This is little shorter than I wanted but here you go. :) There is a small time jump again.

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Chapter 7: Awake, Truth Out And Friends

Tired Kai opened his eyes and met brown roof first. After staying still he rubbed his temple and sat up.

'Where am I?' Kai whispered when noticing the black box.

'Great…' Kai cursed, threw the blanket off him and moved legs on the floor. Before he could try standing up the door opened and Kai saw a red cap pop behind the door.

'Awake? Hungry?' Tyson asked and stepped in.

'No… Where am I?' Kai asked.

'At my place. You have been sleeping all night,' Tyson answered.

'Night? I have been here… all night? Why?' Kai tried to understand what was going on. His mind was foggy.

'Don't you remember?' Tyson asked.

'Obviously. That's why I'm asking you what happened,' Kai snorted.

'Sorry, it's just a little weird. After you left, I and Ray left to look for you. Then we saw you walk towards us and fall down and here you are. You were out cold,' Tyson explained.

'Did you…' Kai started before stopping. Somehow Tyson guessed what Kai wanted to ask.

'Yeah. We called doctor because we were worried about you,' Tyson said.

'What do you know then?' Kai asked.

'I'm not sure what you are asking me…' Kai asked unsure.

'What. Did. Doctor. Say?' Kai broke the sentence a part.

'Oh! He said that you have… drugs in your system,' Tyson pointed the box on the desk.

'Is that all?' Kai narrowed his eyes.

'Yeah… he called the cops. We told him what we know what has happened at school, what we know at least and that you need help,' Tyson said.

'Fuck,' Kai cursed shutting his eyes.

'I hope father is fucking happy about himself now. Not "ruining" the family's so-called reputation,' Kai thought.

'Are you hungry?' Tyson interrupted Kai's thoughts.

'No,' Kai said as Tyson's grandfather came with a tray.

'Too bad then. Still, you should eat this. You have slept a long time,' elderly literally put the tray on Kai's hands before leaving.

'Sorry. He's like that to me too,' Tyson tried to lighten the mood. Kai didn't say anything but gazed at the food, a glass of juice and sandwich. Sighing Kai put the tray next to him on the bed and stood up, tried to. Tyson stopped him.

'Where are you going?' Tyson asked.

'Away. Thanks for the help but something tells me that things are going to hell if I stay here,' Kai said.

'Maybe… but police called us and told… ordered us to keep you here until they come,' Tyson said.

'Why would I stay here to that?'

'Because… you don't want to get trouble with the police more?' Tyson asked. He had a point. Kai sat back down in thoughts. It wasn't like he had anywhere to go and he was dead tired.

'Little man! Ray's here!' grandfather called out. Tyson glanced to the front door from the door until Chinese boy arrived.

'Are you feeling better?' he asked.

'Just fine,' Kai stated bluntly.

'Tyson… would you go out for a second?' Ray asked.

'Sure?' Tyson had a confusing expression and shut the door behind him.

'What now?' Kai sighed. He wasn't in the mood to hear lectures.

'Let me guess something. You're not… safe at home,' Ray tried to put out the right words.

'That's not guessing, that's a statement and no,' Kai said.

'Just stop it,' Ray sighed and sat down next to Kai, 'Around three weeks ago I saw you ran at the park and the next day, you have a bruise on your face. It's doesn't take a brilliant to guess where you got it. Specially since yesterday,' he continued.

'Yesterday what?' Kai stared at Ray with narrowed eyes.

'You said your mother didn't allow you take your wallet and you have a big bag,' Ray pointed at Kai's sport bag.

'Where are you getting at?' Kai asked.

'I'm saying that you were throw out and don't have anywhere to go. And don't tell me you left on your own will since you don't have any money,' Ray added. He had annoyance in his voice.

Kai looked away. No one has never been this sharp before.

'Kai… Are you abused at home?' Ray asked straightly. Unintentionally Kai touched his neck slowly.

'I'm right, aren't I? Wait… when you weren't at school, did they… drug you? You have three needle marks on your neck,' Ray asked shocked when he realized it.

'What about it? It's not like you could do anything,' Kai hissed. Why couldn't he keep his mouth shut?

'Are you serious? It has to stop. They can't do that. Why did they drug you anyway?' Ray asked more.

'It was punishment since I got F's on every essay previously,' Kai didn't bother lying anymore. Ray was sharp enough to know apparently when he was lying. Ray got even more shocked look.

'Are they crazy and stupid? You have to tell cops that,' Ray said.

'It's no use,' Kai sighed.

'You're wrong. Of course it has… use. They are your parents and abusing you,' Ray tried to reason with Kai.

'Don't tell me what I already know,' Kai snorted.

'Then why can't you tell them? Are you stupid or something?' Ray was dumbfounded, 'Are you listening to me? Hey…'

'COPS ARE ON THEIR SIDE! OKAY!' Kai screamed a lie but thanks to the outburst Ray couldn't tell that he was lying. Ray stared at Kai shocked.

'What…'

'Cops… they… are on my dad's side since he's a powerful figure in our society,' Kai revealed whispering and gazed down. Ray watched Kai eyes widened.

'Just… don't tell anyone, okay? It's just going to make things worse than they are already,' Kai asked.

'I… How can you live with this?' Ray finally spoke after deep silence hand covered the room.

'Promise me you will keep quiet about this,' Kai ignored the question, 'Please,' in the end he begged.

'If I promise you that, you won't get hurt?' Ray asked.

'At least not for telling what's going on inside my own home. I don't what father will do to me about this,' Kai admitted.

'You didn't answer my question. Is he crazy? He gives you drugs, you are thrown out and it's discovered, he's going hurt you anyway?' Ray asked. Kai only shrugged his shoulders. He didn't understand what was wrong with Susumu's head.

'Do you promise?' Kai asked again. Ray looked at the wall sighing. That was a promise he didn't want to do but… if police really were at his father's side, there wasn't anything he could do, not yet at least.

'Okay… I promise but in one condition… or two,' Ray said.

'What?' Kai sighed annoyed.

'Easy. You just tell me what he has done to you and tell me when he hurts you in the future,' Ray said.

'What would you do with that information? It's not going to help you,' Kai stated.

'I know but speaking about it might help you. Have they done it a long time?' Ray answered.

'All my life okay. They just mostly shut me inside my room and didn't give food. Now they… use drugs, hit and whip me and apparently throw me out,' Kai spoke.

'Whip you?'

'Yeah.'

'Where?'

'At my back.'

'Show me,' Ray said. Kai glanced at Ray with narrowed eyes.

'I want to see it,' Ray added before Kai could protest. Sighing Kai pulled his shirt up and let Ray watch his back.

'These are serious marks. It looks like they will leave scars,' Ray said as Kai put his shirt back down.

'I don't care,' Kai said and took the glass from the tray. They stayed silent a while before Ray spoke again.

'And then there are Robert and Johnny,' Ray said.

'That's there too,' Kai took another sip of the juice. As he put the glass back down someone knocked on the door.

'Police are here. They want to talk to you alone,' Tyson opened the door and glanced behind it towards Tyson and Kai.

'Fine,' Kai grunted. He felt Ray's hand on his shoulder as he left the room with a worried smile. As Ray stepped out he saw the police officers walk past him.

'This is really fucking shit,' Ray thought angrily. There had to be something he could do.

-With Kai-

Kai recognized the officer immediately. It was the same one who was at school.

'It looks like we are at the same question as last time. Where did you get the drugs?' man officer asked. Without answering Kai pointed at the box on the table. Officer took it and glanced at the bottle and needle.

'And where did you get this? And don't give me "I don't know",' officer leaned forward dominantly. Kai glared at him before turning his face away.

'Just say it,' Kai thought before turning back to the police.

'My father gave it to me,' Kai said.

'And you think I'm going to believe that?' officer asked smirking.

'Believe whatever you want,' Kai sighed.

'We called your… father earlier. Apparently, he has an important business to take care of and doesn't want you to ruin it,' officer put the box onto Kai's lap, 'We add this to your criminal record and call the hospital. You have to go to detoxification.'

'Won't that be suspicious as well?' Kai asked. Officer leaned next to Kai's ear.

'We will just put that on the file and you just play along. It's not like you are actually going there,' he whispered.

'Since when you have been a dick? Last time you said I have to go there if I get drugs again. You sounded more a cop then,' Kai asked.

'Let's just say your father gave us an offer we couldn't refuse,' officer patted Kai's cheek. Kai pulled his head away as hand pulled away.

'You know what's going to happen if you tell anyone about this,' officer said before leaving. Kai stared at the door a while before throwing the tray on the floor, plate shattering. He couldn't believe it. His lie to Ray turned to truth.

But why did his father had so much power? He could torture Kai as much as he wanted without anyone noticing.

'Kai?' he heard Ray call out. Kai didn't watch Ray sit next to him.

'What happened? What's going to happen?' Ray ignored the food on the floor and put his hand on Kai's shoulder.

'Apparently nothing. They are just going to update my "criminal record",' Kai sighed pulling his hair.

'And write into some file that I'm going to detoxification and not actually go there,' Kai whispered the last part before Ray could say anything.

'What? Since when we had corrupted cops?' Ray asked.

'Since my father made a deal with them and today apparently,' Kai chuckled sarcastically. Ray was confused and angry simultaneously.

'Why would he do that? That he could continue abusing you?' Ray asked.

'Yeah and because of some important business. He wants to keep out reputation "clean",' Kai said. Ray rubbed his eyes. His head was going to explode with anger.

'When you have to go home?'

'Today at 9pm and precisely. Not even a minute late or early.'

'This won't seem much but let's have some fun. You deserve that,' Ray stood up.

'That's… okay but can I just rest. At least before withdrawals start again,' Kai suggested.

'Then let me find out what helps you. Withdrawals are painful.'

'I know that but one help is on the desk and I don't want to use them,' Kai said. With that Ray bolted to the desk and took the box.

'Then let's get rid of this,' Ray said angrily.

'I wish we could do that but father wants it back intact,' Kai said before kneeling down and cleaning the mess he made in anger. Ray watched Kai sadly as he cleaned the floor. He noticed despair and sadness in Kai's eyes. He looked tired too.

Ray couldn't even begin to understand how Kai felt every day when going home after school. Putting the box down Ray started to help Kai clean the floor by taking the tray.

'Go bed then. I can take the box until you have to go back home,' Ray said, picked the box again and left the room. Kai shook his head and laid down. For a long time he had hours to rest and he was going to enjoy every minute of it.

-With Ray-

As he put trashes away and tray in place Ray took his phone out and called Kenny.

'Hello. Do you how doctors help people who are addicted to heroin?' Ray asked quietly.

'You are talking about Kai, aren't you?... One sec… they give them methadone. It takes time to get rid of the addiction and stay "dry",' Kenny said.

'Where can I get methadone?' Ray asked.

'From clinics mostly but not without a prescription,' Kenny said. Ray sighed frustrated.

'Okay. Thanks… Don't tell anyone about this call… Okay, bye,' Ray said before hanging up. Next, he checked his contacts for his personal doctor who he visited when he was a child.

'Hi… No, there isn't nothing wrong with me… Can I ask you a favor?... No one can find about this yet. I'm trying to help a friend… I can't tell you what's going on yet but I need methadone… Thanks so much. When will I get it?... Okay, that's enough time. Bye,' Ray said happily before hanging up.

-At Seven Pm-

Kai had awoken in pain. He was sweating and panting again.

'Shit,' Kai sighed and moved on his side. There was a clock on the wall and Kai had checked it couple of times. He had couple hours left of some peace.

'Kai?' Ray knocked on the door before opening it. He put the heroin inside Kai's bag before sitting on the bed and took another needle out.

'What… is that?' Kai asked panting.

'I called my own doctor and got you methadone. It's used to help people who are drug addicted,' Ray explained. Kai nodded and allowed Ray to push the needle into his arm. He didn't know how was methadone supposed to work but in five minutes felt much better.

'It's over seven now. When do you leave?' Ray asked as he put the needle and a bottle inside a brown box and put it in Kai's bag as well.

'In hour. I want to walk slowly,' Kai replied.

'Then let me give you my number. You can text or call me any time. Even if it's in the middle of the night,' Ray went to a desk, wrote his number on a paper and put it in Kai's hand.

'Thanks…' Kai said.

'One more thing. Be with us during the trip and at school. Then Robert and Johnny can't creep on you,' Ray said.

'I thought of that but I don't want you to get trouble because of me,' Kai watched Ray's serious face. He wasn't going to back off.

'Don't worry about that and worry about yourself. School should be fun and not hell,' Ray gripped Kai's shoulder firmly but kindly at the same time, 'Promise that. Then we have made promises to each other.'

'Alright but only if you don't touch my shoulder every second and keep Tyson away from my face,' Kai chuckled.

'He's annoying sometimes. I agree with that,' Ray smiled, 'We will sit in front because Tyson and Max like it. See you in the buss,' he promised. Kai nodded like he understood and smiled. He felt happy at least a moment. There might be all those jerks in school and home but he had… friends now.

'God that word sounds weird,' Kai thought amusingly. He never had friends before. Like irony, thanks to his parents basically forcing him to school he got his first friends. Kai felt stupid after thinking like that.

After cleaning himself in shower Kai changed into clean clothes and left the dojo. He felt Ray's eyes on his back as he walked towards his home.

Like he planned Kai arrived at the gate in 9pm. He rang the bell beside the gate and waited nervously as it opened. Kai saw the butler at the door as he stepped in.

'Your parents ordered me to inform you of this. You go straight to sleep and leave to the trip,' elderly said. Kai nodded and went upstairs before stopping.

'What do I have to with the black box?' Kai asked. Butler turned to him.

'Give to me and I bring to him since they don't want to see you,' butler said. Kai sighed. That's why they weren't hitting him now or they wanted to grow his agony. Without a word Kai took the box from his bag, gave it to the butler and turned back to stairs and went to his own room.

First, he packed everything he needed for a week trip and second, he changed into night clothes and laid on the bed after setting a timer. He thought walking to Tyson's place since he didn't know where others lived. Maybe this way he could avoid Robert and Johnny from the start.

-With Susumu In His Office-

'How much did you give the police?' Katherine asked while kissing Susumu's neck.

'About twenty thousand. I told me he would get more if he does what I tell him to,' Susumu said.

'You think he will be usable?' she asked smiling.

'Yeah. What do you want to do next week? We are all alone,' Susumu stroked Katherine's cheek.

'A lots of fun. We don't have a bug at our feet,' she giggled and moved to kiss her husband's mouth. Susumu smiled and kissed back.

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