Chapter 8

Morning came very fast this day, as the sun's rays shins through the glass window. The sun's light traveled in a downwards direction till it softly hit Watari's closed eyes. Eyes began to open slowly with a hint of pain in them. Watari slowly began to get off of the ground that he had laid on all night. His shirt was still ripped and his chest was still trying to heal itself. His chest was in a lot of pain as he tried to move. He felt weak standing up and started to wobble as he tied to walk.

"Damn, this hurt so much! Have I been laying on the ground all night long like this?" Watari questioned himself, so he got up and began to look in a mirror. Walking to it, his eyes began to widen as he saw the image in the mirror. "Oh my god! Look at me! I have all these cuts and bruises everywhere! How am I going to hide all of this? What if someone sees this. What would they say? No what would I say? If they ask, I can't tell the truth. I'll just have to lie." Watari agreed to himself.

Watari walked over to the edge of his bed and sat down. He looked at his clock and read the time. "So I only have a few minuets to get ready for work, but I really don't want to go. And if I don't go...Fujimori might get mad at me...and do things that I won't like. Why is he doing this? I thought we could be together. I thought I had someone who cared, but I was wrong... or was I? He wants me to always be his, and I want someone too, but not someone that will hurt me. I just don't know, or maybe we can work things out?... No no no! Not after what he did to me. Or maybe he's not that bad. Maybe I'm just overreacting... He loves me?"

"Come on Watari or were going to be late for work."

Watari quickly turned to face the person who said that. "Fujimori! Why are you here?" Fujimori walked closer to Watari. "Your coming to work or you not?" Watari felt a little scared, so he only tried to make him happy. "Yeah, I'm going.", Watari said.

Fujimori looked at Watari's chest in satisfaction, then remembered that they had to go to work. "Change your clothes and hurry up so we can go. You don't want to disappoint me do you?", said Fujimori as he left the room.

Watari knew he was no match for Fujimori, and he knew now not to make him mad. He didn't want to get hurt so he got up and started to get dressed. He was still in pain when he put on his clothes. He wore his turtleneck sweeter so it would hide the cuts as best as it could. He walked to a mirror to see if he hid them good.

Back in the room, Fujimori walked behind Watari and wrapped his arms around Watari's chest, hugging him. He moved his head to talk near his ear. "You will listen to me always, or I will do even worse to you. Just obey me and we could live fine together. And if you go telling anyone about this, I'll make you suffer till you can't stand it no more. Got that?" Watari felt terrified of him and wanted to be let go. And just so he docent get hurt, he replied with a "Yes, I understand".

Still hugging him, Fujimori had a small grin on his face, happy that he had Watari under his control. "Good. I love you very much. Now lets go.", said Fujimori. Then they both began to leave for work together.

About 20 minutes later, Fujimori and Watari were at work clocking in. "I'll pick you up Watari", said Fujimori. "Be there when I come." He said then leaving to his office. Watari started to walk to his destination.

Walking through the halls, Watari had a lot on his mind. "I don't know what to do anymore. Now I have to listen to Fujimori or something bad will happen. I can't be with him like this, and I can't tell no one about this. I'm in a dangerous position and I can't get out."

He kept on walking and reached his lab. He opened the door and walked in. He walked to his desk seeing what he had to do for today.

"Lets see, fill out papers as usual. Maybe when I get done with this, I can work on chemicals. Hopefully no one will bother me, because I really don't want to see anyone today. I'm still hurting a lot, but I'll make it through. I just wish I knew what to do about my problem." Watari started to begin his work.

At Tatsumi's office, Tatsumi was sitting at his desk thinking to himself. "Well this week hasn't been going so well. I had to turn in some files late and Watari docent want me around, but I still want to see him. I still feel so guilty of what I made him do. Being forgiven would mean a lot to me, if only he would forgive me. And that Fujimori guy makes me think something terrible is going on. He didn't want me to worry about Watari, but I just can't stop. I can't stay here thinking like this. I have to do something. I think I will go check up on him." So Tatsumi started to walk to the lab.

In the lab, Watari was siting down at his desk, finishing his work. "Great, I'm done with my work. Now I can work on things I want to work on. What chemicals should I make?", he thought to himself.

Tatsumi was at lab's door. "Should I just go in or what should I do? I don't want him to be upset.", thought Tatsumi. So Tatsumi opened the door a little bit to peek inside.

Watari was still thinking of a chemical to make. He stood up and stretched out his arms. He felt pain on his chest as he did that. "Ouch! That really hurts!", he said. He lifted up his shirt to look at his chest that had cuts and dried up blood on it. He touched his cuts that hurt so much, then he put his shirt back in its place.

Tatsumi's eyes widened as he saw this. "What the hell happened to Watari! I have to do something about this." So he opened the door and went inside. Watari looked surprised to see that Tatsumi had just came in all of a sudden. Tatsumi began to walk to Watari.

"Tatsumi, what do you want?", said Watari. "I just wanted to say sorry thats all. Will you ever forgive me?", he said. "Tatsumi is this all you wanted? Why this all of a sudden?", asked Watari. Tatsumi looked directly in his eyes. "Are you going through something really bad, Watari?"

Watari felt shocked that he asked that and started to panic. He couldn't let him know and tried his best to lie. "Theres nothing wrong ok. So just leave me alone." Tatsumi replied. "No, I wont leave you alone, because I know theirs somethings wrong." Watari started to panic a little more. "I said theres nothing wrong." Tatsumi felt disappointed at the fact that he wasn't telling the truth. "If there is nothing wrong, then lift up your shirt. I want to see what it looks like up under there." Watari didn't know what to say. "Why would I do that to prove there is nothing wrong? Just leave here.", said Watari.

"Are you hiding something you don't want other people to see?"

"No, I'm not."

"Then do it or I will do it myself."

"No, I wont.", Watari said.

Tatsumi got closer to Watari. "Stay back", Watari said. Tatsumi didn't move, but instead used his powers to bring a shadow behind Watari to grab his arms and legs so he couldn't move. "Tatsumi, what is this!" said Watari as he struggled and struggled to get free. Tatsumi walked closer to him."I'm going to prove that something is wrong.", he said. Tatsumi reached out and lifted his shirt to see what was there. When he did that, he could see the cuts and dried blood better.

Watari didn't know what to say, because now he was caught. "Who did this to you Watari? Tell me now." Watari didn't say a thing, but turned his head the other way. "It was that Fujimori guy wasn't it?" Watari's eyes opened real wide and began to water. "So its true then. I'll beat the living shit out of him once I see him!"

Tatsumi resealed his shadows and caught Watari in his arms. Watari was now crying in Tatsumi's arms. Tatsumi usually didn't like to see people cry, but this was an exception. "I'll protect you Watari. I'll always be there for you."

Watari felt safe in Tatsumi's arms. He didn't want to leave him, but then he remembered what Fujimori said to him about if anyone finds out, and what would happen to him. He quickly got up from Tatsumi's arms. "Tatsumi no, just don't see him. He will hurt me more if you do. He said if anyone finds out about this he will do worse than this." Tatsumi replied. "I have to stop this. I wont let him do this to you anymore." Tatsumi wiped away Watari's tears, then hugged Watari again. "I'll protect you, I promise."

Can Tatsumi really protect Watari, or is Fujimori stronger?