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Thursday, 11:23 PM
It was raining pretty badly. Drizzles of rain, water, coldness. Serizawa Katsuya could not stand this at all, he could catch a cold the longer he stayed here. Neither could his dazed superior whose arm is now at his shoulder. Blood, blood and more blood drips down from Reigen's shoulder. The rain masks the stench, but Serizawa can still smell it. After all, their distance is very close.
"Reigen-san, stay with me! we're almost to the office!" Serizawa strengthens his grip over Reigen's arm. The rain water combined with the material of his blazer makes it slippery.
Reigen is dazed form the continuous blood loss. He can feel his consciousness slipping. 'Where... Serizawa..? Office..?
Serizawa can see the office sign. He walked faster, this time borderline running.
Reigen can't feel his left arm anymore. 'ah... So I'm injured.'
It was the last thing that he thought to himself before he blacked out.
Thursday, 11:25 PM
"Come on!" Serizawa climbs the stairs as fast as he could. Thank god Reigen isn't that heavy.
Serizawa reached the door to the office and opens the door to the office. After entering the office, Serizawa puts Reigen gently at the floor. He holds Reigen's neck to see if there is any pulse from his jugular vein. Serizawa sighs a breath of relief when he can still feel his pulse. Serizawa stood up, turned on the lights, and locked the door to the office. No one needed to see Reigen injured.
After making sure that the office is locked tight, Serizawa ran to the bathroom to get the first aid kit. Opening the kit, he again finds relief as nothing is missing. He walked back to the main office where Reigen is and took out a piece of cloth and sterilizing alcohol. Serizawa then opened Reigen's blazer, shirt and then undershirt to see the wound.
It was from a stainless steel pipe. The spirit that they interacted with last time was very agressive. The moment it senses Reigen and Serizawa, it immediately attacked. Reigen was caught of guard and the pipe pierces his left shoulder. Usually, it would be fine if they go to a hospital quickly, but the spirit didn't gave them the option of retreating. So, Reigen continuously bled from his shoulder as Serizawa fight the spirit.
Serizawa looks at the wound on Reigen's shoulder. It has already been about an hour since the injury happened, and it has not clot yet. Possibly because of the rain. The diameter of the wound is about 5 cm.
Reigen took deep but short breaths.
Serizawa couldn't stand this. His heart rate increases. His blood rushes. Sweat starts to form on his forehead, but it is masked by rainwater. 'No. I need to keep calm. Reigen-san is in danger' Serizawa's heart starts to calm down when he thought about what at stake here. Reigen can actually die from this. He can't let his saviour, no, friend die when he can do something. How can he face Mob and Tome after this?
"Right!" A new found resolve burned within Serizawa. 'First, sterilize the wound.' Serizawa takes a bottle of medical alcohol and a piece of cloth from the kit. After pouring a hefty amount at the cloth he looks at the wound again.
"I'm so sorry, Reigen-san. This'll hurt!" After saying that, Serizawa closed his eyes and wipes the the wound to disinfect it.
Immediately when the cloth touches the wound, Reigen screams. Loudly. So loudly in fact that Serizawa thought that the people outside may even hear it.
Tears starts to form at Serizawa's eyes. 'I'm sorry' kept repeating at Serizawa's mind.
After making sure that the wound doesn't have any traces of the old blood, Serizawa moves to the other wound at the dorsal plane/backside and wiped it clean. This time Reigen didn't scream as loud. Either he got used to the pain or he's too tired to scream.
After making sure that both wounds are clean, Serizawa moved to the next step. 'Suturing'
Serizawa took out the needle that he need and sterilized it with alcohol.
"I- I'm not an expert at this Reigen-san... If I'm being honest, I only know what to do because of the video games I played when I was isolating myself."
Reigen took another short breath.
Serizawa took a deep breath. He's successfully inserted the needle, so the next step is very near. "I... I never hated you or Mob you know? For stopping Presi- Toichiro's plan... I don't know... I sometimes get the feeling that you sometimes think that I do... Haha..." Serizawa laughs awkwardly.
Reigen took another breath, this time a bit longer.
"Reigen-san. If I fail, I promise I'll protect Mob and Tome. I won't go back to my shut-in lifestyle, I won't let your effort for me go to waste, Reigen-san..." Serizawa smiles, he can see Reigen's face becoming more calm.
"Right, I'm stalling..." Serizawa moves his hand and does the first stitch at the front wound.
Reigen hisses in pain.
"I'm sorry Reigen-san"
He does so again and again around he circular wound. Serizawa once played a video game where you need to treat a patient with a bullet wound. You need to stitch around the circular wound and tie it so the bleeding will stop.
After doing a total of 6 stitches, Serizawa ties the stitches together and the wound closes. He then sighs a breath of relief. 'That's one, one more left.'
And Serizawa does so again for the wound at Reigen's back. Finally both wounds are closed.
Serizawa took out a roll of bandage from the first aid kit and rolled it around Reigen's shoulder. Serizawa took some towels from the massage room and wipes Reigen dry. The white towel was dirtied with rainwater and blood after he finished. He then moved Reigen to the massage room and let him rest.First aid is now done. He'll go to the hospital with Reigen tomorrow.
He then realizes that he's still on his wet suit. 'I think I kept spare clothes here.'
After drying himself and changing to his spare clothes, Serizawa sat on the couch at the office to rest. At first we was thinking of closing his eyes for a few minutes, but he fell asleep.
Friday, 5:56 AM
Reigen woke up with a startle. His shoulder hurts like hell. Worst of all, he can't remember what happened. He knows one thing however, he is extremely hungry and thirsty. Reigen exited the massage room and walked towards the pantry while holding his shoulder. 'Bandages? Stitches too? Seems pretty bad.'
When he arrived at the pantry he drank 2 cups of water and ate a whole bag of chips. 'That should hold me for a while... Hunger and thirst... Wound on my shoulder... Anemia's my best bet...'
After not feeling as thirsty and hungry as he was before he walked to the main office and is greeted by the sight of Serizawa sleeping on the couch. Reigen still hasn't remembered everything that happened, but he can guess what happened.
Reigen walked back to the massage room to get a blanket and places it on Serizawa. When he places it Serizawa mumbled something. For some reason it made Reigen smile. Reigen sat down on the sofa. He then looked at the outside window and saw the rain begin to stop.
Reigen thought to himself. 'Hope it's a sunny day tomorrow.'