Warnings: offensive language/swearing, male/male pairing, molestation, mentions of non-consensual sex.

Disclaimer: Do not own Digimon or any of the characters used.

Author's Notes: Re-written, posted 2012-02-05.

Chapter Fourteen

Despite everything Colton did do him, living with the Jensens was not as horrible as it could have been. They paid for him to go to a wonderful private school, they paid for anything he needed school wise, plus extras like a field trip they had gone on earlier that week. They bought him new clothing, and provided good food and gave him money every day for lunches at school. They would have made amazing adoptive parents if Andrea cared about Kouji as much as she did her Blackberry and if Colton liked his body a little less.

But to make himself feel better, Kouji always told himself it could be worse. They could beat him, but they didn't. As long as Kouji behaved and did whatever Colton told him to do not only was he safe, but everyone he loved too. If Colton didn't have a enthralment for his body, living with them wouldn't be all that bad at all. That, and if Kouji was allowed to have his cell phone back and talk to Takuya and Max and Ruth.

He missed them, a lot. He wondered what Takuya said to him and what Colton replied with. He missed Max and Ruth too. He wondered how they were all coping and if Colton was slowly driving them away with his text messages. He didn't like to think that way. He was keeping everyone safe, and if that meant he had to push everyone away then so be it. He bit his lip and tried to focus on the whiteboard in front of him where his Advanced Functions teacher was writing down equations.

He shifted in his seat and sighed quietly, staring down at the solved equations that he had written down on his page. He had already covered this at Fairfield, so he was a little bit ahead of the rest of his classmates. Jamie nudged him with her elbow gently, startling him slightly. He turned to look at the girl and she asked him, quietly, to explain one of the equations to her. He did, and he felt an intense pang of longing reverberate through him. He met Jamie on his second day at the new school. She was a sweet girl and had immediately taken to Kouji. Kouji was pretty amazed at how enjoyable school could be when you weren't bullied every day.

Jamie was a lot like Takuya. She had trouble in math too and helping her reminded Kouji fiercely of Takuya. She had introduced to him to another boy named Tomoki and they had become good friends in the weeks that Kouji had been at school. Kouji was grateful for that. School was his reprieve, his escape. He had friends like he had never imagined having before and it made life so much more enjoyable.

He'd trade it all in if he could have Takuya and his family back though.

Kouji dropped his backpack down on his bedroom floor and sighed. He walked across his bedroom to his bed and sat down, staring at the floorboards. Finally he laid back on the bed, and closed his eyes briefly before opening them and sitting up. Colton had told him he wanted him to put his stuff away and to come back down the kitchen because they needed to have a talk. Kouji felt a little sick at the idea of what the man would want to talk about. What if he thought Kouji was trying to contact people and had them hurt, or worse, killed? Kouji bit his lip, hard, and forced himself up and off the bed so he could walk towards the door.

He hadn't though. He wouldn't dare risk it. He just had to suffer through this for a bit longer and then everything would be okay.

Once Kouji was in the kitchen the man gestured for him to sit down at the table and Kouji did. He jittered his leg under the table anxiously as he watched the man make himself a coffee. He offered Kouji one but Kouji declined. He was jittery enough without the help of caffeine. When the man finally sat down beside him on the table Kouji felt like he was ready to explode. Colton rested his hand high on Kouji's thigh, making the teenager tense but he made no move to stop the man. He sat quietly instead, staring at the table as he waited for the man to speak.

"Takuya's really been pushing to see you," Colton said, making Kouji look up at him in surprise. "I was hoping your...lacklustre text messages and emails would be off putting enough but unfortunately they weren't."

Kouji's heart was beating like crazy in his chest, and he stared at the man, not quite sure if he liked where the conversation was heading.

"I want you to call Takuya - and no funny business. I will be standing right beside you," he said. "I want you to invite him down, tell him we can pick him up at the train station and he can spend Saturday night and day here before we take him back to the train station."

Kouji was equal parts ecstatic that Takuya would be visiting and terrified. What if Colton tried to hurt him too?

"You won't touch him, right?" Kouji asked, meeting the man's eyes hesitantly.

"If you promise you'll do anything I say and let me do anything I want to you...I promise, I won't touch Takuya at all and I won't touch you while he's here. How's that for a deal?"

Kouji's mind ran rampant at the words let me do anything I want to you but he nodded his head, trembling ever so slightly as he did.

"Deal," he said softly.

The man grinned. "Good idea."

Kouji gripped the cell phone in his hand tightly, the screen was on Takuya's name and all he had to do was click the little green 'dial' button. His hands were shaking. Colton stood behind him and rested his hands on Kouji's hips and squeezed gently. Kouji was terrified that the man would lie and try to do something to Takuya, but if he refused to invite Takuya down than the man would still hurt Takuya...so either way Kouji was stuck.

"Do it," the man encouraged softly, pulling Kouji back against him and grinding into him slightly. "Call him."

Kouji hit the dial button and the phone started to ring and Kouji's heart started beating wildly. Colton made him turn it on speaker so he could hear the conversation too. It rang a few times while Kouji tried to ignore the feeling of Colton's hands on his body. When Takuya finally answered with a bright, "Hello?" Kouji could barley breath. It took Colton pinching him harshly in the side for him to respond.

"H-hey," he said quietly. "It's me..."

"Kouji?" Takuya asked in shock, elated. "Hey, how've you been? I missed you so much! I wanted to call you so many times but I didn't want to bother you. I know you're settling in and stuff but I've missed you so much."

Kouji let himself get lost in Takuya's mindless babble, relishing in the sound of the brunette's voice.

"I missed you too," he said quietly when Takuya was done babbling.

"Is everything alright babe?" Takuya asked, and Kouji frowned a little at Takuya's perception.

"Fine, I just missed you a lot," he said. "I want you to come visit."

"Really?" Takuya asked, obviously excited. "I'd fucking love to."

Kouji laughed, despite Colton breathing in his ear and gripping his hips tight. He tried to block everything out and just focus on Takuya. They talked for another little while on the phone, arranging the details and planning everything out. When Colton decided Kouji had enough time on the phone with Takuya he stepped away from the teenager walked to the door and called, "Hey bud, time for dinner," and Kouji cringed.

"Do you have to go?" Takuya asked, disappointed.

"I do," Kouji said with a sigh.

"Okay, I love you, and I'll see you soon," Takuya said softly and it made Kouji choke up a little.

"Love you too," Kouji said softly and hung up. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he stood there.

"Good job," Colton said with a smile as he walked towards Kouji. Kouji turned to look at him and placed his cell phone in the man's outstretched hand. The man walked towards Kouji and wrapped one arm around his shoulders and smiled. "I forgot to mention one tiny detail though."

Kouji took a startled breath as he stared at the man.

"You need to break up with Takuya before he leaves," Colton announced and Kouji felt his heart break, just a little bit more.

Takuya packed his backpack full of stuff he needed for the trip to Kouji's. He was excited and he couldn't wait for the weekend to come. After school that day he had gone out and looked for something to buy for Kouji. His wallet was lighter than he would have liked by the time he found something but Takuya was pleased. He just hoped Kouji liked the little surprise too. He made sure he tucked the little box into a pocket of his backpack so he wouldn't lose it before he finished throwing in his ipod for the train ride.

His parents thought he was going to visit Izumi and she was happy to cover for him so they were pleased to see him getting out of the house. Even his dad hadn't protested when Takuya asked if he could go visit Izumi, a girl. He had been more than willing to let Takuya go spend the weekend with her. Takuya's parents also thought Kouji was gone for good and that relieved them greatly. It annoyed Takuya but it worked in his advantage so he didn't let them know that he was still talking to the other teenager.

His mother was going to drop him off at the train station at five in the morning because his train left at five-thirty. He would arrive by ten in the morning at the latest and have plenty of time to spend with Kouji. He grinned a little as he thought about the dark haired teen. He had really missed Kouji - more than he thought he would - and he was glad he would finally being seeing him again. He was glad Kouji called and asked him to come visit.

Takuya had been getting a little worried by how little Kouji said to him through email and texting. It didn't help that his messages always seemed to have an annoyed vibe to them, but Takuya was pretty sure he was just reading into them too much. Kouji had never been big on texting before, but now that he was gone Takuya noticed it a lot more. It was late and Takuya had to be up early and he rested his head on his pillow and despite his excitement, he was asleep in minutes.

The train ride had seemed to take forever because Takuya was so excited to see Kouji. Kouji told him they'd be waiting for him to arrive and soon as Takuya got off the train he was scanning the small crowd of people, looking for Kouji. He spotted him, and grinned. Kouji was dressed in a pair of dark blue jeans that hugged his legs a little more than Takuya's ever did with a blue graffiti design top with a grey sweater covering most of it. He looked great, and Takuya rushed over to him. He dropped his backpack to the ground when he got close and he swept Kouji up into a hug and held him close. Kouji let out a startled gasp before he laughed and wrapped his arms around Takuya and squeezed him tightly.

"Hi," Takuya before he leaned in and pressed a kiss to Kouji's lips gently. "God, I missed you."

Kouji gave him a watery smile and pressed his face in the crook of Takuya's neck and Takuya grinned, squeezing him tight and holding him close. They broke apart eventually and Takuya grabbed his abandoned backpack in one hand and Kouji's hand in his other. Kouji smiled slightly at him as they walked through the train station to where Colton was waiting. He greeted Takuya warmly and, despite his dislike for the man for stealing Kouji, Takuya was polite back to him. They held hands all the way back the fancy SUV the man drove and Takuya and Kouji clambered into the back together.

Takuya didn't like the way the man stared coldly at the two of them through the rear-view mirror but he didn't say anything so Takuya figured he tolerated their relationship but wasn't a huge fan. Takuya would rather his parents tolerance rather than their outright refusal. Takuya grinned at Kouji once they were settled in their seats and he felt a little awkward having a conversation with Mr. Jensen right in front of them but he was so excited to see Kouji he didn't care.

"How've you been?" he asked, meeting Kouji's eyes.

"Good," Kouji said instantly. "Really good."

Takuya smiled. "That's good," he replied. "What about school?"

"So much better here than home," Kouji said, and Takuya grinned at that. He was happy Kouji was enjoying school but he was also glad that Kouji didn't refer to the Jensen's house as home. "The people are so nice there, I have some friends, and yeah. It's great."

"I'm happy for you," Takuya said, "really happy."

Kouji smiled, but Takuya noticed he shifted uncomfortably in his seat and kept glancing towards the front of the car. He figured Kouji felt shy around the man in the front seat, and he wouldn't blame Kouji if he was.

"How's Max and Ruth?" he asked instead, watching the way Kouji frowned slightly at the question before answering.

"They're good...I've been busy so we haven't been talking a lot but they're doing great, but I do miss them."

"So, Takuya," Colton chimed in from the front seat, his eyes glancing back at them fleetingly from the review view mirror. Takuya felt Kouji stiffen beside him. "How is school going?"

"It's going really well, Mr. Jensen," Takuya answered. "Math is a little harder since Kouji has been gone though."

"Well, you know if you ever need help you can give Kouji a call or an email," the man said.

The car ride passed a bit awkwardly after that. Colton kept asking Takuya questions and it reminded Takuya of the time that Kouji had dinner with his parents. Now he knew what Kouji had gone through while his parents had grilled him. Takuya didn't want to be rude to the man, especially not after he had paid for him to come see Kouji, but he was sick of the man asking him about school and his life. He wanted to talk to Kouji. He squeezed Kouji's hand gently and smiled at him and Kouji gave him a small smile back.

They pulled up to the house and Takuya stared in slight shock. It was a gorgeous place surrounded by trees and fancy landscaping. The house itself was huge. When they want inside Takuya was even more impressed with the stylish decor. He felt a little out of place in the fancy house so he stuck close to Kouji's side.

"I'm going to show Takuya my room," Kouji said, meeting the man's eyes somewhat hesitantly.

The man nodded. "Make sure you leave the door open."

Kouji nodded and grabbed Takuya's hand and lead him towards the stairs quickly. Takuya followed quickly behind him feeling the man's eyes on his back the whole time. Once they were in Kouji's room with the door mostly shut Kouji practically through himself at Takuya, wrapping his arms around the brunette's shoulders and clinging to him desperately. Takuya was a little startled by the reaction but held Kouji back just as tight.

"I missed you so much," Kouji said quietly into Takuya's neck and Takuya smiled.

"I missed you too," he said. "To be honest, I was scared you found a new boyfriend or something."

Kouji scoffed. "Hardly."

""Good," Takuya said, grinning. "Because I love you."

Kouji's smile faltered a little but he answered back, "I love you too."

Before Takuya knew it Saturday had come and gone and Sunday evening was fast approaching and he had to leave for the train station soon. He was stuffing his things in his bag while Kouji sat on his bed, a frown etched on his features as he watched Takuya pack away his stuff. Takuya glanced up at him after he stuffed his last shirt in the bag and tucked his cell phone into the side pocket of his bag after replying to Izumi's text message.

"I don't think I've seen you on your phone once this whole time," Takuya commented as he zipped his bag up and went to sit down on the bed beside Kouji

"Hmm?" Kouji said, distracted. "I don't use it that much, you know that."

"You seem a little distant, is everything okay?" Takuya asked concerned, especially when Kouji wouldn't meet his eye.

"I did a lot of thinking this weekend," Kouji said after he took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Takuya felt his heart start to race as he started at Kouji intently.

"About?" Takuya prompted when Kouji didn't speak again.

"Us," Kouji said, a slight waver to his voice.

"What about us?" Takuya asked, feeling wave on uncertainty wash through him.

Without meeting his gaze, Kouji spoke, "I think we should break up."

Takuya stared at him for a minute, not quite understanding what Kouji meant before it kicked in. When it did, Takuya's mind started racing and his heart started pounding. He felt a weird, constricting feeling in his chest as he finally caught Kouji's eyes and stared into them stricken.

"Why?"