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[Kaito's Heart]

[A gust of wind rushes past you, so strong that you nearly stumble backwards from the force. You hear whispers in your ear, an unfamiliar voice saying, no, not here, not now, go back, before your senses shut off entirely]

[You wake up again to find yourself in a room]

((#dragonheart on IRC for this heart party aw yeah))

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[Clover is healing him a bit, so he has enough strength to roll her over onto her back]

You idiot, getting yourself hurt for my sake. . .

[why would you do that. moving her gets more of a response: a low, whimpering whine of pain.]

[. . . but he at least gets a clear view of the damage! She's a bloody puddle of gashes, plugged in some places smaller shards. The gash across her side and the shard through her shoulder are the worst of her wounds.

IT. IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE.]

[IT IS PRETTY BAD THOUGH. . .]

[tbf everyone here is worse for the wear though]

Aoko. . .

[he needs to fix this]

[mumble mumble mumble]

[. . . reaches out to clutch at the big shard in her shoulder, and with a deep breath, he (CAREFULLY, SLOWLY) begins to remove it]

[oh]

[ow. ow, ow ow ow owowowow. If she was awake enough to mumble, she's awake enough for that to draw a garbled cry of pain from her. FLINCHING HEAVILY . . .]

[he flinches when she lets out that pained noise, but doesn't stop]

Sorry, sorry, just-- hang in there for a little bit, okay? We're almost done. . .

[Her opposite hand shoots up to grab for his wrist, shaky and unco-ordinated and bloodslick, but trying oh so hard to stop him DX]

[he stops and bites his lip, before composing himself forcefully and speaking again. his voice is gentle, but firm]

It needs to come out, Aoko. The pain will go away once I take it out.

[Shakes her head, almost sobbing for breath. It hurts and she's terrified and she just. she can't.]

C-Can't—wait . . .

[he feels something twist in his chest]

. . . I can't, I need-- I c-can heal you, but I need to take this out first.

I can do it quickly, Aoko, but you need to let me.

[. . . it's the stammer that does it.]

W-Wait.

[It's a ragged gasp, half pleading, half demanding. With effort—she's still hanging onto consciousness by the barest thread—Aoko loosens her grip on his wrist and makes a grab for his other hand, resting her palm over the back of it and weakly, jerkily curling her fingers . . . almost like she's trying to lace fingers with him.]

[She turns her head away and burrows a bit into her scarf, biting down on it.]

[o. . .]

[oh]

[hesitating for a moment when her hand brushes against his, his breath hitching in his throat. But he gathers up his determination and shifts his hand slightly so he can lace his fingers with hers]

[. . . and then, quickly and without warning, he yanks the shard out of her shoulder]

[He'd better have kept up some pressure on her shoulder even with the handholding, otherwise the pain of that will see her arching right off the ground. The scream, mercifully, is muffled by thick scarf.]

[HE IS YES, to keep her from squirming too much]

[It should be noted that he's doing all of this with a hole in his stomach too, but hey, Clover healed it so it's at least not bleeding anymore. . .]

[he discards the mirror shard, then presses his hand tightly against her shoulder]

I've got you. . . I'm gonna take you somewhere where you can get healed, all right?

[There's no response outside of her deathgrip on his hand falling loose . . .]

[NOT EVERYBODY HAS A PHANTOM THIEF'S PAIN TOLERANCE.]

[YES WELL. . .]

. . . all right. I'm gonna move you now, okay?

[he reluctantly disentangles his hand from hers, snaps his fingers, and whisks her away. . .]

[depositing her right into the save point ofc]

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