"No- Frank!" Matt backed into the wall.
"I told you not to invite him!" Frank lunged forward, purposely stabbing a knife into the wall above Matt's head.
"Please Frank I'm sorry! Just let me leave. You can get your stuff and when you're gone-"
"Who said I wan leaving?" Frank pushed himself on Matt, crushing him against the wall.
"Please Frank. We obviously aren't good for each other." Frank stepped back and Matt relaxed slightly. But Matt didn't even notice the kick toward his knee until it was too late. Matt fell to the ground.
"Move."
"You just took out my knee Frank! How do you want me to move?"
"Crawl like the little bitch you are." Frank pressed his foot into Matt's knee. Matt immediately squirmed.
"You don't like that huh?"
"No-" Frank relieved the pressure and Matt tried to get up. He was standing but Frank grabbed Matt's hair and pulled him to the bed. Matt slid off and sat aginst it.
"You are the dumbest idiot I know." Frank unbuckled his belt and Matt threw himself to the floor, stomach down. Matt tried to crawl with his arms, but when he had reached the doorway of the bedroom, Frank had taken his belt off and caught up to Matt.
"No- Please!" Matt flipped to his back and shielded his face with his arm.
"You need to learn respect!" Frank threw the belt down.
"Frank. Stop." Matt was panicking so much his mind had gone blank. He seemed calm,
"Shut- Up!" Frank hit with every word he yelled.
Matt stopped fighting. He lay on the floor, bleeding, his back stinging, and afraid.
"Look at you. You won't even fight back. I thought you were the Devil of Hell's Kitchen." Frank chuckled and dropped the belt. "Get up."
"W-what?" Matt's hearing was now in over drive. He couldn't focus on one sound, and all the sirens and honcking horns drown out Frank's voice. "I- I can't hear you. Everything- is- so- loud." Matt put his hands over his ears and calmed his breathing.
"Are you okay? Baby?" Frank pulled Matt to a sitting position and leaned Matt against himself. Frank gentle stroked Matt's hair and rocked back and forth with him, ingoring Matt's flinching when a particularly loud noise echoed in his ear.
