Disclaimers: Me own nothing! (Nothing means Tokyo Mew Mew of course!)
Warning: This chapter contains malexmale romance.
Many thanks to all the people who reviewed! This chapter is very bloody at first, but it gets fluffy near the end. Before you read this chapter, please do your best to remove your mind from the gutter.
Misunderstood Emotions: Chapter Four
Ryou dashed around the neighborhood, a highly worried expression on his face. After school he had ran to Café Mew Mew, but Keiichiro wasn't there. Ryou had checked everywhere he knew, but Keiichiro seemed to have disappeared. And now it was starting to get dark, and Ryou was very, very worried.
Ryou was very close to screaming several very colorful words when he suddenly remembered the time Keiichiro had brought him to that forest. "It's where I go when I need to think… It's so peaceful …" Keiichiro had told him. Ryou grit his teeth, frustrated that he hadn't thought about that memory earlier. Then he dashed off towards the forest.
When Ryou had finally got to the forest he began to call Keiichiro's name. He didn't hear anything in return, the forest was much too silent. "Keiichiro…" Ryou said softly. After a few minutes of hurried walking, he spotted something a little bit up ahead. Ryou took a few hesitant steps ahead, and then began to run when he realized that whatever it was, it was covered in blood.
Ryou realized that it was a human body, and he prayed a quick desperate prayer that whoever it was, it wasn't Keiichiro. Ryou knelt beside the body, and it felt like his heart had been plunged into ice.
It was Keiichiro, and it looked like a wild animal had attacked him. He was curled into a ball against a tree. The tree's trunk was smeared with blood, as well as the grass around him. Ryou trembled as he pulled Keiichiro's legs away from his chest, in order to fully survey the damage done to his friend. Keiichiro had a bloody bite mark on one side of his face, and a bruise on the other. His neck had also been bitten, it was torn and bleeding as well. His shirt was in shreds, revealing fresh, jagged gashes on his chest. Ryou's eyes were wide as he took in this destruction. Then he noticed Keiichiro's hips. Keiichiro's hips had two dark hand shaped bruises on them, almost as though someone had been gripping them… They were bleeding in several places, almost as though someone had dug their nails into them… Then Ryou became painfully aware of where most of the blood was coming from. It trickled down Keiichiro's legs, forming a small puddle beneath him. Ryou's eyes grew wide as he realized what had happened. "He was… raped?"
Ryou shook with anger as he bent to pick Keiichiro up. Keiichiro's back was raw and slicked with blood, making him difficult to carry. "From being slammed against that tree again… and again…" Ryou thought, so full of rage he wanted to scream. He wanted to murder whoever had dared to do this to Keiichiro.
It was pitch black outside when Ryou finally got back to Café Mew Mew. He hadn't been able to take a quick route back to the café, because a young gentleman carrying a naked bloody man tends to attract a lot of attention. No matter how badly Ryou wanted to get Keiichiro medical treatment, he couldn't jeopardize the secrecy of the Mew Project. He knew Keiichiro would feel the same.
Ryou unlocked the door to Café Mew Mew with one hand and slipped inside. He looked at Keiichiro with deep concern, seeing the severity of his friend's wounds in the light. He knew he needed to stop the bleeding, but first Keiichiro's wounds had to be cleaned. Keiichiro stirred slightly in Ryou's arms and whimpered as he was carried towards the bathroom.
Ryou rested Keiichiro against him, not caring about the blood that got on his clothes as he ran warm water into the bathtub. Ryou gathered Keiichiro into his arms and carefully lowered him into the bath. Keiichiro's eyes flew open and he screamed with pain. "FUCK!" Ryou yelled, realizing how painful the warm water must feel towards Keiichiro's wounds. Ryou pulled Keiichiro out of the bath tub and Keiichiro clung to him, sobbing into his chest. Ryou held Keiichiro close, murmuring comforting words until Keiichiro stopped sobbing. "W-why did this happen?" Keiichiro whispered. Ryou sighed, and then softly spoke. "It isn't your fault Keiichiro… It's mine. I didn't mean any of the things you heard me say… You meanso much to me…"
Ryou drained the warm water and ran a little cold water. Then he climbed into the bathtub with Keiichiro in his arms. Ryou picked a clean washcloth up, wetted it, and began to wash Keiichiro's wounds. Keiichiro's eyes closed slowly and in a few moments he was asleep with his head nuzzled against Ryou's chest. Ryou finished cleaning Keiichiro's cuts and got out of the tub. After setting Keiichiro down carefully, Ryou began to rummage through the medicine chest for the first aid kit. Ryou disinfected and bandaged Keiichiro's wounds, then got him dressed in a t-shirt and a loose pair of shorts. Ryou carried Keiichiro to his bedroom and tucked him into bed. After making sure his friend was asleep, Ryou caressed Keiichiro's bandaged face, brushing his soft brown bangs out of his eyes. "I'm so sorry, Keiichiro…"
Then Ryou got up and abruptly walked out of Keiichiro's room. Only when he was out of the room and safely in the hallway did he allow his tears to come…
To Be Continued
Chapter three was really short, so I made this chapter a bit longer than usual. If I don't get any reviews I won't update and Ryou and Keiichiro will pay the price. (I point to Ryou and Keiichiro, who are tied up and hanging upside down over a pool of great white sharks) Ryou and Keiichiro say to please review. ;)