Chapter 8
It was a beautiful July day as Haida and Jojo were strolling along through the park, families were having picnics and tossing the ball around, parents chasing kids, it was wonderful. Haida didn't think anything could ruin that day but boy was he wrong. As they continued their walk Haida notices a flower shop that had beautiful roses in the window, Haida knew how much Jojo loves roses so he decides to go and suprise him with a few.
"Hey babe go walk around the block once ok, I want to suprise you with something" Haida says quickly giving his boyfriend a kiss. Jojo blushes and nods as he continues to walk along the sidewalk. Once Jojo was out of sight Haida quickly snuck into the flower shop and started talking to the flourist.
"Hey ma'am i would like to buy three roses please, I would like the bluish green one, a redish pink one, and a white one, its for my boyfriend he loves roses and i want to suprise him" Haida says with a smile.
"Oh deary that is so sweet, Here you go sweety no charge," The woman says as she smiles and hands Haida the three roses.
"Oh ma'am I can't take these and not pay for them, they are so beautiful it would be a crime to take it" Haida says firmly.
"Listen dear I see so many people come in and buy roses but none of them were as genuine as you, so please I would see it as a crime if you didn't take them, now hurry off your boyfriend may be looking for you," the woman replies waving Haida away. Haida drops a five dollar bill in the tip jar and on his way out told the lady that he would get her a gift for christmas to repay her kind gesture.
What Haida wasn't aware was that when Jojo cut through the alley there was a black van that didnt have a license plate. Jojo just thought it was abandoned and thought nothing of it, but once he passed the the van the door swung open and a racoon whacked him in the head with a bat. Jojo now unconcious is tossed into the van as they drive off. Haida walks out just as the van turns the corner and speeds past him.
"Hey watch where your going fucker!" Haida shouts almost dropping the roses. He begins to look around and thinks that maybe he finished first and that Jojo was still finishing his walk around the block. Forty minutes later Jojo still hasn't appeared and now Haida was starting to worry. He gets on the phone and calls Tadano.
"Hey Haida, whats up man? How is the date going?" Tadano asks.
"Dano, its an emergency Jojo is missing I think hey may have been kidnapped or something," Haida says in a panic.
"Are you sure! Maybe he just went to go get food or ice cream, you know how much he loves to eat," Dano says trying to calm the scared hyena.
"It doesn't take 40 minutes to walk around the block D, it barely takes 10 minutes." Haida says sounding more frantic.
"Alright listen where are you at? Me and Henry are on our way, go ahead and call Anai and see if he is available to help us look." Tadano says as he begins to search around his house for his wallet and keys. Henry comes down the stairs and tosses Tadano his wallet and shows him the keys.
"I'm driving babe," Henry says as they hop into Tadano's car and begins driving. Tadano uses his AI to track Haida's location and Henry uses the AI on his phone to track Jojo's location.
"Good thing you added them to the list hun, or else we would have no idea where Jojo could be," Henry says as he quickly glances to his right looking at Tadano. Tadano simply brushes his paw against his lover's face. Twenty-four minutes later, Henry them arrive to see Haida pacing back and forth his eyes red and puffy from crying.
"Haida get in we have a location on Jojo hes 4 miles away," Tadano says as he opens the door for Haida. Haida jumps in and closes the door as Henry begins to drive following the route to Jojo's phone, behind them Anai his driving his car his hands clenching the steering wheel hard, as he makes his angry face.
Once they arrive at the location, they all get out of their cars as Anai quickly calls the cops. Haida and Tadano slowly creep up to a dirty window as they peak inside. Tied to a chair they can see Jojo with his head down, he looks like he was beaten pretty badly as his fur was stained with blood and cuts and bruises. Seeing Jojo in such a bad condition Haida begins to see red as a angry growl escapes his mouth.
"I am going to MURDER who ever did that to my queen," Haida says walking over to the front door and kicking it open, not far behind him Tadano and Henry creep in, their back's facing Haida so that they can cover each other's blind spots. Haida runs over to Jojo as he unties him and catches him as Jojo's body falls forward.
"Babe...Babe listen to me wake up...Babe open your eyes...come on babe you gotta wake up and open your eyes," Haida says tears streaming down his face and onto the rabbit. Just then Haida can hear someone laughing as three animals approach them from the shadows, It was a Racoon, another Hyena, and a deer, all three of them with brass knuckles and blood on it.
"YOU...YOU DID THIS!" Haida snarls at them still holding the wounded rabbit in his arms. The three animals surround Haida and Jojo all snickering an trying to intimidate the hyena.
"Oooh big scary hyena here to save this weak ass rabbit," the racoon says.
"The damn rabbit is probably dead already...but just to be sure," the deer says as all three of them begin to close in on Haida and Jojo. Haida gently lays the rabbit's head down on the ground as he gets on all fours his body over Jojo's his eyes red from crying but also fueled with hatred.
"YOU WILL NOT HARM MY QUEEN ANY MORE" Haida says as he gets ready to lunge at the first person that get's the closest. The Racoon is the first to close the distance as Haida pounces on him and pins him to the ground sitting ontop of the racoon who was much smaller then Haida so Haida had no problem over powering him. Haida then uses his knees to pin down the racoon's arms and begins to claw the hell out of the racoon's face. The hyena and deer close in on Haida but Henry and Tadano intervene and begin to fight with the two bad animals after about fifteen minutes sirens can be heard outside of the building as four police cars and an ambulance arrive on scene. Jojo is then carried out on a stretcher and placed in the ambulance as Haida hops in with them. Once they arrive at the hospital Haida follows them as they place Jojo in a room. Haida sits down besides Jojo's bed on a chair his head laying beside his boyfriends beaten body, not holding back Haida begins to bawl his eyes out completely forgetting about the roses. Henry, Tadano and Anai comes into the room as they see Haida asleep but holding onto Jojo's paw. Tadano looks at his watch and notices its 9:30 at night. Tadano gently taps Haida who blinks and looks up.
"Hey Dano, what's up?" Haida asks.
"Hey bro, listen you been here for 11 hours already, why don't you go get yourself something to eat and maybe get showered up, me and Henry will stay here with Jojo Anai will accompany you to go get some food ok, the last thing we would want right now is for you to be alone, it has been a tramatic day for you already," Tadano says placing a paw on Haida's shoulder gently. Haida then stands up and walks out of the room with Anai. as Henry and Tadano take a seat and just watches the TV. Soft beeps can be heard coming from the machines attached to Jojo. While walking down the hallway Anai can tell that Haida is still not ok as Haida is breathing hard and his whole body is shaking. Anai simply grabs Haida's paw and tells the scared hyena that everything will be ok...that Jojo will be ok. Its been four days since Jojo was in the hospital. Haida never left Jojo's side. Tadano would come every day with Henry and Anai to bring Haida fresh cloths and some food. The doctor comes in and tells everyone that Jojo will be ready to go home in a few more days, and that although he was beaten and bloodied there was no signs of internal injury. Haida cries with relief as he falls to his knees besides Jojo's bed thanking Henry, Tadano and Anai for all their help.
Three days later Jojo is being wheeled out to the curb as Tadano and Henry are outside waiting for them. Haida carefully helps Jojo to his feet and walks him to the car, once Jojo's in, Haida closes the door and hops in on the other side. After about an hour's drive they finally arrive at Haida's appartment. Henry carries the bags as Haida and Tadano help Jojo into the elevator. Once they get to the second floor Haida opens his door and carries Jojo in and gently lays him on the bed. He then turns to Tadano and Henry and thanks them again for all they did to help and support Jojo and him. Tadano and Henry wrap Haida in their arms and tells him that they will always be there to support and protect their friends. Once Tadano and Henry leaves Haida closes the door and locks it double checking it, he then strips off his cloths only wearing his boxer briefs and gets in bed next to his still to weak and sore to move tries to grab Haida's paw. Haida scoots over and lays shoulder to shoulder next to Jojo.
"I...Im sorry I put you through so much this week," Jojo says weakly.
"Shhh... babe...my queen u did nothing wrong I was so scared that I thought I was going to lose you, I can't afford to lose you, I dont want to lose you...like I told you before, you are my greatest treasure, you are my joy, you are my reason and my purpose. My wonderful queen, I promise never to leave your side," Haida says softly as he brushes his paw against the rabbit's cheek softly.
"My brave and wonderful king, you were amazing from what Tadano told me... thank you for risking your life to protect me." Jojo says a tear rolls down the side of his face.
"My generous caring queen, I would face the devil himself if it means I get to keep you as mine always." Haida replies as they both fall asleep. At Tadano's home Tadano and Henry are sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Hey babe quick question, you seen how bad Haida's apartment was right?" Tadano asks.
"Yeah it was pretty bad, but Haida them seem to make it work," Henry replies.
"Well we do have that small house next door. What do you think if we let Haida and Jojo move in there?" Tadano asks.
"Why i think that would be a wonderful idea babe, for that you will get a special treat in the shower tonight." Henry replies sticking out his tongue which causes Tadano to blush.
