A Prisoner Within My Own Mind

This Isn't Right

When he slowed down finally and he could move properly his hands moved to his mouth as his knees buckled underneath him. What just happened? What was going to happen to Nagito?

Hajime slowly moved his hands away, still side eyed, "Izuru... what... what did you do...?"

"I had to force myself to take control of your body... I'm sorry, I just wanted to protect us," Izuru explained.

"And you couldn't do anything to help Nagito?!" Hajime exclaimed.

"Be quiet! They might hear you," Izuru sighed, "it was too risky, but don't worry, did you think I was going to leave him?"

"What...?" Hajime asked.

"We'll get him back, I promise Hajime..." Izuru said, "but for now we should find a new shelter so we can prepare..."

"I... this feels wrong... I feel like we shouldn't be doing this... what if they hurt Nagito...?" Hajime slowly stood up.

"We can't do anything right now," Izuru said, "we'll make a plan, it'll be fine Hajime..."

"Should we go back to where we were before...?" Hajime asked.

"I saw somewhere close by while we were running, we can go there," Izuru said.

Hajime nodded and gathered up the bags he managed to hold onto. Then he let Izuru guide him back to the apartment he saw. Once they knew for sure they were safe, Hajime sat on the bed.

"Can I go to sleep right now?" Hajime asked.

"You want to come see me?" Izuru questioned.

"Yeah, is that ok...?" Hajime laid down.

"Well I don't think I'm in the place to police your sleeping patterns Hajime," Izuru said.

"Hm... true..." Hajime rolled over, "I'll see you in a bit..."

Hajime closed his eyes and did his best to get comfortable. And soon he woke up again, with Izuru standing over him.

"Are you ok?" Izuru asked as Hajime sat up.

"You're worried about me? Wow, that's surprising..." Hajime said.

"Well I've never seen you upset like that," Izuru said, crossing his arms.

"Well you were the one that forced me to run from Peko and Nagito..." Hajime sighed.

"I just wanted to keep both of us safe, we could've gotten hurt if you tried to help Komaeda," Izuru said, "I promise that I'll get him back, we just needed to take a step back to make a plan..."

"God..." Hajime leaned his forehead in his hands, "I hope he's ok once we can get to him..."

"Well I can't guarantee that but-"

"You're not helping Izuru!" Hajime snapped, then took a deep breath and sat up, "sorry... it's just... it's stressful..."

"That's understandable..." Izuru said softly, sitting down beside Hajime.

The raven haired boy looked at Hajime for a moment, then he opened his arms. When brunet saw Izuru's motions, he immediately hugged the raven. He was honestly surprised Izuru would offer something like this, but he took whatever comfort he could get.

"Are you ok with me going to get Komaeda?" Izuru asked.

"Yeah, it might be better than me going..." Hajime said, "do you know where they might be...?"

"Well judging by the direction they were headed while we ran away, I'd predict the school," Izuru seemed to stare off into the distance as he made his predictions.

"So... if they're really in the school..." Hajime began, "were we right in their base when I first woke up?"

"Going off of Komaeda's frantic actions in our room, I'm guessing he managed to just evade them, so most likely yes," Izuru nodded.

"Well, at least we have an idea for a location," Hajime said, "but Hope's Peak is huge... it could take hours to find him..."

"It may take a while, but I'm sure in the end it'll be worth it when we do find him," Izuru assured.

"Yeah... I just hope that they don't hurt him too bad..." Hajime bit his lip.

"Wondering about what they're doing is only going to stress you more..." Izuru said, "I may not be able to guarantee he'll be completely be untouched, but we will get him back..."

"Ok... after we get him back though we really need to get out of here..." Hajime said.

"Agreed," Izuru said, "we may not be out of danger completely, but we'd be away from ultimate despair..."

"Yeah..." Hajime mumbled.

"You rest now Hajime, you must be very stressed..." Izuru laid the brunet down gently.

"What about you?" Hajime asked.

"I've got planning to do, I'll be fine," Izuru said, "before you know it, we'll get Komaeda."

"Ok, good luck Izuru..." Hajime nodded, "I put my trust in you..."

"No need to worry Hajime, we already have the luck, everything will be fine," Hajime saw Izuru smile a bit, before he closed his eyes to rest.