Love is Color Blind Chapter 7: Fragile Night
#7 of Love is Color Blind
All Kuyomi could feel was a pounding headache when he finally gained his senses. However, it seemed like the headache was all he could feel, as the rest of his body seemed to still be asleep. He wasn't even sure why he was asleep, whatever happened beforehand seemingly lost. All he could recognize was beeping coming from the side of him. With a lot of effort, Kuyomi slowly blinked his eyes open.
The Umbreon hissed as light painfully entered, making his headache now even worse. When the blurriness finally cleared, Kuyomi tried to make out his surroundings. He wasn't in the dorms, he could tell that. To the side of him looked to be a beeping monitor, as well as a stand with a bag of fluid hanging from him. There were cabinets, a door that lead to a bathroom, another door that supposedly lead out of the room, and some chairs on the opposite wall. It looked like he was in a hospital room.
As he looked around, Kuyomi could hear some yelling coming from the other side of the exit door. He couldn't make out any of the words, but the voices sounded really familiar. However, Kuyomi was too dazed to figure out exactly whose voice it was. He then glanced at the clock on the wall. It shocked Kuyomi to find out it was almost two in the morning.
The Umbreon tried his hardest to wrap his head around the situation. Why was he in a hospital room, hooked up as a patient, at this hour? What had happened to cause him to lose all the feeling in his body except for the throbbing headache? It was all so blurry, but all Kuyomi could focus on was trying to remember. Slowly, pieces came back to him. A crackle of electricity, screams, yells, the voice of a woman, the feeling of rough rope on his wrists...
Robin's scared face.
It all came rushing back in a huge wave of panic. He had been attacked walking back to the dorms, stripped naked in a bathroom, tied to a pipe, and was nearly raped by Jen and her friends. Robin came to help him, but he was clearly in trouble. Kuyomi tried to help, but then he got paralyzed by something and got knocked out. The Umbreon's heart started to beat staggeringly fast, making the beeping on the monitor frantic, and he began hyperventilating. Something happened to him, something happened to Robin, and it caused Kuyomi to freak out.
No no no NO NO! Was all that ran through Kuyomi's head in his panicking. Thankfully, the beeping seemed to catch the attention of someone from outside. An Audino nurse came in, her face curious but serious, trying to assess the issue. Hearing the panicking eeveelution, the Audino began to glow a gentle blue color, before several soft chimes came out. Through his own eccentric noises, Kuyomi could hear the chimes. They were soft, like the wind chimes of his grandparents house. Slowly, he could feel his heart slow down, his breathing steadied, and an intense wave of drowsiness crashed into him. Before he closed his eyes, Kuyomi looked over to the Audino. Behind her, he could see the figures of a Sylveon and two other characters.
"R-Robin..." Kuyomi mewed out before passing out again, going into a deep slumber.
"What the hell were you thinking? Weren't you supposed to keep my baby boy safe? Look what you did to him!"
Robin cringed in anger. "What I did to him was save him. Do you have any idea what would've happened to him if I didn't find him in time?"
Tides scoffed. "Oh I'm aware, but it's your responsibility to make sure that didn't happen to him in the first place! But I guess going out to party is more important than keeping your one responsibility safe."
The Sylveon let out a dry chuckle. "Party? Dude, I don't know what era you're from, but no one in their right mind is partying on a Tuesday at the beginning of a new quarter. You're only chewing me out cause the real offenders aren't here right now, and because she," He pointed to the Alakazam sitting nearby. "claims they're the ones who even told you two about what happened before I could even get a chance."
The Audino sighed as she watched the spectacle take place. It was super late on a now Wednesday night, and the hospital was mostly quiet saved for the arguing of the two eeveelutions. Just a couple hours ago, she had admitted an Umbreon who seemed to have been knocked out and paralyzed in some sort of fight. Nothing serious thankfully, but it left the Sylveon who brought him in in a panic.
Some time later, a Vaporeon claiming to be the Umbreon's parent, and an Alakazam who was the head of Jubilife University, came in. The Vaporeon was absolutely furious at the Sylveon as, from what the Audino could grab, he was supposed to be keeping the Umbreon safe from whatever happened. It wasn't unusual to have people arguing about incidents, but the Sylveon seemed especially desperate to prove himself innocent.
As the two continued to argue, Houdin scribbled quickly on her notepad. Robin looked over and rolled his eyes. "Are you seriously writing this whole conversation down? Why don't you do something useful for once and go expel the three who tried to rape Kuyomi?"
Houdin shrugged, not looking up. "There's no proof that what you said is true. For all we know, you could've been the one who tried to rape him. The only concrete fact we have is that Kuyomi got severely hurt due to you failing your job."
Robin was absolutely livid at just how much he was getting ganged up on. This sort of stuff he expected from Houdin, but from what Kuyomi told him about Tides, they seemed like a completely different Vaporeon than the one he was arguing with now. He groaned loudly in frustration. "Are you two serious right now? You are letting three people with a record of torment get away scott-free just because this bitch has a personal vendetta against me? What kind of fucking role models are you?"
Before either Tides or Houdin could bite back, the steady beeping coming from Kuyomi's room began to get louder and faster. The three of them all turned as they saw the otherwise sleepy Audino spring into action, barging through the door. Immediately after, the Sylveon followed her, and so did the other two Pokémon.
The sight that met all of them made Robin's heart ache. Kuyomi was panicking, hyperventilating, and his heart was beating rapidly. Robin assumed he had just woken up and remembered what happened, and he couldn't blame the poor Umbreon for freaking out. What made Robin feel even worse is that he wanted to help, but he didn't know what to do. He felt so helpless, so unable to calm the person he only met a week ago, but still loved deeply. It was more upsetting than getting unfairly ridiculed by Tides and Houdin.
Thankfully, the Audino knew exactly what to do. She released the soothing tones of her Heal Bell move, and it worked almost immediately. The beeping of the monitor slowed, as did Kuyomi's breathing. Soon, he was passed out once again, but not before mumbling out what sounded like him saying "Robin." The Audino sighed in relief as the chimes faded away. She looked at the other three and gave a weak smile.
"Just a panic attack, don't worry. He'll wake up in a few hours." She explained. "I think it'd be a good idea if you all went home to get some rest."
Tides nodded and scowled at Robin. "I'm going to go file out the lawsuit. You stay away from my son." He then glared at Houdin. "Both of you."
Houdin rolled her eyes as she made her way back to the hall, a smirk hidden under her mustache, followed by Tides. Robin however just stood there, still very frustrated, stressed, and incredibly upset. He wanted to cry, to talk to Kuyomi. He wanted the Umbreon to tell him everything was going to be ok, that Robin wasn't going to lose him. The Audino nurse placed a hand on his shoulder, snapping Robin to attention.
"I'm guessing you don't want to leave, do you?" She asked.
Robin shook his head, rubbing his eyes. "No, I don't want him to leave my sight again. Please don't make me leave him."
The Audino nodded. "I won't, don't worry. If it means anything, I believe you. I believe you did the best you could. He'll be alright, he just needs to rest. I'm going to go get you some hot chocolate, that ok?"
Robin nodded, sitting down on a chair next to Kuyomi's bed. "Yes please. Can you please also get one for Kuyomi?"
The nurse chuckled and nodded. "Sure, how would you like it?"
"Normal milk chocolate mix with milk please, and something a little richer for him. It helps him relax."
She nodded and made her way out of the room. "My coworker will be out here in the lobby if you need anything."
"Thank you, miss..."
"Pepper."
"Thank you, Pepper."
She gave Robin one last smile before she made her way down to the cafeteria, closing the door behind her. Robin sighed, looking over at Kuyomi. He looked so peaceful, sound asleep after the heal bell, almost like nothing bad was happening. It was the straw that broke the camel's back as Robin finally began to sob.
It had been so long since Robin felt this amount of dedication to anyone. Usually his hook-ups were just a one and done thing, maybe friends at the most. He never expected to actually feel so close to someone like he did Kuyomi. It was this revelation that made Robin realize something else.
"I... I don't care if they get me kicked out." He whispered. "I don't care if I get sued, or if those three assholes never get punished. Please... Please just don't hate me, Kuyomi. Please, I couldn't handle that. I-I did my best.. I swear... please... I love you."