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I'm bbbbaaaacccckkkkk! I told you it would be sometime in October. I bet you all weren't expecting and update quite so soon. I'm just full of surprizes aren't I? I could have made you wait longer for it, but since October is my favorite month, I decided to be nice. Now, the 2nd chapter has already been written, but It won't be out until sometime around the 11th, if I still have my computer then. I'll probably get in trouble for having bad grades. So, cross your fingers and hope that doesn't happen. Anyway, on with the fic!

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Flash backs:

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Ice blue eyes blinked open and studied their surroundings warily.

/Fuck. I don't remember a goddamn thing. /

Tala moved to sit up, but found something was preventing him from moving. Looking down he saw a bare muscled arm wrapped tightly around his waist.

/Who the hell did I bring back here/

Biting his lip to calm his nerves, he looked back, his eyes widening at who he saw.

/B-Bryan…/

The said blader was fast asleep, his chin resting on his captain's pale shoulder.

Tala turned away from his teammate, fighting the urge to breakdown and cry.

/He's going to hate me now. I know he is. I've got to get out of here. /

Having roomed with Bryan in the Abbey had its perks. He knew for sure the older teen was a heavy sleeper. It used to be hell waking him up in the morning.

Prying the older Russian's arm from around his waist, Tala sat up, wincing as he did. The redhead swung his legs over the side of the bed and placed his feet on the floor. Standing slowly, he hissed softly at the pain in his lower back. A wave of nausea came over him and he clutched the side of the nightstand for support, his other hand going to his head.

/Owww…shit. I think I'm gonna throw up. /

The limping as he walked, Tala shuffled to the bathroom, running a hand through his loose red hair.

Stumbling over to the toilet, he dropped to his knees, wincing when they hit the hard white tile of the bathroom floor.

/Okay, that wasn't the smartest thing to do. They had better not bruise! I feel sick… /

Nausea set in once again and he proceeded to throw up everything in his stomach, gripping the sides of the toilet for support. Whimpering softly, he slowly stood up and grabbed a washcloth from inside the closet.

Pinning up his hair, he quickly took a shower, ridding himself of the evidence of the night before.

After drying off he unpinned his hair and grabbed Bryan's toothbrush, proceeding to brush his teeth to get rid of the bad taste in his mouth. With that done, he rinsed the toothbrush off and put it back where it belonged.

Coming out of the bathroom he looked around the room, trying to find his clothes. After searching for a few minutes, he gave up, grabbing the first thing he saw. The sheet. The redhead wrapped the pastel blue sheet around himself a few times before tying it. Giving one last look at his sleeping teammate, he quietly slipped through the partially open door.

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Seeing Rei's door wide open, Tala looked inside, seeing no one.

/That's weird. Where is everyone/

Looking in Tyson's room, he found it empty as well.

/Okay, what the hell/

The redhead walked over to Kai's door and opened it quietly. Peeking in he found his answer.

/So they're all in here. Well, except for Ty. I wonder where he is. /

Opening the door just wide enough to slip through, Tala entered the room, quietly closing the door after himself. Shuffling quietly towards the bed, the lithe redhead climbed in, curling up to Kai and laying his head on the bluenette's free shoulder.

Yawning softly, the redhead pulled the black silk sheets that covered the other three over him as well. Tala closed his eyes and buried his head into the crook of Kai's pale neck, just like he used to do back when the bluenette used to comfort him in the Abbey.

Crimson eyes fluttered open in hearing the soft yawn. Smiling a half smile he wrapped his free arm around the younger Russian's waist. Closing his eyes, that smile soon turned into a frown.

/Max was raped, Tala's thinking of the Abbey way too much for my liking, Bryan's going to flip when he learns Tala's not by his side. I know they slept together. It's obvious by Tala's lack of clothes. And Tyson has no idea what he did. Plus, the other teams are coming. It seems the only thing going good right now is mine and Ray's relationship. /

Holding his lover, his 'brother', and his best friend tighter, he drifted back into the land of sleep.

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Hours later the foursome was roused from their peaceful sleep by a loud bang on the door.

Ray was the first to sit up, stretching like the cat he was. Glancing over to Kai's right side he blinked at the sight of the redheaded teen.

"Tala…?"

Opening his eyes, the said Russian looked up at Rei tiredly.

"Yeah?"

"When did you come in?"

At the sound of talking, a pair of crimson eyes fluttered open.

"Sometime early this morning. I woke up when heard him yawning."

By now, the knocking had turned into banging.

Kai groaned inwardly.

/Bryan. /

"Come in!"

By now, ocean-blue eyes had opened and Max was now sitting up, wincing as he stretched. Amber and ice blue met and then looked at the blond with worried glances.

"Tala."

Tala stiffened when he heard Bryan call his name from merely a few steps away.

/When did he come in? Oh yeah…he must have been the one knocking. /

"We need to talk."

Swinging his legs over the side of the bed Tala stood up.

"There's nothing to talk about."

Kai rubbed his temples. This was about to turn ugly, and fast.

Tala walked past Bryan, heading towards the door.

Snarling, the eldest Russian reached out and grabbed a pale wrist, forcefully spinning the redhead around to face him.

"The hell there isn't! What about last night?"

Tala yanked his wrist away from the lilac-haired teen.

"What's done is done."

With that said, Tala spun on his heal and walked out the door, heading into the direction of Rei's room.

Growling, Bryan followed him, slamming the door as he went, making Max jump and Rei gasp in surprise.

Rei blinked confusedly and amber eyes shifted from the closed door to Kai.

"What just happened?"

Kai climbed out of bed, stretching as he did.

"Bryan was insulted that Tala didn't stay until he woke up."

"Ah."

Crimson eyes looked over to Max, who was currently leaning against Rei.

"Max?"

Blue eyes looked up at him curiously.

"Go take a shower. We've got to go to the airport and pick up the other teams soon."

Nodding, the blond crawled out of bed, wincing in pain.

/I was hoping it was just a bad dream, but…the pain is still there. I guess it really did happen after all. /

Frowning softly, he limped out the door, heading towards his own room.

Kai and Rei shared a look when the blond made his exit.

Rei sighed and hugged a pillow.

"What are we going to do? It seems he's worse off than we -both- thought he would be."

Kai frowned.

"I know, I know."

"And there's still the matter of telling Tyson."

"I can't do it."

Rei bit his lip in thought before smiling slightly in realization.

"I know who can."

Kai looked over at his lover curiously.

"Who?"

"Tala."

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Bryan sat fuming on Max's bed, arms crossed over his chest. He had gone after Tala, only to get Rei's door slammed in his face.

/Damn it all to hell! Why in the hell did I have to suggest we get drunk/

A frustrated sigh escaped his lips and he ran a hand through his short lilac hair.

/I probably only made things worse by yelling at him…/

The sound of a door closing brought Bryan out of his thoughts and he looked up, seeing Max walking towards the bathroom. But something seemed…off.

/He's limping worse than Tala is. Something's not right. /

"Max."

Max stopped dead in his tracks. Glancing over his shoulder he saw the scrutinizing look the Russian was giving him.

/He knows something's off. /

The blond bit his lip nervously.

"Y-yeah?"

Bryan wasn't going to beat around the bush.

"What happened?"

Max didn't respond.

Bryan's tone softened slightly.

"Max…what happened?"

/Don't make me relive it…please…/

Max clenched his eyes shut.

"N-nothing…"

Bryan frowned and stood from the bed, walking over to where Max was standing. Placing a hand on the blond's shoulder, he crouched down until he was eye level with the American. The position wasn't very comfortable, but he wanted to know what was wrong with the usually overly cheerful blond.

"Max…"

Max opened his eyes, staring straight into pale lilac ones.

"Tell me what happened."

Max bit his lip nervously, then took a deep breath. The blond lowered his head slightly, now gazing at the floor.

"Tyson cornered me back at the club. H-he was drunk. I tried to get away. I really did." He paused, sniffling softly, "But…I wasn't strong enough. H-he took me into the b-bathroom and r-raped me…"

By now, Bryan could see that Max was shaking. Bryan opened his mouth to say something but Max beat him to it. He wasn't finished just yet.

"I'm scared. Scared that he'll do it again. I'm…afraid of him."

Blinking Bryan ran a hand through the silky blond locks in attempt to sooth him.

/I've heard those words before…Tala…/

"I'm afraid of him…"

"Who?"

"Boris…"

A 9-year-old Bryan blinked.

"Why?"

Tala, who was 7, merely hugged his older friend, burring his head into the crook of his neck, and sniffled softly.

Frowning, Bryan wrapped arms around the shaking form of the smaller child.

"Tala…"

The lilac-haired teen sat down on the floor, pulled the blond gently down with him and then into a hug. Seeing Max wince he peered down the back of the blond's shirt, finding a rather large bruise on his back.

Frowning deeply, he held the blond in the same fashion as he held Tala all those times he would come to him in tears at the Abbey.

/Drunk or not, I still hate Tyson for hurting him. He had better NEVER touch him again. /

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Tala blinked, trying to take in all that he had just been told.

"Max was raped by Tyson? And you want me to tell Tyson because he doesn't remember it?

The lovers nodded.

Tala flopped down onto the bed, biting his lip.

"Okay…I'll do it."

Rei smiled.

"We owe you one."

"Yeah…I know."

With that, the redhead left the room, heading downstairs toward the living room.

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Taking a deep breath, Tala entered the living room, walking towards the couch where Tyson was currently laying down watching T.V.

"How are you feeling?"

Tyson grinned weakly.

"Like I got hit by a truck."

Tala snickered softly and knocked Tyson's feet off the couch, making Tyson pout and sit up. Tala bit his lip and fiddled with the belled sleeves of his shirt, his outfit being almost identical to the one he arrived in on Wednesday.

"Tyson…do you know how you got that black eye?"

Tyson shook his head.

Tala frowned.

"Well…you and Kai got into a fight."

Tyson's eyes widened.

"Over what?"

"Who."

"Huh?"

Tala sighed.

"You didn't fight over an object. You fought over a person."

Tyson blinked.

"Who?"

Tala hesitated slightly.

"…Max"

"Why?"

Tala took a deep breath and laid a hand on top of Tyson's. He dreaded the next part.

"Last night, in the club, when you were drunk…"

"Yeah…?"

Tala squeezed Tyson's hand. He couldn't let it drag on any longer, even though he wanted too.

"Tyson…you raped him…"

Tyson's face took on a look of complete horror.

"N-no! I couldn't…I didn't…n-no…"

Tala bit his lip, looking away, though he still hand Tyson's hand.

Tyson stared down at the floor; feeling tears well up in his eyes.

/Oh my God. What the hell have I done/

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