Kaito ended up growling at Rantaro. He was growing angry with him, although he didn't know why. In reality, he wasn't angry at all. The only reason he was arguing with the other to begin with was him finally breaking down from keeping all of his emotions bottled up for so long. The stress manifested itself as anger, causing him to continue arguing.
"I know that Shuichi died for a bit! He's my best friend, you know! I was with you! Did you forget that…!?" he yelled before slapping Rantaro. He was just that angry. "Now shut the fuck up!"
Rantaro snapped, grabbing kaito by his collar and slogging him in the nose “I suggest you calm the fuck down kaito. now”
Despite the attack, Kaito continued to growl at Rantaro. Even as he was in pain and felt blood pouring out of his nose, he refused to back down. He didn't fight the other back, but he was going to back down from the argument.
"Why should I calm down…?!" he yelled in response. "My boyfriend could die, and you're here fighting me! Just leave me the fuck alone already!"
Rantaro grit his teeth, knocking his nose and dropping his limp body, but kokichi had already sent an sos to shuichi
Shuichi rushed to the hospital the moment that he got the text. He was beyond concerned, although he didn't even know what was going on. He just ran to the hospital in a panic, sprinting as quickly as he could, too. By the time that he arrived, about five minutes later, he was completely out of breath as he rushed into the room.
"I'm here…!" he said before taking a moment to catch his breath. "Rantaro…why is Kaito on the ground…?" he asked, concerned. "And why is there blood pouring out of his nose? What did you do to him…?!"
“ I calmed him down, darling you shouldn't be running, you know my rules when your out of the hospital, “
Shuichi sighed softly in response to the statement. He was aware that his lover was concerned about him, but there were certainly bigger issues at the time, such as Kaito being unconscious. Rantaro mentioned calming him down, but knocking him out seemed a bit harsh.
"Sorry, but I thought it was an emergency, and, well, with Kokichi being in the hospital and Kaito being unconscious, it kinda is…" he explained. "Anyways, why'd you knock him out…?"
“ he was being violent and unreasonable “
Shuichi sighed at the explanation. While he figured that Kaito was likely behaving in that way, he wasn't sure why Rantaro felt the need to respond in an equally as violent manner. Due to that, there were only more issues to deal with at the time.
"Taro…knocking him out is also pretty violent…" he said softly. "And you may have broken his nose or something with how he's looking… Was this really all you could do…?"
Shuichi nodded in response. Maybe it was all that Rantaro could think of, although he didn't agree with it. However, he figured that he only didn't see it as necessary since he knew Kaito well enough to have come up with some solution for the issue.
"Alright…" he sighed softly. "Are we sure that he'll be alright, though…?"
“Yup, he's fine,” taro said and walked over to kokichi, softly tapping him
Kokichi jumped, scared out of his daydream
Shuichi nodded in response again. He didn't find a reason to doubt Rantaro on that, although he still wondered why things even got to the point that they had. He was aware of the situation, but even then, it didn't make sense how things kept getting worse.
"Well, if you're sure…" he responded. "Do you know when he should wake up…? I'm not sure how Kokichi's gonna feel about his boyfriend being unconscious…"
Kokichi shook his head, shakily getting up and walking over to his lover, shaking him awake
It took a couple of moments, but Kokichi eventually managed to wake Kaito up. Once he was awake, he just sighed softly. It didn't take him long to realize that Rantaro must have knocked him out, although he wondered why Kokichi shook him awake. He hadn't expected the other to help him out after what happened between the two of them. He didn't say anything at first, instead deciding to look at Kokichi. His eyes appeared to be apologetic. He wanted to end whatever argument had started.
Kokichi waited a moment before tearing up and hugging kaito
Kaito hugged Kokichi back after a moment, although he was certainly surprised by the hug. He was worried about him at the time, but he calmed him down a bit by realizing that he wasn't mad at him. It was a relief to know that he at least wasn't upset, although he still wondered if things would be alright.
(And time skip~!)
As time passed, things proved themselves to be alright in the end. Eventually, Kokichi was discharged from the hospital, although it was heavily doubted that his hearing would ever return. Once he was released, however, he was in a good enough condition to return to school the next day. However, even as he was returning to school, Kaito remained worried about him to some extent. It seemed as if the feeling just never faded. It decreased in intensity for the most part, although it would occasionally spike back up, but it was there nonetheless. Even so, he was heading to school with Kokichi at the time, so surely things were alright.
Kokichi would rely heavily on kaito for school and friends, but most times he just flipped people off
Kaito wasn't entirely sure why Kokichi was flipping almost everyone off, but he didn't mind it after a while. He just got used to it as he watched people's reactions to Kokichi's actions. Some seemed annoyed while others didn't seem to mind at all. After a while, it just seemed like most were going to avoid Kokichi altogether.
And that was what kokichi wanted, to be left alone. He couldn't hear so he couldn't speak. Then people wouldn't bambard kaito with questions
It was a relief to Kaito when people just decided to leave Kokichi alone after a while. He was a bit tired of trying to provide everyone with explanations for what happened, so it was nice when they finally stopped and left his lover alone. Of course, he was aware that he would likely have to deal with that for another day or two, but he was sure that things would be fine.
Though even being deaf, kokichi was back to his bouncy self
Kaito also seemed to be relieved about the fact that Kokichi seemed to return to his usual, energetic and playful self after a while, although there would always be concerns in his mind, things that he just couldn't get rid of. After almost losing his lover once, he was worried about it happening again, and he was also worried that even if his lover wouldn't die, other horrible things could still happen. For the most part, these thoughts were well hidden, although it was still pretty clear that he had been dealing with a lot of stress since the entire situation first started.
Kokichi smiled and jumped on Kaitos's back
Kaito couldn't help but laugh a bit once Kokichi jumped onto his back. It was certainly nice to see that all of his energy had returned, although it was unclear how long it would remain. At least his lover seemed to be back to his normal, playful self, which helped to prevent him from worrying too much.
Kokichi snuggled into kaito, nipping playfully at his neck
Kaito couldn't help but smile and occasionally laugh at Kokichi's actions. It was incredibly nice just to see the playful side of him return, to see him happy and enjoying himself again. He was just happy to see his lover in a good mood.
Kokichi yawned softly after a moment, watching as the sun set in the dorm windows
Kaito continued to smile softly as he watched the sunset with Kokichi through the dorm windows. All in all, his first day back at school had gone by pretty well, and it seemed like maybe things would work out. Maybe things would truly be okay again after all.
