#rainbox six

So here you were with Chul Kyung, your partner on the field, in a quarantine tent. The anxiety emitting from yourself, as well as him, was almost overwhelming--signified by the bouncing of your leg as you pressed your forehead against your thumbs.

Your mission objective had gone wrong, much to your dislike. Your intention was to clean a nest as quietly as you were able. When you were to detonate the bombs remotely, you would be out of the building without firing off more than you intended.

But instead, the nest was rattled by a Smasher, causing everything to turn in your direction.

And while you should have been grateful for Chul Kyung turning around and saving your skin, you felt it would had been better if he hadn't--because now he was under observation of Gustave to ensure that there was no infection.

His mask had been compromised, but only at the tail end of your scuffle. Not long enough for him to be doomed, but just enough to be concerning to you and those who considered him an ally.

He kept his eyes away from you as your leg shook in it's place, the silence in the tent palpable once Gustave had stepped out for just a few moments.

"Why did you turn around, Chul Kyung?" is the only thing you ask, lifting your head up so you could look at his solemn figure across the room.

Honestly, after you had asked, you wanted to immediately take it back. This was not the proper time to grill him with questions, this was not the proper time to feel like your world was ending.

He needed your support, but you had already moved forward. There was no turning around now, not with him.

The visible shift in his steely gaze caused your heart to drop a bit. He never connected gazes with you, he didn't have to, for you to feel the disappointment rousing between your silhouettes.

"Because I know better than to leave a man behind, [Y/N]," is his simple response. But something in his tones told you otherwise.

He cared for you, and he didn't want to see you gone in a way that would have left him scarred further.

"But I told you to," you breathed back. "I should have died back there, Chul Kyung, and now I have to sit here and look at you like this."

His eyes immediately dart up to meet yours, and the animosity behind his stare almost made you wince. "Do you think I want to be like this?" he snaps, his voice raising as soon as he did. "I saved you because I felt like I had to. Because I felt that I owed you that."

You inhale a bit, your breath shaking in that regard. "I... I never meant it like--"

"And right now, I wish you were dead!" he continued, cutting you off from what would have been your apology for coming off in the fashion that you did.

There was a silence, as his face begins to slowly settle. Finally understanding the gravity of what he had just told you, even though he had just done something else.

But he says nothing, as he watches you stand and turn on the heels of your boots. Watching you, as you take your final, quiet steps out of the tent.

Something told you that he would not look at you the same, and something else told you that he earned that right.

But you turn to look over your shoulder one more time, seeing him sink back slowly into his seat and bury his face into the palms of his hands. But you say nothing, as you feel the separation of this portion of the tent on the knuckles of your hands.

Your eyes drop, as you step forward and let the entrance of the tent fall so that you could begin decontamination.

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