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When she opened the door she was slightly disheartened to discover that she'd be home alone. Rei wasn't working today and she expected him to be home when she got back. After having such a terrible first day she was hoping to be cheered up by Rei. In a way, she was happy that he wasn't around. She didn't want to have to admit that he was right and that she was wrong. Perhaps she should have listened to him when he told her how hard working really was.
She arched her back and stretched her tense muscles as she headed towards the bathroom to take a long and relaxing bath.
Minutes later she stepped out of the bathroom, her freshly showered body was clad in black and white track-shorts and a long white t-shirt that probably belonged to Rei. As she raised the towel in her hand to her long and very damp blonde hair she heard the jingling of keys outside the door. She walked over, peeked through the small peep hole in the door and then opened it.
"Hey," he greeted her, giving her a smile that took all of his energy to produce. The long day of discussing serious future changing issues in his life with Tatsuya had him completely worn out.
She stepped away from the door, allowing Rei to enter and then closed the door behind him. "How was your day?" she asked him as she followed him to the kitchen. He usually hugged, kissed her or had something humorous to tell her. She didn't really considered it her business, but she was hoping he'd tell her where'd he'd been all day.
"It was... uh fine. How was you're first day of work?" he asked distractedly as he stood before the open fridge and skimmed the shelves for something remotely appetizing.
Kira took in a deep breath and looked down at her bare feet. "Not so good," she replied sadly as she walked across the wooden floors and over to the bed they shared. "It was horrible," she furthered.
"Yeah? Was it that bad?" he asked, immediately feeling guilty about expecting so little from her aspiring career.
She nodded in fear that if she opened her mouth to speak that she'd start choking back the tears that were beginning to well up in her eyes as she remembered just how disastrous the day really was.
When Rei came and sat down next to her she rested her head on Rei's shoulder. "Do you want to talk about it?" he questioned as he placed an arm around her waist.
Kira sighed softly. "It was that bad... First of all the kitchen area made me never want to eat McDonalds again. Everything's all frozen, processed and gross. At least when your on the other side of the counter you can pretend that having one of those grilled chicken sandwiches is really healthy. Then the customers, come lunch time they get really antsy and everyone's always in a rush. I don't think I'll ever be able to keep up."
"Don't say that," Rei said. "You'll get the hang of it soon enough."
"No I wont. I'm horrible!" she protested, lifting her head to look up at him. "You know what I did most of my shift other than messing up at the cash register? I mopped the floor... It seems like that's the only thing I'm good at; house work."
"That's not true Kira. You're good at a lot of things," Rei negated. He laid back on the bed with his hands behind his head.
"Is that so?" she replied, looking down at him.
He simply nodded his head, glancing from the ceiling to Kira, then back to the ceiling again. "It is. You're good at being beautiful," he joked, reaching out for her arms and pulling her down to him.
Kira rolled her eyes although she was smiling. "Don't say whatever's most convenient," she told him.
He kissed the top of her head gently. "I'm serious, you are beautiful. I dunno, I'm not too good with pretty words. Having you around makes me happy. I love you... That's all that matters right?"
"Hmm... yeah, I guess," she replied softly. The truth was, she wasn't sure that loving each other was going to get them through life, especially with a baby on the way. Every now and then she'd question weather moving in with Rei was such a good idea and if he'd do better without her there.
The next morning Kira woke up alone in the bed with her legs tangled up in the sheets. She sat up and ran a hand through her tangled treses and looked around the small apartment, she could see every corner of the apartment from her perch. She felt guilty for waking up so late. She felt that it was her duty to make him breakfast and lunch each day since she couldn't contribute much financially.
She decided that to make up for not bidding him goodbye in the morning she'd make him a romantic dinner. She quickly made the bed and got cleaned up and ready to go to the store to buy meat and vegetables for dinner. Upon exiting the bathroom after a quick shower she heard the high pitched ring of the phone.
"Hello?" she greeted the person on the other line.
"I knew you'd be here. Do you know how long it took me to get in touch with you?" said her stepfather, his voice calm, cool and collected.
Kira almost dropped the phone in shock.
"Don't sound so surprised dearest. I have my sources too. So how's you're new job at McDonalds?" he questioned, trying to make polite conversation.
"What do you want?" she asked angrily, her voice trembling dangerously. Her unsteady hand was rattling the reciever against the side of her head.
"I want you to come home, where you belong. Believe me Kira, I know what I want, and I get what I want. I'm coming for you Kira, and you're little boyfriend Rei will pay dearly for all the trouble he's caused me. If you tell anyone else about this conversation, especially that bastard Rei things are going to get a lot worse than originally planned. I'll be seeing you soon Kira, very soon," he said cryptically before hanging up the phone.
Kira dropped the receiver and stumbled backwards, grasping the nearby kitchen chair. It felt like her worst nightmare was coming true. She'd been as happy as a clam in her days living here with Rei, she hadn't worried about her stepfather once although she suspected all along that he'd find a way to upset the peace. She ran a frustrated hand through her thick and unwashed hair. Kira had no idea what she'd do when he came for her and knew she couldn't tell Rei because he had enough on his mind.
The next few hours felt like watching a movie in fast forward and Kira was in a worried daze. She gave herself a migraine thinking of all the possibilities. The sharp ring of the doorbell tore through her deep thoughts bringing her back to the present. She tiptoed to the front door in fear that her stepfather would be standing on the other side of the door. To her relief it was Rei, the only person who make her feel safe.
"What took you so long to answer the door?" Rei questioned when she finally let him inside.
"Don't you have a key?" she asked playfully, trying desperately to make sure that he didn't realize that she was upset about something.
"Yeah I do, but I like being greeted," he replied simply as he strolled over to the kitchen and peeked into the pots and pans on the stove to see what would be served for dinner.
Kira almost slapped herself when she realized that she'd forgotten to make dinner. "I am sooo sorry!" she exclaimed a she rushed to the fridge, hoping to be able to whip something up quickly. To her great disdain she found nothing at all, she hadn't been to the grocers in weeks.
"Nothing to eat!?" he cried out as he grasped his stomach and sunk down to the floor and began gasping for air. "Need food!"
Kira looked down at him as her lower lip quivered in fear and she tried desperately not to shed tears in front of Rei. However her efforts were all in vain and within moments they were spilling down her cheeks.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I was just joking around Kira!" he said nervously as he jumped to his feet and ran over to where Kira was standing. "I'm not that hungry really," he repeated, not quite understanding why she'd burst into tears all of a sudden because he made a really lame joke.
"No no, it's my fault. I don't know what happened, I just..." she murmured into his chest as he held her closely and rocked her back and forth in his strong arms.
He walked her over to the bed and sat her down. "Maybe you're just over worked or something. Oh, and I read this book that said that pregnant women tend to get overly emotional about things because of the hormonal imbalance of...." he paused as he tried to remember what he read in the doctors office.
Kira smiled up at him sweetly as tears still ran down her pale cheeks. "You're right, maybe I should rest a bit," she suggested.
He nodded. "Hey, how about you let me do the cooking tonight?" he asked as a small smile formed on his face.
"Sure."
He walked to the kitchen and quickly perused the shelves in the fridge. "There's nothing in here..." he mumbled as he moved on to the tiny pantry. "Kira, all we have is mac and cheese. I'll go to the grocers and get something to eat with it," he reasoned as he reached for a hoodie and his keys.
"No!" she cried out, sitting straight up in her bed. "Please don't leave. I mean.. uhh, I'm fine with macaroni and cheese," she added as she blushed with embarrassing knowing that Rei would pick up on it and ask her what was wrong. It was so hard to keep secrets from those closest to you. It felt like she was about to burst out about the phone call from her step- father.
Rei's hand hovered over his house keys as he looked at her strangely. "Just macaroni alone? Are you sure? I was going to make a really fancy dinner," he said with a smile. "Macaroni avec cheese a la chicken," he said, faking a French accent.
Kira smiled uneasily. "I know, but I uh. I'm not feeling too well right now so could you just stay here with me tonight?"
Rei shrugged his shoulders. "Okay, if that's what you want," he said as he dropped his hoodie and began to prepare his meal.
When Rei finished devouring his third plate of macaroni and cheese with shredded onions on top he noticed that Kira hadn't even touched her first plate of food. "Is it that bad?" he asked.
Kira looked up at him from the bowl quickly, his voice shocking her out of her dazed state of mind. "Yeah, I mean no it's great," she said as she picked up one macaroni noodle in her fork and ate it to show him that she was enjoying the meal.
"I could try something else if you don't like it. I don't mind," he insisted as he reached out for her bowl.
"No, please don't. Actually I'm pretty tired now. I should just go to sleep. I'll eat whatever is left over in the morning," she insisted as she made her way to the bathroom to clean up for sleeping.
After she came out and got into bed he followed suit and joined her. They laid down on their sides facing each other.
"Are you sure you're okay? You've been acting a bit strange all day," he said softly. "You know that you can tell me anything."
She smiled slightly at his concern, it made her feel good to know that somebody cared that deeply for her. Although she wanted to tell him about what happened on the telephone so that they could start thinking of something to do about it together she remembered what he did to Humiko back in the psychiatric ward and that he was just released from juvie. If he knew that she'd been threatened by her stepfather he'd mostly search and destroy and land himself in jail. "No, nothing's wrong. I'm just fine."
"Are you still upset about what happened on your first day of work?" he asked.
"Huh? No, not at all," she replied, in fact she hadn't thought about what she'd do at work since the phone call. Should she even go back to work? He could know her work schedule.
"Then what is it? Kira you're scaring me," he complained as he nuzzled up to her.
"Don't worry about it Rei. I just haven't been feeling well lately," she lied, in fact she'd been feeling just fine physically which was far from what most women experienced when they were three months pregnant.
Rei let it lie for a while as he watched her slowly drift to sleep. He watched as her chests slowly rose and fell with every breath she took and then allowed his eyes to drift down to her stomach, he noticed that it was growing a bit larger. He lifted his hand and placed it on her stomach lightly as not to wake her from her well earned sleep. He wondered what could have been bothering her and thought of how long she harbored what happened between her and her stepfather. She hid it from teachers, friends, her mother. He wondered what else besides that she could be hiding. He sighed deeply and then allowed himself to fall asleep.
When he woke up the next morning he awoke to the regular smell of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Despite all the worrying he did the night before, the smell of food put a wide grin on his face.
"Good morning Kira," he greeted her cheerfully as he placed a light kiss on her cheek and went to the bathroom to clean up.
When he returned to the kitchen they table was set and she already set up a plate of food for him. "You really shouldn't have cooked this much today. You said you were feeling sick yesterday."
"I know, but I feel better today. Besides I completely screwed up by forgetting to make both breakfast and dinner yesterday. So I guess that this is sort of to make up for that."
Rei nodded. He glanced at the clock on he wall behind Kira and almost coughed up his orange juice when he saw the time. "I'm late!" he gasped as he picked up an entire pancake and shoved it in his mouth while hopping around for his shoe. "I've got to go!" he cried as he ran to the door. "Love you! Bye!"
Kira smiled and shook her head, he was never one to wake up on time for anything. She cleaned up the table and mopped the kitchen quickly before going out to buy food for Rei's dinner. After coming home and resting for a while, lately she'd been getting tired easily, she heard a loud and violent knock at the door.
She was very curious since she knew Harumi would be at work and Rei was also at work and she wasn't expecting anyone else to drop by. Kira cautiously top toed to the door and peeked through the door hole. Panic struck her heart and rushed through her veins when she recognized her step father's rough and unshaven face.
Kira backed away and accidentally stumbled.
"I know you're in there. You'll open this fucking door if you know what's good for you!" he barked, rapping at the door more violently than before.
Kira scrambled for the phone and pressed it to her ear as she dialed 911 as quickly as possible.
Her pupils became dilated and she dropped the phone in her hands when she saw the doorknob turn and heard the door creak open.
"No... NOOO!" she cried as she ran to the bathroom and slammed the door behind her, locked it and sat against the door. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she heard her stepfather tear through the house to the bathroom door, turning over tables, slamming chairs to the floor and punching holes in the walls.
"Open the door!" he roared, kicking it three times.
"Never! I'd rather die than go home with you again!" she cried out as she scrambled for something to assault her father with.
"Open the door now Kira. There is no alternative, either you come home where you belong peacefully and unharmed, or I knock you senseless and drag you home by your feet. Either way this game of house you've been playing with Rei is over," he informed her as he kicked the door open and looked down at the trembling Kira menacingly. "Get up!"
Kira refused to move and stayed rooted to her crouching position next to the tub.
"Get UP!" he snapped, kicking her swiftly in her leg causing her to yowl out in pain.
Still she refused and held onto the shower curtain.
He frowned deeply and bent over and grabbed her legs but after getting kicked many times he kicked her once more, slapped her hard enough to make her head spin and her nose and lip bleed and then grabbed her by the hair and yanked her to her feet.
She opened her mouth and attempted to scream for help but her lip was so badly busted that it hurt to part her lips. As he dragged her to the front door she frantically tried to grab things to hit him with and tried to hold onto door frames but her efforts were all in vain, for he was far more superior to her in strength. Within minutes she was being shoved into his sleek black mercedes benz and was driven away.
Terror struck Rei's heart as he neared the front door of the apartment. The door was wide open , which in itself was a bad sign. He reminded Kira to never have the windows open more than half way and to never leave the door open. His feeling that something terrible happened increased when he saw the state of the apartment. Chairs were thrown to the floor, the bathroom door was kicked in, it looked like a mob of men trashed the house.
A sheet of white paper on the night table caught his eye and he walked over and picked it up. His jaw dropped upon reading it. He couldn't speak and could barely breathe for a good ten minutes. He couldn't believe that his Kira was really gone. The room felt as though it were darkening and getting smaller and his entire world began to swirl around him. Rei's knees grew weak and he sunk down to the floor and allowed the tears that had welled up in his eyes when he spotted the note, run down his cheeks.
Kira's father held her upper arm in a vice grip as he marched her up the stairs and to the front door of the townhouse he shared with her mother. He single handily got his keys out of her blazer jacket and opened the door. He shoved her into the house, almost causing her to trip and land face forward on the floor, and locked the door behind him.
"Margaret! Come look what I brought home!" he called out proudly as he placed his hands on his hips.
Her mother came rushing towards them in a house dress, covered by a smock, holding a washcloth in one hand and a dirty plate in the other. A wide smile spread across her badly wrinkled face when she saw Kira.
Kira's breath became even more ragged when she looked upon her mother. In actuality she hated her mother more than her father because although she didn't make her stepfather rape her she knew and did nothing to stop it. She opened her mouth to say something but her lips were still to sore.
"Come here, poor child! Who did this to you?" she asked as she looked over Kira's black and blue marks, black eye, bruised lips and torn clothes.
"That rat bastard that she's staying with has been hitting her up," her stepfather lied casually.
Kira's eyes opened wide in protest. She stepped back when her mother reached out to touch her and then ran upstairs and hid in her room. Being the very house, looking at her own bed brought back so many bad memories. She wished more than anything to be back in Rei's arms in thier apartment.
Rei sat down in the leather reclining chair of his father's office.
"Well well well, what brings you back here son?" his father wondered aloud as he took another puff of his newly imported cigar as he stepped into the office and ook a seat behind his large mahogany steps. His eyebrows raised slightly when he noticed how red and puffy Rei's eyes were and how drenched in sweat his hair was.
"I need you're help," Rei said reluctantly, for those were the four words he dreaded saying, and the four words he knew his father couldn't wait to hear. His father vowed that he'd come crawling back one day for help, and he was right. Rei couldn't do this on his own.
A/N- Sorry about taking so long to update. It's been more than a month. Thanks to those who reviewed my last story and a special thanks to Kitsunia. Please remember to review!
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When she opened the door she was slightly disheartened to discover that she'd be home alone. Rei wasn't working today and she expected him to be home when she got back. After having such a terrible first day she was hoping to be cheered up by Rei. In a way, she was happy that he wasn't around. She didn't want to have to admit that he was right and that she was wrong. Perhaps she should have listened to him when he told her how hard working really was.
She arched her back and stretched her tense muscles as she headed towards the bathroom to take a long and relaxing bath.
Minutes later she stepped out of the bathroom, her freshly showered body was clad in black and white track-shorts and a long white t-shirt that probably belonged to Rei. As she raised the towel in her hand to her long and very damp blonde hair she heard the jingling of keys outside the door. She walked over, peeked through the small peep hole in the door and then opened it.
"Hey," he greeted her, giving her a smile that took all of his energy to produce. The long day of discussing serious future changing issues in his life with Tatsuya had him completely worn out.
She stepped away from the door, allowing Rei to enter and then closed the door behind him. "How was your day?" she asked him as she followed him to the kitchen. He usually hugged, kissed her or had something humorous to tell her. She didn't really considered it her business, but she was hoping he'd tell her where'd he'd been all day.
"It was... uh fine. How was you're first day of work?" he asked distractedly as he stood before the open fridge and skimmed the shelves for something remotely appetizing.
Kira took in a deep breath and looked down at her bare feet. "Not so good," she replied sadly as she walked across the wooden floors and over to the bed they shared. "It was horrible," she furthered.
"Yeah? Was it that bad?" he asked, immediately feeling guilty about expecting so little from her aspiring career.
She nodded in fear that if she opened her mouth to speak that she'd start choking back the tears that were beginning to well up in her eyes as she remembered just how disastrous the day really was.
When Rei came and sat down next to her she rested her head on Rei's shoulder. "Do you want to talk about it?" he questioned as he placed an arm around her waist.
Kira sighed softly. "It was that bad... First of all the kitchen area made me never want to eat McDonalds again. Everything's all frozen, processed and gross. At least when your on the other side of the counter you can pretend that having one of those grilled chicken sandwiches is really healthy. Then the customers, come lunch time they get really antsy and everyone's always in a rush. I don't think I'll ever be able to keep up."
"Don't say that," Rei said. "You'll get the hang of it soon enough."
"No I wont. I'm horrible!" she protested, lifting her head to look up at him. "You know what I did most of my shift other than messing up at the cash register? I mopped the floor... It seems like that's the only thing I'm good at; house work."
"That's not true Kira. You're good at a lot of things," Rei negated. He laid back on the bed with his hands behind his head.
"Is that so?" she replied, looking down at him.
He simply nodded his head, glancing from the ceiling to Kira, then back to the ceiling again. "It is. You're good at being beautiful," he joked, reaching out for her arms and pulling her down to him.
Kira rolled her eyes although she was smiling. "Don't say whatever's most convenient," she told him.
He kissed the top of her head gently. "I'm serious, you are beautiful. I dunno, I'm not too good with pretty words. Having you around makes me happy. I love you... That's all that matters right?"
"Hmm... yeah, I guess," she replied softly. The truth was, she wasn't sure that loving each other was going to get them through life, especially with a baby on the way. Every now and then she'd question weather moving in with Rei was such a good idea and if he'd do better without her there.
The next morning Kira woke up alone in the bed with her legs tangled up in the sheets. She sat up and ran a hand through her tangled treses and looked around the small apartment, she could see every corner of the apartment from her perch. She felt guilty for waking up so late. She felt that it was her duty to make him breakfast and lunch each day since she couldn't contribute much financially.
She decided that to make up for not bidding him goodbye in the morning she'd make him a romantic dinner. She quickly made the bed and got cleaned up and ready to go to the store to buy meat and vegetables for dinner. Upon exiting the bathroom after a quick shower she heard the high pitched ring of the phone.
"Hello?" she greeted the person on the other line.
"I knew you'd be here. Do you know how long it took me to get in touch with you?" said her stepfather, his voice calm, cool and collected.
Kira almost dropped the phone in shock.
"Don't sound so surprised dearest. I have my sources too. So how's you're new job at McDonalds?" he questioned, trying to make polite conversation.
"What do you want?" she asked angrily, her voice trembling dangerously. Her unsteady hand was rattling the reciever against the side of her head.
"I want you to come home, where you belong. Believe me Kira, I know what I want, and I get what I want. I'm coming for you Kira, and you're little boyfriend Rei will pay dearly for all the trouble he's caused me. If you tell anyone else about this conversation, especially that bastard Rei things are going to get a lot worse than originally planned. I'll be seeing you soon Kira, very soon," he said cryptically before hanging up the phone.
Kira dropped the receiver and stumbled backwards, grasping the nearby kitchen chair. It felt like her worst nightmare was coming true. She'd been as happy as a clam in her days living here with Rei, she hadn't worried about her stepfather once although she suspected all along that he'd find a way to upset the peace. She ran a frustrated hand through her thick and unwashed hair. Kira had no idea what she'd do when he came for her and knew she couldn't tell Rei because he had enough on his mind.
The next few hours felt like watching a movie in fast forward and Kira was in a worried daze. She gave herself a migraine thinking of all the possibilities. The sharp ring of the doorbell tore through her deep thoughts bringing her back to the present. She tiptoed to the front door in fear that her stepfather would be standing on the other side of the door. To her relief it was Rei, the only person who make her feel safe.
"What took you so long to answer the door?" Rei questioned when she finally let him inside.
"Don't you have a key?" she asked playfully, trying desperately to make sure that he didn't realize that she was upset about something.
"Yeah I do, but I like being greeted," he replied simply as he strolled over to the kitchen and peeked into the pots and pans on the stove to see what would be served for dinner.
Kira almost slapped herself when she realized that she'd forgotten to make dinner. "I am sooo sorry!" she exclaimed a she rushed to the fridge, hoping to be able to whip something up quickly. To her great disdain she found nothing at all, she hadn't been to the grocers in weeks.
"Nothing to eat!?" he cried out as he grasped his stomach and sunk down to the floor and began gasping for air. "Need food!"
Kira looked down at him as her lower lip quivered in fear and she tried desperately not to shed tears in front of Rei. However her efforts were all in vain and within moments they were spilling down her cheeks.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I was just joking around Kira!" he said nervously as he jumped to his feet and ran over to where Kira was standing. "I'm not that hungry really," he repeated, not quite understanding why she'd burst into tears all of a sudden because he made a really lame joke.
"No no, it's my fault. I don't know what happened, I just..." she murmured into his chest as he held her closely and rocked her back and forth in his strong arms.
He walked her over to the bed and sat her down. "Maybe you're just over worked or something. Oh, and I read this book that said that pregnant women tend to get overly emotional about things because of the hormonal imbalance of...." he paused as he tried to remember what he read in the doctors office.
Kira smiled up at him sweetly as tears still ran down her pale cheeks. "You're right, maybe I should rest a bit," she suggested.
He nodded. "Hey, how about you let me do the cooking tonight?" he asked as a small smile formed on his face.
"Sure."
He walked to the kitchen and quickly perused the shelves in the fridge. "There's nothing in here..." he mumbled as he moved on to the tiny pantry. "Kira, all we have is mac and cheese. I'll go to the grocers and get something to eat with it," he reasoned as he reached for a hoodie and his keys.
"No!" she cried out, sitting straight up in her bed. "Please don't leave. I mean.. uhh, I'm fine with macaroni and cheese," she added as she blushed with embarrassing knowing that Rei would pick up on it and ask her what was wrong. It was so hard to keep secrets from those closest to you. It felt like she was about to burst out about the phone call from her step- father.
Rei's hand hovered over his house keys as he looked at her strangely. "Just macaroni alone? Are you sure? I was going to make a really fancy dinner," he said with a smile. "Macaroni avec cheese a la chicken," he said, faking a French accent.
Kira smiled uneasily. "I know, but I uh. I'm not feeling too well right now so could you just stay here with me tonight?"
Rei shrugged his shoulders. "Okay, if that's what you want," he said as he dropped his hoodie and began to prepare his meal.
When Rei finished devouring his third plate of macaroni and cheese with shredded onions on top he noticed that Kira hadn't even touched her first plate of food. "Is it that bad?" he asked.
Kira looked up at him from the bowl quickly, his voice shocking her out of her dazed state of mind. "Yeah, I mean no it's great," she said as she picked up one macaroni noodle in her fork and ate it to show him that she was enjoying the meal.
"I could try something else if you don't like it. I don't mind," he insisted as he reached out for her bowl.
"No, please don't. Actually I'm pretty tired now. I should just go to sleep. I'll eat whatever is left over in the morning," she insisted as she made her way to the bathroom to clean up for sleeping.
After she came out and got into bed he followed suit and joined her. They laid down on their sides facing each other.
"Are you sure you're okay? You've been acting a bit strange all day," he said softly. "You know that you can tell me anything."
She smiled slightly at his concern, it made her feel good to know that somebody cared that deeply for her. Although she wanted to tell him about what happened on the telephone so that they could start thinking of something to do about it together she remembered what he did to Humiko back in the psychiatric ward and that he was just released from juvie. If he knew that she'd been threatened by her stepfather he'd mostly search and destroy and land himself in jail. "No, nothing's wrong. I'm just fine."
"Are you still upset about what happened on your first day of work?" he asked.
"Huh? No, not at all," she replied, in fact she hadn't thought about what she'd do at work since the phone call. Should she even go back to work? He could know her work schedule.
"Then what is it? Kira you're scaring me," he complained as he nuzzled up to her.
"Don't worry about it Rei. I just haven't been feeling well lately," she lied, in fact she'd been feeling just fine physically which was far from what most women experienced when they were three months pregnant.
Rei let it lie for a while as he watched her slowly drift to sleep. He watched as her chests slowly rose and fell with every breath she took and then allowed his eyes to drift down to her stomach, he noticed that it was growing a bit larger. He lifted his hand and placed it on her stomach lightly as not to wake her from her well earned sleep. He wondered what could have been bothering her and thought of how long she harbored what happened between her and her stepfather. She hid it from teachers, friends, her mother. He wondered what else besides that she could be hiding. He sighed deeply and then allowed himself to fall asleep.
When he woke up the next morning he awoke to the regular smell of pancakes, eggs, bacon, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Despite all the worrying he did the night before, the smell of food put a wide grin on his face.
"Good morning Kira," he greeted her cheerfully as he placed a light kiss on her cheek and went to the bathroom to clean up.
When he returned to the kitchen they table was set and she already set up a plate of food for him. "You really shouldn't have cooked this much today. You said you were feeling sick yesterday."
"I know, but I feel better today. Besides I completely screwed up by forgetting to make both breakfast and dinner yesterday. So I guess that this is sort of to make up for that."
Rei nodded. He glanced at the clock on he wall behind Kira and almost coughed up his orange juice when he saw the time. "I'm late!" he gasped as he picked up an entire pancake and shoved it in his mouth while hopping around for his shoe. "I've got to go!" he cried as he ran to the door. "Love you! Bye!"
Kira smiled and shook her head, he was never one to wake up on time for anything. She cleaned up the table and mopped the kitchen quickly before going out to buy food for Rei's dinner. After coming home and resting for a while, lately she'd been getting tired easily, she heard a loud and violent knock at the door.
She was very curious since she knew Harumi would be at work and Rei was also at work and she wasn't expecting anyone else to drop by. Kira cautiously top toed to the door and peeked through the door hole. Panic struck her heart and rushed through her veins when she recognized her step father's rough and unshaven face.
Kira backed away and accidentally stumbled.
"I know you're in there. You'll open this fucking door if you know what's good for you!" he barked, rapping at the door more violently than before.
Kira scrambled for the phone and pressed it to her ear as she dialed 911 as quickly as possible.
Her pupils became dilated and she dropped the phone in her hands when she saw the doorknob turn and heard the door creak open.
"No... NOOO!" she cried as she ran to the bathroom and slammed the door behind her, locked it and sat against the door. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she heard her stepfather tear through the house to the bathroom door, turning over tables, slamming chairs to the floor and punching holes in the walls.
"Open the door!" he roared, kicking it three times.
"Never! I'd rather die than go home with you again!" she cried out as she scrambled for something to assault her father with.
"Open the door now Kira. There is no alternative, either you come home where you belong peacefully and unharmed, or I knock you senseless and drag you home by your feet. Either way this game of house you've been playing with Rei is over," he informed her as he kicked the door open and looked down at the trembling Kira menacingly. "Get up!"
Kira refused to move and stayed rooted to her crouching position next to the tub.
"Get UP!" he snapped, kicking her swiftly in her leg causing her to yowl out in pain.
Still she refused and held onto the shower curtain.
He frowned deeply and bent over and grabbed her legs but after getting kicked many times he kicked her once more, slapped her hard enough to make her head spin and her nose and lip bleed and then grabbed her by the hair and yanked her to her feet.
She opened her mouth and attempted to scream for help but her lip was so badly busted that it hurt to part her lips. As he dragged her to the front door she frantically tried to grab things to hit him with and tried to hold onto door frames but her efforts were all in vain, for he was far more superior to her in strength. Within minutes she was being shoved into his sleek black mercedes benz and was driven away.
Terror struck Rei's heart as he neared the front door of the apartment. The door was wide open , which in itself was a bad sign. He reminded Kira to never have the windows open more than half way and to never leave the door open. His feeling that something terrible happened increased when he saw the state of the apartment. Chairs were thrown to the floor, the bathroom door was kicked in, it looked like a mob of men trashed the house.
A sheet of white paper on the night table caught his eye and he walked over and picked it up. His jaw dropped upon reading it. He couldn't speak and could barely breathe for a good ten minutes. He couldn't believe that his Kira was really gone. The room felt as though it were darkening and getting smaller and his entire world began to swirl around him. Rei's knees grew weak and he sunk down to the floor and allowed the tears that had welled up in his eyes when he spotted the note, run down his cheeks.
Kira's father held her upper arm in a vice grip as he marched her up the stairs and to the front door of the townhouse he shared with her mother. He single handily got his keys out of her blazer jacket and opened the door. He shoved her into the house, almost causing her to trip and land face forward on the floor, and locked the door behind him.
"Margaret! Come look what I brought home!" he called out proudly as he placed his hands on his hips.
Her mother came rushing towards them in a house dress, covered by a smock, holding a washcloth in one hand and a dirty plate in the other. A wide smile spread across her badly wrinkled face when she saw Kira.
Kira's breath became even more ragged when she looked upon her mother. In actuality she hated her mother more than her father because although she didn't make her stepfather rape her she knew and did nothing to stop it. She opened her mouth to say something but her lips were still to sore.
"Come here, poor child! Who did this to you?" she asked as she looked over Kira's black and blue marks, black eye, bruised lips and torn clothes.
"That rat bastard that she's staying with has been hitting her up," her stepfather lied casually.
Kira's eyes opened wide in protest. She stepped back when her mother reached out to touch her and then ran upstairs and hid in her room. Being the very house, looking at her own bed brought back so many bad memories. She wished more than anything to be back in Rei's arms in thier apartment.
Rei sat down in the leather reclining chair of his father's office.
"Well well well, what brings you back here son?" his father wondered aloud as he took another puff of his newly imported cigar as he stepped into the office and ook a seat behind his large mahogany steps. His eyebrows raised slightly when he noticed how red and puffy Rei's eyes were and how drenched in sweat his hair was.
"I need you're help," Rei said reluctantly, for those were the four words he dreaded saying, and the four words he knew his father couldn't wait to hear. His father vowed that he'd come crawling back one day for help, and he was right. Rei couldn't do this on his own.
A/N- Sorry about taking so long to update. It's been more than a month. Thanks to those who reviewed my last story and a special thanks to Kitsunia. Please remember to review!