Generations:
Chapter Eighteen:
Sitting silently still, his dark hair hiding his eyes from view, Koichi ignored at the teacher standing in front of him, refusing to speak a single word. He had nothing to say, no reason to justify his actions—at least no reason he felt like divulging.
"Koichi Sakano-san, you're refusing to give justification to your actions—these are serious charges against you; enough to earn you expulsion from this school—which is pretty difficult to do." The teacher gave him a piercing stare, his voice authoritative and harsh. "You still have nothing to say?"
Koichi merely looked up at the teacher, his eyes full of bottled fury.
"These are criminal charges against you, Koichi—the police have already been informed about your use of a firearm against another student. The other charges haven't been reported yet since bullying and fighting are handled by the school, but if the other claim—about you sexually assaulting a fellow student—is proven true, the school will inform the police, and you will be expelled. Any sexual conduct between students is forbidden, and any such conduct that is forced is punished harshly."
"I know all this, so shut the fuck up." Koichi seethed and stood; pushing passed the teacher who stood to prevent him from leaving, he stalked out through the door. He got two feet from the door when the teacher grabbed his arm and pulled him to a stop.
"Shall I add disrespecting a teacher to the list, Sakano?"
"Shut the fuck up! You basically said yourself I'm expelled, so get off me and let me leave."
"Until you are officially expelled, you remain a student at Mittsumaki, therefore act like one. I will not tolerate any insolent, disrespectful behavior from you. Now get back in the room and sit down." The teacher pulled on his arm, dragging him partway back into the room.
Koichi punched the teacher, who released him a second later—the hit had enough force to send the teacher stumbling backwards while struggling to stay on his feet.
"I told you to let go, now leave me the fuck alone." Koichi stormed out of the room as he growled, ignoring everything around him as he headed out of the building.
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Rubbing his wrists, Ryuu sat on the toilet in the bathroom adjoining his and Taki's bedroom, his eyes red from crying, his back pulsing with pain.
"Why does he have to do this? He already gets me each night, and he knows I won't kick him out—he'll hurt Kess if I do." He shuddered then, and stood, walking to the sink and mirror. Raising his downcast eyes to look into the mirror, he stared lifelessly at his reflection, too weary to care about the haggard look of his appearance.
Heavy shadows under his eyes, his once well-conditioned, shiny hair dull and longer than usual, he detected no hint of the youthful vigor he once radiated—just a year and a half ago, though it seemed longer. He had quit singing then, both solo and with Nittle Grasper—Taki had demanded it after Tohma refused to resign the younger man to his label.
Ryuu had begged Taki to change his mind—he had tried to explain how he tried to get Tohma to reconsider his decision, but Taki refused to listen. Making Ryuu quit singing was a punishment for the singer's failure to secure the younger man a place on the N-G label.
Ever since that day Taki became increasingly more violent to Ryuu; the younger man had been prone to occasional outbursts before the incident, but nothing more than a pinch or shove. After the incident everything got worse and worse, and the pinches and shoves became slaps and punches; each hit always in a place easily concealed by clothing—only once did the younger man hit him on the face, and right afterward Taki stopped hitting him for a while.
Then one day Taki brought home the whip.
Ryuuichi trembled remembering the day Taki first used the whip—how the younger man had tied him to the bed and gagged him, growling at him the whole time about how he would hurt Kessuke if the older man told. Knowing full well that Taki had gotten a job working at Kessuke's school, Ryuu complied, staying silent about the abuse and going on as though nothing changed.
"Why…ah." He flinched when a slight movement of his sent a jolt of pain from his back; biting his lip, he opened the mirrored medicine cabinet and searched through the shelves—finding the vial he sought, he opened it and took out a pill.
That's when the doorbell rang.
"Who…?" 'It can't be someone for Ta-chi, he just left and none of his friends visit unless he's here.' Ryuu put the pill and vial back before heading for the apartment door, hesitating as he place his hand on the doorknob. 'If Ta-chi finds out I let a stranger in…or anyone in for that matter, he'll….'
"Sakuma-san! If you're in there open up!" Came a familiar voice from behind the door.
"Ta…Tatsuha-kun?" Ryuu gaped before opening the door.
A/N: End chapter. Please review. So, how should Tatsuha and Ryuuichi react to each other after not seeing each other for years?