Did someone say Higemaru? *soul emerges from TG hell* I LOVE HIM
“Why?” Fumi’s lips tremble.
She watches Donato take off, and Saiko and Hsaio rush for Urie. Higa’s all alone.
He’s going to die. What’s left of his arm isn’t healing quickly enough.
You did it on purpose, didn’t you? She glares at Donato’s retreating figure. To make it easier for me.
But it’s not easy.
Having power sucks. Fumi leaps down to the ground. She hears CCG sirens, but Higa doesn’t have a few minutes.
She approaches him, mask still on, though he can clearly recognize her. No one else is that short, with a cross carved into their palm and shimmery black hair.
“Fumi?” Higamaru slurs.
She uses her bikaku to cut off her own flesh and shoves it in his mouth. “Live, Higa.”
Then she vanishes into the night.
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“I’m glad you’re okay.” Fumi throws her arms around Higemaru.
“I had the strangest hallucination of you,” he says, easily lifting her off the ground. “You were part of the clowns!”
Fumi chortles. “Oh really? You think that lowly of me?”
“No, no, never!” Higemaru peppers her face with kisses.
“You’re the sweetest.” Fumi hugs him. She should breathe a sigh of relief, but she’s too miserable from her lies.
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“Higa!” Fumi waves from outside CCG.
He grins and pushes past the Oggai towards her.
One of the kids turns around with a frown. “You smell funny?”
“What do you mean?” Fumi smiles nervously.
The girl hurls her through an Rc sensor. The machine screams.
Fumi scrambles to her feet. “I – no, wait – help!”
She sees Furuta ahead, but of course he can’t help her. He even warned her that dating Higemaru was too dangerous, but she hadn’t listened.
Tears sting her eyes. Her clown mask tumbles from her bag. The Robin.
Fumi gags with fear as Aura Shinsanpei – Higa’s friend – dangles her aloft by her hair.
She sees Higemaru stopped a few meters away. Her eyes desperately meet his.
“Why?” he cries.
She shakes her head. Tears leak out her eyes.
“Take her to a cell,” says Aura. He’s not so cold he’d left Higemaru witness his girlfriend’s execution.
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Fumi huddles in her cell. She hears Higemaru approaching, but she’s too afraid to lift her head.
“I didn’t hallucinate.”
She shakes her head.
“Why did you save me? Was I a game to you?” Higemaru’s voice rises.
She shakes her head harder.
“Speak to me!” he screams. He feels like she has ripped his heart out.
“I’m sorry!” she cries. “You were a target. I was supposed to find out information from you, okay? That ended shortly after you went to Rushima. I just…I really liked you and I liked pretending to be human with you.” She doubles over. “Even if you think I can’t feel love, I know I feel it for you.”
Higemaru leaves, but he knows he’ll return. In time. Surely the Robin has information that can keep her alive. And if Saiko hasn’t given up on Sasaki, maybe he doesn’t need to give up on her.