Authors Note: Of course each chapter has to start out with one of these.
First I would like to thank EVERYBODY who reviewed the story so far! Thank
you so so much... we're only half-way through the story though.. there is
still much much more to come. Special thanks goes out to Angel, thank you
for your great review and suggestions. I really appreciate them. Next I
want to thank Robert. Thank you for your suggestion as well.. It was small,
but still will help! ^.^ One last note: ***I really need help on finding a
name for this story... ::winces at the name:: Terrible title! So if you
would all help and throw me some ideas I would really appreciate it! ***
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Chapter 7: Twisted and Used
Yaten awoke on his kitchen floor, boy did this feel familiar. Tears from before started creeping up on him as he remembered the events of the night before. For a brief moment he wished he could tell someone, show someone, the pain he was going through. It just wasn't fair. Why should he have to be the one that suffers? He thought about telling someone, maybe Seiya... but no, he would just do what all the others did. Feel sorry. Yaten hated it when people pitied him. It didn't help; it just made him feel worse, if that was at all possible.
Yaten arched his back and tried to sit up, but the pain in his lower half was still pretty intense. He quickly glanced over at the clock. 10:25. He decided against going to school and tried to fall back asleep. Unfortunately, every time he closed his eyes, instead of seeing Seiya, like the previous night, he saw his father and all of those horrible things he had done to him. Fresh tears fell down his face as he tried to block out the unwanted thoughts.
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Seiya looked at the clock in school again. The school day was just about over and Yaten hadn't showed up at all. 'He seemed fine yesterday...' He started imagining all these horrible things that could have happened to Yaten. 'Maybe someone broke into his house... maybe it was a killer... maybe that damn Chinese food was poisoned! No, cause then I would be sick.'
"Seiya!"
"What, who?" Seiya looked up as Andy screamed his name for the fourth time since the bell had rang. "Sorry..."
"C'mon, school's over and I'd like to get home sometime today." Andy pulled Seiya up and dragged him over to where Ryan stood in the hall. "What were you thinking about anyway?"
"Nothing... um, could you guys drop me off by Ya- um, Kakyuu's house. I wanted her to help me with some homework I didn't understand." Seiya decided against telling them that he was going to go over Yaten's house, they would probably throw an attitude at him and tell him he was wasting time with trying to get Yaten to like him. But, Seiya had to go over there, something didn't feel right.
"Um, sure." Andy gave Seiya a concerned look. "Are you alright Seiya? You seem a bit down."
"No, I'm fine. I think I'm getting sick though."
"Well, don't. We're supposed to go to that dance on Friday."
"I won't." Seiya walked with Andy and Ryan in silence. He stayed quiet the whole ride to Kakyuu's as well.
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Yaten awoke to the doorbell ringing. He decided to ignore it. The person would eventually go away. The ringing of the doorbell stopped, and Yaten proceeded in shutting his eyes to fall back asleep, he shivered slightly and noticed he hadn't gotten dressed. He looked around for his clothes, which luckily, were in grabbing range and he slowly started to put them on. Someone suddenly started to knock on the door now and Yaten mentally cursed at them. Yaten succeeded in getting his clothes on, but the constant banging on the door was driving him nuts.
His eyes widened at the thought that it might be his father banging on the door. 'But wouldn't he have a key? Maybe he forgot it...' Yaten struggled to get up and practically crawled to the front door. 'What if it isn't him?' Grabbing hold of the desk next to the door, Yaten hauled himself up, which had been a very painful process, and opened the door.
And who was there? Seiya. "Hi, um, right now isn't a very good time."
"Wait!" Seiya held the door open with his arm so Yaten couldn't shut it. "Can I come in for just a minute? Please."
Yaten stepped aside and let Seiya in. "But only for a minute and lets stay by the door." Yaten didn't feel like trying to move again and he didn't want Seiya to suspect anything, so he quickly changed the subject. "What brings you here?"
"Well, you weren't in school today and normally I would just brush it aside, but I don't know... I just wanted to make sure you were ok."
"Yes. I'm fine. Thanks."
"You look a little pale... are you sure your ok? And you're shaking." Seiya grabbed Yaten's arms and tried to steady him. He had been shaking a lot.
"I'm fine, really. I'm probably getting sick or something." Yaten heard a car pull in the driveway. "Your really should go now. I'll be in school tomorrow." Yaten opened the door and practically pushed Seiya out of it. "Don't worry."
Seiya walked down the steps that led to Yaten's door, but turned back around before he left. "You're sure, right?"
"Yes. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Alright, see ya." Seiya walked down the rest of the steps and Yaten sighed with relief as he shut the door. It took a great amount of effort for him not to break down and tell Seiya everything. The door to the garage slammed shut and Yaten was brought back to reality. His dad was home and he had to face him once more.
"Yaten! Get the fuck in here!" Yaten staggered over to the kitchen, the pain slowly subsiding, but not fully gone. "What the fuck is this?" He pointed to the blood all over the floor where Yaten had been earlier.
"Like you wouldn't know." Yaten spat angrily at his father. How the hell could someone be this cruel and get away with all the torture he caused?
"Don't you fucking get smart with me!" Shinu approached Yaten, but Yaten held his ground. Maybe if he stood up to him once... Yaten was brought out of his thoughts quickly as Shinu's hand swiftly flew across Yaten face. Yaten stumbled backwards a bit, but grabbed hold of the counter so he wouldn't fall.
"Fuck you!!" Yaten dived onto his father, pain surging through him, and gave him a good punch in the face.
Shinu, not impressed at all, threw Yaten off of him and kicked Yaten in his ribs. "You would think that you would have learned by now! You can't win!" Yaten stayed down and remained silent. He had been beaten again and his only attack was tossed away carelessly. Herena, who had walked in a few moments ago, stood there in shock. She had never actually witnessed Shinu hit Yaten, she was going to say something, but decided against it and instead started to clean the floor. She wondered what Yaten could have done that made Shinu so pissed at him. Yaten looked up at her and she gave him a smile.
Yaten just continued to look at her through tear-filled eyes. She didn't understand and probably never would.
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Well, there's the chapter! I really hope you guys enjoyed this one! I worked very hard on it! I probably wrote it up like three times and then trashed it and wrote it up again!! Much thanks to the reviews again and I hope you all like!! P.S. Sorry for the sucky title of this chapter.. it was a last minute thing.. ^.^
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Chapter 7: Twisted and Used
Yaten awoke on his kitchen floor, boy did this feel familiar. Tears from before started creeping up on him as he remembered the events of the night before. For a brief moment he wished he could tell someone, show someone, the pain he was going through. It just wasn't fair. Why should he have to be the one that suffers? He thought about telling someone, maybe Seiya... but no, he would just do what all the others did. Feel sorry. Yaten hated it when people pitied him. It didn't help; it just made him feel worse, if that was at all possible.
Yaten arched his back and tried to sit up, but the pain in his lower half was still pretty intense. He quickly glanced over at the clock. 10:25. He decided against going to school and tried to fall back asleep. Unfortunately, every time he closed his eyes, instead of seeing Seiya, like the previous night, he saw his father and all of those horrible things he had done to him. Fresh tears fell down his face as he tried to block out the unwanted thoughts.
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Seiya looked at the clock in school again. The school day was just about over and Yaten hadn't showed up at all. 'He seemed fine yesterday...' He started imagining all these horrible things that could have happened to Yaten. 'Maybe someone broke into his house... maybe it was a killer... maybe that damn Chinese food was poisoned! No, cause then I would be sick.'
"Seiya!"
"What, who?" Seiya looked up as Andy screamed his name for the fourth time since the bell had rang. "Sorry..."
"C'mon, school's over and I'd like to get home sometime today." Andy pulled Seiya up and dragged him over to where Ryan stood in the hall. "What were you thinking about anyway?"
"Nothing... um, could you guys drop me off by Ya- um, Kakyuu's house. I wanted her to help me with some homework I didn't understand." Seiya decided against telling them that he was going to go over Yaten's house, they would probably throw an attitude at him and tell him he was wasting time with trying to get Yaten to like him. But, Seiya had to go over there, something didn't feel right.
"Um, sure." Andy gave Seiya a concerned look. "Are you alright Seiya? You seem a bit down."
"No, I'm fine. I think I'm getting sick though."
"Well, don't. We're supposed to go to that dance on Friday."
"I won't." Seiya walked with Andy and Ryan in silence. He stayed quiet the whole ride to Kakyuu's as well.
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Yaten awoke to the doorbell ringing. He decided to ignore it. The person would eventually go away. The ringing of the doorbell stopped, and Yaten proceeded in shutting his eyes to fall back asleep, he shivered slightly and noticed he hadn't gotten dressed. He looked around for his clothes, which luckily, were in grabbing range and he slowly started to put them on. Someone suddenly started to knock on the door now and Yaten mentally cursed at them. Yaten succeeded in getting his clothes on, but the constant banging on the door was driving him nuts.
His eyes widened at the thought that it might be his father banging on the door. 'But wouldn't he have a key? Maybe he forgot it...' Yaten struggled to get up and practically crawled to the front door. 'What if it isn't him?' Grabbing hold of the desk next to the door, Yaten hauled himself up, which had been a very painful process, and opened the door.
And who was there? Seiya. "Hi, um, right now isn't a very good time."
"Wait!" Seiya held the door open with his arm so Yaten couldn't shut it. "Can I come in for just a minute? Please."
Yaten stepped aside and let Seiya in. "But only for a minute and lets stay by the door." Yaten didn't feel like trying to move again and he didn't want Seiya to suspect anything, so he quickly changed the subject. "What brings you here?"
"Well, you weren't in school today and normally I would just brush it aside, but I don't know... I just wanted to make sure you were ok."
"Yes. I'm fine. Thanks."
"You look a little pale... are you sure your ok? And you're shaking." Seiya grabbed Yaten's arms and tried to steady him. He had been shaking a lot.
"I'm fine, really. I'm probably getting sick or something." Yaten heard a car pull in the driveway. "Your really should go now. I'll be in school tomorrow." Yaten opened the door and practically pushed Seiya out of it. "Don't worry."
Seiya walked down the steps that led to Yaten's door, but turned back around before he left. "You're sure, right?"
"Yes. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Alright, see ya." Seiya walked down the rest of the steps and Yaten sighed with relief as he shut the door. It took a great amount of effort for him not to break down and tell Seiya everything. The door to the garage slammed shut and Yaten was brought back to reality. His dad was home and he had to face him once more.
"Yaten! Get the fuck in here!" Yaten staggered over to the kitchen, the pain slowly subsiding, but not fully gone. "What the fuck is this?" He pointed to the blood all over the floor where Yaten had been earlier.
"Like you wouldn't know." Yaten spat angrily at his father. How the hell could someone be this cruel and get away with all the torture he caused?
"Don't you fucking get smart with me!" Shinu approached Yaten, but Yaten held his ground. Maybe if he stood up to him once... Yaten was brought out of his thoughts quickly as Shinu's hand swiftly flew across Yaten face. Yaten stumbled backwards a bit, but grabbed hold of the counter so he wouldn't fall.
"Fuck you!!" Yaten dived onto his father, pain surging through him, and gave him a good punch in the face.
Shinu, not impressed at all, threw Yaten off of him and kicked Yaten in his ribs. "You would think that you would have learned by now! You can't win!" Yaten stayed down and remained silent. He had been beaten again and his only attack was tossed away carelessly. Herena, who had walked in a few moments ago, stood there in shock. She had never actually witnessed Shinu hit Yaten, she was going to say something, but decided against it and instead started to clean the floor. She wondered what Yaten could have done that made Shinu so pissed at him. Yaten looked up at her and she gave him a smile.
Yaten just continued to look at her through tear-filled eyes. She didn't understand and probably never would.
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Well, there's the chapter! I really hope you guys enjoyed this one! I worked very hard on it! I probably wrote it up like three times and then trashed it and wrote it up again!! Much thanks to the reviews again and I hope you all like!! P.S. Sorry for the sucky title of this chapter.. it was a last minute thing.. ^.^