It took hours for Yuki to calm down Kyo after that all. Yuki held onto him and slowly rocked him back and forth while Kyo sobbed into his chest. Yuki still couldn't handle Kyo like that, hated the weakened mess Kyo came to be, hated that he wouldn't tell him what happened, hated that he couldn't just figure it out, and hated that Akito was forcing Kyo to see him.
Yuki knew all too well what a monster Akito was, knew what he would do to Kyo in this state, and that terrified him. He couldn't think about himself though, he had to focus on Kyo, that's who was important at the moment and that's why he made the decision to not go with Kyo to see Akito. He knew that if Akito saw that their relationship changed from one of hate, to one of love he would destroy it, laughing the whole time while doing it. Oh, how he hated Akito, but he wasn't going to freak Kyo out more than he already had.
Yuki was still holding onto Kyo slowly stroking his orange hair with his right hand and holding onto the shaking broken cat tightly with his left. It was currently 3am and Kyo would have to leave for the main house in 4 short hours. The poor rat had been up for hours trying to calm down the hysterical cat, exhaustion finally took over at around 2am and the cat passed out. However, Yuki had no such luck he couldn't keep his mind off of the endless possibilities.
'What if Akito puts him in isolation?'
'What if Akito hurts him?'
'What if Akito hurts him like he hurt Hatori?'
Yuki couldn't take the endless possibilities, couldn't take the sharp pain in his chest intensifying with each passing minute. Each flicker of the digital clock signaling the change in time was another punch in his stomach. He wanted it to stop, wanted the pain to end, wanted this to all be a dream. He didn't want Kyo to be broken and he didn't want Akito to see Kyo like that either. Looking back at Kyo Yuki bent down a placed a small kiss against the cat's temple.
"Please be okay, Kyo. I love you." The rat whispered
Scene shift….
Kyo set in the family car trying to even out his breathing, Hatori of course was driving. He recognized the path leading to the main house and knew that he would be passed the large gates and in front of Akito in no time. He wished that Yuki was there with him, but knew why he chose not to be, he knew that Yuki was only doing it because it was the best thing to do for him. He knew that if he could, Yuki would be there with him.
"Kyo, we're here" came Hatori's low voice, jolting Kyo out of his thought.
Kyo just nodded and proceeded to get out of the car following Hatori to Akito's room. Panic was overwhelming Kyo, he was shaking and his breathing was coming out in uneven gasps. He found himself standing in place, he couldn't force himself to move, couldn't find the will power to face Akito. He knew that if he saw Akito he wouldn't survive, he couldn't face him not after what happened, he would figure it out. Akito knew everything and Kyo couldn't stomach what Akito would do to him, he was shaking more violently now could feel himself starting to sweat.
"Kyo?" Hatori asked, a bit confused as to why Kyo randomly stopped, but instantly realized what was going on. His medical training taught him to know full well what a panic attack was when he saw one.
"Kyo", he said again slowly walking towards him. The cause of the random panic attack was unknown, but Hatori could care less about explanations, he just needed to calm Kyo down enough to go see Akito. He didn't want to have to take Kyo to Akito, but he had no choice. He kept walking towards Kyo, ready for whatever was about to happen. "kyo", he repeated placing a gentle hand on the cat's shoulder.
"Please don't make me go in there" the cat all but whispered, desperation overwhelming his speech. "Please don't make me see him Hatori", as the cat began to cry.
If anything Hatori was notorious for his ability to keep a straight face, but he would be lying if he didn't feel even the slightest pain in his chest from seeing Kyo like that. His grip on Kyo tightened slightly.
"You know that I have to, you have to go in there. I'm sorry Kyo, you know I have no choice." Hatori said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out some anxiety medication giving it to Kyo. "This is the best I can do" Hatori said, as Kyo just nodded taking the medication.
Hatori gave Kyo a couple of minutes to compose himself and when he was sure Kyo was ready they continued their journey. Walking down the halls of the old family home Kyo started to feel the effect of the drug, his breathing was back on track and he could control the shaking, though the deep seated dread was still there, but anyone would feel that way when they were about to face Akito.
Hatori knocked on Akito's "come in" was the only reply the two got and Hatori opened the door. Akito was standing in the middle of the room with a tv sitting in the corner, which was a bit out of place because Akito was never one for modern technology. Kyo took no mind to that too preoccupied on Akito.
Akito was staring straight into Kyo's eyes freezing the boy in place.
"Well seems to me that you've been a very bad kitty, isn't that right Kyo?" Akito asked venom his words masked with ice as he flickered the tv on.
"Won't you have a set Kyo? I have something very interesting to show you" Akito cooed, but Kyo couldn't move, what was on the tv was keeping him there, it was his worst nightmare.
