@hexingicemaster :: meme :: accepting! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❛ i know it hurts . i’m sorry . ❜ for botan or keiko!
she winces at the touch. quiet as a mouse she bites back her whimper ; her arm had been cut before, but not as deep as this one. it was only a cut, however, and she was sure it could have been worse. getting mixed up in the chaos as she had, keiko was lucky to be standing with only minor injuries ━━ thanks to him.
sorry ; he had nothing to be sorry for. she should be the one apologizing for getting in the way. not like she had much choice in the matter, but it didn’t stop her from feeling guilty.
❝ touya, you’re hurt. ❞ he looked worse then she did. much, much worse ; so much blood, more then an average person can go without. demon or not, the sight was still one for worry, yet he had walked to her without much effort, focusing only on her little, tiny cut in comparison to his injuries. ❝ oh ! you must be in pain━━ ! … we need to get yukina, or botan ! ❞
He’s careless.
It’s the one thought pounding in his skull, harder than his own pulse. Keiko is hurt, shirt torn at the elbow and soaking in crimson. Each drop sends the thought further through his mind, deepening the swell of shame rising in his chest.
The stench of his failure assaults his senses, nostrils flaring under its weight. He can’t believe he let her get hurt. He should’ve made sure she was safe before he’d engaged in battle. For once he’s grateful for his natural chill, as his hands gingerly take her arm. It will seep into the skin around the wound and numb the area. Still, he needs to get her medical attention.
He blinks at the way her eyes widen in horror at the sight of him. She isn’t wrong. He can feel the tear in his side shrieking its existence to the world, along with the rest of his wounds.
They’re easy to ignore, decades of practice helps.
“It’s nothing.”
“Will you let me numb the pain for you? I have bandages, but unfortunately, that is all I have.”
He does agree with seeking the care of someone more adept in medical care for her injury. He can only pray they don’t ask Keiko how she received the cut, and bring his failure to light.













