dramatispersonae | Berry's Heart

[. . . nodding at Kira in affirmation, but then focusing on Aoko]

You wanted to be together. We can-- be together, as long as you stop hurting them.

I'll go with you wherever you want me to go. I'll do anything you want me to do. I promise.

[While speaking, he also unhooks his cure material from his belt and uses it to cast a few quick cures on Kira and Solstice]

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I'm not hurting them right now . . .

[There's a mocking lilt to the voice to her voice. She still hasn't let go of the glass shard.]

[why is she not letting go they are going to bleed out if she doesn't let them get healed properly]

You are. You need to let go.

And I want-- I want you to let them go so I can be with you.

Please.

If I'm hurting them, they deserve it.

[. . . But, slowly, she begins to let go. As she does, Kira may or may not notice a creeping sense of insecurity. Not pretty enough, not strong enough, there are so many things you just can't match up to.]

[l-let's out a deep breath of relief]

Thanks, Aoko. . .

[one more cure for Solstice, before he rolls the materia across the ground towards the detective so he can heal Kira once she removes the glass from her gut]

[And once that's done. . . he takes another step towards Aoko, extending the arm of his uninjured shoulder towards her]

They won't keep us apart. I promise.

[Oh, this again. Just like Shark Heart.]

[Luckily, I have already given up all fucks on emotion, those can go with it.]

[I supporting this glass thing so it doesn't change angle and make this injury worse. And waiting until I can back away slowly.]

[not liking this but pretty much latching onto that trust me from earlier. You better know what you're doing, Kaito.

leaning down (painfully) to snatch up that materia though, limping up to Kira once she's backed away while keeping an eye on the other two]

Do you- [pained cough, that came out weaker than intended] Do you need help getting that out?

Don't touch me. Losing focus is bad.

[Eyes trained on Aoko and Kaito. Solstice can probably notice the red on her hands really isn't just blood.]

. . .

[he's going to fumble with this materia until he figures out how to use it, casting a heal on himself, but just the one]

[Yes, good, you get your practice in.]

[I'm counting down the last few seconds I'm giving Kit.]

[now I just have to wait until you don't have a giant piece of glass stuck through your gut so I can help you to not die PLEASE HURRY AND REMOVE THAT KIRA]

[IT'S STOPPING ME FROM BLEEDING OUT, ALL RIGHT. I got a few minutes like this.]

[Except Kit is being stupid.]

Together forever, is it?

[She snorts . . . and then coughs, wetly, arm jerking around her middle.]

[l-laughs a bit, though he also coughs afterward. his voice is even raspier than earlier now that he's been talking so much, and the bruises stand out starkly and darkly against his neck]

S-something like that. . . c'mere, let me see your injury. I can wrap it. . .

[reaching out, placing a hand on her shoulder, and pulling her close]

Something . . . like that . . .

[she's laughing as she leans into him, arm snaking around his back]

[slides his arms around her shoulders, leaning in to press his face against the crook of her neck]

[and just like that, he drives the blade of his knife (which he had hidden up his sleeve) underneath her ribcage and right into her heart]

[— just as her fingers closed around the glass shard embedded into his shoulder]

L—

[her voice is a thick, rasping exhale. she clings to the shard, driving it deeper—]

Liar a-and . . .

[and uses it as leverage so that she can press bloodied lips against his ear]

L-Liar and a mu—murderer—I knew . . . you had it in you—

[With her last words spoken for him alone . . . she finally succumbs to the wound he inflicted, collapsing limply against his chest.]

[

o. . . oh]

[Doesn't suppress the strangled cry that escapes his mouth as the glass digs deeper into muscle and bone, his entire body shaking in pain. He hangs onto her limp body as tightly as he can though, eyes slipping shut]

[58. 5-]

[What.]

[Why.]

[You.]

YOU IDIOT! That's what I was trying to stop!

[Stepping forward, the red energy dissipating and-erk. Fuck. No jerky movement with glass.]

[oh my god

storm(limp)ing over, half a mind to hit him because goddammit kaito I wanted to prevent that too, I wanted to prevent any of this from happening-

-but when he sees him standing there like that while holding her body, he just. stops.

and turns back to Kira, putting himself between her and Kaito in the process]

Take it out so I can heal you.

[He opens his eyes when Kira addresses him, gaze flickering towards her, expression slipping right into neutrality. Shinichi steps in before he can speak himself, and he turns away from them both, crouching down to lay the mirror Aoko's body prone on the ground]

[He speaks, voice low and neutral]

Listen to Solstice, Kira. Y-you can only avoid bleeding out by keeping the glass in your body for so long.

[I am so mad, but also scared, and I am full of feelings and this is breaking my repression-]

[Yeah, okay, I need the distraction.]

[Grips the glass and then just kind of.]

[Jerks it out with a loud, rage and pain yell.]

[And throw it away hard enough to at least break normal glass before collapsing/sitting on the ground.]

[kneeling awkwardly on one knee when she goes down (since the other leg is still too full of glass for proper crouching) and quickly applies healings, man using magic is weird this better damn well work]

[. . . removes his knife and wipes the blade on his pants. The arm of the shoulder that was impaled is starting to go a bit numb from pain. And he's no longer trying to raise his voice, either. Speaking is hard.]

You'll need to wrap it. It won't heal all of it, just. . . enough.

[Pulling out some bandages then. Has learned to pack first aid materials.]

I can use the materia too to get some more of it. We need to get the glass out of you two.

[Absolutely zero emotion in her voice right now.]

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