Where It All Began

Kasamatsu Yukio is your everyday, regular college student. Meaning he's exhausted all the time and most likely starving himself. His major is Commercial Music, meaning he gets to learn all about the music industry, not just playing songs. Even so, he has a backup of being in the medical field. It was a choice to please his parents, not so much because he wanted to choose that.

Kasamatsu lives in an apartment with his closest friend, Moriyama Yoshitaka. They went to high school together and were on the same basketball team, with Kasamatsu as the captain. After all, they went through together on that team, they chose to stick together and remained close after that. Moriyama's major is undecided, due to his main focus of getting a girlfriend, or at best, just flirting with girls. No matter how many times Kasamatsu tries to get him to be serious, it just doesn't click in the woman-obsessed mind of Moriyama.

Currently, the two roommates were sitting on their couch watching a movie. It was a boring movie to match the boring Tuesday night, but they were honestly glad about it. They'd gotten all their school work done on time Monday night, just to have their classes canceled the next day. So, they hadn't don't much that day and were slowly getting tired, due to the boredom. Well, Moriyama was at least.

Kasamatsu was going through a sleepless patch. He'd only gotten about 2-3 hours at best each night for nearly a week. He wasn't sure why, but he just couldn't sleep. He tried and tried, but it only ended up with him being pissed off.

"Hey Yukio, I'm gonna head to bed." Moriyama's statement brought Kasamatsu out of his zoning as he stared at the TV. His voice had hints of sadness as if someone let him down.

"You sure? I thought you were going on a date with that girl you met at the cafe?"

"She just canceled on me..."

"Again? Man, I'm sorry." Kasamatsu wasn't sure what else to tell his friend. It was common for the male to get a date, only for her to cancel later on. The slightly-taller black-haired male was good at flirting with girls and getting a date with them, just not actually going on dates with girls. Even so, he was still better than Kasamatsu's stuttering and panic attacks he had when he tried to even talk to a female.

"The next one will actually go out with me! I know it!" Moriyama stood up triumphantly. It was like he truly thought what he said would happen.

"Sure... Uh, good luck with that."

"You should get a girl too. I'm sure it'd make you happier."

"I don't need a girlfriend."

"Then a boyfriend?" Moriyama had to dodge a pillow thrown by the now annoyed Kasamatsu. He didn't like talking about his love life, due to it being practically non-existent.

"Go to bed!"

"Yes, yes! Goodnight!" With that, the male went into his room, leaving Kasamatsu alone with the still playing movie. It wasn't like they were really watching the movie anyway. So, not wanting to hear the terrible acting any longer, Kasamatsu turned off the TV, since silence was better than the crappy film. So, now that was done, the male was ready to head off to bed... to just lay there and be pissed off, but before he could do anything, Moriyama burst out of his room, his door slamming against the wall, almost denting it.

"What the hell!" Kasamatsu snapped as he turned towards his friend, angry rather than surprised.

"I've been invited to a party. Get ready, you're coming with me!"

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are." The firm voice caused Kasamatsu to sigh, as he knew he'd lose the argument now. So, extremely reluctantly, Kasamatsu retreated to his room to get ready. He ended up choosing a plain black t-shirt with jeans. Not anything special, but it made him look hot, which was what he was going for.

"There shouldn't even be a party on a Tuesday..." The blue-eyed male muttered bitterly as he changed his clothing. He wasn't happy about going, but he would be damned if he didn't look nice while being forced to be there.

"True, but there's going to be a lot of cute girls, so who cares?"

"...Of course, there will be. Just don't go crazy."

"I'll do my best."

That'd been a lie. As soon as he saw a hot blonde, he was gone. The other male had no chance of finding Moriyama in the crowd, so he decided to at least go and get a drink. Hell, maybe it'd even help him get to sleep... or relax him enough to talk to a girl.

"Hey there." Kasamatsu turned to see a beautiful man standing next to him. He had shoulder length dyed red hair and almost sparkling blue eyes. They went perfectly with the kind smile on the equally kind face looking down at him. Kasamatsu was concerned by how he found another male attractive, but he'd already known he was interested in both females and males. He had a specific type though. He'd normally gravitate to ones who were serious, but anyone at parties on a Tuesday was most likely not his serious type. So he knew that unfortunately, nothing would go on with this beautiful man.

"Hi." Came Kasamatsu's monotone response after a few moments of just looking at the male.

"My name's Phoenix."

"That can't be your real name." The male chuckled at Kasamatsu's retort as he nodded his head. The black-haired male had to admit, the other guy's laugh was very cute. He quickly sent that thought away though. No matter what, Kasamatsu wasn't the type to recklessly sleep around.

"You're right there. My actual name is Damien. Do I get the privilege of knowing your name?"

"...Yukio..."

"I see. Well Yukio, you're quite the looker. Mind if I get you a drink? You do drink right?"

"That's what I'm over here for." The annoyed tone of his voice was completely overlooked as the redhead began to laugh in response.

"You're funny!" Damien laughed as he handed Kasamatsu a drink. He had a smile on his face as he watched the black-haired male drink it all down quickly.

"I wasn't trying to be funny."

"Oh? I guess you just have a natural talent for humor." That caused Kasamatsu to frown. If he was anything, it was unfunny. Painfully, unfunny in all honesty. He was the complete serious type and it was clear to all who knew him. It was even clear to anyone who even looked at him long enough. So, it was at this point, red flags were raised.

"What's going on?" The black-haired man questioned as he looked at the still smiling taller male. Kasamatsu began to feel a little nauseous at that moment, so he honestly didn't want to speak for too long and his words didn't hold the amount of annoyance he wanted them to. He was also confused about how he got so drunk so fast, it wasn't like him at all.

"Just making conversation with a hot guy. Isn't that okay?" It was unsettling for some reason, so Kasamatsu chose now to end the conversation. He opened his mouth to speak but found he couldn't. Along with this, dizziness came and difficulty to focus on thinking up words to speak. He realized he couldn't move and he was hit with the crushing realization that made him feel like an idiot. He wasn't drunk like he'd thought he was, he'd been drugged.

"Wh...What..."

"Oh? You understand it now? It took a while to take effect. I made it myself so I wasn't sure how it'd go." Damien chuckled and wrapped an arm around Kasamatsu's waist. "Come on, let's go have fun. Try to fight if you can, it'll make this more fun." The red-haired male licked the side of the drugged man's face with a creepy and disgusting smile. If Kasamatsu could have, he would have been throwing up due to the action.

Damien led Kasamatsu away from the drinks table and out of the party area. He was led to an empty car and was shoved against it while the man unlocked his car. Kasamatsu was in a daze and was very confused. He couldn't believe no one stopped them and was pissed Moriyama was nowhere to be seen. He would definitely have to kick his ass after he could move again.

"We're going to go now. Be a good boy and remain still in my car. It's old but new to me, so I don't want it damaged." Kasamatsu realized the car's door was now open and he was being pushed inside of it. He could do nothing as the red-haired man buckled him in and kissed the top of his head. "You've been such a good boy so far, keep it up and you'll get a reward when we get home." All Kasamatsu could think was how badly he wanted to headbutt the man or punch him, but paralyzed, he could do nothing but glare.

Before Kasamatsu even knew it, they were driving away and almost out of the parking lot of the party venue. They were about to turn onto the main road when a flash of yellow appeared and something slammed into the hood of the car, halting it immediately. The sudden stop resulted in Kasamatsu flying forward and smacking his forehead against the dashboard in front of him. The force was enough to cause the already dizzy and drowsy male to begin to slip into darkness. So, with that, Kasamatsu fell into black laced with severe head pain.

~

Hours flew by without Kasamatsu's knowledge and when he finally woke up, he was incredibly confused. He remembered going out with Moriyama, but that was it. All he knew was his head hurt like a bitch and he felt sick to his stomach.

"You're finally awake. Thank the gods, I was about to call an ambulance." It was Moriyama hovering over him as he spoke, causing Kasamatsu to realize he was laying on their couch in their living room. He moved to sit up but was stopped by his friend. "Don't sit up yet, you might get sick and I don't really want to clean that up. Do you remember anything?" Moriyama had a worried look on his face, causing concern to rise in the confused male.

"No?" His throat was dry and hurt when he spoke, causing his response to only be raspy and full of pain.

"You were drugged Yukio! I went off to flirt and you got caught up with some guy." Moriyama explained what happened all the way up to there Kasamatsu got his head injury. "Some blond guy stopped the car and pulled you out of it. He said he'd been watching you and explained the situation to me. Your face was almost completely covered in blood, it scared away the girl I was talking to!"

"I don't remember any of that... So, I was almost taken away by some dude?"

"That, and you have a giant cut across your forehead." Moriyama finished speaking, and then surprisingly reached out and pulled Kasamatsu against him for a hug. "Yukio, you almost disappeared. You could have been sold or murdered, or..."

"This is why I hate parties."

"I'm so sorry, it's all my-"

"It's not your fault. I shouldn't have been so trusting. I must've let my guard down, he was probably really hot. That was on me." Kasamatsu pulled away, leaving him to sit up now without the support of his friend. However, he was suddenly hit with dizziness and had to slowly lay down to avoid vomiting on Moriyama. "I don't really feel good..."

"We don't know what kind of drug that guy used. We should take you to a doctor." Moriyama's suggestion was shockingly smart, for once. Kasamatsu had to just agree instantly due to various reasons. The reasons were that he felt seriously sick and who knows what kind of side effects he was going to be having from the mysterious drug. He could even die if it was serious enough.

So, fighting the sick feeling, Kasamatsu went and changed his clothes. Moriyama had to help with his shoes, but after that was the truly hard part. The elevators were only half of the hard parts to come, meaning the car ride was the other half. Neither black-haired male wanted Kasamatsu to get into the moving box while he felt so ill, but he wasn't strong enough to walk down two flights of stairs either.

Eventually, Kasamatsu and Moriyama made it down to the ground floor, with no vomiting incidents. Even so, the blue-eyed male couldn't promise to not throw up in the car as they drove to the hospital. He certainly hoped he wouldn't, but above all, he hoped he would be alright and not die due to the drugging.

He couldn't afford to take too much time away from his classes, so he truly didn't want there to be any serious problems with him. He knew he should be more worried about whether or not he'd die, but somehow it made him feel better to focus on the classes he was missing rather than his own life.