"Y/N! You're back!" (Venti)

"Yeah. Ow! Don't hug me so tight!" (You) 

"Oh sorry, does it still hurt?" (Venti) 

"A little. It's all closed up now, but it's still a little sore." (You) 

"Oh. I'll help you to your class!" Venti tried to pick you up. 

"Ahh! Stop! It's not my legs that hurt! I can walk! You'll just end up getting hurt!" (You) 

"Yeah Venti, Calm down." (Kazuha) 

"Kazu! My savior!" (You)

"Hi Y/N." (Kazuha) 

"Oh yeah. I need to talk to you about something. Can we head somewhere private?" (You) 

"Sure." (Kazuha) 

"I'll see you later Venti!" (You) 

"Bye!" (Venti) 

You and Kazuha walked into that one abandoned classroom. 

"How are you?" (Kazuha) 

"Fine. How about you?" (You) 

"I'm doing okay."

"Yeah... That's good..." 

"What do you have to ask me Y/N?" 

"It's just... Do you..." 

"It's alright. Just ask me. I won't judge you." 

"Has... Has Kuni been at school the past few days?" 

"Oh. You're worried about him aren't you?" 

"Yeah. He blocked me so I can't get to him. It's the same as what happened when he got into that fight." 

"To be honest, I'm worried about him too. He comes to school. But-" 

"But what?" 

"He's here, but he skips all of his classes. Just goes to the class long enough so the teacher thinks he's there then he slips out." 

"Oh." 

"You're not surprised?" 

"I'm surprised he's even going to school in the first place." 

"What?" 

"Yeah. It's actually really impressive that he bothered to make it look like he was in class." 

"What happened?" 

"I don't know. I think it's trauma or stress. But how should I know? I haven't talked to him for over a week now." 

"Wow." 

"Yeah. Well thanks for letting me know. I should get going now." 

"Bye Y/N." 

"Bye." You sighed. 

Your classes passed with a blur of information. After the first few classes, you weren't paying attention at all. 

"Oh. Schools over." You walked to your dorm and sat down. 

3:00 pm

You sat there for a while longer and glanced at the clock again. 

Since when was it 5 pm?

Was I staring at the wall for two hours?

I'm not doing homework. Since it's already 5, let me stay like this a while longer. 

You stayed there, staring at the wall. When you glanced at the clock again, it was... 

MORNING?

Oh fun, I did that all night.

Let's not go to school today.

You stared at the wall, in that position, until hunger forced you to get up. After eating something, you lay down and stared at the ceiling. 

A while later, someone knocked on your door. 

"Y/N? You in there?" 

"The door's unlocked." 

The person strode in and stared at you lying on the bed. 

"What do you think you're doing?" 

"Hi Lumi." You didn't even turn to face her. 

"Y/N." 

"I'm injured. That's excuse enough. Plus, it's not like I'm learning anything if I can't focus." 

"How long have you been like this?" 

"I stared at the wall until about an hour ago. Then I ate and I lay down. And I'm doing this."

"What's wrong with you?" 

"Let's say trauma." 

"Y/N. You're not." 

"Are you sure? Some words are echoing in my brain over and over. A face haunts my dreams. I'm forced to relive the same situation over and over in my thoughts. Isn't that considered trauma?" 

"What words? Whose face? What situation?" 

"Why do you need to know? Just leave Lumi. I'll survive." 

"You call this surviving?" 

"Yes. I'm alive." 

"Y/N. Get a grip!"

"Lumi. Leave. Get out." You slowly got up. 

"Y/N-" 

"Get out!" You pushed her out of your dorm. 

"Y/N what-" 

"Don't come back." You slammed the door in her face. 

You lay back down on your bed. 

"I should feel guilty. Heh. All I can hear are the voices. All I can see are the faces. I don't even care anymore."

You stared and the ceiling then got up and ate when you were hungry. Closed your eyes and experienced a few nightmares if you were sleepy. Went out and got food if you ran out. On and on. An endless, continuous cycle. 

No one came to bother you after you kicked Lumine out. They probably thought you'd snap out of it.

How many days has it been?

3? 4? A week? A month? Two months? 

Not that I care.

Is this trauma? 

Depression?

Why am I even thinking?

Except for the occasional thought, your mind was blank. 

Numb

I feel numb. 

"Ha. Hahahahahahaha! Heh. Fu## this."

"Y/N?"(Aether)

"Door's unlocked." 

"Lumine was pretty upset." 

"How long has it been since she came?" 

"A week." 

"Oh." 

"Y/N." 

"What do you want?" You sat up and faced him. "What're you guys planning on doing because I haven't snapped out of it?" Sarcasm laced your every word. 

"Who can?" 

"Myself." 

"You're doing this because of Scaramouche aren't you?" 

"..." 

"You two are impossible. You're doing this and he stopped coming to school the day after you came back! No one knows where he is! What is wrong with the two of you?" 

"I see." 

So he was only coming to school to see when I'll be back.

"Snap out of it Y/N! This isn;t doing any good to anyone!" 

"She isn't an issue anymore so why is he doing this?" 

"You aren't listening to me at all huh?" 

"We were close weren't we?" 

"Forgive me Y/N, but I'm calling someone else in here. At this rate..." Aether left, but you didn't notice. You were lost in your own musings. 

A while later, someone else walked into the room. You were still sitting up n the bed and staring blankly at the wall. 

"Y/N." 

"Hi Albedo." 

"What are you doing?" 

"What do you think?" 

"I see what Aether meant." 

"..." 

"Do you really love him?" 

"Who?" 

"Scaramouche." 

"Oh. Why should I? Apparently, he thinks we're not that close." 

"Really? the way I see it-" 

"I know. He's just trying to avoid me." 

"Why though?" 

"That's what I've been asking myself." 

"So that's why you're like this?" 

"Hey Bedo?" 

"Yeah?" 

"Date me." 

"What?"

"You heard me right. I want to snap out of this too you know." 

"But why-" 

"If we act like everything is back to normal, then maybe it'll feel normal. It's a win-win. I can snap out of this crappy mindset and you get to further your research." 

"Alright." 

"Great. What do you want to do first?" 

"What?" 

"We're going on a date. Let me take a shower and get changed. Wait for me outside." 

"But-" You shoved him out. 

You took a shower and got dressed. When you opened the door, your friends poured in. 

"How'd Albedo snap you out of it? You were pretty far gone." (Lumine) 

"None of your business. Come one, let's go Bedo." You grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the parking lot. 

"Y/N-" (Bedo) 

"Where's your car?" (You) 

"Over there." 

You pushed him into the driver's seat and plopped down next to him. You typed something in the GPS.

"Let's go." 

"Y/N wtf." 

"Come on!" 

"Are you serious?" 

"Just do it." 

A/N: I'm backkkkkkkkkk! And deal with it. This chapter's a little messed up. I totally didn't expect it to go this way but Scara and Y/N are a little more stubborn than I expected.