“this is the only way to keep you safe.” [ protector starters ]
Taken from meme: [x] ||Accepting|| @parallelroutes
Haru was quickly trying to calm Lambo down, who was crying. “Shhh shhh, Lambo-chan, it’s okay. See? It’s not bleeding anymore. I’m fine, I’m not dying.” Well, she doubts that she’d die from being shot in the leg—but she digresses. Honestly, she’s shocked by how dastardly this … who were they again? Moto… no, wasn’t it Momo? Momo… Momoyaki! (Her habit of not memorizing names properly if she doesn't like them strikes again!) They sure had balls of steel to shoot someone in public like this. She had to admit that they really knew how to make a statement. Shoot someone in the leg, it makes it a lot harder for them to run away, so that increases the fear factor.
In that moment of her dropping to the ground after being shot in the leg, the only thing she could think about (aside from how much it hurt, of course) was the fact that Lambo had to get out of there. She was purposefully targeted and Lambo could be the next target. The possession of firearms was illegal in Japan (unless you were military or police), so this was a planned operation. Lambo refused to leave her side, declaring that he was going to stay with her and get her to safety.
The heat of the moment of her desperately trying to send Lambo off made her blind to everything else, including the fact that Byakuran had at one point arrived. It was so chaotic around them with onlookers screaming in terror that someone actually got shot in Japan that she didn’t notice his presence until she felt a hand on her thigh. She shivers at the weird sensation of what she knew was his uncanny ability to heal people. When her leg was fine, she looks up at him to thank him, but her breath hitches.
It didn’t take a genius to realize he was mad, but surely not at her (or so she’s hoping)? She is about to say something when she hears Lambo crying on the phone talking to someone. He capitalized on the fact her attention was elsewhere to make a call. “Wait, Lambo-chan. Who are you calling—Eh? What was that?” She heard Byakuran say something before he left her side, but with everything going on all at once, it was hard to focus.