Break Up

Disclaimer: Do not own Lux Pain.

Summary: Realization comes to Akira the more he talks to Atsuki. He makes the biggest decision of his life and will affect everyone around him. How will Mika take this? And when a kidnapper is on the loose and targets Shinji, will he get out of it alive?

Pairing: Akira/Mika and hints of Akira/Atsuki and Ryo/Shinji

Genre: Angst, Friendship, Drama and some Suspense

Warning: Shonen-ai, unintentional OOC, swearing and violence

So...I started the game over from the beginning. Going to be boring but funny, so...enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 3: Break Up


The ambulance and the police ended up coming. Those who were injured were rushed to the hospital while the three members of FORT were arrested for questioning. They would be let off though because the chief was a member of FORT as well.

Unfortunately for them and fortunate for Atsuki, the chief got a well deserved vacation after the Silent was destroyed in this city.

The injuries weren't serious on Atsuki's or Nami's part but the nurse doubled checked Ryo before he was labeled as being okay. Melody was the injured one. The dog had to stay at the hospital and wait for a proper vet to treat her.

"Seriously Saijo, who were those scum?" Akira asked ready to punch something in the room.

Atsuki let out a small sigh. All his friends came to help him out. It was his problem so he didn't want them getting involved her hurt.

"I don't know them..."

"Saijo, they said something about disobeying orders. What does that mean?" Ryo questioned.

Despite the injury to the head, the bluenette was still asking questions. It was good that the hit to the head wouldn't affect his personality but...

"...It's nothing."

"Saijo, that's not good," Mika told him with a worried look on her face, "you're hiding information from us. If you don't tell us, we'll be upset!"

Rui groaned, "Here we go. Mika is more interested in the information than her friends."

Mika shook her head, "No. I want to get to the bottom of this! If there are more of them, then we should know some things about them."

"By sister is already looking into it," Rui told her, "So you don't have to get all fired up."

"But..."

"I'm with Mika," Akira said.

"Akira, no..."

"This is serious shit Rui. If these guys are stupid to attack Atsuki at school and in broad daylight where there are people around, we have no idea if they'll attack a hospital."

"You have a point."

Yayoi and Shinji enter the room after checking up on Nami. Noticing the tension in the room, Shinji was going to brighten it up but Yayoi spoke first.

"Nami is going to be okay," she said with a faint smile.

"What about Melody?" Mika asked.

"A vet is here and is checking her now."

"She'll be fine," Shinji finished. He had much confidence in his tone.

The tension died down to a certain extent. All eyes were on Atsuki now waiting for a response to Mika's question.

"I really don't know..."

Atsuki could see the disappointment in his friends. There was so much he wanted to tell them but that would mean leaking too much information about FORT. Sure Mika and Shinji knew some things about the Anti-Silent organization, Rui had an idea because of her powers and her confrontation with his other half Kei, Yayoi had an idea from the conversations she had with Nami and Ryo was just observant. Akira was pretty much left in the dark went it came to Atsuki's task. He just couldn't betray FORT's trust even now because of everything they had done for him.

"I'm sorry...there are some things I can't tell you."

"We understand that we all have a secret we want to keep but," Ryo frowned as he rubbed the back of his head which was where he was hit. "Some of us want to know if taking a blow to the head was worth it. I mean, I don't want to go back to school only to realize that those jerks knocked a certain amount of brain cells in me that I forget something important."

The girls let out a low giggle.

"What's so funny?" he asked annoyed.

"Out of all the things you could tell Saijo, it just had to be something about studying," Rui said.

"Well I'm sorry if I enjoy learning."

Atsuki just shook his head, "I'm sorry. I really can't say anything."

The group let out another sigh. They had to get this information out of him somehow.

"Hey, are you two going to be released out of the hospital later on today?" Shinji asked.

Ryo perked up and nodded his head, "Yes, why?"

"Just wondering."

Shinji shot a glance at Akira. He hoped that he would catch on. The green haired teen did and smirked, "Hey, why don't we all hang out at my place after you guys get out. It's free of charge."

Mika seem to forget why she was so worried when Cake Ring was mentioned.

"Really? All you can eat for free?"

"-sweatdrop- It's not all you can eat Mika..."

"All right! I'll definitely be there!"

Because of Mika, the atmosphere was no longer dark in the room. The group couldn't help but laugh at how forgetful Mika was. Atsuki stopped laughing sooner than the rest of them because he knew that he would have to tell them eventually.


When the sun was going down, Atsuki and Ryo were released from the hospital. Yayoi was waiting for them at the entrance.

"The others are already at Cake Ring," she explained, "Mika couldn't wait to eat the strawberry cake so..."

"That's so like her..." Atsuki mumbled. He remembered her reaction when he was brave enough to steal a strawberry from her cake when she wasn't looking. Wouldn't have had gotten away with it if she didn't get a call from SEAGULL.

"So, when is Nami going to be released?" Ryo questioned.

Yayoi frowned, "She could leave at any time, but she told me she wouldn't leave Melody alone. She thinks this is all her fault that Melody got hurt."

"It's not her fault," Atsuki told her, "It's my fault."

"There isn't anyone who is blameworthy," Yayoi said calmly, "Stuff like this happens."

"Still, it would be nice if you told us why they attacked us this afternoon."

"Are you still going on about that?"

"Its better if we know than the police or even the press," Ryo explained, "Eventually, the police are going to come to us asking us what happened. I predict they'll come tomorrow at school to ask us questions."

Atsuki frowned as the trio walked out of area five.

"I really can't say anything..."

"What could be so important that you wouldn't tell us?" Ryo asked, "Aren't we your friends?"

"You're starting to sound like Akira, Ryo..." Atsuki mumble.

"Maybe, but that's because I'm worried about you."

"We're all worried about you Saijo," Yayoi said, "You don't need to carry the burden alone."

Atsuki wanted to smile. This was what it was like to have true friends. A reason why he didn't want to leave Kisaragi City. He would lose contact with them...then he would be alone again.

"I'm so-"

"Stop apologizing. If you apologize too much, you'll going to give me a headache," Ryo complained.

"Right, sorry..."

Ryo and Yayoi couldn't help but sigh.


The trio made it to Cake Ring with no problems on the way. Shinji and Rui were waiting for them outside.

"Took you guys long enough. I thought something bad happened to you," Rui said.

"No, everything is okay," the bluenette ensured.

"Really? I don't know..." Shinji mumbled, "For all I know, you could have been stalked while heading over here."

"Shinji stop!" Rui shouted, "You'll going to creep me out!"

"It's only a possibility," Shinji murmured.

"So, where's Mika?" Atsuki asked.

"She's already inside," Rui said sounding frustrated, "If she ordered without us, I'm going to give her a beating! Arrrgh!"

"Then shouldn't we go inside then?" the red head asked.

"You have a point..."

With that said, the group went inside Cake Ring.


Luckily for the group, Mika didn't even order yet. She was talking to Akira's father. Both were laughing about something.

"Oh, you guys are finally here!" Mika shouted.

Keichi Mido gave Akira's friend a warm smile.

"Welcome. I heard you guys were coming. Please come in."

The table Mika selected was the biggest table in the restaurant. Perfect for a group of seven. They all took their seats.

"I'm going to order this, this and this!" Mika declared as she pointed to the picture on the menu."

"Didn't you already choose what you were going to have?" Rui asked her.

"Nope. I decided I would pick after you guys got here!" Mika declared.

"So loud...my head hurts..." Ryo complained.

"I thought you were use to it," Shinji said with a sigh.

"I am but..."

"I'll have whatever Akira suggests," Atsuki said simply.

"That's so modest of you Saijo," Yayoi said, "wouldn't you get the same thing my sister gets?"

"Actually, she orders for me."

"Ah! I'll have to scold her for that. Sorry."

"Don't. It's okay."

Yayoi felt her cheeks light up. She didn't want to admit it but her heart was telling her something else. She had fallen for Atsuki Saijo. She loved him when they first met in the art room. Her feelings were slowly creeping up on her from there. When she was planning to go commit suicide, upon seeing the gray hair teen, she realized the consequences of her actions and broke down crying. It was then did she decide to change herself. It also caused her to admit that she had feelings for him. Somehow, deep down though, she knew he wouldn't return her feelings.

Akira came out of the kitchen serving those at other tables before making it to his friends table.

"Hey guys. I'm glad the gang's all here," he said with a grin on his face.

"I'm ready to order!" Mika declared.

"Really, what do you want."

"I would like..."

She started the long list of food she wanted. The group sweatdropped. She really thought this was an all you can eat buffet.

"How about you choose one of those cakes and then when you're done, you can order another. Akira and his dad are the only people working here, you know," Atsuki told her calmly.

Mika faced the gray haired teen with a surprised expression on her face, "What? I forgot..."

They couldn't help but laugh at her stupidity.

"I'll just serve you a strawberry shortcake," Akira told her.

"Okay..." Mika said with a little disappointment.

"So, what do you guys want to order?"

One by one, Akira's friends told him what they wanted to order.

"Wow. I got a lot of work cut out for me," Akira said. He then turned to his girlfriend who was still pouting. The green hair teen grinned as he leaned in and gave a quick kiss on the lips completely catching her off guard.

"Wha-"

"Your orders will be done eventually," he said quickly as he rushed to the back of the restaurant.

Mika knew her cheeks were pink. Everyone (except Atsuki) was giving her an evil smile.

"Good going Mika," Rui told her, "He finally kissed you in public."

"That was-"

"Your relationship is official now! Good job!" Yayoi congratulated as she clapped her hands. Shinji being a sarcastic ass, clapped too.

Rui and Ryo soon joined in when Shinji clapped. Atsuki was the last one to clap for her because he was too busy reading the menu trying to find another thing worth ordering after his first cake.

"Hey guys, please. You're making me blush..."

"That's what we're trying to do," Shinji told her.

That ruined the moment. Mika looked ready to punch the purple haired teen.

"I'll punch you!"

Shinji hid behind Ryo.

"Save me! She's a demon!"

"HEY!"

"You think I didn't know that!"

"Okay, that's it! We'll taking it outside!"

"Umm...let's not..."

Food is what saved the two guys. Akira was either Superman to them or he the cake was already made.

"And here is what everyone ordered!" Akira declared as he served his friends.

"You're a lifesaver," Shinji told him.

Akira was confused. He chose to ignore him though.

"Oh my god! This is so good! Who made this?!" Mika questioned as she stuffed her face silly.

"I did," Akira said.

Everyone froze as they all eyed him suspiciously.

"You made this?" Rui asked not convince.

"No poison in here, right?" Atsuki added.

"Saijo, you tasted my first example. You said yourself that I made the cake good."

"Yeah but...all of this?"

"I was in the mood. I thought I heard an SOS..."

Mika smiled not listening to what he said after his answer, "This is so good Akira! You could totally take over the shop when you're older."

"And Mika would be helping you," Rui added.

The bluenette's cheeks lit up. "N-No. I would be a world famous reporter then."

"And I would be a world famous hacker who helped you reach fame," Shinji said sarcastically.

"Shinji, you..."

While everyone was talking, Atsuki already finished his cake. The green haired teen notice and walked over to his side of the table.

"You already finished," he asked.

"Yeah. There's no poison so of course I ate it."

"I don't know if I should be honored or offended."

Yayoi focused on Atsuki and Akira. She wondered if the group caught on. Of course, it could have been her that thought this.

Atsuki's cellphone suddenly rang. He recognized the ringtone and frowned.

"Sorry guys, I have to talk to someone. It will only take a few minutes."

Atsuki stood up and walked outside before anyone could say anything to him. The group was rather silent. They seem to be waiting for the gray hair teen to return before they continued their conversation.

"...I'll go check up on him..." Akira murmured to the group.

"But what about your customers?" Ryo asked him.

"They can wait."

Akira followed Atsuki outside. The group still remained silent.


Akira didn't know what Atsuki was yelling about. All he knew was that he saw the gray hair teen angry for the first time. Maybe this whole time, Atsuki was hiding his real personality from them to keep the peace. The conversation he was having over the phone proved it.

"I'm sorry Chief Ray but I'm not going back! If you really want someone to get rid of Silent then ask someone else! There are other people in FORT that can do the job for you!"

With that said, Atsuki hung up his phone. He frowned as he looked around hoping no one heard him. Upon seeing Akira though, he tried to revert back to his calm self but failed instantly.

"Akira..."

The green haired teen frowned as he folded his arms.

"I knew you were hiding something."

"I'm not...it's just-"

Akira wouldn't let him finish as he walked over to him with a scowl on his face.

"The incident this morning, the attack this afternoon and now this? Saijo, what are you hiding from us?"

"I"m not hiding anything!"

"You liar! Why can't you trust us? Do you think we'll hate you if you told us or something?"

"It's not that! I just can't!"

"Saijo please! If you tell us, we can help you."

Atsuki refused to make eye contact with his friend. He hated doing this. Heck, he should just tell his friends everything just to piss of Ray. He couldn't do that though. Ray saved him on that day and the only way to pay him back was not to tell anyone.

"Even if I wanted to tell you, I can't! I swore to myself I wouldn't tell anyone...because..."

"Because what? Tell me Saijo!"

"These people saved me when I was going to die and I swore to obey them in return for keeping me alive!"

Akira was stunned by the revelation. Atsuki realized and kept his mouth shut.

"I said too much...I need to go now..."

The gray haired teen turned to leave. Akira wouldn't let him because he seized his arm.

"Let go Akira! I seriously can't-"

Before he knew what hit him, Atsuki found himself in the other male's arms. He couldn't remember how long it was since he was embraced like this. It must have been long ago because this was so foreign to him.

"You idiot! You seriously think something bad is going to happen because you told me?"

Atsuki couldn't answer. All that was going through his mind was that the material artist was warm.

"We all opened up to you Saijo. We let out everything that was going on with us when we were distressed, so, why can't you do the same?"

Because I'm a member of FORT. Atsuki thought to himself. People labeled me as a cold hearted soldier who obeys FORT without question. I have to live up to their expectation or...they'll laugh at me or worse...ignore me completely.

"I'm sorry..." was all Atsuki could tell him.

The warmth Atsuki felt soon disappeared when Akira forced himself off of the gray haired teen. His cheeks were red but Atsuki couldn't tell because the sunset was making it seem like his entire body was a reddish orange.

"My bad. I got to remember not to touch you like that. Wouldn't want people to think I'm cheating on Mika. Anyway, we've been gone for a while. We should head back in..."

Akira turned his back and made his way back into the restaurant but was stopped when Atsuki called out to him.

"What is it?"

Akira's eyes widened when he saw Atsuki smile. Sure Atsuki smiled when he was with the group but he never thought of it as a real smile. This one looked real though.

"Thank you Akira. I'll probably tell you everything one day..."

Akira realized he didn't have the purest thoughts when he heard the thank you. He said something and then went back inside. Atsuki quickly followed.


The group was glaring at Akira. The material artist sweatdropped when he saw all their plates were licked clean of cake.

"You'll late..." Rui mumbled.

"We want more cake!" Mika yelled.

"Your dad's angry at you," Ryo said calmly.

"Customers are complaining too," Shinji said with a laugh.

Akira sighed, "Sorry guys. I'll get to work right away."

The green haired teen quickly went back to work. Atsuki came back in and sat in his seat. The group didn't seem to notice because they were trying to calm Mika and Rui down. Yayoi ignored them to catch a glimpse of Atsuki's expression. She frowned when he noticed his cheeks were bright pink. Akira and Atsuki outside for a few minutes equals something. She assumed that this happened and decided not to bring up the subject.

Akira didn't seem to be listening to anyone when he got back. He was aware that his father caught on to him not listening to him. The material artist couldn't get Atsuki's smile out of his head. Moreover whenever he tried to think of something else, the imagine would come back and the scenario would play in his head again. Taking orders got his mind off of that for a little while. When everyone was served and satisfied though, the scene played back like a video tape in the VCR.

"Akira, is something up?" his girlfriend asked her.

Akira looked up. A realization hit him when he looked at Mika's face. When he looked at the bluenette, he only saw Atsuki's face. This realization was making his chest hurt.

"No...it's nothing."

Mika knew something was up but went back to eating. "Wow, this is really good Akira!"

"I think I'll come here more often," Ryo said as he turned to Shinji, "You should come here often too."

Shinji stopped chewing to stare at the bluenette like he was crazy, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm saying is that instead of being cramped in that room all day, you could always come along with me to eat here."

The girls giggled. Shinji glared at them, "What's so funny?"

"Sounds like Ryo asked you for a date," Rui joked.

They laughed even louder when they saw his cheeks become as red as a tomato.

"It's not like that! Right Unami?"

Ryo thought for a moment before he decided to play with him, "I have no idea what you're talking about Shinji-chan."

The three girls were squealing with delight now.

"Yaoi fangirls..." Akira mumbled as he got back to work.

"D-Damn you Unami! Now they think we're a couple."

"That's not a bad thought."

Shinji failed to notice that Ryo was joking with him and continued to shout at him. The bluenette continued to crack gay jokes of all the things they could do together. The girls continued to squeal as they were in yaoi heaven. Atsuki continued eating his cake and stare at Akira as he worked. He couldn't take his eyes off of him even though he wanted to.

"Saijo, what are you staring at?" Yayoi asked finally getting bored with teasing Shinji.

"The cake that Akira's serving," Atsuki said simply. At least he part of it was true.


The group eventually left Cake Ring to go home except Mika. Akira had something urgent to tell her. They would find out what he asked her tomorrow or rather later on tonight when she text messaged them.

Rui offered to have Yayoi stay over her place for tonight. The murders might have died down but it wasn't safe for her to stay in a house alone. Along with her sister, they were going to be fine for the night.

Atsuki was NOT going back to his place. Ryo and Shinji's place were both risky because Ryo was right next to where Atsuki lives and FORT knew where Shinji lived. Endangering Shinji wasn't going to happen and Ryo was already dragged into this so Atsuki thought it would be best if he dragged him down with him. Shinji was rather lazy and decided to stay over at Ryo's as well.

"You don't mind a sleepover do you?" Shinji asked.

Ryo sighed, "I thought girls were the only ones who had sleepovers."

Shinji's cheeks lit up again as he began protesting that it wasn't true.

"Seriously, I have no where to stay. Can't go back to my room only to be greeted by those bastards so its safe to say that you'll place is safer."

"When its next door?"

"These guys know where Shinji lives so..."

"WHAT? When did they get my information?"

"They have Rui's, Akira's and Yayoi's information as well..."

"Damn Saijo, are you selling us out or something?"

"No! I'm not!"

"Drop the subject Naruse," Ryo told his friend as they arrived at Tohodo. The place was secured before Ai left. The good news was that Ryo didn't lock him out of his place again.

"And in we go."

Shinji yawned as he walked toward Ryo's room, "I'm so tired. Girls really wear you out."

"No kidding..."

Atsuki's phone suddenly rang. Judging from the ringtone, it was Rui.

"Hello?...Rui? What happened? You sound upset."

The bookstore got quiet as the two guys listened to the conversation that Atsuki was having with Rui. His expression paled.

"What are you talking about? How could he do something so stupid?"

The two could tell that Atsuki was losing his composure. Something must have happened.

"Akira is such a...I'm going to go yell at him for you guys. Please try to cheer Mika up. Bye..."

The gray haired teen hung up the phone and quickly dialed Akira's number.

"What happened?" Ryo asked in a worried tone.

Atsuki didn't answer as he waited for Akira to pick up his phone. When it got to his voice male, it only ticked him off even more.

"That...idiot!"

"What happened?" the bluenette asked again.

Atsuki turned to them and frowned, "Akira broke up with Mika."

"EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHH?!"

"That was not in my book!" Ryo exclaimed.

"What a loser! Who could dump Nozaki!" Shinji questioned in rage. He was no longer tired.

"That's what I'm thinking."

"You know what, I'm going to go call him."

Shinji dialed Akira's number but the material artist didn't pick up to Shinji either.

"Damn..."

Atsuki turned to Ryo, "Is Akira always like this?"

"What do you-"

"Does he dump girls left and right?"

Ryo thought for a moment before answering, "In middle school yeah. He never wanted to hurt them when they confessed so he would go out with them...and it would last for a week before he would dump them. He's not doing this to be mean but-"

"Mika is his friend! Why would he do that to her?"

Ryo rubbed his temples, "I don't know! Akira may be like an open book but I don't know what he's going to do because of that."

"He's still a total idiot. If that were me, I would totally keep her."

Atsuki frowned, "Shinji, let's not talk about what you would do."

"But Mido is being a total asshole," Shinji said, "I respected him because he had the looks and the personality to get any girl in this school. I see that it wasn't enough that Nozaki was one of the best girls out there. Yet, he lets her go like she's the rest of them."

That sounded right to Atsuki, but that seems really cruel on Akira's part. Sure he was short tempered but he wouldn't do it out of spite.

"If I was in his position, I would use his looks to get Mika and stay with her."

The gray haired teen wanted to ask the hacker if he liked Mika but Ryo beat him to it by saying something completely different.

"I would like it if you didn't say terrible things about my friend."

"Why can't I? Mido's my friend too right? Shouldn't I be able to express my own opinion about him?"

"You're not expressing an opinion. You're just being stereotypical and making assumptions that he's that type of person. You can't call yourself a friend, if you do this."

"What the hell?! You say I'm being stereotypical but you're doing it too! It's in my personality to say what comes to mind about people!"

"Well you should be more considerate about how people feel."

Atsuki felt so lost. He had no experience how to break up a fight. Most of time, when people fought in FORT, he would turn the other cheek, but these were his friends. Not stopping them would result in dire consequences later.

"Umm...I think you guys should-"

"STAY OUT OF THIS SAIJO!" they both yelled in sync.

The gray haired teen was shocked that both directed their anger at him. He decided the best thing would be to cower in a corner of the shop.

"Why should I think about how people feel? If I don't let out my true feelings then I'll be lying to myself and them."

"Sometimes, it's best to lie when you know you're going to hurt that person. What happens if you told the truth to an unstable person? What do you think will happen to them?"

"The truth hurts but they have to deal with it!"

"Incorrect! If you told someone with selective memory something they don't want to know, they might lose all hope in living and die!"

"Have you been watching Rumbling Hearts because that only happens in that anime!"

"That's a real life problem!"

From talking about Akira and Mika to an anime I have not heard of...what the hell. Atsuki thought to himself.

"You know, I think you're bringing this up at how some people can't face reality because it's reflecting on you! I bet you still haven't gotten over Takano's death!"

That was enough for Ryo to snap.

"Don't fuck with me Naruse! We all know that it was my fault that he died! If I wasn't so cruel to him then maybe he wouldn't have had committed suicide!"

"That wasn't your fault!" Atsuki shouted but he was unheard because of Shinji.

"See? That's the truth. Get over it!"

Ryo's face darkened, "I took a human life. I'm no better than those serial killers Naruse! But someone like you wouldn't notice because you only care about yourself!"

"Bull crap. I protected Nozaki from-"

"You are a selfish person Naruse and I can't stand selfish people in my bookstore!"

The room was extremely tense. Atsuki was planning on reading one of their minds to see if Silent was infecting him but he highly doubted that either were infected.

The purple haired teen stared at the bluenette for the longest time. He his eyes beneath his hair.

"So...you won't be friends with people like me?"

Ryo wouldn't answer. He was too angry to respond. Shinji took this silence as a yes and stormed out of Tohodo.

"Shinji wait!" Atsuki called out but the hacker was already gone. He turned to the bookstore owner in total disbelief, "I can't believe you said that!"

"We'll both at fault Saijo," Ryo said in a low tone, "But I don't feel like dealing with him now."

The bluenette headed to his room to get an extra mattress out for the gray haired teen. Atsuki sighed as he used his Lux-Pain to read the Residential Shinen. He didn't know why he couldn't read Ryo's Shinen but he was able to read Shinji's.

Akira and Mika broke up?!

Stupidest thing imaginable!

Total loser...

Ryo doesn't understand.

Still upset with Takano's death.

Never move on in life if he doesn't forget...

Saijo is watching us fight.

Need to grow up.

I'M NOT SELFISH!

Atsuki could understand that Shinji was upset with the breakup like the rest of them were. He needed to get information on Akira and Mika tomorrow to see what the hell happened. Still, he couldn't figure out why Shinji was more upset with Ryo than the actual breakup.


Shinji walked to his place slowly. How could Ryo say such a thing to him?

I'm not selfish. Shinji told himself. I'm not!

The purple haired teen decided that for the sake of argument, he would go into downtown Kisaragi and just stay there for a while. Maybe hang out at the Net Cafe since it was still open and stuff.

I got to get Unami out of my head. Shinji thought to himself as he headed toward downtown Kisaragi.

At night, Kisaragi City was very bright. It had been like this ever since the incidents. People could now see what was going on and such.

The Net Cafe was only a few minutes away. Just take this alleyway and he'll be there.

The purple haired teen was close to the cafe when he stopped. He saw a shadow was behind him. Fear started to take over him. Before the breakup, he heard the news on SEAGULL about a kidnapper on the loose. Of course, only women ages six through forty were being taken away. Why would he have to worry?

Shinji kept walking to the Net Cafe, the light was still on meaning that Yuzu was still there.

Here it is.

Before Shinji could take another step, a big hand covered his mouth and pulled him into the darkness.

What the hell?!

The other hand was stupid enough to go under his shirt and feel his stomach. The hacker shivered.

"I've got you now..." the voice mumbled. It was obviously a man's voice. A very dangerous man.

Shinji tried to struggle to get away but his muscles were not strong enough to pull away. He cursed his childish figure.

"You're mine now and forever..." the voice continue to mumble as that hand went up higher above the stomach and toward his nibbles. Shinji's eyes shot open as he kicked at the person hoping he would hit something.

"Be very quiet. This won't take long..."

Shinji felt his vision getting blurry. He was running out of oxygen and losing consciousness. He felt his conscious slipping into the darkness.

Ryo...

Shinji's body fell limp. The person just laughed psychotically as he carried Shinji away to a place that no one would ever find him.


Me: TBC with 6538 words.

Yohko: Pretty long.

Me: I was into it! I started from the last section and worked my way to the beginning. It was fun! Especially writing Shinji's thoughts. If a website allowed you to have different colored text, then it would be even easier. Thoughts are usually mumbo jumbo in the game never really making sense but you have to put it all together to realize the message. Also, I have no idea if Yayoi and Nami have parents. I'm assuming they don't because they're NEVER mentioned and during EPISODE 7, Yayoi said that if she killed herself, then Nami would be sad. Nothing about her parents. Also, I think Ryo lives in his bookstore because the game says that is his address. Anyway, reviews are appreciated. Spread the Lux Pain love!