[There's the briefest moment of relief that swims through Hinata, because he can see the movement of Saihara going backwards. He can take reassurance in the fact that it will, actually, be okay.
But that hope is quickly crushed, because he sees Saihara launch himself- and there's something like a wail that builds in his throat, because of course he is. Of course he is. Wouldn't Hinata be doing the same, if it were him?
But then
the board
goes through his best friend.
...Ah. He can feel his brain breaking down, numbness spreading through his limbs. The breath is stolen out of him, broken laughter and tortured screams stolen with it. Aha... That. That board is from where I stepped down. The stair my weight broke. I caused it. I did it.
I killed him. I killed him. I killed himIkilledhimIkilledhimIkilledhim-
It has to be all his fault. It's the last thing Hinata will ever think, and Saihara bleeding out will be the last thing he ever sees.
I'm on time number five reading your tag and it's still bringing me to tears
But that hope is quickly crushed, because he sees Saihara launch himself- and there's something like a wail that builds in his throat, because of course he is. Of course he is. Wouldn't Hinata be doing the same, if it were him?
But then
the board
goes through his best friend.
...Ah. He can feel his brain breaking down, numbness spreading through his limbs. The breath is stolen out of him, broken laughter and tortured screams stolen with it. Aha... That. That board is from where I stepped down. The stair my weight broke. I caused it. I did it.
I killed him. I killed him. I killed himIkilledhimIkilledhimIkilledhim-
It has to be all his fault. It's the last thing Hinata will ever think, and Saihara bleeding out will be the last thing he ever sees.
He finally connects with the ground, and-
"͙̲͖́͌͊͜͝H͚̄è̳̍͢ỳ̺̳͍͌̍,͎͂͋͑̄͢͢ͅ c̖̘͚̞̖̿́̊̍͋ǎ̙͙̖͛̑ṇ̹̋̌ ͈̜̠͙̿͂̀͋͜͡yȯ͎̰͈̘̏̈́̓̕͢ų̞͔͔̇̒̎̐͞ͅ ͍́h͓̑ḛ̰̮͑́̾ar̛̤ ̪͝m͈̰̬͋̏̊e̝̊?̡͆"̱̘̂̕
Hinata wakes up.]