It's been about a week since the incident with Itona and Karasuma wanted me to to check up with a government doctor. I wasn't all that sure why or what they were going to do but I agreed showing up to the school Saturday afternoon. Karma said he would join me but he had something to do.

"Ah miss (Y/n), Karasuma filled me in and there are a few tests the government wishes to run. I need you to sign this form giving me consent to administer the test. We already got the consent from your father." I nodded looking over the form carefully. They wanted a biopsy and a few other things that would prove to be rather painful. In the end having no other choice I signed it and he produced a bag wanting to start right away. "Alright, I'm going to take a look down your airways with this camera."

I nodded opening wide, it was uncomfortable to say the least having a camera shoved down my airway. Even so I didn't complain or show it on my face. After looking around for a bit he pulled out giving me a mask. "For the remainder of these tests you are going to be asleep. This is for your own safety and so we can get them done in a fast, efficient manor."

Not knowing better at the time I brought the mask to my face, breathing in slow, calming breaths until the gas over took me. Now I've been under before countless times and none of them felt like this. Sure I knew I was dreaming but it didn't feel like it. At times it felt as though I was drowning, I couldn't breathe. Other times my chest hurt, I don't know how to describe the pain I felt in those moments. Drowning while my chest wanted to explode might be an accurate description.

Then it felt like I was getting electrocuted while someone was holding me down. Pulling me deeper into the watery grave. When I finally started to get some resemblance of consciousness I could hear Karasuma yelling at someone. "Are you crazy?! Subjecting a child too such tests just to see what would happen is borderline unethical!"

"Sir, we are following orders. Not that I didn't get some sort of sick satisfaction pretending she was that killer. Her cells in that region are a perfect match. How could I not test to see what would happen under certain conditions? Because of her we can prefect any form of attack on him. She signed the waver allowing me to preform these tests-" A loud slap echoed through the room as I opened my eyes weakly.

My chest was killing me. It was almost as bad as that day in gym when I passed out. It still felt like fluid filled my lungs and my vision was swimming. Think about how it feels to swallow water while swimming, now multiply that by five. That's how it felt at the moment clearish yellow liquid poured out of my mouth due to the force and amount of coughing I was now doing.

My throat burned by the time I was done ten minutes later. Karasuma having come in the moment he heard me, trying to help as best as he was able. Then my eyes rolled back and I was out again. "Octopus get in here!" I could still hear voices around me. "Irina get Karma out of here. There is nothing in here for him to see."

"Yes, sir." After that everything else was just a loud ringing, my body was heavy and felt like it was buzzing. My muscles were sore and I could feel them convulsing. I didn't know what was happening, but I was sure about one thing.. I was dying. Not that big of a shocker actually, and I didn't feel anything.

I wasn't scared.. I wasn't happy or sad. It was like lying on a warm bed of sad slowly covering your entire body leaving your head out for air. It wasn't as dark as I thought it was going to be, or as cold and disconnecting. Images of my classmates flashing through my mind as the past few months passed me by. Times of when my parents acted like they cared about me. I couldn't help but smile and give a dry meaningless laugh at the idea.

No one really cared about me, I just let myself believe it. I let my brain convince me that people actually cared about me. I guess it wasn't all that bad, it was allowing me to feel at peace with myself. If not just the irony of the whole thing. When the buzzing finally stopped everything seemed to calm down, and faded into just blackness. This I was used to, maybe this was where I was going to spend the rest of my time.

There was no life for me after I died, just a black void of nothingness. This thought caused me to laugh again. I should have guessed it would be something like that. I never strove to accomplish anything thinking there wasn't a point to it. Sure the END class had been some semblance of fun and gave me some satisfaction of accomplishing something in my pathetic existence but there was nothing else that could be said on the matter.

Then my body just started to feel hot, like when I got a fever and I could feel something soft covering me and something over my hand. My eyes felt heavy but they also felt like they were closed. So what did I try to do.. easy, I tried to open them. Being greeted with a blinding light caused me to flinch and close them. Giving myself time to adjust to the light took about three minutes before the tears stopped flowing.

I blinked, I was back in my room at Karma's house, the mask covering my face. Looking over to the side that had something over my hand I could see Karma. He was sitting in a chair, leaning on the bed, asleep. His large hand covering my own tightly, like I would slip through his fingers if he let go. How did I get here anyway?

I moved to sit up but I was to sore to move to much. What did that guy do to me anyway, I don't remember being this sore after my appointments with any other doctors. "She is going to be fine, he promised." I looked back down to Karma. He was talking in his sleep.

I could feel the expression on my face shift as I came to realize this little fact, but decided I wanted to make him feel a little better. Even if he was sleeping, so I picked up my other hand placing it gently on his head. Then like you would pet a dog, I did the same to Karma. His hair was really soft when you think about it.

"You are.. completely hopeless Akabane." I said turning to face the ceiling. I felt him shift and give a deep laugh before I could see him hovering above my head. He was looking me in the eye with a smile on his face.

"Oh, you're up, that's good. How do you feel, (Y/n)?" I rolled my eyes before deciding what to answer him. He still had my hand covered in his but I had pulled my other one back.

"Sore, and hot. I think I'm done with the government doctors, that hurt like hell." I stated rubbing my face just leaving it there I opened an eye. He was still looking at me with a serious expression. "What, do you not believe me or something?" I didn't know what else to say.

"No, not really. You just had us really worried there for a bit. The octopus had to bring you back three times before Karasuma let you come back here once you were stable enough to move. I'm actually just a little pissed." I nodded in realization. So I really was dying, again. Nothing new there but the expression on his face.. that was actually what hurt me the most about the whole thing.

"Akabane, you knew form the moment you helped me run away from my parents that I could die at any point. Why does something like this upset you so much?" I was curious now, it didn't make any form of rational sense for him to be angry over something he couldn't control. "Even I'm not angry about it. There is nothing that could be done to make this go away."

I gave a half hearted shrug, but he just placed a hand beside my head moving onto the bed. His body lining up with my own. The other hand still clasping tightly onto mine. "Are you stupid or something? That or you are completely and utterly dense. Not that I should be surprised, but if you don't understand I'm going to have to explain it to you." His face was so close to mine. Our foreheads touching as he spoke.

"Akabane.. I really have no earthly idea what you could be thinking right now." His eyes were half closed as I spoke. "Akabane?"

He looked like he was looking through me, eyes seeming clouded over before speaking his next few words carefully. "(Y/n), I like you. Because of that I would be scared or mad because of what just transpired." With that he leaned forward pressing his lips onto mine. His eyes were fully closed but I couldn't think. What was actually happening? He pulled away opening his eyes slightly. "I can't hold myself back any longer, so I decided to tell you."

I could only nod, to shocked to say anything else. When he leaned back down meting my lips again I aloud myself to melt and kiss him back. That feeling from the other day seeming to come back. Does that mean while I was unconscious this fool kissed me. I'd have to get him back for that later.