Burn out star

Toby sat back against a chair he had pulled up in the safety of one of the many empty offices of the hospital. His eyes staring at the therapist across from him as she manipulated answers from him, he knew all the tricks, he had nothing to hide, yet every few comments, she'd return to the informal way he had used for other students and his lackey personal. Who was he to blame for being the way he was?

"Tell me, Toby, how did you feel for Sechi after this whole ordeal, be honest, we're not judging, and no one will ever know." She kept her sweet smile on as Toby as he wrote out an response.

He showed me the truest form of love. The one that says I love you most. It can be shared between a man and a woman, a man and a man, or a woman and a woman. I will always feel him, for he is the first one to show me love. But its like the loved your forced to have with a brother or sister you don't like.

"Don't worry, Toby," Mar pulled him out of those thoughts. "It's common for those that have been in life threatening situations to grow a bond to the rapist or another victim. Through the healing process you will get better. And in time you will speak again" She smiled, before checking her watch. "A nurse will be in shortly to escort you to your room" She politely bowed before leaving the room, Toby lost in his thoughts.

As he left the room, leaving to stare out the window, the boy could hear one whispering to the other "I don't like how this case is going to turn out", and truthfully, Toby didn't want to know. As long as he could get both Sechi and Mono jailed for life, no probation, he refused to let the case drop.

The evidence was all against them, nobody to back either up. "Ne, Toby…" He stared up, over towards the door to see a kind nurse pushing someone in a wheel chair, since with an arm wound and an ankle one, he wasn't allowed to walk even with crutches. The nurse helped the boy into the bed, staring at the him.

" me?" Eiri and Shuichi said simultaneously as Toby stared at his therapist in confusion. After three sessions, she had requested to speak with her client's parents, and nobody understood why that had to be. In her playful tone, she told him to make scarce, and Toby's face lit up slightly as he asked (still using the note book) if he had permission to go the café across the street. With permission, Toby left with his nurse friend, and his new crutch to hold him up. Eiri glared at Toby before facing the woman that insisted his attention as she cleared her throat.

"I have the feeling that Toby has not discussed with either of you what they have been through for the past month?" Each shook their head in the negative, making her sigh as she leaned back against the wall of Toby's room, where Toby spent most of his time when no one else was around. . In the time she knew Toby, she was aware he always wanted to be right, and normally was - but each in a sense, he was only correct if it he had feelings for it. This time, he was wrong. "Well first off, let me give you some information that will obviously be on the news once the reporters get word of this, since the hospitals security has become very tight."

"Toby is the victim of rape, continuous abusive rape. Recently, he doesn't want to have comfort from others, because he's all he's had for a month, himself." She received a glare and two nods. "Toby is very quite because he feels no one under stands anything he has went thru. He also had a fear that if he tells anyone that Sechi will find him. He want's to be ignored, and that's normal. He doesn't like my help"

"With that said, I have to warn you on what may happen in your future." She halted any kind of talking from either. "Your relationship may not last, fighting and continuous worrying of what's going to happen. This might is what will ruin the love you have for them, so expect changes in personality, never assume that he doesn't love you anymore. Believe me, when we're no talking about Sechi and Mono, He speaks constantly about you two, or if you still love you a lot. Toby worries that you well spend too much time trying to take care of him to still have a love life.." She stood back up, walking towards the window to stare out it, at a small café that the nurse had taken him to. Shuichi and Yuki followed after, staring out as the nurse said something to the boy to make him smile.

"So what, are we just suppose to sit back and watch him crumble?" Eiri spoke, glaring at Son, muttering seriously.

"No, that's not what I've been saying!" Mar insisted, brushing her blonde hair back. "Reassure him that it's all over, and comforting him will help, how you approach is really up to you. Most patients don't wish to see change in their lives, so don't bring it up and change how you have spoken to him before…it may worry him." She glanced at Yuki, making him roll his eyes. "Yes, Yuki Eiri, that means you. Tone it down on your insults, but don't go narrow on him and be polite that it causes you to creak as you talk - he'll probably put you into a mental institution when you get older."

It seemed like when all the gods that had ever been discussed, had decided to turn against the boy in the front row of the courtroom, wide eyed. Nothing was going well that day, Toby had screamed and complained about having to use a wheelchair, which the nurse had smiled and said she'd push it - that all seemed perfect compared to the verdict that had just been read. Maybe it didn't seem nice to most people, but it was still unfair. After all he'd had been through!

Sechi and Mono were read out of the room, both wearing twin grins as they faced the boy, winking. It was as if Death himself stood behind him, tickling the back of his' neck with his scythe and laughed. Toby grasped hold of Sora's hand, calming the boy that was about to jump them to kill - all for the name of the small weak boy. Shuichi shared the same look.

"Toby," Shuichi stared down at the boy, never turning back as Eiri wrapped his arms around Toby, holding him close, but still Toby never spoke. Face white as a ghost - his feeling had been right - he no longer felt secure. Fate was cruel. Both men that had caused him so much harm, had won. Both were found not guilty due to insanity, and would only be placed into confinement for a period of time, then therapy.

As the small group made it back to the hospital, no one would speak to anyone as Yuki prepared to go home, his eyes fell upon the small room that Toby was in as the small boy stared distantly at a wall, Eiri's fingers lacing through his hair as he spoke calmly. Shuichi shook his head, listening carefully at what he was saying - but it only seemed like repeats that had already been said to the boy.

He watched as Toby's head turned to face his parents as he closed his eyes, and let out a wail - to Eiri's surprise as he began to cry into Shuichi's neck. The two sat on the hospital bed, enclosed into each other's arms as Toby cried, and Shuichi calmed him down. Eiri leaned back against the wall as he stared them over, his eyes clouding over in what seemed hate, but he couldn't put where it was directed. Had Toby done something to him? Or perhaps he was still upset with the verdict.

"Eiri?" Touma walked down the corridor, stopping at where Eiri was standing, fixated upon the small room as sniffles escaped it, followed by Shuichi's mummers that everything would be all right. "Are you okay?"

The blonde stared up, a scowl on his face. "It's always the same, I want to be of help, but I can't. I always have my own motives. I just wanted to save Toby from following the same path that I took, but look where it had lead. I've failed him where Shuichi can succeed. Why is that…" He asked to no one in particular as his brother in law stared into the room.

"Shuichi knows what Toby needs, I suppose. He's help take care of the boy." Touma shook her head, solemnly. "Come on, let's go."

"hang on…" Eiri smiled, patting his shoulder. "I'll be out soon, I need to say something to Shuichi, go on ahead." He didn't break his smile as his brother in law shrugged and walked off before his eyes once more turned to the two in the room, clearing his throat. "Shuichi."

"What Eiri?" Eiri flashed a glance at the man, cradling the sleeping boy in his arms.

Walking towards the doorframe, Eiri leaned against it as he stared at his bound hand before back up. "You've won." Eiri gave him a confused glance. "Your the only one who can calm him down. I've been trying but every time he cries of pushes me away," He closed his head and petted the boys hair.