Sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I didn't get to come back home like I thought I would. I should be here long enough today to update both of my stories, though. I guess we'll see... enjoy!
alpha2nd: Yes, more fluffiness. The first part of this chapter will be even more of it, but I'll get them to that damn hospital if it's the last thing I do (and hopefully it won't be because I still want to update Trust). glad you liked Callia, I'm usually not too into oc either, sometimes I don't even like my own! You're welcome for the update, thanks for reviewing! Oh, as for the time period, let's see...in the 1900's I suppose. I know that cars had been invented for a while, and slavery had been abolished for like 40 some years already, and tv's hadn't even been thought of yet, but this is fiction. I might be pushing it, but it's not that big of a deal, right?
CeTe: Heh, and of course all men's weaknesses lead to sex one way or another! Unless, of course, that man is a uke, then he gets to use sex as a bribe. Heh, I was going to make it a happy, fun time for them all, but then I remembered it was Eyes...so bad things will happen. Nothing he's not used to by now, though. That poor kid, he must hate me. Thanks for reviewing!
nothin important: Thanks, glad you like it. As for Ayumu, do you mean why has he not been in the story lately, or what? I don't have much reason for not putting him in, and I'm sure I could work him in somewhere. In fact, I have the perfect way to include him. If you meant something else, could you clarify? I'll try to answer any questions you have, but I'm just not sure what you meant. Thanks for reviewing!
I was going to put a warning up for this chapter, but realized that that would be meaningless at this point. Just to let you know, there's bad things happening in this chapter! And obviously the music is very new compared to the time period this is in, but just go with it!
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Soon enough, the five were out the door and on their way. The club was a good distance closer than their school, so they decided on walking. About half way there, Eyes began shivering under his too thin coat. He tried to focus on what Kousuke was talking about, but found that he was too cold to even do that. Giving up on the conversation, Eyes wrapped his arms around himself and tried not to freeze.
His boyfriend's silence finally drew Kanone's attention to Eyes, and he saw immediately that the younger boy was failing to keep out the cold, night air. Quickly shedding himself of his coat, Kanone wrapped it around Eyes' shoulders, and pulled the latter closer to him, "Better?" Eyes nodded, and snuggled into the warmth of Kanone and his heavier, warm coat.
After another 10 or 15 minutes of walking and making casual conversation, the group finally arrived at the club, Twist. Kanone looked it over, and saw that Rio might not have been too far off in her conclusion of kids seeing the building on their way to school. There were a lot of people there, and most of them were around his age; there were few that were younger, and even less that were much older, than him. Next, he looked to the building itself. It was fairly large, and he could hear music pouring out from inside. Outside, there was a long line that looked to have started forming a while ago.
Kanone looked to Kousuke, who shrugged, "What did you expect? I never said we could just walk right in, obviously there's going to be a line."
Kanone sighed as the five got in line. Eyes was standing in front of him, and Kanone wrapped his arms around the shorter one, "You warm enough?"
Eyes nodded, and leaned into Kanone, "What about you? Aren't you cold without your coat?"
Kanone just smiled at him, and kissed the top of his head, "I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me."
Knowing Kanone would tell him if he wanted the coat back, Eyes turned his attention back to the line. After a second, he saw the bouncer wave him over. Confused, Eyes turned to Kanone, "Is he looking at us?"
Kanone looked over to the bouncer, "I believe he is. Well, let's not keep him waiting if he wants to let us in." Kanone looked to the others, who nodded their agreement.
Making their way out of line, the group approached the man, who was grinning at Eyes, "Well, you're a pretty little thing, aren't you?" Kanone growled in the back of his throat, and wrapped his arms protectively aorund his boyfriend. The older man took the hint, and moved on, "What's your name, cutie?"
Eyes glared at the nickname, but answered nonetheless, "Eyes."
"Eyes, huh? That's a very fitting name for you. How would you like to get in out of the cold. You're friends can come, too."
Seeing no problem with this, the naive boy agreed, "Alright."
The bouncer grinned once more, "Alright." He repeated, and moved to let the group in, giving eyes one more perverted look as he passed. As he looked up from the boy's lower regions, he came face to face with Kanone. There were no words spoken, but the guy turned away, and let the rest of them pass.
Inside, there were more people than Kanone could have thought could fit in the structure. Looking around, he spotted a bar...and Kousuke heading directly to said location. Kanone smirked and shook his head, he was going to be fun in about an hour. He saw Rio and Ryoko go off to talk to some kids from their school, and turned to Eyes, "May I have this dance?"
Eyes smiled a little, and placed his hand in Kanone's, "Of course." He replied. Kanone led him onto the floor as a slow song started up. Eyes placed his head on Kanone's shoulder and closed his eyes as they started a slow rythym matching that of the song.
"Yeah, I know it hurts,
Yeah, I know you're scared.
Walking down the road that leads to who knows where.
But don't you hang your head,
Don't you give up yet.
When courage starts to disappear, I will be right here.
When your world breaks down,
And the voices tell you turn around;
When your dreams give out
I will carry you, carry you
When the stars go blind,
And the darkness starts to flood your eyes;
I will carry you."
"Eyes?" Kanone asked, interrupting the boy's concentration on the song.
Eyes lifted his head up to look at Kanone, "Yes?" He asked softly.
Kanone smiled at the boy, "I love you." Kanone whispered, kissing Eyes gently.
Eyes was a little confused as to what he had done to make Kanone say that, but didn't mind at all, "I love you, too." He replied, leaning his head back down to its original place on Kanone's shoulder.
The song had ended and another started up at a much faster tempo. Kanone didn't figure that Eyes wanted to dance to this song, and was suprised that the boy even knew how to dance. Kanone led him over to the less crowded portion of the bar, and took a seat. The bar tender came up to them, "What can I get you boys?"
Kanone just ordered some water, and Eyes declined the offer, "You gotta order something if you want to sit here." The man behind the bar informed him.
Kanone was about to tell Eyes to get some water, when the boy stood up, "I need to use the bathroom anyway." He told Kanone, and walked off.
(I'm gonna do something a little different here. First I'm going to have Kanone's pov of the next 10 minutes or so, and then I'm going to so Eyes'. This is because you need to know what happens to Eyes, but also I wanted to put a drunk Kousuke in here! The first part will be Kanone's pov, then Eyes')
Kanone's pov
Kanone was about to follow him, when a very happy Kousuke came up to him, "Hey buddy!" Kosuke shouted, slinging his arm around Kanone, "What's up?"
Kanone looked to where Eyes had disappeared, but couldn't find him. Deciding that the boy would be alright alone for a few minutes, he sat down next to Kousuke, "I see you've been keeping yourself busy." Kanone commented at the grinning redhead.
Kousuke laughed, "So tell me, Kanone, how's Eyes?"
Kanone was a bit confused, he had just seen the boy not 10 minutes ago, "He's fine, Kousuke, are you suffering from short term memory loss again?" Kanone asked, a bit concerned. The redhead didn't drink enough to be classified as a drunk, but he did drink a lot when he did so. Fortunately, Kousuke was a happy drunk, even though he could get a little personal when he'd had a few too many.
"Not at all." Kousuke replied, "I meant how is he in bed? I'm suprised you got in his pants at all, he's got to be the most untrusting kid I've ever seen. Talk about problems."
Kanone glared at Kousuke. Correction he could get very personal when he drank, "Tell me, Kousuke, are you gay?"
Kousuke paused from gulping down another drink to look at Kanone, "Are you kidding? No way, I love girls!" Kousuke screamed the last part, getting a few agreeing yells from his fellow drunks.
"Really?" Kanone asked, grinning, "Then why aren't you with Ryoko? The attraction is obvious, so what's wrong? Don't tell me she turned you down."
Kousuke finished his drink and shot Kanone a glare, "What business is that of yours?"
"About as much as it is yours to know how Eyes is in bed." Kanone replied, smirking at Kousuke's dismissive shrug, "Speaking of..." Kanone looked around.
"Huh?" Kousuke asked (so intelligent, isn't he?), looking to Kanone, "What is it?"
"Eyes should have been back from the bathroom by now." Kanone said, worridly.
"Jesus, Kanone, let the kid piss in peace!" Kousuke shouted, "How tight is that collar you have on him?" Then Kousuke smirked, "You ever used a collar on him?" Kanone sighed, and stood up, walking away from the laughing boy, "Hey, wait up!" He shouted, following after Kanone. The two entered the bathroom and froze at the sight before them.
Eyes pov
Kanone was about to tell Eyes to get some water, when the boy stood up, "I need to use the bathroom anyway." He told Kanone, and walked off.
Entering the restroom, Eyes was relieved to see that no one was there. He went about his business, not noticing the door silently opening and closing. As Eyes finished, he didn't have time to zip his pants back up before strong arms came around him and prevented him from doing so. He knew immediately that it wasn't Kanone, and froze as he recognized the voice, "Hey, cutie, what's up?" The gruff voice whispered into his ear.
Blue eyes widened as the boy was spun around to face his assaulter. His brain confirmed the suspicion of the man being the bouncer from earlier, but also realized that wasn't important right now. The man, Steve, pushed Eyes roughly against the opposite wall, and ripped his pants the rest of the way down, "Not again. Please, not again." Eyes silently begged, "Kanone, where are you?" He winced as Steve entered him roughly, noticing the lack of lubricant hurt like hell.
Steve noticed that not much was getting done with this problem, and spun Eyes back around to face him, "On your knees." He ordered.
Eyes almost complied, but then decided against it, "No." He stated, looking Steve in the eyes.
"Stubborn bastard." Steve commented, slapping Eyes and then kneeing him in the stomach. Eyes fell to his knees unwillingly, and gasped as Steve grasped his jaw roughly, forcing it open, "Suck it." He ordered once again. Eyes was in too much pain to resist, and only tried not to gag as Steve forced himself into Eyes' mouth. After a minute of choking the boy, Steve pulled out, deciding that he was now sufficently lubricated. He pulled Eyes up by his hair, and turned him back around, pushing him once again against the wall. Entering the boy again, Steve began pounding into him mercilessly.
Eyes couldn't take it anymore, and started gasping for air, "Not now." He pleaded with his body, "Don't do this now." It seemed useless as his breathing became more shallow. He vaugely felt Steve climax and pull out of him, but was too busy grasping for breath to notice much.
"What the hell?" Steve asked no one in particular, wondering what was wrong with the boy. Then the blood came flowing from his mouth, and Steve backed away, quickly running out of the bathroom. Eyes continued coughing unitl he heard the door open again. He looked up to see Kanone and Kousuke standing there.
"Eyes!" Kanone shouted, as he ran over to the smaller boy. He grabbed Eyes and pulled the him to his chest. Eyes breathing was still shallow, and Kanone hugged him tightly, "Shhh, it's okay. I'm here now, it's alright." Kanone whispered into his ear. After Eyes seemed to have calmed down, and the blood stopped coming out with his coughs, Kanone turned to Kousuke, "Go get me some water from the bar and a clean towel." Kousuke nodded, and ran out of the bathroom as well.
Kanone turned his attention back to the boy, "Kanone?" Eyes asked, his voice hoarse from coughing.
"Shh, don't try to talk yet." Kanone told him, "Kousuke's bringing some water for you, it'll just be a second." Eyes nodded, and rested his head on Kanone's chest.
A few moments passed until Kousuke reentered the bathroom, "Here." He said, handing a bottle of water and a clean rag to Kanone.
"Thank you." Kanone replied, giving the water to Eyes after pouring some out onto the rag. After Eyes finsished the water, Kanone wiped away the remaining blood from the boy's mouth, "Better?" He asked, wishing that he was only talking about the cold again.
Eyes nodded, wishing for the same thing, "Thank you." He whispered, his throat still hurting.
The three were silent for a second, before a man came into the bathroom. He saw the silver haired boy on the floor, "Oh my god, what happened, is he alright?" He asked, taking a step towards the group.
Eyes shrunk back a little at the advancing figure, and Kanone glared at him, "Who are you?" He asked.
"My name's Jack. Have you called an ambulance yet?" He inquired, changing the subject back to Eyes.
Kanone glanced to Eyes, but saw no fear in the boy's eyes, and decided Jack wasn't the one who had done this, "No, we haven't." Kanone replied, wondering why this man cared. He certainly didn't seem to know Eyes, and Kanone had long ago lost faith that there were decent people in this world.
Jack nodded, "I'll do it, then." He disappeared, and Kanone turned once more to Eyes.
"You don't know that man, do you?" Eyes only shook his head. Kanone sighed, Eyes had done absolutely nothing to deserve this, so why did bad things keep happening to him?
Jack returned a few minutes later, "The hospital is all tied up, and they don't have any available transportation, or so I was told." Jack informed him, "What happened to him?" He asked once again.
Kanone looked at Eyes and then back to Jack, "Isn't it obvious?"
"Right, sorry." Jack said, "So who's the bastard that did it?"
Kanone wondered why this stranger thought he needed to know all of this information, and was about to tell Jack off before Eyes replied, "It was that man, the one from earlier."
Kanone turned to the small boy, "Who?"
"The man that let us in." Eyes explained.
"The bouncer?" Jack asked, "No way, I know Josh, he'd never do a thing like that."
Kanone shot him a glare, "Well obviously he would since he did. Eyes wouldn't lie about something like this."
Then Jack's eyes widened slightly, "Wait, you've been here a while?"
Kanone shook his head, "Not even an hour."
Jack thought, "I bet he's talking about Steve, was the guy who let you in bald?" Kanone thought for a second and nodded, "That was Steve." Jack informed them, "He's told me before that he was charged with rape several years back, and just got out of jail a few months ago." Kanone hugged Eyes tightly, and gave Josh a look that told him that Eyes didn't need to hear this. Jack got the message, and changed the subject, "Do you have a way to get him to the hospital?"
Kanone shook his head, "We walked here."
"I can give you a ride, I drove."
Kanone smiled at him, "That's very generous of you, but I don't want to inconvience you."
"It's alright, I was getting bored here anyway, I was about to leave. Besides, I live near town, so it's not too far out of my way."
Kanone considered and then nodded, "Thank you." Then turned to Eyes, "Can you stand up?" Eyes tried to do just that, after putting his pants back on (of course, we can't have Eyes flashing everyone!). He stumbeld a little, and Kanone steadied him by wrapping an arm around his waist. Kanone turned to Kousuke, "Stay here, and make sure Rio and Ryoko know what's going on. I don't want to ruin their night out, just tell them what happened when you all leave."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come?" Kousuke asked, his concern for Eyes clearing his head of any drunkness he might have had (yeah, as if it's that easy).
"That's all right, try to enjoy yourself, Eyes will be fine." Kousuke didn't object and just nodded. With that, Kanone slowly guided Eyes out of the building, and into the parking lot. Kanone stopped suddenly, forcing Eyes to do the same. Unfortunately, the younger one wasn't very observant at the time, and stumbled a bit.
Jack jumped to his side and caught him from falling over, and mimicked Kanone's motion of wrapping his arm around the boy's waist to steady him, "You alright?" He asked Eyes. The boy nodded, leaning into the strange embrace, as Jack looked to Kanone, "What's wrong?"
Kanone sighed, "I left my coat inside." He informed the two. True, Kanone could have simply bought a new one, but that coat was all he had left of his mother.
"I'll take Eyes to my car. You go get your coat, and meet us there. I'm parked under that big tree." Jack pointed to a tree at the other end of the parking lot. Kanone hesitated, he didn't know Jack or what his true intentions were. Jack saw this and smiled, "You don't have to worry, I wouldn't hurt this boy for the world." He assured Kanone.
The words brought slight comfort to Kanone, but somewhere deep inside he wanted to believe Jack, "Alright," He finally agreed, "I'll be right back." Kanone turned and soon disappeared back inside.
Jack moved slightly to better support Eyes, "You ready?" Eyes only nodded, and rested his head on Jack's shoulder. Slowly, the two made their way to Jack's car, and the automobile's owner opened up the passanger's side door, and gently sat Eyes down. Then, he climbed in the driver's side and turned the car on. Eyes jumped at the noise of the engine turning over, and Jack grinned at him, "It's okay, relax; I'm just turning the heater on, you look like you're freezing." Eyes had been in so much shock that he hadn't realized that his hands were indeed freezing. As the warm air blew started to thaw Eyes' numb hands, the boy sighed. Jack grinned again, "Better?"
Eyes nodded again, "Thank you." He finally said.
Jack looked to him and smiled, "You're welcome. You've got a beautiful voice, you know that?"
The comment made Eyes uneasy for some reason, and he put his guard back up. Still, he had been taught manners from many people, and if someone gave you a compliment, you thanked them, "Thank you." Eyes repeated.
Jack laughed, and instead of putting Eyes even more on edge, it relaxed him a bit, "Is that all you can say?" Jack asked, slightly amused.
Eyes didn't appreciate the question, "I can say many things, I was only trying to be polite."
Jack's grin faded into a frown for a second, "I wasn't trying to offend you, I just didn't expect you to be so polite."
"Why not?" Eyes asked, a little confused.
"I didn't expect you to be so naive, either." Jack informed him, "I was attempting to hit on you, but I think you just shot me down." He laughed again, "See, this is why I have no boyfriend, I'm horrible at this kind of stuff."
Eyes understood now, "I already have a boyfriend." He informed Jack, and shifted in his seat, slighlty uncomfortable at how foward the man had been.
"The guy you're with, right? What's his name, Kanone?" Eyes nodded, "He's a lucky guy." Jack commented, then noticed that the topic was making Eyes uncomortable, "Sorry if I seem a little foward..." He began, but was interrupted by the door behind Eyes opening.
Kanone got in and
quickly closed the door, "It's freezing out there." He
commented, and then paused, noticing the tension in the air, "What
were you two talking about?"
"I was just hitting on
your boyfriend." Jack casually informed him, "He was having
none of it, though."
Kanone turned his head to Eyes, "Eyes?"
Said boy turned his attention to Kanone, "It's alright." He assured Kanone.
That being enough to satisfy Kanone, Jack smiled, "Well then, is everyone ready?" Kanone and eyes nodded, and Jack sped off to the hospital.
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Before I forget, everyone R&R Polaris18's new fic, World of Darkness! It's awesome so far and maybe if she gets more reviews she'll update sooner (I know you're reading this...please update soon?) Anyway, this'll have to be good enough for now, I don't think I'll have time to update Trust tonight, I hate not being at my house all night! At least this fic was decent length-wise, right? And I promise all of you right now that we'll finally get this kid to the hospital and in surgery. Fun times ahead, so review! Alright, that kind of made no sense, but review anyway! I almsot forgot, the song was Clay Aiken's "I Will Carry You".
