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It took a moment for Klyde to get his barrings once he was in town, the staring he got barely registering. He only vaguely knew where the hospital was since he had never gone himself. Taking off in the direction he was fairly certain it was in, it took him a few more minutes to get there, wading through the crowds of last minute Christmas shoppers. How he wanted to yell at them, scream for them to get out of his way, but it would only waste time so instead he just pushed people aside.

When the hospital finally came into view, Klyde pushed to move a little faster until he was at the emergency door. "Help, please!" He called immediately as soon as he was inside.

Almost immediately there was staff swarming him from all sides, a gurney being rolled out as a pair of nurses tried to help ease Riyo out of Klyde's arms onto the rolling bed. Once she was in place they went to work pushing her in the back to take care of the problem.

Like a lost puppy Klyde started to follow, but two nurses stood in his way. "I'm sorry, Sir. You can't come back here."

"B...but..." Klyde continued to try and push his way forward, not wanting to leave Riyo alone, yearning to know if she would be okay, but a few more people gathered in his way. Apparently they knew what he was because they had a sedative ready if need be.

"You can't come back this way," The nurse said again, trying to be calm and soothing. "Take a seat, we've got everything under control."

Mitsu clenched her eyes closed when she felt the hood being jerked back, her body trembling, waiting for the end. Instead she felt his hands grasp her shoulders gently to turn her around, hearing his staggered words. Red teary eyes opening slightly she watched as Desmond backed off falling on his rear in the process. Why couldn't he have just ended it?

Eyes falling to the ground she couldn't help but not see his pain, his remorse. She was too consumed with her own. Clenching her blood soaked hands she choked on a sob, "Why? Why couldn't you have just ended me?" She questioned softly, the words hardly clear through her crying.

Not able to face him any longer, Mitsu took off again into the streets, her mind having no real idea where she wanted to go. It was lost in the turmoil and nothing made sense.

For the entire time Klyde waited he had paced unable to sit idly. It seemed to have the staff on edge because they continued to cluster in the room, a few armed with sedatives encase it would be of use. He wasn't honestly sure if it would work on him but he knew better than to test it. If he wanted them to help Riyo he couldn't bother them now. So he played the good vampire and waited and finally after so many hours a nurse emerged to give him some news. Keep him updated? Right, what a lie.

"She seems to be doing okay. I don't know if she's up to having visitors....but if you promise to behave you can see-"

As soon as the 'you can see' came out of the old lady's mouth Klyde was gone. He pushed passed the nurse getting the room number Riyo was in and immediately searching for it. It took him a couple of minutes to find it. He had managed to get turned around twice heading the wrong direction and in his rush he nearly ran by her room.

Coming to a halt he came back to her door, worried violet eyes peeking in at her. Would she tell him to leave he wondered? He had been so keen on getting to this room he had completely forgotten the current situation they were in. He was the bad guy. A nervous hand came to rest on the door handle before he finally pushed it open. What did he have to lose?

Coming in rather tentatively he closed the door behind himself before slowly approaching. Thankfully the smell of the hospital, cleaner, and looming death was overpowering enough that he couldn't smell the blood. "H...hey. How are you doing?" He asked softly eyes focused on her face. His general demeanor was very submissive as he stood hoping to get an answer and not a demand to leave.

Mitsu had managed to make it a fair distance before Desmond had caught up with her, though his pleas didn't make her slow in the slightest. She made it halfway through the park before his speed had closed the distance and he caught her hand in his. Letting out a cry Mitsu tugged on her arm to pull herself free.

"N...no! Let go!" Her voice sounded panicked as she continued to thrash, her movements only managing to hurt herself as she pulled and tugged on her arm. "P...please let go." She sobbed. "I've done something horrible....unforgivable....please....let me go." If the blood on her hands wasn't evidence enough then Mitsu didn't know what was.

"I guess...that was a stupid question." Since she hadn't told him to leave he ventured in a little further but didn't dare to sit. Instead he stared at Riyo in disbelief. "S...so Mitsu did this to you?" Klyde hadn't seen for himself what Mitsu had done on Halloween but Desmond had told him a little. Not that they enjoyed talking about it. But it was still hard to believe she would turn on Riyo...they seemed so close. That and he hadn't actually seen what had happened.

"I'm....sorry, Riyo." Klyde said softly, his violet eyes full of sadness. "I know my words don't mean much, but I really am...so very very sorry." His voice started to strain at the end suddenly sounding raspy. His sadness wasn't entirely the cause but it was a big reason for it. "I hurt you...so badly and I wish I could take it back."

Finally Mitsu's jerking came to a halt though she leaned away from Desmond, her eyes clenched shut like she was in pain. His words didn't help the tears and she only shook her head. When he took her other hand her crying continued all the more. He didn't understand what she had done. This wasn't what she wanted.

"I...I think I killed Riyo," Mitsu choked, unable to coop with the idea. "I don't know what happened..." She continued though her words were nearly lost in her tears. "She sat down beside me one moment and the next I was standing ready to finish her off." Since she couldn't cover her face with her hands, she dropped her head enough so that her hair was covering her face. "T...there was so much blood..." Her legs were suddenly shaky as she remembered the scene, her stance threatening to give way. If Riyo had survived...she would never trust her again.

"I don't want to keep hurting people," She sobbed, her tears rolling off her cheeks into the snow at her feet. "I don't want to be the cause of more people leaving me..." Tilting her head back up she looked at Desmond, her teary confessions pouring from her mouth like a fountain. "Because of what you did....I know I should hate you....but I can't bring myself to do it. I can't get you out of my head.....I'm so confused and lost I can't think straight anymore. I don't want to hurt anyone else...." Her eyes were rather pleading as she looked up at Desmond, hoping he would have pity on the monster before him and just end it.

Klyde's eyes down cast to the floor, "No...I didn't warn you. I tried....but could never quite do it. If I had they...." The reason, while valid to him, probably wouldn't stand in the same light for Riyo. He had tried to think of other ways but nothing had come to mind other than making her hate him and turn away....and he was too selfish for that.

He was about to continue but Riyo had started to stand from her bed. "H..hey you shouldn't be..." Did he care or feel guilty? Those questions led him off track. "It may not seem like it but I do care..." But she wanted him to prove it. How was he supposed to do that? "I'm here...with you right now. I know that doesn't mean much but I will do anything for you. Just..please...tell me what you want." His voice was starting to get raspy and horse the more he talked, a problem he had been facing since Halloween.

As Desmond's arms came to wrap around her middle Mitsu flinched trying to pull away. She didn't deserve the comfort despite how she craved for it. "Desmond, please stop..." She tried to push against him but his arms were already around her middle and she could feel herself caving in wanting to be held. When he tried to assure her Riyo was probably fine she merely shook her head. "I hurt her bad, Desmond. She couldn't even stand...and I left her there....bleeding."

Looking up toward Desmond as he mentioned her friends wouldn't leave her, her facial expression looked even more hurt. "You left me...." It had been the most painful thing she had yet to endure...and she had experienced quite a few things in this one year, though what she had done to Riyo topped it by far. She was full of regret about what had happened, wishing that it hadn't, but unable to fix it and make it go away. It was hard to imagine Riyo would forgive her or even trust her again.

Slowly the bloody hands she was trying to use to push against him grabbed hold of his hoodie, clinging. "I feel like my mind is breaking....I don't...even feel like a person anymore." Of course, Suto would reassure her that she wasn't a person, merely a thing. "I just...want to go home....and I can't even do that." No, there would be no one at home waiting for her...just an empty house.

Klyde took in a deep breath, his eyes suddenly watery. "They were....going to hurt Claire." He said softly. "Make sure she grew up...dealing with people like them...and me. I can't protect her all the time. I didn't know what to do." Running his hand through his hair nervously, he shook his head. "I know its still a selfish excuse....and I'm sorry." His voice was getting quieter as he spoke, his throat unable to keep up with this long winded talking.

"If it had been just me they were threatening....I would have told you long ago." His eyes finally turned back up toward Riyo, not expecting any kind of forgiveness.

It seemed that Desmond's words were breaking through, if only a little. Mitsu was no longer sobbing, though the tears continued to stream down her face. His confession on why he had done what he did was met with sad eyes. She had meant it when she had told him she would have forgiven him if he had beaten her instead. If that had happened....she might not have snapped, the hive kids wouldn't be throwing rumors around like seeds to sow....and her brother might still be here. Suto had been less than pleased to hear the rumors around school...and the video. She hadn't even realized they were filming. Her sin was forever caught on tape.

What would he do...when he found out about Riyo? That she had snapped again. While Desmond's words were breaking through the sorrow she felt it was quickly being replaced by something else. Fear. He had warned her about messing up again. What would he do? Would he do something to the only friend's she had left? "I think the only way I can make it right...is to not be here to make it worse." Her voice was surprisingly calm now as she closed her eyes trying to stop the tears.

Submissively Klyde walked over to the bed and had a seat. He sat down in a rather deflated manner, staring down at his hands as Riyo spoke. "I know that. I know she'll have people that won't like her or will even hate her...for what she is or who she is or for no reason at all. I've gone through it all before....I just didn't want to be the cause. I didn't want to guarantee that every time she turned a corner there would be someone there waiting to make her life miserable."

Closing his eyes he tried to will back the tears. He didn't want to cry in front of Riyo but it was becoming harder and harder to keep that from happening. Her ending phrase only hurt all the more. End up like her..."There's nothing wrong with you....and everything wrong with what has happened to you. I hate...that I was apart of your suffering. I never wanted to have to choose...it was the worse decision I ever had to make." His voice began to strain threatening to give out as he spoke. Unable to hold back any longer, the tears started to leak from his eyes, though he was quick to wipe at them and brush them away.

Mitsu didn't know what to say anymore. She was emotionally and physically drained. So much so her legs began to give and she teetered forward so that she was leaning against the vampire for support. Clinging to his hoodie all the more Mitsu just rested her forehead against his chest wishing it was as simple as just apologizing. That everything could go back to the way it was before Halloween. Her physical suffering wasn't all the great but at least she was somewhat mentally sound.

She had only snapped that one time and while her thoughts wandered and shifted she never felt like she was on the brink of insanity like she was now. It felt like a hole was opening at her feet and the walls were closing in. Eventually the two would meet and she would have no where to go but down, no choice but to fall into the depths of madness....and she had hurt the only person who probably understood.

Klyde smiled slightly when Riyo said his crying creeped her out. He suppose it would. Who ever saw a guy cry after all? He felt like a three year old unable to wipe his own nose when she started dabbing at his face...but he allowed it none the less.

He was a little surprized to hear her tell him she would forgive him. It wouldn't be immediate, but there was hope. "I'll do whatever it takes...for as long as it takes." Squeezing her hand a little in return his eyes had a set look of determination. He wasn't going to give up.

"Riyo I ha-" But his voice finally gave out on him, his mouth moving but it issued only silence. Frowning now that he was going to have to wait a time to talk again he reached into the pocket of his jacket. He still wasn't sure if Riyo would take this from him but it was worth a shot. Holding out his hand he offered her the small box he had pulled from his pocket. It was wrapped in a way that said he had tried and gave up half way through covering it in tape to hold it together and covering the mess of bunched up paper with a bow.

When Desmond bent down to scoop her up Mitsu didn't fight it, any fight she had was long gone. Her body went nearly limp as soon as she was off her feet, her head resting against his shoulder. Hearing his question an answer she normally wouldn't come up with came to mind...and she was torn on voicing it.

She decided against it. "I...don't know." She said softly. "W...will you take me to Riyo?" If anything he was right about one thing. She need to apologize and she needed to do it right. Even if Riyo was mad and ready to return the favor she needed to face her. She just hoped...Riyo was alive to do just that. She would willingly take a beating if it meant Riyo was alive to do it.