Zinan is my best friend. He feels the same way about me. I know he dose, after that day, after Habika, we only got closer. But lately, he's been so, I don't know, distant. Its like I don't even know him anymore. I need to see him, see if he's doing ok. He wasn't at school today, he wasn't at practice, something is up. He lives on the east side of the city.

"Hello Mrs. K."

"Hello Mokuba, Zinan is in his room." I think his mom is hot, she's an American and has long blonde hair. Zinan's dad is a drunk. He hits Zinan's mom all the time, I don't know if he hits Zinan or not, I think he dose. Zinan acts timid around older men. When he met Seto for the first time, he was flat out afraid of him. I had to tell him that Seto wouldn't hurt him. He didn't believe me. I knocked on his bedroom door.

"Zinan?"

"Go away!" I went in any ways.

"I know you don't mean to an ass hole."

"Oh hey Mokuba, I didn't know it was you, sorry."

"No your not." He looked like he had been in an accident. His eyes were both black and his lip was bleeding badly.

"Dude, what happened?"

"Vodka Happened."

"Did your dad do this?" He didn't say anything, but I knew he had. "I'll kill him."

"No, No you wont."

"You know just as I that If I did kill him, I could pled insanity and get off." I made him laugh, good.

"You probably could. But I don't want you to." I sat down on the bed next to him.

"Why did he do it?"

"He said that I had disrespected him."

"What did you do?"

"I told my mom that… If she loved me, she would leave him. While he was… having sex with her, she told him that I had said that to make him stop. Then he came after me. Sometimes, I think he likes to beat up on me more than her sometimes. I guess his conches is more clear, doesn't like beating on girls I guess."

"That still don't make it right."

"I would rather he beat on me a million times than touch her once." Zinan loved his mom, she didn't always treat him the best, but he would defend her to the death.

"Why don't you call the cops on him?" He just shook his head. "I know, why don't you come and stay with me for a few days?"

"Huh?"

"Or for a while."

"Would you do that for me?"

"Of cores, what are friends for?"

"But your brother…"

"Dude, is your name Joey Wheeler?"

"No,"

"Than you have no reason to be afraid of my brother."

"But it's so close to Christmas and I don't-"

"Shut up, you're coming to stay with us, I don't care what you say." Its weird packing up all your worldly positions into a plastic bag. I don't think I could do it. As far as I'm concerned, I never want to see Zinan in this house ever again. If I know one thing, it's that no one disserves to live in a place that they feel threatened.

"Mom, I'm gonna go stay with Mokuba for a while."

"What?"

"I'm leaving mom."

"Yasa! Get out here! Your son is leaving!"

"What the Fuck are you doing you little bastard!"

"I'm leaving!"

"Like hell you are!"

"Get Him."

"LET GO OF HIM!"

"YOU DO NOT TOUCH HIM!"

"I'll touch the little rich boy if I damn well want to!"

"Come on, we have to get out of here."

"Taro left and now you too?"

"Mom, I have to go!"

"What the fuck?"

"I hate you both!" I don't think there is anything that sounds angrier than a door slamming.