Title: Breakdown

Pairing: Ultimately, YamatoxJyou.

Rating: R for violence and language.

Warnings: Mimato, Jyoumato, Taiora, mentions of Jyoumi. Sorato bashing. Nancy bashing.

Summary: Yamato's past, heart, and true feelings are opened up when Jyou is in the hospital, and anyone could be the suspect.

Notes: This takes place after the end of Zero Two, somewhat. The Digimon aren't around for whatever reason. XD I guess they didn't fit into the plot.

"And I'm the one you can never trust
'cause wounds are ways to reveal us."

- "Breakdown" Seether

I couldn't remember anything about the night before, which was understandable considering the bottle of gin left 1/3 full under the couch staring back at me. My eyes felt tired, itchy, and my head pounded as I pulled myself to my feet. I looked around, there were two glasses on the table, the living room looked a little more scattered than usual with a pink pillow on the floor, some cushions thrown around. I finally saved a few seconds to button up my shirt. What happened last night? I came home with... Jyou... That's right... The date. The time. I could see the calendar on the fridge from where I was. Yesterday was Wednesday. Mimi was out of town... but where was Jyou?

Navigating my way around the furniture and the hallway of the apartment I made my way back, my feet finding the hardwood floors cold. I stopped at the bedroom and looked around. Even if Jyou was still there, why would I have wound up in the living room? None of this makes sense. I stepped inside, feeling something wet beneath my feet. I lifted my foot up to see a red liquid drip from it. Glancing back up, the room was lit just enough by the sunlight pouring in through the curtains...

+o+

Hung over and exhausted, I found myself at the hospital later surrounded by beige tile and puke green walls, surrounded by family, surrounded by friends. I felt the guilt knot inside my stomach, or maybe it was just because I couldn't bear to eat anything that morning after what I had seen. Even if I wasn't responsible for Jyou, I was still responsible for a lot of things that had created a slightly less annoying knot since day one. Now I wasn't sure if I would get to apologize to anyone.

I could only keep running it through my mind; the night before, this morning. I tried to remember anything that would be of use to my innocence, as selfish as that sounds. It looked like the setting of a horror movie or a primetime drama. The glow blinded my eyes for a few seconds, but I could still see a body in the bed, outlined in places by the sheets. Knowing I shouldn't continue forward I ignored the cries in my mind to run to the nearest phone and call the police. Curiosity got the best of me and I made my way around to where Mimi usually slept. The body was pale and sprawled, but I could still see a very slight heave in the chest; which was amazing because the blood had turned almost every inch of the sheets red, gashes all down the boy's body. I stepped forward again, trying to see past what would normally be the beautiful blue bangs I loved so much, now they were turning purple because of the blood. I pulled back those bangs...

And screamed.