Close to You || Chifuyu Matsuno

Chapter 27

"Take good care of her." Baji said as he walked out of Chifuyu's apartment.

It was late at night, and he has to go meet the guy early in the morning who's gonna make the necessary documents to transfer Noa to prison and the papers which prove they are the new owners of his tattoo salon.

"I'll try." Chifuyu said with a sigh, remembering how distant you seemed last time he tried to talk to you.

"You're doing a good job so far." Baji smiled at him reassuringly.

"Am I?" Chifuyu asked as he looked back at you, the white band-aid on your eyebrow almost glowed in the dimly lit room.

"Wasn't your fault. Hey!" Baji called, as he saw Chifuyu look down at his feet. "You left her alone for only half an hour, and you couldn't know what was gonna happen. You didn't even know he existed."

Chifuyu nodded nibling on his lower lip, and looked up when Baji patted his shoulder.

"I'll text you in the morning."

"Okay. Good night.

"Good night, bro."

Chifuyu waited until Baji disappeared around the corner, then shut his door with a sigh.

He walked back to the living room and sat in an armchair which was next to the couch.

He watched you while you were sleeping, seeing that sometimes you furrowed your brows or let out a quiet grunt. He didn't know if he should wake you up or not, you were most likely having a bad dream, but on the other hand it didn't seem too serious, and you needed rest.

He also saw that his blanket slipped from your feet, so he reached out, since he was sitting closer to that side of the couch where your feet were, and pulled on the blanket to cover your legs properly.

Just when he started pulling it, despite being slow and gentle, you jolted awake with a gasp, sitting up, and you pulled your legs under you and looked at him with wide and fearful eyes.

"Hey, hey, it's just me!" Chifuyu said in a quiet tone, holding up his hands in front of him, showing that he meant no harm.

You looked him up and down, panting heavily, then when you realized it wasn't Noa who was touching you, you looked down letting out a sigh and rubbed your eyes and face.

"Are you okay?" Chifuyu asked as he stood up slowly and started walking closer to you.

You put your hands in your lap and looked down while you played with your fingers, and nodded, a small frown appeared on your face again.

Chifuyu crouched down in front of you and looked up at you. He wanted to help you, just didn't know how. He didn't know what to say, because he didn't know what you were thinking about, and he also didn't want to bring Chifuyu up, because he didn't want to pressure you into talking if you didn't want to.

He wanted to comfort you by hugging you, but earlier when he and Baji tried to approach you, you took a few steps back away from them.

As he was watching you now, he saw how tears were slowly welling up in your eyes, and it broke his heart that such a sweet thing like you had to suffer this much.

"Are you hungry? I can..."

"Can I go home?" you asked, cutting him off.

Chifuyu suddenly felt a pressure in his chest at your words. He was looking at you, praying inside his head that he only heard you wrong, but as the seconds went, that uncomfortable feeling started to increase.

"Are you sure? You can stay here, I..."

"I want to be alone for a while." you said as a teardrop rolled down your cheek and you wiped it off.