Summary: In which Hikaru is unwittingly possessed, even further, by Sai.
(Hikaru and his family get into a very serious car accident. Sai frets.)
“Hello? Hey, can you hear me? Hello?” Came a voice, above the sounds of the firemen working to free them. “We’re coming to get you out! Can you hear me?”
“Yes!” Sai shouted back, for all that he knew that he wouldn’t be heard. “Yes, Hikaru is here! Please! Be fast!”
There was silence from the other end, like the man who had spoken was listening hard for a response. “Shit. Whoever’s in there, they’ve got to be hurt badly. Unconscious at the very least, dead at the very worst. Work faster.”
Sai felt very small, and very useless.
----Hikaru briefly wakes up ----
“It hurts, Sai.” Hikaru mumbled quietly, so quietly that even Sai had difficulty hearing him.
“I know, I know…” Sai murmured back, trailing cool, insubstantial fingers across the boy’s brow, trying to sooth Hikaru’s trembling. “Shhh… I’m here. They’re coming for you. Don’t worry. You’ll be all right.”
Hikaru huffed quietly in response. Or perhaps it was a sob.
“You’re being very brave, Hikaru,” Sai told him, keeping up his soothing motions, for all that Hikaru couldn’t feel them. Or maybe it just made him feel better, not being so useless. He had to do something.
“No, I’m not,” Hikaru replied, then was silent.
“Hikaru, of course you are – Hikaru? Hikaru?” Sai fell silent, listening hard. Hikaru was far too quiet. There was some missing sound, something important… Then he realized what he wasn’t hearing.
Hikaru wasn’t breathing.
Hikaru wasn't breathing.
Sai panicked.
(The idea was that Sai physically possesses Hikaru to get him breathing again, like spiritual CPR. And then he can't figure out how to stop, and Hikaru won't really wake up and take back the controls.)
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(Hikaru and his family get into a very serious car accident. Sai frets.)
“Hello? Hey, can you hear me? Hello?” Came a voice, above the sounds of the firemen working to free them. “We’re coming to get you out! Can you hear me?”
“Yes!” Sai shouted back, for all that he knew that he wouldn’t be heard. “Yes, Hikaru is here! Please! Be fast!”
There was silence from the other end, like the man who had spoken was listening hard for a response. “Shit. Whoever’s in there, they’ve got to be hurt badly. Unconscious at the very least, dead at the very worst. Work faster.”
Sai felt very small, and very useless.
----Hikaru briefly wakes up ----
“It hurts, Sai.” Hikaru mumbled quietly, so quietly that even Sai had difficulty hearing him.
“I know, I know…” Sai murmured back, trailing cool, insubstantial fingers across the boy’s brow, trying to sooth Hikaru’s trembling. “Shhh… I’m here. They’re coming for you. Don’t worry. You’ll be all right.”
Hikaru huffed quietly in response. Or perhaps it was a sob.
“You’re being very brave, Hikaru,” Sai told him, keeping up his soothing motions, for all that Hikaru couldn’t feel them. Or maybe it just made him feel better, not being so useless. He had to do something.
“No, I’m not,” Hikaru replied, then was silent.
“Hikaru, of course you are – Hikaru? Hikaru?” Sai fell silent, listening hard. Hikaru was far too quiet. There was some missing sound, something important… Then he realized what he wasn’t hearing.
Hikaru wasn’t breathing.
Hikaru wasn't breathing.
Sai panicked.
(The idea was that Sai physically possesses Hikaru to get him breathing again, like spiritual CPR. And then he can't figure out how to stop, and Hikaru won't really wake up and take back the controls.)