With Hakuba and Aoko...

Hakuba stayed silent as they walked somewhere. Soon they found a place where they were alone. He was not pleased with Aoko. Sometimes she was treating him not the right way. Yes, he does pranks and yes he can be annoying. But hitting him wasn't right and it was straight-up abuse. Sometimes the latter hadn't done anything and so far he tolerated it as they weren't friends. But knowing Kaito now more, he couldn't let her continue doing this. He leaned against the wall, his eyes closed for a moment as he had his hands folded. As he opened his eyes he looked sternly at her. The girl had confusion on her face and he hoped that she hadn't realized how serious it was.

"I want you to stop using fish again Kuroba."

Aoko was silent for a moment as she then opened her mouth.

"But why? Aoko does it because it is the only way to control Bakaito's antics."

Her head tilted to the side as he could tell that she was confused.

"You shouldn't do that and I advise it to stop yelling at him and chasing him with any harmful things."

The girl blinked a few times as she seemed a bit more confused at the topic.

"But why? Bakaito is disrupting class, not to mention that he pushes Aoko's skirt."

The girl huffs and that was precisely why he wanted to talk to the girl. Right now Kuroba wasn't Kuroba and having her yell at him won't end well.

"You know he got kidnapped two days ago, do you?"

The girl nodded and frowns a bit.

"Yeah, but he seems fine when laughing with you. What does that have to do? And why was he hiding behind you?"

Hakuba let out a sigh and was trying to think about how to tell her this. She needed to be more careful because right now he was not fine. 

"He is petrified with fish, and phobias can kill someone Aoko and right now you need to be careful and patient."

She gasps and he could tell that the latter finally realizes her mistakes. 

"Aoko didn't know, I will apologize to Kaito. I will tone it down than, Aoko didn't realize how affected Kaito is."

A smile now was on his lips. He was tempted to tell Nakamori keibu, but in the end he wanted to tell the girl himself.

"Good, I am glad that you understand it."

Hakuba didn't want to tell explain to her about PTSD. He wasn't a doctor, but the reaction Kaito showed was making him more believe that he had this. Hakuba knew how to deal with this as he had read some books. 

"So that was why Kaito wasn't in school yesterday?"

The brit was silent for a moment and then giving her a small nod. 

"He was too weak to go and I wanted to be sure that he is fine before going to school. But I am thinking about taking a break with him. He isn't suited for school right now. Let's head back I am worried about Kuroba-kun."

The girl had now a worried expression as she nodded and beginning to walk. Both walked into the classroom. As he entered he saw that Kuroba wasn't there. He let out a curse under his breath.

"Where is Kuroba?"

Aoko asked into the class and the one who answered was Akako. She told them that he is in the toilet and will come back soon. Hakuba breathed out and decided to wait for one or two more minutes. The minutes continued and soon Kuroba came into the room and fidgeting as he felt Aoko look at him.

"Aoko is sorry for yelling at Kaito. Aoko didn't intend to make Kaito feel scared and Aoko is sorry for chasing you with a fish."

The body language changed now as he walked in and giving her a small smile. Hakuba could tell that the other was exhausted. 

"It's fine Aoko. You didn't, Hakuba can we go to the infirmary?"

Hakuba was not surprised too much with his soft tone. It was making him worried about the other. 

"Aoko can, please tell the teacher that we probably won't get back to class?"

The girl had a more worried expression now but hadn't said anything. The girl probably knows that she couldn't do anything.

"Of course, oh and Kaito gets better soon. Aoko is worried about Kaito's health. Aoko doesn't like seeing Kaito like this."

The other blinked a few times and giving her a head pat on the head with a soft smile. 

"Thanks, will try. I will see you Aoko."

With this, both walked out, and soon they were alone the brit took an arm on his shoulder. It was more to be sure that he wouldn't pass out.

"You want me to carry you on my back? I wouldn't mind and you seem to pass out soon."

Kaito looked conflicted but soon gave a nod towards to accept it. So put the arm away and crouched down as Kaito put his arms around the neck and felt himself being lifted up. He was exhausted and usually, it wasn't like this, but he guessed it had nothing to do with his body, but with his psyche. Soon he dozed off not really noticing when they got to the infirmary.

"Excuse our instruction. Kaito is exhausting and I hope that it is alright for you to let him rest here."

The nurse gave a nod and looked sympathetic at the unconscious male.

"Of course, I had the feeling that this would happen. Maybe it is better that he stays home for at least a week."

Hakuba walked up to the bed as the nurse helped him as she put the blanket aside. He laid him down and put the blanket on him. 

"Can you tell the teacher that I will stay with him. His mother isn't home and the Nakamori's aren't the best place. He needs a calm environment and leaving him alone isn't a good idea."

The nurse understood his reasoning and the nurse could tell that the other was affected by his kidnapping. She knew how Kaito was and right now he showed signs of PTSD.

"Yeah, he will need some help and I mean medical. I can see that he has some signs and it's better for him to get help."

Hakuba knew what she meant and he was sure that he wouldn't let himself help. A sigh escaped out of his mouth, at least he could try to make him go to a specialist. For now, he would wait until they are home. 

"I can try to talk to him ongoing. I am not sure that I will succeed."

With this, the talk had finished and him sitting right next to him. It was worrisome and he hoped that it was just because of the drug, but he was wrong. Kaito needed help, one which was a specialist...
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I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Aoko finally understood the severity of what she has done. I see you all in the next chapter. Have a fantastic day ja ne.~