Len awoke, the morning light piercing through the curtains, aiming right at his face. He tried to squirm around and turn over, but a sharp pain shot through his neck and arms and he cried out. Feeling a small tear come to his eye, he began trying to sit up and eventually got himself leaning against the pillow.
He looked down and immediately noticed something. Kaito was on the side of the bed, half on, half off and he was asleep. Why is he there? I have to wake him up I guess. Len sighed and reached out his good arm to shake Kaito slightly, trying to get him to wake up. It seemed to work as Kaito stirred slightly and rolled slightly but ended up falling off the bed, landing on his face.
"Ouch! What the…? Oh that's right," He sat up, still rubbing his nose and looked at Len, "Are you alright? Does it hurt anywhere?"
"Y-Yeah, my back is really sore and so is my arm especially when I - ow! Touch it like that…" He tried to smile at Kaito, "But I'm fine. Who did this anyway?" He pointed to all the bandages that had been placed on him the night before.
"Ah, Luka did those. Although you were sleeping so of course you wouldn't know. Are you hungry? Want some breakfast?" Kaito stood up and offered his hand down to help Len up if he needed it.
Len reached his good arm out and grabbed Kaito's hand, swinging his legs out the side of the bed. He pulled himself up, using Kaito to steady himself, and nearly toppled over when the pain coursed through him, "Ow! Dammit!"
Kaito sighed at the sight of Len and wrapped his arms around him, scooping him up, "If you couldn't walk, why didn't you say anything? Seriously, you're just going to aggravate your injuries,"
Len merely pouted slightly and held onto to Kaito as he took him down the stairs and into the lounge. He saw Rin in the kitchen, eating, and as soon as she noticed him, she jumped out from her seat and sprinted over to him.
"Len! Are you okay? What happened? What did they do? Are you in any pain? Who did it?" Rin bombarded Len with questions like the overprotective person that she was. She didn't touch Len as she didn't want to hurt him.
"U-uh, well, I don't really remember to well," Len replied, a little nervously at Rin eagerness to find out what had happened and, most importantly, who the hell left him like this.
Rin expression dropped and she reached out to Len, hugging him lightly, "As long as you're okay, I'm fine with it. But believe me," She let go and looked straight into Len's eyes, "I'm going to find who did this to you. And they will pay,"
Len broke into a smile and embraced his sister once more, "Thank you Rin,"
Rin felt tears sting the corner of her eyes and she stood up, smiling once more at Len before walking back into the kitchen, just as Kaito came in.
"I made pancakes. Do you think that you'll be able to eat yourself? I you can't, I'll help," He smirked at Len, teasing him, showing he was only teasing.
"Of course I can eat," He stated at Kaito and he set the plate down of the coffee table, handing him the fork. Len reached out and started to stab the pancake, stuffing it into his mouth each time. Very soon after he started, he was eating the last bite and he placed the fork on the plate.
Kaito watched him and each time he reached out, he saw him flinch slightly. He sighed but didn't say anything as he didn't want Len to snap at him. When he was finished, Kaito let out a sigh of relief and went to put the plate in the kitchen. He started to wash the dishes and saw Luka walk in and sit down next to Len, examining the injuries and bandages.
Len allowed Luka to look at him, lifting his arm to allow her more access. Clicking her tongue slightly, she rested Len's arm on the chair and told him, "We'll probably have to get that x-rayed, just to be one hundred percent certain that it isn't broken. We can go whenever you feel ready, although I'd prefer today as it'd be better so s to not injure the arm more,"
Len's eyes widened slightly and you could see his bottom lip quivering, if you looked close enough, "T-today? W-we have to go out today?"
Luka narrowed her eyes at Len, unsure of his actions, "Yes. I told you, we don't know if it's broken yet. Why don't you want to go? You've never been scared of the doctor before. What's wrong?"
"I-it's nothing. Don't worry about it," Len mumbled, averting his eyes from Luka's gaze. Kaito had overheard all this from the kitchen and walked in, standing in the middle of the doorway.
"What's up Len? You alright?" When he got no answer from Len he turned to Luka, "I dunno what's wrong with him. I told you it might have been serious,"
Luka snapped her fingers, an idea popping into her head, "Are you scared to go outside Len? Because of what happened last night? You know, we can't help you if we don't know what happened,"
"I… I'll tell you," Len murmured, now hiding his face with the frontal bangs of his hair, obviously still unsure of what to say.
Kaito quickly finished the dishes and ran back in to find Luka patting Len lightly on the back and Meiko on the chair opposite him. The others must have gone to school already and Gumi might be out shopping. He noted as he sat down next to Len, "Don't rush, alright? Talk as slow as you need to,"
Len nodded and took a deep breathe, closing his eyes. He kept them closed as he spoke, "I was jumped. I know what you're thinking, 'did they rape you?' or something, right? Well, no they didn't. And I'm glad they didn't. But what they did do was probably just as bad. I was walking home because I had just gone out for a little while for some fresh air. Suddenly, one of them grabbed me and pulled me into the nearest alley. I tried to scream but they had my mouth covered. It looked like there was about four or five of them, I'm not sure. They told me to give them everything I had or else I'd die. They were serious. One of them held up a knife so I quickly took off my bag and gave it to them. I didn't know what to do after that and they just started to rifle through my stuff. The one holding the knife said, 'there's not a lot in here is there?' or something. And then the first blow was given. After that I can only remember pain. Pain everywhere and I couldn't stop them. Soon after, I fell unconscious. I don't know how long but I do know that it was quite a while. I was in too much pain to move so I just stayed there until I could. It was already dark before I hauled myself up and so I just sat at the bus stop where Kaito-nii found me. By then it was already pouring down with rain so I surely couldn't go anywhere. And then Kaito-nii found me. You know the rest,"
Len opened his eyes to see all three of them staring at him, completely shocked, although Len was very close to being on the verge of tears. Kaito was the first to speak, "D-do you know who did it? Like, did you get a good look at their faces?"
Shaking his head slightly, Len looked down, his hands intertwined in his lap, fingernails unconsciously digging into his skin; he took another deep breath to calm himself.
This time, it was Meiko who spoke, "Oh, Len. Don't you worry, we're going to catch those bastards and put them in jail for what they've done. You can count on everyone,"
Len looked up at Meiko and felt a tear spill over his cheek. That was enough to make him snap and he burst in a fit of crying, hiccupping and coughing. Kaito gently patted him on the back and pulled him into a hug when he didn't calm down.
Len finally calmed his breathing quite a lot but couldn't stop the tears from overflowing, "Len, it's alright. Don't cry, we'll protect you. I promise you, we won't let anything happen to you again," Kaito tried to sooth Len but that just ended up making him cry harder and shake slightly so Kaito hugged him a little harder.
Gakupo had eventually woken up and walked in to find the scene. He ran into the kitchen and made Len a cup of hot cocoa to calm him down. He gave the cup to Len, who almost spilled it but Kaito helped hi steady his hands.
Drinking the cocoa slowly and in small sips, Len allowed himself to calm down and eventually his breathing became normal and the tears stopped. He also stopped the shaking and turned to everyone, putting on a small smile.
"Thanks you guys. I'm alright now. I'm ready,"
Well, here it is. Chapter two. I hope you all enjoyed it. I'm probably going to be uploading a new chapter every time I finish them so it may be a very fast update or I may be stuck and it may take a day or two, it all depends on how my brain is working. And school is starting up very soon for me so that might interfere with my fanfic writing time. I'll try as hard as I can. Thank you all for reading this.
