Ko's Third Person P.O.V.

Ko felt something cool and wet being placed on his forehead. He no longer felt sick. Guilt twisted in his gut.

He had lied to Hajime.

His immune system was the weakest to sicknesses, and that was one of his major weaknesses.

In other words, he was the most vulnerable to diseases and even the simplest of them all may lead to his death.

Very slowly, he opened his eyes. This time, the ceiling was familiar. He chuckled to himself. Had Hajime been the one taking care of him the entire time? That would be a sight to see.

"Ko! You're awake!" A timid voice appeared.
What happened to Hajime? Had he transformed into a girl? What in the world did he miss when he was unconscious?

Purple locks flew to his side as a girl in a nurse's apron rushed towards the bed.

"Mikan? What are you doing here?" He tried to say.

But the words ended up sounding like, "Mian? Wha yu doin heyere?"

His throat was extremely dry, and he couldn't form out any proper words.

Noticing this, Mikan gasped and rushed into the kitchen to get Ko a glass of water.

The cool liquid soothed his parched throat, quenching his thirst.

"Where's Hinata-kun?" He asked the nurse, tilting his head as he did so.

She blushed, her face tinted with a rosy color.

She rubbed her hands together.

"Well, you see, he left you."

Ko did not show it to Mikan, but fear clutched his heart internally. In such a short time, Hajime had left him. Was it because of guilt?

Then he realized.

Short time? How long did he exactly stay unconscious for?

The albino threw off his covers and swung his weak legs over the side of the bed, attempting to get off. He failed. As soon as he properly tried to stand up, his legs collapsed under him.

He cussed.

"You shouldn't be out of bed yet!" Mikan fussed over Ko.

"Mikan..... What day is it today?" He gazed up intently at the purple-haired girl.

She blushed yet again. What was she so embarrassed about?

"I-It's the third of March. Why?"

Ko thought for a long moment.

It was the first when he had caught the fever, which means that he had been knocked out for exactly two days.

It had been two days since Hajime abandoned him.

But something wasn't quite right, and Ko couldn't quite seem to lay a finger on what it was. He pondered over the thought, but no matter how long he wondered about what the problem was, he couldn't find it. His gut feelings were telling him that something was seriously wrong.

A faint memory surfaced at the top of his head.

"Stay here until I get back."

That was Hajime's voice. The albino had been drifting in and out of consciousness on the first day in his sickbed, so his ears had caught those words when he was half awake.

His collar even reacted to it, which means that the command was fully registered. Therefore, he could not leave this building until the brunet came back.

A thought struck him like a lightning bolt from the sky.

Wait a moment... Hinata-kun had said 'Stay here until I get back.' That does NOT sound like he left me in anger or guilt. There was more concern in his voice than those two feelings. Which means.....

His half-lidded eyes turned to Mikan.

Either I'm wrong about all of this...

Or I'm being lied to.

Mikan squirmed under Ko's cold stare.
"I-Is everything o-ok?" She stuttered in concern.

She may be innocent on the outside, but her lies will leave her lips whenever she pleases. I need to study her more to figure out this situation...

Ko forced a smile onto his face.

"Yeah! Everything's fine!"

"I-I'm sorry that Hajime left you. I never thought he'd do that. If you like, I could stay here with you until you fully recover." Her face became red.

Okay, hold up. Time out. Something was seriously wrong. Ko had read enough books to know what this attitude was.

He shook his head.

It was too early to accuse her. He didn't have enough proof.

"That'll be great! Thank you Mikan!" He softly smiled.

The ultimate nurse fainted.

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A few hours of practice was all it took to regain the strength in his leg muscles.

There was something wrong about that fact, too.

If he'd been asleep for only TWO days, then why did his legs feel so weak? He wouldn't need physical therapy for his legs after two days in bed.

He had to confirm his suspicions.

Later that day when Mikan was sound asleep on a temporary futon that Ko had set up for her, he stealthily pick-pocketed his caregiver's phone and turned it on with a slight clicking sound.

He was right.

He had been lied to.

It was the SEVENTH of March, not the third. 

The truth shook him so much he fell onto his knees.

Hajime had been gone for SIX days, and Mikan did a splendid job covering this up. She had stamped all the calendars to look like it was the third, and she had purposely kept him here so that he wouldn't suspect a thing.

The real question was, where was Hajime?
If the brunet hadn't left him, then where in the world was he?

He needed answers. Now.

"MIKAN!" He yelled.

The poor girl sat up abruptly, her eyes half-closed due to the blinding lights.

He grabbed the collar of Mikan's shirt.

"WHERE'S HAJIME?!"

The nurse tripped over her own words.

"Wha-What d-do you m-mean?" Tears appeared at the corner of her eyes.

He pushed her harshly to the ground. He didn't care if she got hurt or not. She had lied to him. She had concealed the truth about Hajime from him.

"There's no use in playing innocent now," he growled, "I'll ask you one last time. Where. The. Hell. Is. Hajime."

Ko used Hajime's first name instead of his last name for formality. Yes, it was that bad.
Mikan closed her eyes and started laughing insanely.

Wasn't Ko supposed to be the insane one? How ironic.

A deep, dark blush coated her face as she twiddled with her fingers.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" She laughed, drooling at the corners of her mouth.

"What the heck?!" Ko stepped backward in fear of Mikan's sudden personality change.
"YOU'RE TOO LATE! SHE PROBABLY BROKE HIM ALREADY!"

"What do you mean??????" Panic gripped Ko's chest, suffocating him.

"WHAT DO I MEAN? AHAHAHHA! ISN'T IT OBVIOUS? I WANTED YOU FOR MYSELF! BUT HAJIME WAS IN THE WAY!" She cackled.

"So I got rid of him~" She sighed in a lovesick way.

Ko was too shocked to even move.

She had gotten rid of him? Just like trash?

"H-how?"

The next sentence that came out of Mikan's mouth made Ko's blood run cold.

"I killed him."