"Koji….please…help…me…"

Koji just stood there, completely petrified, his eyes wide and his mouth half open.

Do something. Say something. Anything.

Koji's eyes met Yamaguchi's for one second, but the man looked away.

Yamaguchi let out a small cry.

"what do you think your saying, heh?" Toshio asked angry.

"no…no…nothing." Yamaguchi stuttered.

"It better not be."

The man raised his foot again, and Yamaguchi expected another kick, but instead, the man decided to stand on Yamaguchi's extended hand.

"aaahh!" It felt like his hand was falling apart.

"don't think that somebody is going to save you or something."

One kick against his back. One kick against his side.

"Your parents shouldn't have called the police."

One kick against the arms that he held before his face.

"it's all their fault."

One kick in his stomach that almost made him throw up again.

Then, for a few seconds, peace.

Till Toshio suddenly grabbed him by his shoulder and threw him against the van. Yamaguchi's legs gave in immediately, and he landed in sitting possession against the van. Toshio kneeled down in front of him.

"look at me." The man ordered.

Yamaguchi slowly raised his head.

Toshio smirked and took his phone out of his pocket.

Click.

Before Yamaguchi realized it, the man had taken a picture of his bloody and beaten face.

"Toshio, what are you…?" Koji asked.

"this is our proof that they can't fuck with us and that we hold or promises. We'll sent in to his parents later."

The man put his phone back into his pocket and dragged the crying Yamaguchi with him. The boy tried to stumble along, but his legs didn't listen. Toshio was strong enough to just pull Yamaguchi with him, and didn't seem to care that he had beaten a child so severely that he had lost his ability to walk.

Yamaguchi got thrown into the van, and didn't even care about how painful he landed. Would it finally be over? Would this hell finally end?

"were going to drive further till we've got word from Isamu," Toshio said, "keep an eye on the boy."

Yamaguchi didn't even notice that Koji stepped in the van too. He didn't even notice that the van started driving.

Now that the kicking had stopped, he finally had the time to fully feel all the damage that had been done to his body, and that was a terrifying thing.

His legs and arms where completely covered in bruises. His head and face where bleeding, and he felt incredibly dizzy and nauseous. His nose was broken and he had apparently bitten on his tongue in the process, so even his mouth was bleeding.

His chest probably hurt the most, and every breath was more painful than the last one. His hand was painfully swollen, and when he tried to move it a little it hurt more than he had expected. His whole body was trembling and he couldn't stop crying.

In fact, he cried harder than he had before. Everything was over and he didn't have to physically defend himself anymore, so his whole body let out all the tension. He was too tired to control his shaking shoulders and painful sobs, so he just let everything go. He cried and he cried and he cried, like he had never done before. He didn't think he could ever stop.

Suddenly, he felt a calming hand on his shoulder.

"Yamaguchi…"

It was Koji's worried voice.

Yamaguchi suddenly felt an unusual strong feeling of anger.

"Don't touch me!" He screamed with a raw voice.

Koji seemed to be surprised by this sudden outburst, but didn't let go of Yamaguchi's shoulder.

"Yamaguchi, I.."

"DON'T TOUCH ME!"

Koji slowly let go of Yamaguchi's shoulder and sat down against the side of the van.

For a few minutes it was completely silent except for Yamaguchi's sobs. He was completely done with everything. He didn't care that he just screamed against his kidnapper, he had every right to scream. He had been scarred for his life, and he had every right to be angry.

It was weird for him to feel anger. When he got bullied, he had always been too scared to talk back. But now he had been beaten so badly that he had given in to his instincts.

Yamaguchi didn't know if he had to be proud or scared, but his outburst certainly seemed to have had an effect on Koji. While the drove further into the middle of nowhere, Yamaguchi held his eyes closed, but sometimes, if he looked through his eyelids a little bit, he saw the man sitting against the back of the van, his eyes filled with worry, his face pail and expressionless.

Yamaguchi closed his eyes again. He was taken over by his tiredness and he tried not to think about everything that had happened, was happening, and was maybe about to happen.

Because that was his greatest fear right now. What if the car would stop driving again?

What if all of that would happen to him again?

He came to a point where he wasn't sure if he was crying about the pain that he had felt on the street, the pain that he felt right now, or the pain that he would feel in the future, the only thing that he knew was that was in pain and that he wanted it to stop.

So he held his eyes firmly closed and pretended to disappear again.

And because of that, he was completely unaware of what the grown man that set next to him was about to do.

He didn't see how Koji got his phone out of his pocket and looked at it in doubt.

He didn't see how Koji slowly typed in the number that he needed and held his phone against his ear.

He didn't see Koji's face of panic when he needed to start talking.

He did however, hear Koji talking, and the thing that he said instantly made Yamaguchi open his eyes.

"hello," Koji said in a low voice, "Am I speaking with the police?"

Huh? The police?

through his tears, Yamaguchi saw a very blurry Koji with a phone against his ear.

"My name is Koji Masao," Koji said, "and I'm one of the kidnappers of Yamaguchi Tadashi."

Yamaguchi's heart started raising. What was happening?

"please," Koji said after some time, "let me speak. If you listen to me, I'll help you get the boy to safety."

Yamaguchi almost forgot about his injuries. Was Koji going to help him out?

"Look," Koji said, "Me and one other friend of mine are driving in a van heading for Tokyo."

Silence

"Juji Toshio."

Silence.

"Toshio is driving. I am in the back of the van with the boy."

Silence.

"I decided to quit, but Toshio doesn't know that. He is still fully motivated to go through with this. He is a dangerous man who is capable of a lot. I'll give you the number plate of the car, and you can do what you think is best."

Koji gave the police the number plate and the location of the car. Yamaguchi could hardly believe that this was all really happening.

"If you decide to try to pull over the car," Koji said, "do all you think is necessary . Just remember that Toshio isn't going to cooperate easily."

Silence.

"The boy isn't in a good condition. Toshio beat him up severely and he has to go to the hospital as soon as possible. He probably has a few broken ribs and his head got a few strong kicks as well."

Silence.

"of course. I'll take full responsibility for all the things that I did. I just want the boy to be safe as soon as possible now."

Silence.

"yes. Of course. I understand…I'll have to go now."

Click.

It was completely silent. Koji still held his phone in his hand, like he was not sure what he wanted to do with it.

Yamaguchi couldn't help but stare at the blond man.

Koji didn't want to look at Yamaguchi and looked at the flour.

None of them said anything, till Koji raised his head and finally looked the confused boy in the eyes.

Was the man…crying?

"Yamaguchi," Koji said, his voice frail and broken.

"are you ready to go home?"

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