Abandonment

A Kingdom

Hearts

story

My name is Riku and I am 15 years old. My parents abandoned me when I was 12. I lived on the street for a few months until a man generously took me in. I thought I was safe with the man, but I was young and naive. I was foolish to go with him, I see that now. What he took me to, was not his home at all; It was a whore house, where he sold me off for 50$. I've been here, at this whore house, for about 3 years now. Everyday, for the past 3 years, I've been forced to have sex with anyone who walked through those doors and picks me out from a line-up of 20 other boys. I once asked one of the men why he chose. He laughed and said: " It's because of your silver hair. It makes you look sexy. Now, get on your hands and knees." And proceeded to treat me like a mutt until his hour was up. I hated it but I didn't dare speak up. I was afraid that if I did, he would start beating me like the other clients did.

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Tonight was an unusually busy night. it seemed like everytime one john had his way with me and left, another would come in and start. Another boy was having the same problem I was. His name was Zexion. He was a year older then me and had been here 5 miserable years. He would often try to run away, but to no avail. He always ended up being dragged back and beaten severly for his actions. I once tried to run away but I was caught and, like zexion, I was beaten. after they beat me, they tossed me down the stairs to the basement where all the boys were kept. for the next 3 weeks I nursed a few broken ribs. After 4 A.M., the house closed and we were forced into the basement and locked in. Every boy had his own cot thet he collapsed into at the end of each day. Mine happened to be next to Zexion's. I layed down and sighed. It felt so good just to lay here and relax. I was just about to fall asleep when I heard someone calling my name.

"Riku, you still awake?"

"Huh? What?" I mumbled, still in a sleepy daze.

"Riku, wake up. I have somehting I want ask you."

I rolled over and looked for the source of the voice. It was Zexion.

"Riku, will you escape with me?" Zexion wispered.

At the word 'escape' my eyes widened.

"escape? Like, leave and never come back, escape?" I was shocked. Zexion wanted me to escape with him?

"Yes, escape. I'm so sick and tired of being forced to have sex with men that beat me and treat me like trash. So let's go, go and never look back. We'll make a new life for ourslefs. We'll get jobs and go to school, like normal teenagers." Zexion wispered excitily.

Normal...was that even possible for someone like me? what is normal anyway? Was normal haveing parents that took care of you? Or was normal going to school and hanging out with friends on the weekends? Riku just didn't know. Sure, he had had parents, but they were not much to be desired. Dad was a drunk and mom was a junkie who sold her own son off to a dealer. He had escaped him and started living on the streets. Then that man had come and sold him to a whore house.

"Are you sure we can make it out? What if they catch us? what if--" Riku tried to say but was stopped when a hand covered his mouth.

"What if this, what if that. Dammit Riku, we're DYING here!! This place is killing us! Think about it, if we escape then we'll be free. but if we stay, we'll be nothing but sex slaves our entire lives!! We could have friends, jobs, a house to call our own. All that could be ours if can just escape this horrid place."

From the was Zexion was speaking, he had obviously thought things through. Riku was convinced that Zexion knew what he was doing. At least he hoped Zexion knew what he was doing.

"When do you want to leave?"Riku asked, making Zexion smile devilishly.