Chapter 2: Beat or Beat?
Yaten hurried across the hall to his last class of the day. 'Finally.' During this whole day he had to tell everyone about himself, explain that his hair was SILVER, deal with the obnoxious boy Seiya, and try not to be late for class. So far he had been late for most of them.
"Hey Yaten! Wait up!" Seiya walked up behind Yaten and linked his arm through his. "So how's your day been so far?"
"Fine."
"Make any new friends?" Seiya asked playfully.
"Nope."
"Hey, what about me, Andy, and Ryan?"
"Let's see, your annoying, Andy is too hyper, and I only met Ryan briefly."
"Uh! That's-"
"Hey Seiya!" Seiya looked up at the sound of his name and saw Andy and Ryan running towards them, shoving people out of their way. "We're gonna be late for class! Let's go and get it over with!" Just as Andy and Ryan caught up with them the bell rang.
"Great now I'm late for class, again! Thanks you guys!"
"Calm yourself Yaten. You were only late for second, third, and fifth hour. Plus you're new so they won't yell." Seiya took Yaten's hand. "Now let's go and I'll make up an excuse." Andy and Ryan started laughing behind Seiya.
Yaten glared at Andy. "And what, might I ask, is so funny?"
Andy still continued to laugh. "It's... It's..."
Yaten pulled on his sleeve a little uneasily. "W- what?"
Seiya looked down at Yaten. "You guys stop, your scaring him."
"Seiya, Andy, Ryan, and new kid, get to class NOW!" Andy and Ryan immediately stopped laughing and ran with Seiya and Yaten to class.
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Seiya knocked on the door to their math class. "Why does this teacher lock the door after the bell rings? Its not like I have a gun and I'm going to blow everyone's head off, although that would be pretty cool, huh?" Andy and Ryan laughed as they nodded their heads in agreement. "Yaten do you agree? You could help us kill the principle! And whatever teacher yelled at us to get to class."
Yaten rolled his eyes. "Yeah real cool."
"Late again boys?"
Seiya grinned at the teacher. "We were helping Yaten get here. You see, he's new so he didn't know where this class was."
"Well, next time get a pass from you last period teacher if you're going to be so generous and help a kid out. Cause obviously you guys must walk pretty slow for people who have been here for a year and a half."
Andy went into a deep bow. Yes, oh Goddess Higure. Truely very sorry, it won't happen again, goddess Higure."
Mrs. Higure laughed. "Go sit down boys. Yaten follow me." Seiya, Andy, and Ryan let out a sigh of relief. Luckily they were the teachers favourite, or at least Andy was.
"Alright Yaten, I'm sure you've been through this all day, but luckily this is your last class. Tomorrow the hard stuff comes along. For now you can just listen today. If you want to come up and explain about yourself you may."
"No thanks. I get kind of tired of repeating myself."
"I feel that way too. You can go take a seat next to Andy. I'm sure you know who he is." Yaten nodded and went to his seat. When he sat down he noticed a folded up piece of paper. He unfolded it and read the letter.
*Hey Yat-chan! I was wondering if you wanted to go bowling with Andy, Ryan, and me? We're gonna verse the football team. We have a bet going that we can beat 'em. I'll explain more later. -Seiya*
Yaten looked over in Seiya's direction and quickly scribble on the piece of paper:
* Sure-what time? *
He then gave the note back to Seiya. Seiya breezed over the note and wrote back:
* Just stay after school. *
Yaten nodded to Seiya when he read it. Seiya smiled. 'Perfect.'
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"So, what's the bet about?" Yaten looked at Andy, Seiya, and Ryan.
"Hang, I'll tell you when everybody gets here." Seiya looked down at Yaten's confused face. He sighed, 'He looks so cute when he's confused.' "Yes, Yaten more people are coming. Did you think just the four of us could beat them?"
Yaten blushed. "Well, then, who else is coming?"
"A boy named Taiki, a girl named Kakyuu, and two sisters named, Sakura and Mimi. We're gonna be the only team that has girls. Then again, this is the football team we're talking about. Not many girls join the football team." Seiya shrugged. "The girls insisted on coming though."
Yaten nodded. That was cool, he didn't really mind girls playing. "Ok, I have a few more questions. Number one, What time will we be back?"
Andy looked at his watch. "If we get there by six we should be done about eight or nine. You can stay out past dark, right?"
Yaten glared at him. "No, I have to be home by six and in bed by seven- thirty." Andy and Ryan stared wide-eyed at him. Yaten rolled his eyes. 'Obviously these people aren't too bright.' Yaten waved his hand to dismiss the comment. "Number two, how many football players are playing?"
"Eight, like us. Hey it's only fair, but even if they had more players we'd still whoop their asses!" Seiya threw his fist up in the air.
"Acting like a child, as usual."
Seiya spun around and saw a brown haired boy walking towards him. His hair was about as long as Seiya's and his eyes were a light purple. He walked with confidence and, Yaten thought, was extremely tall. "No, I was acting like a winner! Yaten this is Taiki, Taiki this is Yaten. He's new to our school for low-classed kids."
"It's nice to meet you." Taiki shook Yaten's hand.
"What do you mean low-classed kids?"
"Oh, don't fret about it Yat-chan. We only call ourselves that because Taiki goes to a 'gifted' school. For all the brainiacs."
"Oh." Yaten looked at Taiki. 'Well he does look like a brainy kid.'
"So Seiya," Taiki started. "Is he the NEW person?"
Seiya nearly fell over. "No! He's my friend! Right Yaten?... Yaten?"
Yaten looked over at Seiya. "Who are they?"
"Hey Kakyuu! Hello Sakura, Mimi!" Ryan called, waving at the girls.
"Hmm, does that answer your question Yaten?" Taiki asked.
"Yes." Yaten looked at Kakyuu. She had long read hair and red eyes, with a tint of brown. She wore an orange sundress and was probably about Yaten's height. He then looked at Mimi. She had shoulder length pink hair and blue eyes. She wore a white shirt and pink tanktop. Her sandals were also pink and she was probably a little taller than himself. Her sister looked completely different. She had brown hair, near her ears, and green eyes. She had a lose white shirt on and red shorts. She wore red sandals and was shorter than Yaten. "Hi, I'm Yaten."
"Kakyuu." Kakyuu held out her hand. "I assume your going bowling with us?"
"Yes, I am."
"Hello, I'm Mimi!" Mimi glomped onto Yaten's right arm.
"Hi! I'm Sakura!" Sakura then glomped onto his left arm. Then, if as on cue, they both stood back.
Sakura and Mimi bowed and said in unison. "How do you do, sir?"
Yaten, a little stunned at the moment, was too shocked to speak. Finally he was able to speak. "I'm... I'm fine."
Andy came up and pushed the two girls away. "Hey give the kid some room to breathe! And see something else other then your faces! Eww!"
Mimi slapped Andy in the face. "You know, someday all your jokes aren't going to be so funny. You really need to grow up Andy!"
Andy laughed. "I like being young! It brings out the fun in life!" Mimi rolled her eyes.
"Seiya?"
"Hmm, Yaten?"
"What's the bet about? Everyone's here right?"
"Yeah, we're all here. Let's get in the car and I'll explain. Andy, your car?"
"Ok, but listen, not all of you are going to fit in it. If anyone else brought a car, please raise your hand!" Andy looked around. Taiki rolled his eyes, but raised his hand anyway. "Good Taiki! You take the girls; I'll get the rest! We're going in men... and ladies!"
"Meet ya there!" Mimi called as she followed Taiki.
Andy watched Taiki walk off with the girls. "Ready men?"
Seiya nodded as he pulled Yaten into the car. "Don't worry, he drives good."
Yaten hesitated, then nodded. He looked around the car. It was a midnight blue Cadillac with tinted windows. The interior of the car was beige leather. Yaten looked up quickly as he felt Seiya's hand on his thigh.
Seiya rubbed his leg a bit. "You ok? You've been quiet. I thought you wanted to know what the bet was about?" Yaten shuddered as he nodded and moved away from Seiya a bit. Seiya frowned. "I'm probably going to fast." Seiya completely forgot where he was and went off in his own little world.
Andy looked at Seiya through his mirror. "Hello! Seiya! Tell Yaten about the bet!"
"Oh, yeah. Well it's really easy. If they win each of us has to pay them each $200, so that's $1,600 from us and in total, um... hang on a sec." Seiya fiddled around with his fingers for a moment. "That means the whole football team gets $12,800. Yeah, that's right."
Yatens eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Why so much? I don't even have that kind of money!"
"Don't worry if we win, we get the money!"
"But what if we don't win?"
"We... we... we become beggars!"
Yaten sweat dropped. "Who decided to make it so much?"
"The football team, I doubt they have the money either though. I think of it more as fun. They made it so much because they said it would make the competition more fierce." Seiya winked. "Still gonna play with us?" Yaten sighed, but nodded anyway.
"Well here we are!" Andy parked his car and got out. "Bowl-o-rama! Cheesy name, but it works."
"Well, look whose here guys! The gays and their little gray-haired friend. Where's the rest of your team? Hey gray hair, you gay too? Oh did I offend you by saying your hair's gray?" Josh, the captain of the football team, pinched Yaten's cheek. The rest of his football team laughed.
Seiya stepped forward. "Hey-" But he was cut short when he saw Yaten's fist fly into Josh's face, knocking the captain off his feet.
"You little-" Josh jumped on top of Yaten, tackling the smaller boy to the ground. He punched Yaten in the face, causing his nose to bleed. Yaten kneed Josh in the stomach and pushed him off of him. He backed away, but Josh wasn't letting him get away so easily and jumped on top of him again. "You little fuck! Your going to pay for what you did to my face! I'm going to have a black eye now!" He elbowed Yaten in the stomach and twisted his arm behind him, clearly trying to break it. Yaten leaned forward and bit the captain's arm until he drew blood.
"Go Yaten!" Andy shouted.
Josh glared at Andy. "Your next." With his hand still twisting Yaten's arm he bent it back as far as he could, with as much force as he could. A loud crack was heard and Andy's eyes popped out of his head. Yaten screamed as he fell backwards holding his arm.
The football team cheered. "Alright Josh! Yeah!"
"Ha! See if your little friend can bowl now! Guys the bet is in the bag!"
"I can still bowl with my left arm!" Yaten shouted.
Seiya walked up to Yaten and helped him stand. He rubbed his arm. "It's ok Yaten. We can still win. Andy could you take him home. I'll bowl the first couple of frames for you."
Andy nodded and walked Yaten over to his car. He opened the door and Yaten hopped in the back. "You can sit up front Yaten." Yaten just shook his head and curled up against the back seat. Andy nodded again, waved to Seiya, and drove off. "Hey, look on the bright side Yaten. You left a mark and you gave him a black eye." Andy looked in his rear-view mirror at Yaten. A silent tear rolled down his cheek. "Yaten, you ok?"
Yaten quickly brushed the tear away. "I'm fine."
"So," Andy started, "Where do you live?"
"Just drop me off by the school. My cars there."
"But you can't drive! Your arms broke!"
"I can drive with one arm, I've done it before. Anyway I'll need my car to get to school tomorrow."
"I'll drive you! I can come pick you up! I pick Seiya up!"
"No thanks, I'm sure I can manage it. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
"You better, because if you get hurt, Seiya'll have my head!"
Yaten laughed. "Sure Andy. Thankyou. See you tomorrow and tell Seiya I said thanks for inviting me." Yaten walked off as Andy drove away.
'He better get home safely.'
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Yaten parked his white convertible outside the garage. He looked up at his house. 2 story, white and blue, brown roof, chimney. You're average house. Nothing really special about this one, except for the fact that you could climb on top of the roof to look at the stars or sunset. Luckily the only way to get on the roof was from Yaten's room. Yaten looked at his watch. 8:11. "Hmm, it must have taken me longer to get home then I thought." He sighed and walked to his front door. He slid his key in and opened it slowly. As he walked in he looked around a bit. 'Ok, the coast is clear.' As soon as that thought escaped his head, he received a harsh slap across the face.
"Where were you?" Shinu, his father, demanded.
"Um, I stayed after so the teachers could tell me what we, uh, what we were doing in class."
"Liar!" Shinu slapped him again. "Don't lie to me!"
"I wasn't! Anyway I shouldn't have to tell you all of my business!"
Shinu undid his belt and whipped Yaten's back with it. "Don't you dare talk to me like that! Now where were you?"
Yaten fought back tears. 'Crying only makes you seem weak.' He reminded himself. "I went bowling for a while."
"For five hours!?"
"Yes, for five long hours."
"You're lying again!" He brought the belt down on his back two more times. "Tell me where you were or I swear I'll break your arms!"
"Go ahead!" Yaten received more slaps for that. How many? He wasn't sure. Somewhere in between the slaps, punches, belt whips, and kicks, he passed out
Yaten hurried across the hall to his last class of the day. 'Finally.' During this whole day he had to tell everyone about himself, explain that his hair was SILVER, deal with the obnoxious boy Seiya, and try not to be late for class. So far he had been late for most of them.
"Hey Yaten! Wait up!" Seiya walked up behind Yaten and linked his arm through his. "So how's your day been so far?"
"Fine."
"Make any new friends?" Seiya asked playfully.
"Nope."
"Hey, what about me, Andy, and Ryan?"
"Let's see, your annoying, Andy is too hyper, and I only met Ryan briefly."
"Uh! That's-"
"Hey Seiya!" Seiya looked up at the sound of his name and saw Andy and Ryan running towards them, shoving people out of their way. "We're gonna be late for class! Let's go and get it over with!" Just as Andy and Ryan caught up with them the bell rang.
"Great now I'm late for class, again! Thanks you guys!"
"Calm yourself Yaten. You were only late for second, third, and fifth hour. Plus you're new so they won't yell." Seiya took Yaten's hand. "Now let's go and I'll make up an excuse." Andy and Ryan started laughing behind Seiya.
Yaten glared at Andy. "And what, might I ask, is so funny?"
Andy still continued to laugh. "It's... It's..."
Yaten pulled on his sleeve a little uneasily. "W- what?"
Seiya looked down at Yaten. "You guys stop, your scaring him."
"Seiya, Andy, Ryan, and new kid, get to class NOW!" Andy and Ryan immediately stopped laughing and ran with Seiya and Yaten to class.
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Seiya knocked on the door to their math class. "Why does this teacher lock the door after the bell rings? Its not like I have a gun and I'm going to blow everyone's head off, although that would be pretty cool, huh?" Andy and Ryan laughed as they nodded their heads in agreement. "Yaten do you agree? You could help us kill the principle! And whatever teacher yelled at us to get to class."
Yaten rolled his eyes. "Yeah real cool."
"Late again boys?"
Seiya grinned at the teacher. "We were helping Yaten get here. You see, he's new so he didn't know where this class was."
"Well, next time get a pass from you last period teacher if you're going to be so generous and help a kid out. Cause obviously you guys must walk pretty slow for people who have been here for a year and a half."
Andy went into a deep bow. Yes, oh Goddess Higure. Truely very sorry, it won't happen again, goddess Higure."
Mrs. Higure laughed. "Go sit down boys. Yaten follow me." Seiya, Andy, and Ryan let out a sigh of relief. Luckily they were the teachers favourite, or at least Andy was.
"Alright Yaten, I'm sure you've been through this all day, but luckily this is your last class. Tomorrow the hard stuff comes along. For now you can just listen today. If you want to come up and explain about yourself you may."
"No thanks. I get kind of tired of repeating myself."
"I feel that way too. You can go take a seat next to Andy. I'm sure you know who he is." Yaten nodded and went to his seat. When he sat down he noticed a folded up piece of paper. He unfolded it and read the letter.
*Hey Yat-chan! I was wondering if you wanted to go bowling with Andy, Ryan, and me? We're gonna verse the football team. We have a bet going that we can beat 'em. I'll explain more later. -Seiya*
Yaten looked over in Seiya's direction and quickly scribble on the piece of paper:
* Sure-what time? *
He then gave the note back to Seiya. Seiya breezed over the note and wrote back:
* Just stay after school. *
Yaten nodded to Seiya when he read it. Seiya smiled. 'Perfect.'
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"So, what's the bet about?" Yaten looked at Andy, Seiya, and Ryan.
"Hang, I'll tell you when everybody gets here." Seiya looked down at Yaten's confused face. He sighed, 'He looks so cute when he's confused.' "Yes, Yaten more people are coming. Did you think just the four of us could beat them?"
Yaten blushed. "Well, then, who else is coming?"
"A boy named Taiki, a girl named Kakyuu, and two sisters named, Sakura and Mimi. We're gonna be the only team that has girls. Then again, this is the football team we're talking about. Not many girls join the football team." Seiya shrugged. "The girls insisted on coming though."
Yaten nodded. That was cool, he didn't really mind girls playing. "Ok, I have a few more questions. Number one, What time will we be back?"
Andy looked at his watch. "If we get there by six we should be done about eight or nine. You can stay out past dark, right?"
Yaten glared at him. "No, I have to be home by six and in bed by seven- thirty." Andy and Ryan stared wide-eyed at him. Yaten rolled his eyes. 'Obviously these people aren't too bright.' Yaten waved his hand to dismiss the comment. "Number two, how many football players are playing?"
"Eight, like us. Hey it's only fair, but even if they had more players we'd still whoop their asses!" Seiya threw his fist up in the air.
"Acting like a child, as usual."
Seiya spun around and saw a brown haired boy walking towards him. His hair was about as long as Seiya's and his eyes were a light purple. He walked with confidence and, Yaten thought, was extremely tall. "No, I was acting like a winner! Yaten this is Taiki, Taiki this is Yaten. He's new to our school for low-classed kids."
"It's nice to meet you." Taiki shook Yaten's hand.
"What do you mean low-classed kids?"
"Oh, don't fret about it Yat-chan. We only call ourselves that because Taiki goes to a 'gifted' school. For all the brainiacs."
"Oh." Yaten looked at Taiki. 'Well he does look like a brainy kid.'
"So Seiya," Taiki started. "Is he the NEW person?"
Seiya nearly fell over. "No! He's my friend! Right Yaten?... Yaten?"
Yaten looked over at Seiya. "Who are they?"
"Hey Kakyuu! Hello Sakura, Mimi!" Ryan called, waving at the girls.
"Hmm, does that answer your question Yaten?" Taiki asked.
"Yes." Yaten looked at Kakyuu. She had long read hair and red eyes, with a tint of brown. She wore an orange sundress and was probably about Yaten's height. He then looked at Mimi. She had shoulder length pink hair and blue eyes. She wore a white shirt and pink tanktop. Her sandals were also pink and she was probably a little taller than himself. Her sister looked completely different. She had brown hair, near her ears, and green eyes. She had a lose white shirt on and red shorts. She wore red sandals and was shorter than Yaten. "Hi, I'm Yaten."
"Kakyuu." Kakyuu held out her hand. "I assume your going bowling with us?"
"Yes, I am."
"Hello, I'm Mimi!" Mimi glomped onto Yaten's right arm.
"Hi! I'm Sakura!" Sakura then glomped onto his left arm. Then, if as on cue, they both stood back.
Sakura and Mimi bowed and said in unison. "How do you do, sir?"
Yaten, a little stunned at the moment, was too shocked to speak. Finally he was able to speak. "I'm... I'm fine."
Andy came up and pushed the two girls away. "Hey give the kid some room to breathe! And see something else other then your faces! Eww!"
Mimi slapped Andy in the face. "You know, someday all your jokes aren't going to be so funny. You really need to grow up Andy!"
Andy laughed. "I like being young! It brings out the fun in life!" Mimi rolled her eyes.
"Seiya?"
"Hmm, Yaten?"
"What's the bet about? Everyone's here right?"
"Yeah, we're all here. Let's get in the car and I'll explain. Andy, your car?"
"Ok, but listen, not all of you are going to fit in it. If anyone else brought a car, please raise your hand!" Andy looked around. Taiki rolled his eyes, but raised his hand anyway. "Good Taiki! You take the girls; I'll get the rest! We're going in men... and ladies!"
"Meet ya there!" Mimi called as she followed Taiki.
Andy watched Taiki walk off with the girls. "Ready men?"
Seiya nodded as he pulled Yaten into the car. "Don't worry, he drives good."
Yaten hesitated, then nodded. He looked around the car. It was a midnight blue Cadillac with tinted windows. The interior of the car was beige leather. Yaten looked up quickly as he felt Seiya's hand on his thigh.
Seiya rubbed his leg a bit. "You ok? You've been quiet. I thought you wanted to know what the bet was about?" Yaten shuddered as he nodded and moved away from Seiya a bit. Seiya frowned. "I'm probably going to fast." Seiya completely forgot where he was and went off in his own little world.
Andy looked at Seiya through his mirror. "Hello! Seiya! Tell Yaten about the bet!"
"Oh, yeah. Well it's really easy. If they win each of us has to pay them each $200, so that's $1,600 from us and in total, um... hang on a sec." Seiya fiddled around with his fingers for a moment. "That means the whole football team gets $12,800. Yeah, that's right."
Yatens eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Why so much? I don't even have that kind of money!"
"Don't worry if we win, we get the money!"
"But what if we don't win?"
"We... we... we become beggars!"
Yaten sweat dropped. "Who decided to make it so much?"
"The football team, I doubt they have the money either though. I think of it more as fun. They made it so much because they said it would make the competition more fierce." Seiya winked. "Still gonna play with us?" Yaten sighed, but nodded anyway.
"Well here we are!" Andy parked his car and got out. "Bowl-o-rama! Cheesy name, but it works."
"Well, look whose here guys! The gays and their little gray-haired friend. Where's the rest of your team? Hey gray hair, you gay too? Oh did I offend you by saying your hair's gray?" Josh, the captain of the football team, pinched Yaten's cheek. The rest of his football team laughed.
Seiya stepped forward. "Hey-" But he was cut short when he saw Yaten's fist fly into Josh's face, knocking the captain off his feet.
"You little-" Josh jumped on top of Yaten, tackling the smaller boy to the ground. He punched Yaten in the face, causing his nose to bleed. Yaten kneed Josh in the stomach and pushed him off of him. He backed away, but Josh wasn't letting him get away so easily and jumped on top of him again. "You little fuck! Your going to pay for what you did to my face! I'm going to have a black eye now!" He elbowed Yaten in the stomach and twisted his arm behind him, clearly trying to break it. Yaten leaned forward and bit the captain's arm until he drew blood.
"Go Yaten!" Andy shouted.
Josh glared at Andy. "Your next." With his hand still twisting Yaten's arm he bent it back as far as he could, with as much force as he could. A loud crack was heard and Andy's eyes popped out of his head. Yaten screamed as he fell backwards holding his arm.
The football team cheered. "Alright Josh! Yeah!"
"Ha! See if your little friend can bowl now! Guys the bet is in the bag!"
"I can still bowl with my left arm!" Yaten shouted.
Seiya walked up to Yaten and helped him stand. He rubbed his arm. "It's ok Yaten. We can still win. Andy could you take him home. I'll bowl the first couple of frames for you."
Andy nodded and walked Yaten over to his car. He opened the door and Yaten hopped in the back. "You can sit up front Yaten." Yaten just shook his head and curled up against the back seat. Andy nodded again, waved to Seiya, and drove off. "Hey, look on the bright side Yaten. You left a mark and you gave him a black eye." Andy looked in his rear-view mirror at Yaten. A silent tear rolled down his cheek. "Yaten, you ok?"
Yaten quickly brushed the tear away. "I'm fine."
"So," Andy started, "Where do you live?"
"Just drop me off by the school. My cars there."
"But you can't drive! Your arms broke!"
"I can drive with one arm, I've done it before. Anyway I'll need my car to get to school tomorrow."
"I'll drive you! I can come pick you up! I pick Seiya up!"
"No thanks, I'm sure I can manage it. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
"You better, because if you get hurt, Seiya'll have my head!"
Yaten laughed. "Sure Andy. Thankyou. See you tomorrow and tell Seiya I said thanks for inviting me." Yaten walked off as Andy drove away.
'He better get home safely.'
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Yaten parked his white convertible outside the garage. He looked up at his house. 2 story, white and blue, brown roof, chimney. You're average house. Nothing really special about this one, except for the fact that you could climb on top of the roof to look at the stars or sunset. Luckily the only way to get on the roof was from Yaten's room. Yaten looked at his watch. 8:11. "Hmm, it must have taken me longer to get home then I thought." He sighed and walked to his front door. He slid his key in and opened it slowly. As he walked in he looked around a bit. 'Ok, the coast is clear.' As soon as that thought escaped his head, he received a harsh slap across the face.
"Where were you?" Shinu, his father, demanded.
"Um, I stayed after so the teachers could tell me what we, uh, what we were doing in class."
"Liar!" Shinu slapped him again. "Don't lie to me!"
"I wasn't! Anyway I shouldn't have to tell you all of my business!"
Shinu undid his belt and whipped Yaten's back with it. "Don't you dare talk to me like that! Now where were you?"
Yaten fought back tears. 'Crying only makes you seem weak.' He reminded himself. "I went bowling for a while."
"For five hours!?"
"Yes, for five long hours."
"You're lying again!" He brought the belt down on his back two more times. "Tell me where you were or I swear I'll break your arms!"
"Go ahead!" Yaten received more slaps for that. How many? He wasn't sure. Somewhere in between the slaps, punches, belt whips, and kicks, he passed out