Ok… Here's chapter three of "The Reason"
I hope you guys like the revised version!
Here we go!
The Reason
Chapter 3: Aint Suicide A Sweet Option
The weekend passed by without a second glance, and soon everyone had to return to the hell hole dubbed as "School". Facing this reality made most moan and bury themselves deeper into the covers of their bed sheets, before their alarms reawaked them with its irritating buzz.
Jounouchi on the other hand, found it an escape from reality. He found it as an escape from his father's abuse, and so he welcomed it greatly. He sighed as he quickly made it out of his house, and walked off to the high school, eyes on the pavement.
When he got to school, he was immediately questioned over his numerous bruises.
"It's nothing, guys… I got into a fight over the weekend" Jou said plainly, very aware of the lie, not really wanting to tell the truth and face a very pissed off Bakura.
Things were bad enough without more abuse.
"Are you sure your ok?" Yuugi questioned worriedly, as he gently placed a hand on one of the bruises, causing Jou to flinch. Yuugi quickly removed his hand.
"Yea… I'm fine… really…" Jou looked at Yuugi and smiled, and Yuugi sighed, dropping the subject, but still eying Jou worriedly.
The teacher soon walked into the room and immediately got to work, beginning to write on the board and teach the class, who groaned at the new topic. "Now, now class… its not that hard really… see you just cross multiply X and 15… and you get 15X, correct?"
"Yes Mrs. Henrion…" the class said dully. The teacher smiled and continued her lecture.
At the end of class, the teacher gave them a huge homework assignment, causing the class to moan in agony. There they were… in school instead of their warm beds, and they had to do homework. It was enough to make anyone vomit.
Jou took his work without complaints and began to work on it. He had the highest grade in the class, and was rather proud of it. School was probably the only thing that kept his sanity intact. He smiled as he figured out the geometry problems effortlessly, and finished his homework before the bell rang, getting up with his work, homework, and calculator, putting his calculator up and handing his work to the teacher.
"Mrs. Henrion, I finished already… May I turn it in early, so I don't risk my dad throwing it away when I get home?" He asked as he placed it on her desk.
"Sure, and good job today, Jou.., you get better at this every day…" She smiled and sent him back to his desk.
Jou smiled and walked back to his desk, sitting down and resting his head on the desk, waiting for the bell to ring.
When the bell finally did ring, everyone scrambled out of their desks and ran to the door, heading to their next class, wanting the day to end.
Jou grabbed his stuff and headed out as well, him being happy for once. He smiled as he walked down the halls, only to run into Kaiba.
"Oh great… Just what I need" He moaned as he kept walking, praying that the CEO wouldn't talk to him.
Just his luck, the CEO stopped him. "Hey… Mutt… what the heck is wrong with you. I know you didn't get into a fight over the weekend. And you've been so depressed lately. What's up?" Seto asked as he walked beside Jou.
"Nothing's wrong with me… "Jou said unconvincingly as he kept walking, finding the floor tiles much more interesting than looking up at Seto.
"Bullshit…" Seto said as he walked in front of Jou, and grabbed him, pinning him to the lockers. "Tell me… What's wrong…" Seto asked again, holding Jou to the lockers.
"Oh wow... the great CEO actually touched the mutt... bloody fucking miracle..." A voice sounded as Bakura walked up onto the scene with a growl, as he quickly got Seto off of Jou.
"What the hell do you want, Bakura?" Seto asked angrily as he took a step forward.
Bakura ignored the question. "Word of caution… don't touch my boy whore… you damn egotistical bastard…" He smirked and grabbed Jou by his arm and dragged him off. Jou went with him without a struggle, though he didn't look up, favoring keeping his eyes shadowed by his blonde hair.
Seto stood there, confused, and rather worried.
After school, Jou made his way home as fast as possible, making sure to avoid both Bakura and Seto. He quickly ran through the park and up to his apartment complex, unlocking the door and dashing upstairs, newfound tears threatening to spill from his amber colored eyes.
When he got to his room, he closed the door behind him, locked it, and threw himself onto his bed, sobbing into his pillow. He hated his life. He wished it would all disappear.
But it wouldn't. So he grabbed his Swiss army knife out of his bedside table drawer, and a rag off the top of the table. He brought the blade of the knife down to the middle of his lower arm, and cut deeply into his flesh. Blood spilled out onto the carpet, and he watched it flow in its sad elegance.
As he laid down several more cuts onto his arm, a tear fell onto his arm, and seeped into one of the newfound cuts, stinging maliciously. Jou didn't even flinch. He just sat there, staring as his life essence as it fell out onto the carpet. He sighed as he pressed the rag to his cuts, stilling the bleeding as he heard a loud shout come from downstairs.
"BOY! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW AND CLEAN UP THIS MESS! JOUNOUCHI!" He heard his father shout. He sighed and put his knife and rag away, walking downstairs to find the ground covered in glass. He sighed as he proceeded to clean it up, getting his ass smacked by his pervert of a father in the process. It startled him, and he slipped onto the glass mess on the floor, cutting his cheek open.
"Haha… Dumbass" His father taunted as blood fell from Jou's cut cheek. Jou hadent even cried out at the cut. He just jerked the glass shard from his cheek, and continued cleaning up.
The next day at school, Jou wore a long sleeved shirt that covered his cuts up, even though it was the hottest months of summer. No one really seemed to notice much, though he did get numerous questions about the bandage on his cheek. He just told them he slipped while cleaning up some glass, the truth… but not all of it.
No one noticed the shirt, nor questioned it, except one worried CEO…
End of Revised Chapter 3
So… there's the revised version of chapter three! Whatchall think… I'm gonna start posting a story a day… if I can get inspired… I'll do the best I can…
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