“Aine-chan!” Natsuki called, seeing the silhouette of his beloved come closer as he started to catch up. He picked up speed seeing that Aine would soon be within reaching distance, “Aine, stop!“
The tealette fled within a small door and around a corridor, “Aine-chan!” his voice croaked out helplessly for the fragile tealette. He was within arms length away from Aine when he swiftly turned around the corner to be met with a flight of cascading stairs. Naturally, Natsuki followed but noticed the stairs and paused to catch his steps; but then he saw the tealette start to fall after losing his footing on the concrete.
Taking in a sharp gasp, Natsuki reached out for Aine’s hand, “A-Aine….!“ he called for the umpteenth time. His long, paled fingers wrapped around Aine’s and pulled him toward him; reaching for him however threw off his weight and Natsuki fell through the air as well. Natsuki pulled Aine tightly into him to shield him from the impact of the floor and he shifted his weight in mere milliseconds before he landed flat on his back.
A sharp wince left his lips as his body collided with the cold, hard ground. His grip on Aine loosened heavily as he took in a struggling gasp to catch his breathe. His head lifted ever so slightly to look down at Aine… he was relieved to see that the tealette was unharmed. After what seemed like eternity, the blonde regained his breathe and he reheld Aine.
"A-aine…” he croaked out, “A-are you okay?“ he whispered hoarsely.
Aine closed his eyes, not ready to face the crashing impact of the rock-hard concrete against his head. All thoughts he had before flew out of his head as his body trembled in the air; thinking one thing over and over.
I don’t want to fall.
Help me…
Suddenly, everything became still; the air, the sounds, the movements of nature froze. A feeling of choking struggle came over him; a very familiar one he had encountered in his haunting dreams.
The scene of him being in the dark depths of the water replayed again. Bubbles floated up around him silently; the aquatic world underneath had gone as mute as a grave.
Only one voice spoke.
What if… I don’t want to die…?
I want to live life again.
Aine gasped, hearing his own fading voice speak to him, as his body seemed sunk deeper into the murky depths of the water.
Please save me.
As he slowly reached out his hand to the fading light above him, the tealette closed his eyes, waiting for fate to judge him.
As everything turned black, Aine felt someone grab his hand.
“A-Aine….!”
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CRASH!
With a heavy thud, Aine opened his eyes back to reality. Almost in complete shock, the older male realized he didn’t hit the concrete.
How…?
He heard a painful groan above him and looked up to gasp at his savior.
“Natsuki!” It was then he also realized that he was in the blonde’s embrace, who held his hand tightly with a shaking hand.
He saved me.
Natsuki saved me.
Aine bit his lip; and buried his face into the crook of larger male’s neck; heavy tears fell, soaking the other’s shirt. He felt Natsuki held him tighter and he began to bawl into his embrace, tightly gripping his fabric.
“Okay… Am I okay?!” He almost shouted back in frustrated tears, “You got hurt again because of me, Natsuki…! All because of me!”
He couldn’t understand why Natsuki still went after him.
He couldn’t understand why Natsuki saved him.
“Why…” Aine whispered, shaking. He looked up at the tender emeralds with his watery ocean eyes.
“Why do you even love me, Natsuki?”
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