--RESIST

At his whisper, she slightly nods to confirm with him his suspicions. What? Did he seriously think her crying was fake? Ruri wasn’t a performer like the spy that helped in her kidnapping was. She couldn’t fake her emotions too well. A liar wasn’t what Ruri Kurosaki was, and she never will be. It’s just who she is.

“N-No…” A look of pure terror graces her face at the mention of that old creep; slowly getting out of his hold after he dries her tears. He had once examined her for some future project, including touching her like some doll. Gosh, was that night horrifying. The thought of that creep having something to do with how Shun was acting just sent shivers down her spine. “I will never let him anywhere near me, and if you were my real brother, you’d feel the same!”

“I’ve got to do something to save you, b-but what?”

Wait a moment…The door behind her was…

“That’s it!” Quickly, she rushes towards the now open door to her prison; slamming the door shut so it slowly down him following her. Leaving her brother behind made her heart sink. Wait, she wasn’t leaving him behind. She was going to get help, somehow. Either way, Ruri had a chance at freedom; carefully racing down the long staircase of stone before suddenly stopping at the bottom. The sight of an all too familiar figure made her stop; his wicked smile being ingrained in her mind.

“Ruri?!” Shun’s shoulder slams into the door in his dash to reach her, but he had been a split second too late in reacting. “Ruri, wait-!!” 

But he knows his shouts fall on deaf ears, cut off by the thick steel. He curses himself for making such a stupid mistake, one most likely being reported as he panicked. It seemed as though the lock engaged when Ruri shut it behind her, making him curse again. The door could only be opened from the outside, so there was no handle on this side... There was no time. He had to break it down.

“--Oh?”

Yuuri blinks at the sight of the girl meeting him on the steps. Out of place, she was. Like Rin, she was supposed to be her room, not wandering about. Which means... “So I take it that Kurosaki failed then? I expected as much. But the Professor had hopes he’d keep you under control.”

Of course, he wouldn’t move, nor was he threatened by some girl weakened by her own stubbornness. Ruri most likely could’ve fought him off once, but he knows as well as Shun did that she refused to eat for days now thanks to his reports. After all, he was next in line to keep watch over her once Shun had proven himself worthless. It was only a matter of time. 

So when the terrible sound of metal snapping off of stone echoed from upstairs, Yuuri struck without a wasted movement. Quick as a snake, his hand found her hair and pulled, twisting his fingers in the girl’s long strands nearing the base of her neck.

“This is certainly not…the reception I was expecting to receive upon my homecoming. It seems you’ve been rowdy in my absence, but no matter. That will change soon enough…” His amethyst eyes scan the other; seeing the deep within those golden hues. It was clear Kurosaki’s thirst was driving him a bit off the rails, but nothing Reiji couldn’t handle.

But then his eyebrows seem to twist.

Broken--?

Ah-- Recollections hit him hard as he remembers. But his actions were justified! If Reiji didn’t want him breaking in to learn his whereabouts he shouldn’t have left him in the dark!

“Are you accusing me of being insubordinate? How could I possibly perform acts of insubordination when you weren’t here for me to defy in the first place?!” He’s thrown into a panic, his body language is telling as his shoulders stiffen. If they weren’t before, his eyes were definitely shining with fire now.