#Homra wouldn't be handling it well either I think everything would feel suddenly so quiet without Yata there

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Hi hi!! Could you please make K Project where nothing has chanhed but for the fact that, instead of Totsuka dying, it was Misaki who got murdered by the colorless king, and everyone's reaction to it? And oh!! Pleeeease emphasis on saruhiko's reaction, cuz im just a thirsty sarumi stan like that. I crave angst, so please, by all means, make it hurt!! I love your blog so much, thanks for keeping us K fans well fed :DDD

Fushimi's reaction just makes me think of that chapter of DOB where Akiyama tells Fushimi that a member of Homra has been murdered and you can just tell from Fushimi's expression that part of him has to be thinking what if it was Yata. If Yata was the one to die I'm curious what Homra's reaction would be actually, I don't think Mikoto would be quite as quick to just go chasing after his own death but at the same time I don't see him simply letting Colorless get away with killing one of his important clansmen. I think Yata's loss might not hit as hard as Totsuka's but it would definitely be a blow, like imagine Kusanagi and Totsuka being the ones to find him on the roof in this AU and Yata's all semi-lucid and fading, worried that he's going to die and maybe tearing up a little and weakly swearing as he says he can't die yet. Totsuka's trying to reassure him that everything will be fine but he knows that it's too late. Kusanagi leans down and puts a hand over Yata's, telling him that he's going to be okay and don't be so worried, just relax. Yata murmurs Fushimi's name and Kusanagi and Totsuka exchange glances, Kusanagi tells Yata they'll take care of him as Yata's eyes slowly close. There's a long silence and then Totsuka looks down as he murmurs 'Kusanagi-san...he's gone.' Kusanagi clenches his fist and puts a hand to his forehead, wondering quietly what they're going to do now.

The two of them return to Homra with the news, Anna of course already knew and runs to meet them with tearful eyes. Mikoto stands by the door and asks if it's true, Totsuka nods as Kusanagi walks in holding Yata's body. Mikoto walks over and rests a hand on Yata's head, his face looking untroubled but Anna grabs the edge of his shirt and looks up at him in worry. Kusanagi says they'll need to contact Yata's family too, along with the rest of Homra. I think they would call Kamamoto first and he'd definitely be upset, like he can't believe that this person who was his hero as a child has been killed. The rest of Homra are all shell-shocked by the loss of one of their own and equally determined to find out who did this and to make them pay, Mikoto hasn't said anything but Kusanagi knows that he's not going to let this slide and Kusanagi can't say he isn't concerned about that. Totsuka asks him if he's okay and Kusanagi just shakes his head, looking down at the couch where they've laid Yata down. Totsuka looks over at Kusanagi and quietly wonders who's going to tell Fushimi.

I could actually see in this AU Kusanagi going to Scepter 4 himself to tell Fushimi rather than letting Fushimi find out from Scepter 4's intel, knowing how close those two were and probably having some idea at least that Fushimi doesn't hate Yata as much as he always says he does. Awashima's surprised when Kusanagi calls her in the middle of the night saying he needs to see Fushimi, wondering if this can’t wait until morning and she's in the middle of speaking when Kusanagi just says flatly 'Yata-chan's dead.' Awashima doesn't really know much about Yata but I think she would know that Fushimi and Yata used to be close, and Kusanagi's voice is so strained that she can't say no to him. She gives him permission and then goes to wake Fushimi, who's annoyed at being dragged out of his bed for no reason. Awashima gives him a sympathetic look that he doesn't understand as she takes him to the room where Kusanagi's waiting, Fushimi clicks his tongue as he wonders why Kusanagi's here so late. Awashima closes the door to give the two of them privacy as Kusanagi asks Fushimi to sit down. This is probably already triggering some panic sensors in Fushimi's mind and he tries to cover it by pulling on the usual 'traitor' mask, wondering why he should care about anything Homra has to say and he's not interested in talking to any of them. Kusanagi interrupts him and tells him that there was a shooting tonight and Yata was involved. Fushimi's definitely getting desperate as he says he doesn't care what happens to that stubborn idiot who wouldn't die even if he was killed, and that's when Kusanagi looks him right in the face and tells him that Yata's dead.

Fushimi stares back at him and Kusanagi can almost hear the audible sound of something breaking there behind Fushimi's eyes. Kusanagi tries to be gentle about it and Fushimi sharply tells him to shut up. Kusanagi sighs and says he's sorry and Fushimi stands abruptly, saying this has nothing to do with him, why should he care if Misaki's dead. Fushimi gets this awful broken smile on his face as he says he hates that person anyway so why should he care, it's all the same to him if Yata's dead and he knew this would happen, he knew that following Suoh Mikoto was a death sentence and his voice is just getting louder and louder to the point that Awashima walks back in, concerned. Fushimi tells Kusanagi not to come here again and storms out, Awashima starts to follow him and Kusanagi says to let him be, this is probably hard for him. Fushimi goes back to his room and slams the door, standing there in front of his bed and for a moment he can almost hear Yata's voice from the bottom bunk, talking about how they can do anything if they're together and Fushimi unconsciously holds out his fist for a moment before he realizes that no one's there. He mutters that it doesn't matter, this was bound to happen anyway and it has nothing to do with him but his legs have already given out and he just lies there crumpled against the doorway, face wet and not knowing why as he desperately repeats it over and over, that this has nothing to do with him, that it would have happened if he was there or not, that Misaki can't die so easily, couldn't possibly have died so easily.