Okay so this is a story dedicated to Broken Angel01 and is a side-story to her 'My Best Friend's Girlfriend' so do read that one first if you want to get a proper context of the scene this is in and Matt's feelings, otherwise just read it as a Tai/Matt friendship fic. It contains references to implied rape – nothing graphic though.
1. Attacked
Matt had promised Tai he would never let anyone get between their friendship again and he wouldn't. But before that, he needed to know how Sora felt because despite how much he cared about Tai, Sora was still his girlfriend and he had to take her feelings into account too. However, as he left Tai's apartment, it had gotten quite late. Being lost in his own thoughts, he ended up taking a wrong turn and had no idea where he was. This caused the blond to groan internally. Why did he have to get lost now?
"Going somewhere?" A voice cut into his thoughts and a chill ran down Matt's spine, at first thinking it was some creep in a dark alley. His whole body tensed as he poised himself for a fight but as he turned, he realized it was only Karakashi – his band member.
"Oh it's just you Karakashi," Matt said, sighing in relief. He knew he didn't get along well with this particular band member to be honest but at least it wasn't some druggie. He made to move past him but Karakashi blocked his way, a glint in his eyes.
"Kamiya isn't here to help you this time, Ishida," Karakashi said darkly. "And even if he is, I won't let him get in my way ever again." A knife glinted in his pocket which made Matt tense all over again.
"What do you want Karakashi?" Matt said harshly. He had bigger problems to worry about then his band member causing his trouble right now. A feeling of foreboding filled up inside him as he thought about Sora and Tai warning him not to be alone with Karakashi. He thought about TK's concerns about whether he was safe within his band and clearly that did not seem to be the case because he was genuinely afraid of what was about to happen to him.
Karakashi then moved so fast that Matt barely had time to blink as he was pinned to the wall, knife held to his neck. "I'm going to take out some papers which you're going to sign and make me the lead singer in the band. It's up to you to decide what's more important: your life or being the lead singer."
Matt's head was spinning, unable to believe this was happening. He had known Karakashi was a jerk but going this far…he had to be bluffing right? He wouldn't actually kill him. "You're bluffing." His voice shook a bit as he said those words and he inwardly cursed at the way his voice shook.
"Am I?" The sharp point of the knife was pressed further in, causing it to trickle blood.
Matt exhaled and shut his eyes for a moment, counting inwardly to ten. With the position, he was pinned in, he couldn't push Karakashi off and he knew the other wasn't bluffing. "Fine…I'll sign." It was hard to even hold a pen without his hand shaking but somehow he managed to give a somewhat legible signature. "There…now let me go."
Karakashi began to laugh. "I'm sorry Matt…I can't risk anyone finding out about our meeting." Before the blond could even begin to ask what that meant, a cloth was clamped over his mouth. Dizziness filled inside Matt and he felt sick, vision swimming before him. He tried to squirm away but after a few minutes of failed struggling, he fell limp.