AN) Incase anyone forgot in the last chapter at the end Shuichi did at least let the information slip that the person who had scared him was male, so Eiri does know that much. And yes it is relevant in this chapter. Other than that I thought I got this chapter out fairly quickly so I hope it was fast enough for those of you who wanted fast updates. Enjoy and tell me what you think I'm afraid nobody will like me after this chapter.
Eiri had to pull Shuichi from the car and the boy refused to enter the house, and he was putting up quite the struggle at that. Somewhere along the line he began to cry again and mumble about not wanting to be touched and getting things dirty.
"Shuichi this is insane you have to calm down!" Eiri shouted grabbing the teen by the shoulders. The blank stare was back on the singers face making it seem he wasn't actually there. Eiri seized his hands and turned them up.
"Look you're hurt and you're bleeding, now get in the damn house so I can see if I need to take you to a hospital" Shuichi fell silent and let himself be led into the bathroom. Eiri turned the water on and thrust Shuichi's hands beneath the stream. He had been more scared then angry and now that fear was beginning to gnaw at him again.
"You don't look well at all." He said calmly taking a wash cloth and cleaning the now dried blood from the singers face. The water in the sink finally began to run clear Eiri took Shuichi's hands and examined them. The hand that had already been bandaged because of his wrist hardly bled at all. Shuichi's other hand still had a very large piece of glass stuck in it and the blood was slowly welling to the surface aging. Eiri took the rag he had been using and pressed it to the singer's palm. He then began to remove the boys dress coat and shirt. Shuichi froze with fear.
"Don't please don't." He began to plead with his guardian. Eiri stoked the back of his hand.
"Shuichi look at me." He stated holding the teens chin, "I won't ever hurt you. I don't want to bandage your hand and then try to remove the clothes it's easier this way." Shuichi nodded he felt awful Yuki wasn't Aizawa he wouldn't hurt him. Eiri quickly had the less injured hand bandaged and looked over the other one. A large piece was stuck near his palm and several other smaller shards dotted the rest of his hand. Beginning with the smaller pieces Eiri began removing the glass as gently as he could. Shuichi would flinch but no more tears escaped his eyes. Eiri was surprised and more then a little disturbed that the boy seemed to be emotionally shut down.
"I'm sorry Yuki-san." Shuichi whispered.
"For what?" Eiri's muffled voice asked he was holding a strip of gauze in his mouth.
"For ruining the party and embarrassing you."
"Hmph, I'm just glad I didn't get drunk and end up kicking the shit out of someone, it's happened at several of Tohma's parties before you know." He said only half joking, he hadn't been drunk just in the mood to fight. Shuichi began to laugh at Yuki's answer and while he was distracted Eiri removed the last piece of glass. The vocalist gave a sharp hiss of pain and looked down to watch as Yuki stopped the blood and dressed the wound.
"Jeez kid at this rate you're going to die of blood lose." Eiri said picking up the singers clothes the white shirt was a lost cause but the jacked was salvageable. He pushed Shuichi out of the bath room and down the stairs then ordered the boy to get in bed. Shuichi was so tired he looked like a walking zombie. With a good deal of help he made it to the top bunk and lay down. Eiri flipped on his laptop and began to work. For several minutes Shuichi shifted around causing the bed to creak and move slightly. Eiri was just about to scream at him to stay still when the dress pants the boy had been wearing landed off to the side of his bed. Eiri turned his head up imagining he was staring at the now hardly clothed boy that was sleeping above him. After several minutes he reprimanded himself for such thoughts and began to type again.
"Hey Yuki?" Came Shuichi's hesitant voice.
"What brat?" Eiri replied retyping a sentence.
"Can I ask you a question?" The singer asked.
"You already did but sure go ahead." Eiri's typing never slowed.
"What do you do when you're scared?" Eiri's fingers stilled he hadn't expected such a difficult question. 'What do I do?' he thought. 'You run away.' A voice in his head said. 'You run away or Tohma comes and makes it all better for you.' Eiri slammed his laptop closed.
"That's a stupid question." He let out lying down and staring at the darkness above him he could just make out Shuichi's mattress. "Why are still scared of something brat?"
"No not with you here," Shuichi yawned, "you'll keep all the bad people away." He sighed and then Eiri could hear his light snoring. Eiri was up late in the night thinking of Shuichi's question and his own inability to give the boy an answer, it would mean opening up to much.
Eiri woke the next morning to find Shuichi sitting at the desk in his room. His head phones were on and he was scribbling away at a piece of paper. There was a bowl with a spoon sitting next to the teen and Eiri grabbed it and headed upstairs to find something for his own stomach. He found Shuichi's mom in the kitchen making breakfast the fact that Shuichi had eaten cereal didn't escape him.
"I'm making food it'll be ready in a minute. Of course if you are planning to leave, which after last night I have no clue why you would stay, then feel free to leave as soon as possible." She never looked at him.
"That's ok I'll just have cereal and despite my own desire to leave, this visit's for Shuichi not me so I wont force him to leave." Eiri replied making himself a bowl of cereal and eating it at the kitchen counter.
"Shindou-san has someone ever hurt Shuichi, like a friend or something?" His mother froze and didn't answer at first.
"Why would you ask something like that?" She stated coldly.
"Well I'm sure you noticed the state he was in last night. I couldn't get him to tell me anything, but he mentioned something about "bad people" I couldn't help wondering what he meant."
"Some things are better left alone; you should leave him here with us when you find out what happened you'll abandon him. Besides he's safer here where we can watch him." There was no love in the woman's voice only anger.
Eiri glared at the woman's back 'There's nothing that could ever make me abandon Shuichi' he thought. Just then Shuichi's father came into the room he sent Eiri a hatful glare then sat at the table with his wife for breakfast. Eiri headed back to Shuichi's room, he lounged on the bed typing away until he heard the sound of the singer's parents leaving. He worked a little longer then decided he desperately needed a smoke or several. He made his way to the singer and put a hand on his shoulder to get his attention, Shuichi was still working adamantly at his lyrics. The pink haired thing jumped and whipped around clutching his chest and glaring at Yuki. He pulled his headphones down to see what Yuki wanted.
"I'm going out for a smoke ok?" Eiri said heading for the back door.
"Be careful it's wooded around here so you could get lost." Shuichi warned.
"Just because you can't leave sight of your house and find the way back doesn't mean the rest of us have no sense of direction." Eiri quipped and disappeared out the back door.
He walked slowly he was already on his second cigarette. The house was still visible he couldn't help but think something was missing. Eiri leaned against a tree and stared up through the branches lighting another cancer stick. Shuichi's question from the night before and his mothers warnings were weighing heavily on his mind. Without realizing it Eiri went through half his smokes he was just putting one out when he thought he heard something like a shout or a cry. He stood still listening to see if he could hear it again but there was nothing. Heading back toward the house he walked slowly once again trying to determine the best way of getting information from Shuichi about what had happened.
(Back to Shuichi)
The singer watched his guardian go then turned back to his lyrics. He stared at it for several minutes slowly getting angrier. Finally he removed his headphones 'Damn him he made me lose my train of thought.' Shuichi fumed to himself. He got up and went to the kitchen to find something to snack on, he glanced out the window and spotted Yuki a ways away from the house smoking of course. The doorbell suddenly rang Shuichi placed the carton of milk he had been drinking out of back in the fridge. He always just drank from the carton at home because Yuki never drank milk so he realized his mistake to late and thanked god that his parents weren't around to catch him. The doorbell sounded again and he jogged his way to the front door throwing it open with a smile on his face.
"Well Shuichi I see your mood has improved from last night." Aizawa said pushing inside and slamming the door closed. Shuichi backed away from him scared he looked around frantically trying to find the quickest escape route. Aizawa advanced on him and Shuichi turned to run, the larger teen grabbed him around the waist and landed on him causing a cry of pain from Shuichi. Unhurt Aizawa began to pull at Shuichi's clothes; he sat atop the struggling boy tearing his shirt off and using it to bind his hands behind his back. Shuichi continued to kick and scream for help, he felt as Aizawa grabbed him by the hair and forced his face into the shag carpet his parents had in the living room effectively muffling his cries.
Aizawa began trying to remove the singer's pants but Shuichi lay as flat as he could against the floor momentarily halting the older teen's actions. Aizawa reached under Shuichi's bare front and dug his fingers into the boy's ribs. Shuichi tried to cry out at the pain turning his head so that the scream bounced off the walls. Suddenly he was seeing stars and his head hurt like it never had before, it took several seconds for him to realize he'd been hit. Aizawa used the momentary confusion to flip Shuichi over his eyes ate up the sight of the struggling teen beneath him staring at the deep wounds he'd put in the boys torso with his fingers. He then covered Shuichi's mouth with his own forcing his tongue in. He smiled smugly into the kiss as he reached a hand between them and began unbuttoning the singer's pants.
"Shuichi where'd you go?" the singer heard his guardian shout from the basement. A look of fear crossed Aizawa's face before he was up and out the door. Eiri heard the door slam something inside him the whole way back was nagging that there was something wrong. Eiri ran up the stairs barely touching them. Shuichi immediately began to cry he could hear Yuki rushing up the stairs and tried to move so his guardian wouldn't see him like this. Eiri reached the top of the stairs in time to see someone speeding away on a motorcycle but without his glasses he couldn't see the small license plate. He looked around and spotted Shuichi's legs on the floor in the living room. He stopped dead when he saw the singer their eyes met and then Shuichi quickly turned away horrified that Yuki had seen him. Before he knew what was going on Yuki was down next to him unbinding his hands.
"What the hell happened who did this?" Eiri shouted pulling Shuichi close. The singer trembled violently and tried to get away.
"Was it the same person from last night? Shuichi answer me!" Eiri yelled taking the teens face in his hands. He received a nod as Shuichi locked fearful eyes with him. Tears were overflowing from the boys eyes, Eiri pulled his face to his chest he couldn't stand to stare into those pain filled eyes. He held the teen tightly until his sobs seemed to subside. Looking down he found the boys breathing still labored but now only silent tears were running down his face. Eiri picked him up one arm under his knees and the other around his shoulders. Using his foot Eiri pulled the basement door closed then made his way down and gently placed Shuichi on his bed.
"You stay here and don't move until I get back." He commanded then went back upstairs. He quickly retrieved a glass of water and made his way back. Shuichi had curled up and was lying on his side facing the wall. He went to his duffle bag and pulled out a bottle of pills a powerful sedative that his physiatrist had ordered, he knew it would knock the singer out but that was his best course of action at the moment. Eiri returned to the bed and sat down next to him. He gripped Shuichi's upper arm turning him slowly so he lay on his back. Eiri sat him up using his arm and placed the pill to his lips. Shuichi looked up at him fear evident in his eyes.
"It won't hurt you just make you feel better for awhile." Eiri offered he wasn't going to force the boy to take it but he hoped he would. Shuichi opened his mouth and Yuki place the pill on his tongue then held the glass of water up fro him to drink. The teen drank the whole glass apparently crying made him thirsty. Eiri set the glass on the floor and then turned back to the small form in his arms.
He looked the singer up and down noting the small wounds that were bleeding slightly, and for the first time Eiri noticed that the teen's pants had been undone. His eyes shot back up to Shuichi's he felt like he might cry at this rate.
"God Shuichi did he touch you?" the writer asked shakily stoking the teens hair. He nodded his head yes slightly and then gazed back up into Yuki's golden eyes. They held no disgust or hatred like his parents had the first time Aizawa had done this. Those eyes shone only with worry and fear and something that almost looked like love. Shuichi began to cry again as he reached out for Yuki and was swiftly embraced.
"Shh I'm so sorry I shouldn't have walked so far. I-I thought I heard a scream but then I thought it was just my imagination. Oh God what if I hadn't gotten here in time? He could have hurt you even worse." Eiri buried his face in Shuichi's hair and allowed the strawberry sent of the singer's hair to calm his nerves or he was going to cry. He held the boy like that until the sound of his breathing leveled out and he went limp in Eiri's arms. The wounds on the boy's torso had already stopped bleeding. 'They aren't that deep but it must have hurt.' He thought running a hand over the singer's bare chest. Shuichi released a whimper and Eiri drew back. He covered the boy and then began to pack their things they were leaving before Shuichi's parents returned home.
End note) Well not my longest chapter but I hope it got the same amount of emotion across. Feel free to throw things at me for being mean to Shu I think I might get a tomato and throw it at myself. Review and tell me what you thought of it the next chapter is probably going to be rather short too sorry. BYE BYE
Chapter 10 reviews:
AN) Well for whatever reason everyone seemed to like this chapter even though I didn't think it was that great. SOOOO Thank you all so much!
Tiki-chan: Thanks for the great review I'm glad you liked it so much I personally thought the last chapter wasn't quite up to par but thanks for liking it.
Rebellion2fate: Well I'll take your advice and do horrible things to his parent but not till later.
DeMoN4EvA: Taki's the bad guy and he's gonna get worse. Yes Shu was raped and in the next chapter a little more details about that are going to come out. I did update sooner I just hope this flow of inspiration sticks around so I can finish the next one!
Tis022: I promise to finish it cross my heart!
Dragonfly33: I'm glad that you were actually checking to see if it was updated. I do that to the stories I love too so I'm happy I made you happy!
Draechaeli: Thanks I loved writing the English scene I guess I've just always assumed that Shuichi was smart, (he can play the piano after all and that's not easy) but that he only really put effort into things he wanted like singing and Yuki. That's just me though.
DemonicDragon666: Well I don't know if your idea is the same as mine but it's not gonna be pretty when Eiri finds out who he is.
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GoTrinba: Thanks I'm glad you liked the English scene I loved making Shuichi get the better of his parents.
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