"AAAAAAAA!"
A scream tore through the corridor.
Human.
All three of them reacted instantly.
It cut off halfway through.
The silence afterward felt worse.
Hiro moved first.
Natsume was already behind him.
At the same time Kaito threw the blanket off himself and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.
The moment his feet touched the floor the room lurched violently sideways.
Pain slammed through the back of his skull.
His vision blurred hard enough that he immediately caught the bed rail before his knees gave out completely.
The IV line tugged sharply at his arm.
"Kaito. Stay here."
Hiro already had one hand on the doorframe.
"No."
"Kaito—"
"I will come"
He forced himself upright again and took a step away from the bed.
His legs held.
Barely.
The throbbing in his head had sharpened into stabbing pulses now. Every heartbeat pressed painfully against the bandaged wound.
"I can help."
"You can barely walk."
"I'm walking."
Hiro stared at him for one second.
