The crosswalk signal blinked green.
its little figure glowing in the pale morning light. Izuma Nasiki stepped off the curb, sneakers scuffing the paint, the city's pulse beating around him—bicycles whirred past, a delivery truck rumbled over a pothole or two, and the scent of fresh bread drifted from the bakery on the corner. He felt the cool spring air on his face, the familiar weight of his backpack, the anticipation of another ordinary day.
Takumi's voice rang out behind him, teasing and bright:
"Come on, Kurushimi-kun! Move it!"
Izuma grinned despite himself, jogging ahead as sunlight caught in his hair. For a moment, everything felt right—safe, predictable, just another morning with friends.
~ BEEP.. BEEP.... BEEEEEEEP! ! !
Then came the roar of an engine and a very loud horn honking its way through the street, sharp and out of place. Izuma turned, confusion tightening his chest. A silver car barreled around the corner, tires shrieking. The world seemed to slow. Takumi's mouth opened in a warning that never reached Izuma's ears, and Izuma's heart hammered in his chest, then:
~ Skrrrt....*BOOM*
Metal slammed into him. Pain exploded through his body, he felt from his hip down, immediately turn ice cold, He was lifted, weightless, then crashed down, a thud occurred along with a jarring snap of an unknown amount of bones, crunching as if it was a twig that had just been stepped on, the pavement cold and unforgiving.
He opened his eyes slowly to see the blood that had pooled beneath his head, warm and sticky. Hana screamed. Ren's face swam above him, pale and terrified.
"Wh...What just hap-"
Before he can finish the sentence his throat had begin to fill with blood, tons of it—to the point he is actively drowning in it, trying to speak he gargles and swallows pools of it.
"What is happening.. Why is this happening..." ,thoughts ran through his ever so weakening mind at unbelievable speeds , then a final voice cried out:
"IZ-"
The voice of whomever they were, was suddenly cut off.
Izuma's world narrowed to a single, flickering point of light. Then everything slowly faded into nothingness...