a person who wanted to take vengeance of me"

Otoya knew it was Sasoriza Midori, a member of Shiena's group, who tortured her. She also knew it was for personal reason if she did that. But the serial killer didn't want that Shiena knows it, the brunette would be in conflict with her group, and it wouldn't be a good thing. If Shiena knew the truth, this would only make her suffer.

"Hey, you said that you love me, don't you?" said Otoya.

She grabbed Shiena, putting her arms around her, and fell on her back, with the brunette on top of her.

"When you disappeared, I thought that you had abandoned me. This is how I realised that I feel lonely without you, because I'm in love with you, Otoya"

"Don't worry Shiena-chan, I would never abandon you, because I also love you" she said, trying to kiss the brunette.

"You're still injured, I don't think it's the right time to do 'this'" said Shiena.

"Huh? I was just trying to kiss you, what did you imagined? You naughty girl!" teased Otoya, with a smirk.

"What? No! I'm not, you are…dammit, you bully!" replied Shiena, blushing from embarrassment.

Her heart racing, Shiena kissed Otoya. Feeling her lips against hers had never been so pleasant, as well to feel her tongue into her mouth. Otoya suddenly grabbed her hair, playing and stroking them gently, making Shiena even more exciting. For Otoya, it was quite painful to have Shiena on top of her with her wounds, but she didn't care. It wasn't more important than the precious kiss she shared with the brunette.

You have two options for the next chapter. Do you prefer a smut scene or Midori to die?

Just kidding! I still need Midori for the moment (even if you all hate her), but in the next chapter, or the one after, I'm not sure, there will be smut ;)