Well yet another flashback chapter, but don't worry the flash back isn't the whole part of the chapter. there is more after it
Chapter 20: The One I Love
A KuroFai Story
-Saturday-
Yuui stood in front of a crowd of people, eyes downcast. He was naked, but his hands were bound behind his back, hindering any movement that he would make to try and cover him self up.
Ashuras' voice flowed through the room, over the silent crowd, but Yuui wasn't paying attention. He was mad at Ashura at the moment anyway. He knew it was childish to ignore the man, but really he didn't care.
Yuui had been in this business for a while now, almost three years now, but this was the first time, in those three years, that Ashura had actually managed to surprised him with something.
Ashuras words resurfaced in his mind. 'It's just a simple auction, nothing more then what you've probably seen on TV. Only this time, you and some others, are the prices.' That was what he had told Yuui, not even ten minutes ago. 'You'll be with whoever buys you for the majority of the night.'
Yuui let out a low sigh, as bids started filling the air, each price getting higher and higher. He glanced over to his right, where some of the other prostitutes, who were also getting sold for the day, were hidden by a thick red curtain. His eyes met with dark blue ones. He furrowed his eyebrows trying to remember who this one was, and why he looked so familiar.
"Sold!" Ashuras voice boomed. Yuui gasped, cursing himself for letting his mind wander. He snapped his head back to the crowd, and grimaced when he saw who had bought him.
It was an older man in his late forties or so, with graying hair, a cleft chin. And he also seemed to think that monocles were still fashionable. The mans eyes were golden, a shade or two darker then Ashuras.
Yuui shivered, not liking the way the man was looking at him. Someone grabbed Yuuis arm and dragged him off of the stage. He could tell by how hard whoever it was that had his arm was a man, and that the man was angry.
When Yuui was fully off of the stage, he glanced up at the man. It was Clow. He was another one of the men who were like Ashura, though Yuui couldn't remember the term off the top of his head.
Clow was far too nice for being in this type of work and it was hard to believe that he was.
Clow dragged Yuui into a small room, and unlocked the handcuffs around Yuuis small wrists. Yuui smiled up at him in thanks, rubbing his sore wrists. He had always liked the man, almost as much as he used to like Ashura. Clow smiled, softy, back at him, but it was obvious that he was still upset about something.
Clow rummaged through a set of drawers, and pulled out some clothes. He handed them to Yuui, who took them gratefully.
"Yuui I want you to listen to me," Clow said suddenly. Yuui raised his blue eyes and met Clows with confusion. "I don't know what Ashura is thinking… This man that bought you, he is not a good man. You could very well get hurt. I want you to understand this before you go, so that it doesn't come as a surprise. This man has killed before."
Yuuis eyes widened, and his heart speed up, as fear ran through his body.
"I'm not telling you this because I'm trying to scare you. I just want you to watch for him, alright?" Yuui nodded hurriedly. "Now hurry up and get dressed, I need to take you to him."
Yuui nodded again, and stepping into the pants, and pulled on the shirt. The shirt was too large for him, but at least the pants fit him.
Clow led him out of the room, and down a long hallway. They stopping in front of a wooden door, and Clow placed his hand on Yuui shoulder. "Good luck. I really wish there was something I could do to help, however I am powerless." He explained, his expression fill of guilt and sorrow, and opened the door.
The man with the butt chin was waiting for them just behind the door. He greedily eyed Yuui up and down as soon as he walked into the room. Yuui shivered, and had to force himself to hold his ground.
The man with the monocle grinned wolfishly down at Yuui, completely ignoring Clow. "Hello little Yuui. Lets go out and have some fun." He said, and laughed at the frightened look on Yuuis face.
Yuui automatically took a step back from the laughing man, but Clow stopped him from getting any further. Yuui fully believed that this man had killed someone before. Hell he probably would have thought that, even if Clow hadn't told him.
The damn man probably had laughed after he had done so too.
"Yuui, this is Fei-Wang Reed." Clow introduced, with a fake smile.
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Yuui was again handcuffed, but this time to a bed. He guessed that he was in Fei-Wangs house, but then again he really didn't care where he was. As long as he could get out of her, he didn't care where he was.
As soon as Fei-Wang Reed had 'finished' with him, the man had immediately left the room. The man had been rough, but Yuui had had worse experiences. But if there was a list of 'The Top Five Worst Experiences Yuuis Had' it would definably be in there somewhere.
There was suddenly a loud crash from outside of the room he was in. Yuui jumped slightly, having not expected such a noise, and glanced towards the door. When another crash resounded, Yuui frowned, and sat up. It was a tricky thing to do, but Yuui was well practiced.
He soon sat cross-legged on the bed, facing the headboard. He knew that he would, more then likely, have to lay back down again, but sitting up felt good, even with the dull throbbing in his lower back.
There was yet another crash, and now Yuui was beginning to worry. The crashes sounded as if someone were breaking glass continuously. It was an unsettling sound to him, and he subconsciously pulled on his handcuffs.
Suddenly there was a roar of rage that followed another crash, startling Yuui. There was a sound of rushing footsteps, and suddenly the door to the room, busted open.
The door crashed against the wall, and Yuui shrank back as much as he could. A fuming Fei-Wang stood in the doorway with a crazed look in his eyes, and a large shard of glass in his hands. The glass was cutting into his hand, judging by the blood dripping down the glass.
Yuui eyed the man warily, and fearfully. He was used to Ashuras crazy mood swings, but this man wasn't Ashura, so there was no telling what he would do.
Clows words ran through his head, as Fei-Wang came closer. Fear gripped Yuuis heart, and he panicked. He turned quickly to the handcuffs that surrounded his wrists. On more then one occasion he had managed to slip his hands out, however this wasn't one of those times.
Fei-Wang laughed at his failure. It was a loud hearty laugh, as if he thoroughly enjoyed seeing Yuui fail. "You actually think that you can get away so easily?" he taunted, placing the piece of glass against Yuuis neck.
Yuui froze his whole body tense. He hardly even dared to breath. The man laughed again, and applied more pressure to Yuui neck with the glass, before, he took it away.
"As if I would ever let you get away from me." He chuckled darkly, and slashed skillfully with the piece of glass.
As the man laughed again, Yuuis eyes widened as white hot pain flared through his backside. He opened his mouth and –
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I shot up in bed, with a startled scream. The scream died on my lips almost instantly, leaving me gasping for breath, my heart pounding in my chest.
A grunt off to my right startled me, and I whirled to face the noise. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw that it was only Fai. I placed a hand on my chest and closed my eyes, wishing for my heart to stop pounding.
Finally after a few seconds it was down to a steady beat. I ran my hand through my sweat covered hair, and thanked god that Fai hadn't woken up, and that he hadn't decided to sleep with me. It was getting harder to blame all my nightmares on the well incident…
I reached a hand behind my back, and found my scar. It was burning hot, and hurt, even though I was touching it lightly. Wincing slightly I removed my hand, and glanced at the clock.
My eyes widened and I felt like punching something. Why the hell did I have to be up at five in the morning on a Saturday?!
With a dramatic sigh, and a pout, I removed my blankets and stood up out of bed. I had a feeling that no matter how much I tried that I wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep anytime soon.
I crept quietly over to the door, not wanting to risk waking Fai up at such an ungodly hour. Not only was I trying to be a good brother and letting him sleep in, but also because I didn't want to be asked why exactly I was up.
"Hmm… Yuui – " Fai grumbled.
I froze, and turned, slowly to face him, wondering if I had woken him up. But he only curled up into the covers. I smiled lightly at him. He looked cute, cuddling up with the stuffed teddy bear that I had bought him on our sixteenth birthday. He regularly slept with the thing if he wasn't sleeping in bed with me.
I finally was out the door, past Ashuras door, and down the stairs. Squinting down the dark hallway, I decided to turn the light on, then headed towards the living room.
Since no one was up, there was nothing else to do besides watch a couple of hours of television.
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After about an hour or two of Clean Sweep reruns, Ashura finally trudged down the stairs. He entered the living room and raised an eyebrow at me.
"What are you doing up at this hour?" He asked, eyes glancing briefly at the clock.
I shrugged. "Apparently my dream thought that it was over at five in the morning," I replied, returning my attention back to the television.
Ashura came up behind me, and played with my hair a bit. And I let him, surprisingly. "You should try to go back to sleep some time soon. You have a big day ahead of you today." He said.
I tilted my head back, and gazed up at him confused. He chuckled lightly, and his hands moved to stroke the skin on my neck, in an oddly loving manner. "The auction is today, around four or so, when your brother leaves for work. I'll warn you that this one is an 'anything goes' auction. Meaning they can do whatever they want with that pretty little body of yours," He leaned closer, our faces only inches from touching. I swallowed, instinctively, and forces myself not to lick my suddenly dry lips. "Aside from leave any visible marks that is." He whispered huskily, and leaned down even closer.
My eyes widened, and my face flushed, when I realized that he was about to kiss me, and turned my head to the side. I scrambled out of his grasp, and promptly fell off of the couch in my attempt to get away. For the second time that morning my heart was pounding in my chest.
He laughed loudly. He turned his attention to me, and sneered lightly at my glare. His sneer turned into a smirk when he noticed my still burning cheeks. "I thought you didn't love me anymore?" He mocked.
"I don't!" I spat, anger making my whole body shake. It was true that at one point I had loved him, but that was long ago, when I was stupid and naive. "You're a perverted, disgusting, old man that deserves to rot in hell!"
Ashura chuckled again, before he suddenly stopped. He gazed down at me with serious eyes. "Who knows you might actually be right about that…" His golden eyes darkened, before he smirked again. "But until then it's my job to make your life a living hell."
And with that said, he turned around and left the room.
I sighed, and ran a hand through my hair. Was it just me or was Ashuras bipolar-ness getting worse? I picked myself up, and sat back down on the couch.
Today was going to be a very very long day.
Did anyone see it coming that Yuui used to like Ashura? I tried to hint at it in the last flash back I did, where they rescued Yuui from the well…
Its strange, but right now my body is literally shaking because of that scene. And I don't know why. Maybe its because Ashura creeps me smooth out in that part? Oh well I guess it doesn't really matter…
Okay I know Clean Sweep doesn't come on at five in the morning on weekends, but since I've been sleeping through most of the afternoons and am up at five in the morning all week I know what time Clean Sweep comes on… And actually I'm missing it right now seeing as its 5:14 a.m.
I hate insomnia… it's a bitch…