Destiny [Ai Mikaze x Reader] [FATE BOOK TWO]

Chapter 8 - Forbidden Wishes

I let out a loud sigh, messing around with my papers while biting my lips. Rubbing the side of my head, I let out a quiet groan, ignoring the concerned voice calling my name.
"Where is it...? Where is that damned...?"
"[F/N]!"
"What!?" I snapped, looking up towards the yell that came from the cyanette.
"..." he blinked for a few seconds, surprised by my sudden outburst.
"..." I let out a sigh, letting my shaking hands continue to search after the paper about our project.
Seconds later, Ai grabbed my hands, holding them in place.
"... What's wrong?" he asked softly, his eyebrows furrowing with concern.
".... It's... nothing, Ai-kun." I forced a weak smile. "Sorry for yelling..."
"If it would be nothing, you wouldn't yell," he stated stubbornly. I let out a pained laugh.
"Nothing escapes the eyes of Detective Mikaze..."
"Out with it," he told me sharply. I looked down, biting my lips.
"I'm just... worried about Reiji's recent behavior, that's all." I smiled sadly. "I told you, it's... nothing serious."
"Reiji?" he repeated. "Did he hurt you or something?"
"Eh? No! Of course not, he would never do that!!" I snapped with a groan. "It's just that... something is... wrong with him."
"Wrong? I never noticed anything wrong about him..." he tilted his head.
"Ai, has he annoyed you even the slightest bit in the last few days...?"
"... No... not really."
"Exactly..." I whispered sadly. "... Something is just off with him and I... don't like it."
He sighed. "If you're worried about him so much just try talking with him."
"I've tried! He always tells me that... he is fine and I shouldn't worry about it." I mumbled, rubbing the side of my arm.
"Then why are you still worried?" he blinked at me.
"..." I looked up at Ai then made my tone serious. "The same reason why you are always worried about me."
"... I'm not.... 'always' worried about you..." he looked away.
"Necklace."
"Shut it."
I rolled my eyes playfully. "... Ai... he is my best friend." I told him with all my seriousness. "Seeing him hurt is like... having someone stabbing me in the stomach."
"... Look... You are meeting with him now, aren't you? Just try asking him." he sighed out. "If he really is lying, he won't be able to lie in your face forever."
"... I don't want to hurt him." I frowned.
"It will be fine." he kissed my forehead. "Reiji is a grown man. He knows what to take as offensive and what to take as tries for help."
He then grabbed the papers on the table and shoved them in my hand. "Now go or you will be late."
"..." I smiled and a placed a kiss on the cyanette's cheek. "Thanks, Ai. I will try."
He gave me a faint smile, as I waved him goodbye and left the room with a pounding heart.

".... So... Uhm, I think that we could put some of your maracas in here," I said awkwardly, pointing at a point of our demo score. "What do you think...?"
"... Yeah... sure." Reiji muttered quietly with a nod. "That would be great..."
"... And how about more bass... right here?"
"Mmmhmm, sure."
"..." I sighed. "Reiji, are you even paying any attention to me? Are you sure that you're...?"
"Mmmhhmm... I'm fine..."
"..." I stared at his blank face in silence. "... Okay, that's it."
I slammed my papers down on the desk, making him jump. Before he could say anything, I grabbed his collar, pulling him up from his seat.
"[F-F/N]!?"
"I don't care what you say, something is wrong, and I'm really sick of not being able to help!! So I don't even care if I have to pull it out from you with a frigging screwdriver, you WILL tell me what's bothering you, right now! Got it!?"
"..."
Reiji blinked at me, completely stunned. I probably never yelled at him before about a serious matter. "I..."
"I asked... GOT IT!?"
"..."
His expression suddenly changed. He lowered his head, letting his bangs shadow his eyes, which were now dark. "... Alright, [F/N]... you win." he murmured darkly. "In fact, I'm not fine at all... happy now?"
"..." I slowly let go of his collar. "... Ugh, Reiji... I knew that something was off." I murmured sadly. "Why won't you just talk to me? Like I do every time something is bothering me. I want to help you, Reiji, you are my best friend! Please... tell me what's wrong."
"..."
The brunette sighed darkly and shakily. "It isn't something that can be just... told. I will sound dumb..."
"... Please." I looked into his eyes. "You know that I won't judge you."
"... Fine." he murmured, then slowly started. "... there is this something... that I want. More than... anything I've ever wanted. But... Even though it's right there in front of me... I can't reach it. Because I'm... I'm too scared to step forward... If I step forward, I could... I could ruin and lose everything that I already have. But, just watching it and not being able to do anything is like... torture."
"... So there is something you want and can't reach." I murmured to process the information.
"... Basically, yeah." he smiled at me sadly. 
"... But, if you would try, you could step forward, couldn't you? It's just risky." I hummed in thought.
"....... I-I guess..."
"... But, for success, you gotta take risks, right?" I smiled at him.
"... W-What are you saying...?" he furrowed his eyebrows at me.
"Well, I mean, it's also possible that it's just only you overthinking the case, and you would be actually fine if you just went for it. You can never really know. And even if it causes you pain - just look at my case! You know what I've been through to be happy here."
"....."
"Maybe if you've tried, it would hurt. But once the pain healed, you would realize that everything is so much better! I'm saying it from experience." I gave him a bright smile.
".... So are you telling me to just... go for it?" he muttered.
"Yup! No matter what, I support you, Reiji."
"..."
He fell silent for a while. I felt the air getting tenser around us by the second, and I started to get uncomfortable.
"... Alright." he suddenly hummed out. His tone... I've never heard him talk like that before. "I'll go for it... Right.... now..."
"R-Reiji...??" I found myself backing up from him as he slowly walked closer to me. "... Are... Are you o...."
I yelped out as my back hit the wall.
"... I'm sorry, [F/N]... I can't take this anymore..."
Before I realized, he was holding my wrists by my head, an inch away from me. I felt his breath on my lips. My heart was pounding with panic as my eyes widened. 
"... I want you so bad..." he whispered desperately.
"R-Reiji snap ou--!!!"
I got cut off by a pair of lips roughly pressing against mine. I froze. My whole body was shaking with fear and confusion. My best friend was kissing me. I started panicking, even more, when I realized that he started french kissing me. I couldn't even move as I stared at him completely stunned.
"... [F/N]...?"
Reiji pulled away, as we both looked at the doorway.
"... A-Ai...!" I whispered as I saw the breathless cyanette.
"... What are you doing...? I told you to talk to him, not...!!"
"N-No, Ai, it's, it's not what you...!" I muttered before he turned his back on us with a groan and stormed out of the room.
I stared in front of myself, trying to process what just happened.
My best friend kissing me...
Plus my boyfriend seeing it...
... equals...
"[F/N]...-" Reiji slowly muttered as his hand slowly slipped on my shoulder. Before I realized, I reflexively slapped him in the face.
His head fell to the side, his bangs covering his eyes. He didn't say a word, nor looked at me.
"Idiot..." I whispered, before running out of the room to search for Ai and try to explain what really happened... although I didn't really know myself. Leaving a speechless brunette in the room, holding his numb cheek.

"AI!!!!" I screamed desperately down the hallway, tears filling my eyes. I've been searching for him for at least an hour, and I couldn't find him anywhere. This situation extremely reminded me of a similar case five years ago, and that... didn't lead to anything good either.
This is all my fault. I shouldn't have told him to go for it. I didn't know that what he wanted so bad was... me... Ugh, why, Reiji!? He knows that I'm in a relationship...! Or... at least I... was...
Those thoughts only made me more despaired. I screamed Ai's name down the hallway once more, panic taking over my heart more and more. I just wanted to see him and tell him that...
... What was I even going to tell him? I can't just tell him that Reiji was the one who kissed me! How could I look in Reiji's eyes again!? What will he even do to Reiji??? But...
I shook my head. I needed to save that for later. Now I had to find Ai as soon as I can. Where did I not look yet...?
After a little brainstorming, I realized that there was only one place where I didn't look yet, and that was the boys' bathroom. I'm probably not supposed to go in there... But this was an emergency.
And so there I was, standing in front of the bathroom door.
I took in a shaky breath and knocked. "... Uhm... hello? Ai...? Are you in here...?"
No answer. I frowned. I have to go in here after all...
I slowly and hesitantly opened the door. "S-Sorry... anyone uh... in here...?"
The bathroom appeared to be empty. Although... something was off.
"Why is the mirror cracked...?" I whispered to myself, as I slowly walked further into the room. On the big crack that was in the mirror, there was a red something. A second later, I also realized that the red something was also there on the floor.
I recognized that smell.
"... B-Blood...? And quite fresh to that..." I whispered in a trembling voice. Something happened here, and not too long ago.
".... A-Ai!?" I snapped. Something was definitely wrong with this whole case, more than I thought. "Ai please...!!"
All of the cabins were open, so I looked through all of them. All empty. I looked in the little place after the cabin that was used to store cleaning equipment... and widened my eyes in shock.
".... A-AI!!" I screamed, kneeling down by the unconscious boy and desperately shaking him. "Ai, wake up!! Answer me!! Please, I beg you...!! AI!!"
No reaction. He laid there, as cold as ice. Even when he was turned off, he would immediately react to only my presence. And finding him in a room like this...
"... Someone...!! SOMEONE HELP!!" I screamed, holding Ai's unmoving body to myself. Tears rolled down my cheeks. "SOMEONE PLEASE HELP...!!"
...
I heard a few noises from outside, then the door slammed open. "What the heck are you doing in the- What the frick!?" Ranmaru snapped at the blood on the ground.
"R-Ranmaru...!" I sobbed out. 
"... [F/N], what are you... Holy snap." he sprinted over and knelt down beside me, starting to shake Ai. "Ai, you idiot!! Get it together and wake up!!"
Once again, no reaction.
"H-He isn't waking up and I don't know why... I just found the broken mirror, the b-blood, and t-then..."
"Don't talk, okay?" he said softly, probably to not make this situation worse for me. He picked up the limp body of Ai in his arms. "I'll bring him to your room, you call his creator or whatever the heck."
I sniffled and nodded, shakily pulling my phone out of my pocket as the silverette left with Ai.
I tried to control my sobs once I called the number.
"... P-Professor...?"

A/N: Uhm, yay, done.
Idk if I threw anyone for a loop right there, but I think that it started to become pretty obvious Reiji was in love with the reader. XD 
What could've really happened, I wonder?