"Shu-chan! Shu-chan! Wake up!... Dad's home!" Said his little sister.
Shuichi yawned and rubbed his eyes before getting off the bed. He changed into a more thicker outfit. He asked his sister to stay in the room with his mom while they were in the living room! He warned her to never come out even if he heard him screaming!
He went downstairs and greeted his father.
"okairi nasai, otosan." He knelt down and bow to his father.
" Well if it isn't the infamous lead singer of Bad Luck? So boy? Tell me how's life in Tokyo? Are you having a HAPPY and WONDERFUL LIFE? HUH??" his father was practically yelling sarcastically at shuichi.
"………." Shuichi kept quiet. He dared not speak up. Afraid of going against his father.
"why so quiet boy? I heard you're really a loudmouth. Can't you speak up? ANSWER ME BOY! IS LIFE IN THE CITY WONDERFUL AND FULLFILLING?" putting on a furious look.
"Yes si..irrr." Shuchi stuttered as he opened his mouth!
Suddenly the ash tray on the table flew towards his direction. Shuichi was not quick enough to dodge the ash tray. It directly hit shuichi's forehead. Shuichi tried not to shout out. He was sort of dizzy after that hit. He felt blood dripping from his forehead.
"well.. u have a hard head don't ya?"
His father took his belt and whipped shuichi on his back! Shuichi stood still and let his father whip him. If he went against his wishes, he was afraid that his father might take it out on either his mother or his sister. His father kept on whipping and whipping. Soon marks were all over his body, all bruised and bloodly looking. His mother took a peak at her son. She felt heart broken looking at what was happening. She wanted to go out to stop her husband from abusing her child but yuhiko stood in her way.
While Shuichi's dad was abusing him he was also smoking at the same time. He lit up two cigarettes at one time. He kept on whipping Shuichi with his belt. Shuichi did not try to move a single muscle. He waited till his father was finished with him.
"Look what you've done! You BROKE THE BLOODY FREAKING ASH TRAY!"
His dad took the cigarette buds and extinguished it on shuichi's hands. One on the right and one on the left. Shuichi bit his lip till it bleed because of the unbearable pain. After his father was satisfied, he went up to his room. Shuichi collapsed to the floor. He closed his eyes and breathe, that was all he was capable of doing this moment.
He finally stood up after having a rest and went upstairs. He told Yuhiko and his mother that it was safe to come out now. He then went into his room and grabbed his bag and headed towards the apartment.
When Shuichi finally arrived back at his apartment, he collapsed on the floor once he entered his house. He tried reaching for his phone. He called Hiro for help. He was feeling unconscious he knew that he might faint any moment. Hiro's phone was engaged. He couldn't lift another finger. " Maybe he's still having the band meeting. He will call me back." thought shuichi. He laid on the floor not moving.
Two days without talking to shuichi was hard enough. Yuki couldn't put up with it any longer. He said to himself "if he's not picking up. I'm gonna get my ass down there and force hiro to tell me where he is, if I have to." With that, he dialed his number.
"tuuuut tuuuut…." "pick up the stupic phone!!! You idiot! Pick it up!!" thought the restless author. "finally!! Mu…" Yuki kept silent and listened to Shuichi. "Hiro, please pick me up. I can't move another finger. I'm at the old apartment Kyo left for me. Plea…"and that was all Yuki heard from shuichi. He could tell that shuichi was really tired and weak.
"mushi mushi?? Oi baka.. are you still there?" asked a panicked Yuki. He immediately stormed to Hiro's place to look for him. Luckily he was there. Yuki explained everything to Hiro. They stormed to Okinawa together. Only Hiro knew of this apartment.
"what the hell is actually happening here? why is shuichi so weak? He couldn't even speak properly on the phone! What the hell is going on?" asked a pissed Yuki.
"Well, I'm not supposed to tell you this but I'll just give u a hint on it. You'll have to ask Shuichi the rest. If he wants to tell you, he will."
"okay.. so what is it?"
" You see… Shuichi and I used to live in an orphanage when we were younger. Then, he got adopted by this average family with no kids. He was the only child at that time.But within a year later, his mother got pregnant. Shuichi was only four years old when she was pregnant. His mother gave birth to Kyo. His dad really loved Kyoshiro. After having Kyo, he started to neglect Shuichi but luckily he still had his mother's love.
Kyo really is a spoiled brat! He could have everything he want with just a few words. But he isn't that bad, whenever he had new things, he would share it with Shuichi. A few years later… he had another sister, Yuhiko.
But something happened, Kyo was caught dealing drugs to others. He was sentenced three years in jail. Since then, his dad has been abusing Shuichi. Things got really bad the last time he went home. He was hospitalized for a week. We were all there praying for him to get better. But that GODDAMN useless Drunkard was off drinking as usual.
Shuichi's mom tried to convince Shuichi to report to the police. She couldn't bare it. But Shuichi, being the hard head he is.. rejected it. He told her not to worry about it. He said that they took him in when he was young. This was all he could do for them.
"Heck! I say he already did enough! He has been sending all his hard earned money home to his family! His useless pathetic dad isn't even working! All he does is wait for Shuichi's paycheck to arrive!" said a frustrated Hiro.
In Yuki's mind
So that's why that little idiot doesn't spend so much! He doesn't spend it for himself. And there I go always calling him a cheap skate when I did not even try to understand his condition. How could i?!
Hiro interrupted him "But you know, since he met you, he has been much happier. i can tell! He's usually keeping everything bolted inside if him. He would start blaming himself just because he wasn't perfect! But now.. he loosened up a bit.
At this Yuki felt a little at ease. He felt the same way about Shuichi too. "I need him! He gonna be alright! Nothing's gonna change!! I…, I loooovv…." He was interrupted by hiro
" Hey, turn in here. we're reaching ."said Hiro. They parked the car near the apartment and rushed to see Shuchi.
The door creaked open and then……….