Wakaba's mangled, dead body stares back at him. She reaches out to him, her fishlike eyes staring through him.
"Which one?" she rasps, gurgles, "which one of you was it?" She takes a step forward, stumbling on her broken legs. "Youuuu..." Her head tilts in an extremely unnatural way. "Youuuuu...!"
Kou gags, but forces himself to run forward, sword held in front of him-
"Shut up!" he shouts, and thrust his sword forward, straight through the corpse's body-
-it's his brother staring back at him. Just as bloodied, just as injured, blood seeping from his chest, from his head, gaping bullets wounds.
"Kou-nii-" the- cognition groans, "Kou-nii-"
Kou stumbles back with a gasp, dragging his sword with him. The cognition keeps staring at him, reaching out-
-he's in their old apartment, their bedroom, Goro's body is healed. He's trembling, eyes wet with unshed tears, and he's looking at Kou, still reaching out to him.
"I don't want to die" he says, voice trembling, "Kou-nii, I'm scared-"
Kou's frozen on the spot, unable to move, to speak. It's like a warped version of the actual evening that Goro told him he suspected he was already dead. It's the same, but it's all wrong- and he- he-
"Stop this!" he cries out, trembling hands tightening around his sword- grief drowns out rage, his stomach twisting inside him with anguish. He's breathing too quickly, and his heart feels lodged in his throat, "Stop! Stop! How could you!" He heaves his breaths, trying to calm down, but Goro's crying in front of him, begging for help, and he can't- he can't-
"Isn't it enough that he's dead?! That he's no longer with me?!" he yells, without thinking, mind working too fast and too slow at the same time. "I hate you! I hate you! I'll kill- you piece of shit!"
2/2 (CW: description of corpses)
Wakaba's mangled, dead body stares back at him. She reaches out to him, her fishlike eyes staring through him.
"Which one?" she rasps, gurgles, "which one of you was it?" She takes a step forward, stumbling on her broken legs. "Youuuu..." Her head tilts in an extremely unnatural way. "Youuuuu...!"
Kou gags, but forces himself to run forward, sword held in front of him-
"Shut up!" he shouts, and thrust his sword forward, straight through the corpse's body-
-it's his brother staring back at him. Just as bloodied, just as injured, blood seeping from his chest, from his head, gaping bullets wounds.
"Kou-nii-" the- cognition groans, "Kou-nii-"
Kou stumbles back with a gasp, dragging his sword with him. The cognition keeps staring at him, reaching out-
-he's in their old apartment, their bedroom, Goro's body is healed. He's trembling, eyes wet with unshed tears, and he's looking at Kou, still reaching out to him.
"I don't want to die" he says, voice trembling, "Kou-nii, I'm scared-"
Kou's frozen on the spot, unable to move, to speak. It's like a warped version of the actual evening that Goro told him he suspected he was already dead. It's the same, but it's all wrong- and he- he-
"Stop this!" he cries out, trembling hands tightening around his sword- grief drowns out rage, his stomach twisting inside him with anguish. He's breathing too quickly, and his heart feels lodged in his throat, "Stop! Stop! How could you!" He heaves his breaths, trying to calm down, but Goro's crying in front of him, begging for help, and he can't- he can't-
"Isn't it enough that he's dead?! That he's no longer with me?!" he yells, without thinking, mind working too fast and too slow at the same time. "I hate you! I hate you! I'll kill- you piece of shit!"