And if Ken pays attention, he may feel that spark of Nyx coming to a stop at Yasogami High.

Falcon's been out wandering for... the past couple of hours. Being angry, guilty, then angry again, fury, guilt. He tried to text Raven, but he didn't respond to his message, and, well-

Fuck, he's right not to, isn't he? Falcon blew up at him, yelled in his face at him.

Again.

And then he heard every nitty gritty detail Falcon thought about the people he loves. It's not fair. He didn't want to make it a problem, why does everyone have to act like it's such a problem? He was fine just keeping it to himself and letting everyone live in blissful fucking ignorance, but no! No!

With more force than he needs to, he shoves open a classroom on the third floor of the building, grabs a chair, and throws it into another one with a yell. Both splinter into flinters of wood at the sheer force, and Falcon-

He sinks down onto the ground, pulling at his own hair. Why is he the way he is? Why couldn't he have just told Raven he didn't want to talk about it? Why the fuck did Crow- did everyone have to push the issue?

He hates everyone. He's a monster. He's a failure. What would mom think?

Mom's fucking dead, thanks the very guy that made him into the monster he is today.

And yet, here he is, forced to deal with all this bullshit instead of doing something about that. God. Fuck.

He's so caught up in his own emotions that he doesn't notice the presence approaching the classroom he's in.