Fault Line (Joe Tazuna x GN!Reader)

Day Two

"Is there anything you wish you had right now?"

...

Slowly, your eyes fluttered open, but you weren't sleeping on the sofa chair like you had been before the incident. You were sitting on the floor next to where Joe laid in bed. You were confused. For a moment, you couldn't remember how you got to that position. You moved over, taking yourself further away from the sleeping boy.

Last thing you remembered was... Someone had destroyed the Mishima AI... and then...

And then... the two of you went back to Joe's room. But... When you went to sleep on the chair, Joe spoke to you.

~ * ~

"I'm scared." He said after a few minutes of sitting in the dark. You opened your eyes only to see more of it.

"Of what?" You responded, shifting in the seat.

Joe was silent for a moment, "...Joe?"

"I'm scared... that we can't trust each other." He said quietly.

You hesitated, "Is it because of the Mishima AI?"

You hear Joe shift, possibly nodding his head, then say, "...Yeah. But it's also... Kai seemed so... trustworthy. Even though I knew he was my stalker,' it seemed so obvious that he was against our kidnappers... He hit Miley. I couldn't believe Sou when he said it was Kai's laptop... and I wouldn't have, if Kai hadn't confirmed it. But since... Since then... I've been wondering if we can trust anyone, now."

"We?"

"...Our group. I don't know if anyone else is working with our kidnappers, and there's no way of knowing. I don't even know... If I can trust—" You. "—Myself."

...What?

"Why not yourself?"

"I can't remember everything. I don't remember what happened after I got to my bedroom. I couldn't remember Kai being in my life longer than only a few months. And... What if I'm the reason why this is happening? Why were Sara and I the only people Kai mentioned? ...And my name was on that paper... I still don't know what it means."

The room fell silent. You didn't know what to say.

"Y/N,"

"Yes?"

"I don't know what to do. I'm scared."

Then you stood up. You walked over next to his bed and sat down, resting your head against the mattress.

"What,"

"I'll keep you safe." You said.

"And how do I know you aren't with the kidnappers?"

"You don't. You don't know that, and neither do I. But I trust you, and I trust myself. If you can't trust yourself, I hope you can at least trust me."

~ * ~

"I already told you, I don't know anything about it." Reko barked at Keiji.

"Alright," He responded, "I believe you. I'll move on to Alice." He stepped back with his hands up, slowly stepping away.

Reko bit her lip and looked the opposite way Keiji went, leading her to look at you and Joe exiting his bedroom.

"Hey, Joe." She called, getting his attention, "Get over here."

He turned to look at you before walking ahead and meeting up with Reko. You noticed Gin sitting on one of the sofas nearby, so you sat next to him and started chatting.