Hikari: I'm back! Miss me?

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Hikari:... .

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Sweet Morbid: Thanks Yes they are together now. It's going to be fun to write scenes at school now :P

Warnings: Child abuse, rape, a lot of swearing, may be graphic death.

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"Tetra Do you have any idea how worried we were!" Hikari scolded the girl.

"Yeah...sorry..." Tetra said looking at the floor.

"Well, you two better get cleaned up..." Hikari sighed, motioning to the two soaked kids.

"Uh...we only have one shower..." Aryll pointed out.

"So, they can shower together..." Willis said.

"What! T-together?" Joseph replied, bright red just thinking about it.

"Well why not? You're gonna see her eventually, why wait?" Willis retorted.

"Willis you idiot. They can't do that!" Rika hit her brother across the head.

"Don't you guys have another shower downstairs?" Ozuma asked, remembering the house he had once been in all the time clearly.

"Oh yeah...I guess Tetra could use that one..." Alice said slowly.

"Yeah okay." Tetra agreed.

"First show Joseph where the other shower is." Rome told the girl.

"Why can't you?" Tetra shot back.

"Because I'm not the one who's dating him." Rome retorted, shoving the girl up the stairs.

"Yeah yeah, I'm going." She said, grabbing Joseph's hand and pulling him up the stairs.

Tetra dragged Joseph to the bathroom, grabbing a few towels from the closet.

"Okay, here's the towels, that's the shower. You turn it on by grabbing the knob and turning it. Sound simple enough?" Tetra stated, it sounding a little ruder then she realized.

"Uh yeah..." Joseph answered, shifting slightly from foot to foot.

Tetra sighed. She hated herself for what she said. "Look, sorry if I sound rude. I'm just used to having to be rude so people stop being jerks." she explained, looking into his jade eyes for any sort of pain.

"Oh..." he replied, lowering his head.

"...Can I do anything to show you I'm sorry?" Tetra asked, stepping closer to the boy.

Joseph smirked. "Well yeah, this." He pulled Tetra close to his body, kissing her passionately.

Tetra closed her eyes, smiling slightly into the kiss. 'So this is why Hikari was so happy around Ozuma when she was younger.' She thought to herself. She snapped out of her mellow state when she realized Joseph's hand was brushing against a scar on her back. She quickly pushed him away.

"So I think you have the shower figured out, I gotta go shower myself." She said quickly. She noticed Joseph's confused look, slightly hoping she wouldn't have to explain about the scar. "So I'll see you in a couple minutes bye!" She raced out of the room.

"So, what were you and Joseph doing to make you that red Tet?" Link smirked at his cousin.

"Shut up you little freak before I beat your face in." Tetra threatened.

"Whatever, you might want to shower and get Joseph out of here before our dad's get home. You know what will happen."

"...I know." Tetra replied. She walked to a door that lead to the basement. None of them had gone down there since Kanna was born. It held too many painful memories. Memories they all wanted to disappear. She sighed as she walked down the stairs, to the bathroom that no one had used for years. Tetra opened the door, and was disgusted by the room.

The walls were stained with blood and vomit. The floor was covered in vomit, blood, urine and things Tetra would rather not identify. She quickly got into the shower, turned on the facet and washed up. This was one place she never wanted to be in ever again. Especially since the basement was where their fathers made their "movies"

After Tetra showered, she wrapped a towel around her body, silently cursing that she forgot clean clothes in her room. .

'Crap! What the fuck do I do! I can't go past there. Not with all these scars showing..'

"Hey Tet, you done yet?" Aryll's voice came from outside the door.

"Uh...yeah why?" She asked.

"I brought you some clothes. I figured you'd forget that you needed to get new ones. Especially with your boyfriend here." Aryll laughed.

"Thanks, give them to me!" Tetra opened the door, grabbing the clothes from Aryll and slamming the door shut. She quickly put the clothes on and walked out the door.

"Wow, that room is gross. Ever think we'll clean it?" Aryll asked Tetra as they walked up the stairs.

"Doubtful."

"Hmm...by the way, you're gonna want to say goodbye to Joseph. He's leaving now. Your dad is gonna be home soon."

"Shit! He's the last thing I need tonight. Dad I mean. " Tetra growled.

"Oh well, it's our life. And we've learned to deal with it so far." Aryll shrugged.

"I know..." She replied. ' It's just too bad we had to..'

Tetra said goodbye to Joseph. But as he was leaving the house, the one thing on his mind was, Where did she get the scar on her back?

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Hikari: Hehehe, done! It's not that great but whatever.

Kevin: R&R please!