The atmosphere in the apartment had become heavier and heavier over the past few days Haruka had been there. He had sensed it. It had made him feel uneasy.

It was Monday today if he wasn't mistaken, but he wasn't keeping a close track on time, so he couldn't say for sure if it really was Monday or not. He spent most of the time sleeping, he slept more and more lately, probably because he wasn't getting anything to eat. He only got a glass of water about every 6th hour. At least, that was what the light told him whenever he woke up.

He had learned what held him in place were some extension cords, one was wrapped around his wrists, tying them together, and the other attached the first extension cord to the wall. There was a chair too, that made sure the latter cord was held in place and impossible to remove from the socket unless you were in a different position than Haruka.

It would have been easy enough to move the chair when he had been at full strength, even with his hands tied on the back, but due to the lack of food, Haruka's body had weakened some. It wasn't much, but enough that he was unable to free himself anymore. He had to rely on others. Why?

"Haruka," Taichi called from the next room. "Do you want something to drink?"

Haruka didn't answer. He knew Taichi would bring the water anyway, to ensure Haruka was still alive by the time Rin got here… if he ever did. Haruka hoped not.

Just as he thought, he could hear the man get up and walk to the locked room where Haruka was. It was still dark around him. He missed the daylight.

The door opened, and in came Taichi and the said daylight. Haruka shut his eyes for a moment because of the sudden light, but they adjusted quickly and he opened them again.

"You're awake," Taichi smiled. "That's good,"

Haruka wondered if it even made a difference. Taichi seemed to enjoy waking him up whether it was the normal way, or the more violent way, which meant that the man placed his foot on Haruka's head.

"You know, I'm getting seriously tired of Rin," Taichi said. "He is not answering me at all,"

Haruka fought back a smirk. He had figured Rin would do something like that. He knew that Rin knew how to handle a situation like this correctly. Maybe he was bothered, but he didn't let it show. If Rin did so, he would have lost.

In fact, none of them could let their true emotion show in a situation like this. Both of them would have to show as little emotion as possible, to keep this as little entertaining for Taichi as possible.

Did Rin even know who Taichi was to them? Haruka wondered about that.

"What do you plan to do about it?" Haruka asked.

Taichi frowned at his deadpan tone. "I want to give him some proof that he needs to come here," he said as he bend down and gently touched Haruka's sore stomach with two fingertips. He let them trail down until he found the center, and then poked.

Haruka held back a small yelping sound that threatened to escape him. He failed to keep his calm expression though, and Taichi noticed right away that as the pain was expressed on the teen's face.

"If Rin could only see that, I'm sure he'd come running to your rescue," he said.

"Go ahead," Haruka said annoyed. "He's stronger than that,"

"He's strong, I admit he is even stronger than I thought, but he is not coldhearted," Taichi smirked. "Don't worry. He will come if he knows you're getting hurt. All I want to do is give him proof,"

Haruka wondered how the guy wanted to do that as Taichi removed his fingers from his stomach and stood up straight.

"It's a good thing your phone is not so outdated it can't attach pictures to text messages," Taichi smirked as he said this. "I wonder how long he will take to get here,"

An eternity, Haruka hoped, but he was almost sure Taichi was right. Rin had a tendency to let his emotions take control whenever he was faced with something he couldn't handle, if anyone he cared about was threatened and anything like that. It had also been Rin's emotions that drove him to Shinjuku two and half a year ago, to ensure Haruka's own safety.

Haruka was brutally dragged out of his thoughts when Taichi's fist landed on his cheek with all his strength behind. Haruka didn't manage to prepare himself, and therefore fell to the side. He felt his other cheek collide with the cold wooden floor.

"That wasn't even the hardest," A hint of disappointment could be heard in Taichi's voice. "Oh?" Now a surprised sound escaped him.

Haruka could feel the source of the sound. A very small stream of something wet and warm was running from the corner of his mouth and to the floor. He had bitten himself inside the mouth because of the punch. It was simply an accident, but it could be interpreted as something worse to someone who didn't know what happened.

Taichi hurried out the room and returned within a moment, now with Haruka's phone in hand. He knelt down in front of Haruka with the phone in one hand while preparing to take a photo.

"Now, please make an expression like you're in a lot of pain," Taichi said while smiling.

Haruka frowned. Did the guy seriously expect him to do this just because he asked? If so, he was way dumber than Haruka had made him out to be.

Taichi nodded to himself. "I figured you'd refuse," he said. His free hand disappeared from Haruka's view only to collide with Haruka's already very sore stomach at full force. This time, Haruka couldn't hold back the yelp, and the pained expression showed itself again.

"Too bad you can't add the sound," Taichi said as he took the picture. "Poor Haruka, in so much pain, waiting for big brother Rin to come save him," his voice was soaked in sarcasm, and it became even worse due to the fake pity he expressed. Haruka's hatred towards the man increased more and more for each passing second.

Taichi smiled as he went out of the room. "You won't need anything to drink for now," he said. "I'll get you some once we're on our way to Russia,"

Haruka glared at him while wondering why they were going to Russia. Apparently Taichi read his facial expression correctly.

"Russia is a big country. I'm sure it'll be easy for the three of us to hide there. No one will ever find you two again," he said as he closed and locked the door behind him.

From: Haru

Subject: Come

I'm getting impatient, Rin. If you don't get over here before sunset tonight, I might just beat him to death by accident. Remember, I'll send the address to you if you ask. See if you can find it.

Taichi attached the photo to the message before sending it to Rin. He then stared at the display, waiting for a reply. Oddly enough, this game was getting kind of boring. Rin hadn't answered once since Saturday morning, and much was in favor of him not asking for the address this time either, but Taichi had a slight hope that he would. However, after waiting for an answer for about an hour, Taichi decided to give up. Rin had lost his chance of finding this place easily. If he wanted to know where Taichi was hiding Haruka, he would have to find it on his own for now. If he wasn't here by sunset, Taichi figured he could make due with just one twin. After all, Haruka was the only one who was rightfully his.

Taichi opened the window next to him and calmly tossed out the phone. He didn't bother to close it. He needed some fresh air anyway. He would have to figure an easy way to transport Haruka without getting in trouble. He started thinking about that.