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'That is it, I'm going to find those two pair of lovebirds and drag them back to my place by myself if I fucking have to drag them back by myself.' Nessa growled, supporting the right side of a very drunk Len. It was 2 AM and Rin and Nessa still couldn't find Teto, Dell, Akaito, or Neru. It was kinda making Rin a bit worried. And Len was, of course as drunk as hell. He couldn't harm anyone though because he seemed to be on cloud nine, smiling dolefully at other people and laughing non-stop and singing Oh What a Beautiful Morning non-stop as well. Rin was walking very closely to Len to make sure he wouldn't completely capsize on Nessa. As Nessa started to grumble under her breath about how she'd kill Teto and Neru when she'd find them, Rin could hear moaning from the door next to her. Her face grew hot, but fought the urge to eavesdrop on whoever was in there.
'Ah~, A-Akaito… Ah~Ah~ I-I - AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH~' Rin could easily recognise that was Neru's voice squealing. She stopped outside the door and tried to open it. It was locked. But that didn't stop her from trying even harder to open the door. She took a few steps back from the door.
'What are you doing?' asked Nessa in surprise.
'You'll see.' replied Rin in a simple voice. She ran towards the door and kicked it so hard that the door were hanging off the hinges slightly. Akaito was hovering above Neru on the bed; the pair of them was completely naked. Rin saw, to her horror, Akaito thrusting into Neru hard at a very fast pace. Akaito thrust into Neru one more time before looking up at Rin.
'Fucking hell Rin, ever heard of knocking?' asked Akaito acidly, sitting up grudgingly grabbing his boxers. Neru covered up her naked body quickly with the bed sheet, not looking Rin in the eye. She seemed to be very interested in the carpet pattern. Nessa was staring at them with her mouth dangling.
'Dear Lord, did I just-?' asked Nessa in shock. Neru grabbed her bra and her dress and got changed quickly, keeping her head on the floor. It took five minutes for Akaito and Neru to get dressed. They walked out together in silence; neither of them was trying to make eye contact with Rin or Nessa. It was a chilly silence that engulfed Rin like freezing water.
'Well, two down, two to go, I guess.' Nessa said.
'I know where those two will be.' said Akaito suddenly. He walked up the hallway in a formal fashion, with Neru, Nessa, Len and Rin following him. Rin was still in a state of shock. She couldn't believe that Neru would have actually had sex so… early. Nessa glanced at Neru.
'So, was Akaito big or was he puny down there?' asked Nessa casually. Neru glared at her.
'Shut it. I know you're probably shocked-' Neru started.
'I'm more disgusted than shocked. I can't actually believe that you'd do it now of all times: a year before graduation!' Nessa hissed. Neru blushed.
'At least you used a condom right?' said Rin cautiously. Neru's cheeks went a deeper shade of red. Nessa raised her eyebrows in a "you have to be fucking kidding me" kind of way and looked away from both Rin and Neru. Rin felt her face go hot. OK, she thought, my best friend is no longer a virgin. What other surprises can there be now? When they reached this other door after ten minutes or so of walking, Akaito pushed the door open. The room was completely empty.
'Where the fuck did they go now?' fumed Akaito.
'What the hell are you yelling at?' Dell asked. Rin turned her head to find Dell supporting Teto, who was swaying on the spot. She was giggling like a maniac. Was everybody besides from Rin and Nessa getting drunk tonight?
'Oh what a beautiful morning…' Teto sang.
'Oh what a beautiful day~… I've got a beautiful feeling…' Len sang.
'Everything's going my way~!' Len and Teto sang in harmony, the two of them leaning on each other whilst laughing and giggling. Rin, Dell, Neru and Akaito laughed with them. Nessa just smiled a little.
'OK, Len and Teto seem to be as drunk as my mom on Christmas. Maybe we should just head back to my house.' She said. Rin nodded.
'I think that that would be a good idea. You should call your mom to tell her that we'll be there soon.' Rin said. Nessa nodded and got her cell phone out and started dialling her mom's number. Teto frowned stupidly at Rin.
'Awh, but I'm having –hiccup- fun man. An' why can't we jus' go back to –hiccup- our place iinsteeadd?' Teto slurred, waving her arms around a little.
'I'm not having you upset Mama Lily or anyone else back home. And if you two came home drunk we don't know what you two can do. Besides, I'm pretty sure Nessa's mom is expecting her to be home soon.' Rin pointed out when Len opened his mouth. Nessa put her phone in her pocket.
'At least one of you guys is talking sense. Well, my car's still outside, so we could really just head straight to my place-'
'Or we could par-tay~!' Teto whooped, throwing her arms above her head and waving them around. Dell shook his head at her and grabbed her wrist and pulled them down gently.
'Calm down babe. The party's gonna be over soon. And you're drunk as hell. You need sobering up pronto.' Dell said sternly, looking at Teto like she was a naughty five year old. Teto looked down at her feet and started shuffling them.
'OK Dell-kun.' She murmured. Dell kissed her on the top of her head. He turned to Nessa.
'How do we get out of here?' He asked. Nessa put her thinking face on.
'I think we go down this corridor and there should be some stairs that go down. Then I think, we go left and the front door should be there.' Nessa replied. Dell nodded, and grabbed Len's left arm and swung it round his neck so that Dell was supporting Len.
'Right, I and Akaito will go first with Len, then you guys follow is with Teto. I don't trust those two drunk with each other: Teto's still after Len's blood from last week.' Dell pointed out when Rin looked confused. Then she remembered how Len dropped Rin on the floor and made her get bruises really quickly. And let's just say that Teto got very angry. Akaito rolled his eyes at Dell, but grabbed Len's other arm and threw it round his neck.
'See ya downstairs.' Dell called, and he and Akaito dragged Len down the corridor. Nessa glanced at Teto and grabbed her arm and put it around her neck.
'C'mon girl, let's go home.' Nessa said softly. Teto looked at her sleepily.
'Hmm wha you say…? Oh, OK then…' Teto's head rolled forward, and Rin could hear soft snoring. Neru grabbed Teto's other arm and copied Nessa. The two of them semi dragged Teto down the corridor with Rin following close behind so that she couldn't get lost.
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It took five to ten minutes to get Teto down the stairs. It was easier because Nessa was with her, but Neru couldn't help but think that Teto sure was heavy for looking so God damn skinny. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, they turned left to find the front door, which was being held open by Dell.
'Where are Akaito and Len?' Rin asked.
'Oh, Len's vomiting in the pot plants with Akaito watching him.' Dell replied airily. Rin rushed past him out of the door. Dell smiled at Teto softly.
'She must've dozed off, obviously.' He said gently, taking Teto off of Nessa and Neru. He lifted her up bridal style without trouble and carried her outside. Neru walked out and, as Dell said, saw Len puking his guts up in a flower pot full of daisies. Akaito was staying far away from him, with Rin patting him on the back gently whilst saying something to him.
'Where's your car Nessa? I don't think I can take the smell of Len puke anymore?' Neru asked, holding her nose to block out the horrid stench of booze and vomit.
'It'll probably be outside the gates.' Nessa replied. After ten minutes of Len puking, Rin took his arm and draped it around her shoulder. Nessa looked at her as if she was mad. Rin shrugged her shoulders.
'I'll be fine.' She said. They all walked down towards the gates and out onto the street where Nessa's car was.
'OK, Len and Rin with Teto and Dell in the back with Akaito supervising. Neru sits at the front with me.' Nessa said.
'Why am I the babysitter?' Akaito asked, furious. Nessa ignored them, and opened the passenger seat door for him. He glared at her as he climbed inside the car, followed by Len, then Rin, after her were Dell, and finally Teto. Nessa closed the door behind them, and got in the driving seat. Neru walked around the car and climbed into the seat next to her.
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'OK, you can leave your shoes here, kids. I'll fix you something to eat.' Nessa's mom said warmly, after letting them inside her house. It was a little bit smaller than the foster home, but it had more of a cozy feeling. They were standing in the hall, and started to take their shoes off. Teto had somewhat sobered up in the car, and was able to take her shoes off on her own. Len however, needed a lot of help with his. After that, Nessa led them to a spacious looking sitting room, with a marble fireplace burning brightly in front of them surrounded by sofas. Neru threw herself on one of them, putting her feet up lazily.
'You have a nice house.' Neru sighed, closing her eyes. Nessa lifted her feet up and swung them around, and sat next to her. Rin sat on the floor, and Len stumbled into the room and rested his head on her legs.
'Your legs are really soft…' Len murmured. Rin laughed and started stroking his hair, which somehow made him purr. Rin laughed even more. Nessa's mom came in with sandwiches after a few minutes. Rin could tell that she was the spitting image of her mom, except that her mom had darker skin than Nessa. She was small and fragile looking, but she looked so welcoming.
'Here you are kids, something to keep you through the night. I've prepared a room for the boys to share next door, and the girls can stay down here if you want.' Nessa's mom suggested.
'We'll be fine, thank you Miss. Cassidy.' Rin replied. Nessa's mom smiled at her.
'Help yourselves to the sandwiches.' She said, setting them on the coffee table. She left the room after that and closed the door after that. Dell stretched a little bit whilst yawning.
'Man, I'm exhausted. I think I'm just gonna go straight to bed. C'mon Akaito, get your lazy ass off that couch.' Dell added, grabbing the collar of Akaito's shirt.
'Hey, what the hell man stop it- get off of me now!' Akaito protested. Dell ignored him and dragged him out of the room and closed the door behind him. Rin shook her head.
'I still don't get why you'd be willing to let him fuck you.' Nessa said exasperatedly. Neru glared at her.
'Let's not argue now. Let's just go to sleep.' Rim murmured; the warmth of the fire was making her sleepy. Nessa yawned and nodded.
'OK then. We can eat the sandwiches later on in the night.' Nessa murmured. Rin grabbed a pillow from the sofa, put it on the floor, and rested her head on it. Len crawled towards Rin, wrapped his arms around her and drifted off to sleep straight away. Rin smiled to herself, her eyelids getting heavy. Everything was drifting away as Rin was falling asleep…
"I'm s-sorry, I know I'm over due, but leave my family alone!" Daddy begged. Rin was sitting in the corner covering her ears, eyes screwed shut. Three men were hitting Mommy a lot, but Rin didn't know what to do. A man with purple hair walked towards Daddy and hit him over the head with a gun hard. Daddy fell onto the floor whilst groaning in pain. The man glared at Daddy.
"P-please, d-don't hurt Daddy…" Rin cried. The man ignored her.
"I told you, Richie, I don't like people that don't keep promises." The man said, putting the gun to Daddy's arm. There was a loud bang noise and Daddy jerked up a little bit. Then he fell onto the floor. He wasn't moving at all. Mommy started crying a lot, and crawled towards Rin and hugged her tightly.
"M-mommy, why is Daddy not moving?" Rin asked. But Mommy didn't answer her. The man grabbed Mommy's hair and dragged her across the floor as she screamed.
'M-mommy, don't leave me!' Rin yelled, getting onto her feet, running towards Mommy. One of the mean men grabbed Rin's arm and pulled her up so that her feet left the ground. He had black hair and red eyes.
"Awh, aren't you cute?" The man sneered, shaking Rin a lot. The purple man laughed.
"P-Please mister, I-I'll do what you w-want, but don't k-kill Mommy. She g-gives me hugs and k-kisses a lot." Rin whimpered, looking at the purple man. He laughed.
"You know what, I just had an idea. I'm gonna give you a reason not to mess with me… Hey Richie, you still with us buddy?" The man said, pulling Daddy's head up. Daddy's face had gone really pale. The purple man glanced at the black haired man and gave him a nod. The black haired man laughed. He tugged at Rin's new polka dot night gown so that she was just in her underwear. Rin tried to cover herself with her other arm; Daddy said that a man should only see a woman's body after they're married. The scary men laughed at Rin as she struggled. The black haired man dropped her on the floor, but two other men had already grabbed her arms and legs.
"You know what to do boys." The purple man said. They started to laugh even more as they started to touch Rin in places that she never thought could be touched that way. She squirmed and tried to kick the men, but they were too strong. Mommy was crying, and Daddy was yelling.
"Mommy, make them stop touching me." Rin pleaded. One of them took Rin's underwear off so that she was completely naked. The man touched her there, which made Rin cry. She didn't like it at all. She felt a sharp pain on one of her arms. She screamed.
"Just shut the kid up!" The purple man growled. She felt the same sharp pain over and over again on both of her arms, and she felt something warm trickling down her arms. Everything was blurring, and Rin couldn't scream anymore, all she could do was… cry, and that was it. Rin looked at both of her arms which made Rin feel sick; her arms were covered in cuts and blood.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Daddy yelled. They stopped touching Rin, who was crying non-stop because of the pain in her arms. Daddy started to struggle against the man.
"I-it hurts, mister… I-I don't like it…" Rin cried.
"Rin, everything's gonna be OK, I promise." Daddy said in a determined voice. The purple laughed, pointing the gun at the back of Daddy's head and pulled the trigger. Another bang, and Daddy's head, flopped in the man's hand. Mommy screamed again. She got to her feet and ran towards Rin. She grabbed Rin's favourite blanky and wrapped it around Rin and held her tightly to her as Rin cried. The men laughed at them.
"How pathetic can this get?" The purple man sneered. Mommy was crouching on the floor whilst holding Rin. Rin couldn't really see what was going on because Mommy was holding her to her chest. Rin heard another bang, and Mommy fell on her side, and Rin hit her head on the floor. Rin looked up at Mommy. Her eyes were closed. There was blood all over one side of Mommy's head.
"Mommy, w-why won't you w-wake up?" Rin asked, shaking Mommy's shoulders gently. But for some reason, Mommy wasn't moving. Her head was bleeding badly. The purple man glanced at Rin.
"We're done boys. Let's get out of here." He said coldly. Then all the men left for some reason. This is a dream, Rin thought to herself, you can wake up now, you've seen enough. She wanted out of this nightmare. She wanted to get away-
"No…no…" Rin choked, shaking Mommy's shoulder hard. Mommy wasn't waking up, but… why? Rin just wanted them to wake up and put her back in bed. She could smell something funny, but she couldn't make out the smell…
'No…'
Rin crept towards the door and opened it cautiously, and saw something that made her scream. Flames were roaring in the hallway furiously, burning the banister of the staircase…
'Please, I don't want to see this…'
Rin ran back inside the room towards Mommy and started shaking her shoulders again. She wanted Mommy to wake up so that she and Daddy could leave.
"MOMMY WAKE UP, EVERYTHING'S BURNING, WAKE UP!" Rin screamed, pulling Mommy's hair. That usually wakes her up, but wasn't it working? It always works… everything was starting to burn, draped in flames; the heat was so high that Rin was sweating. Mommy started burning. Rin screamed again…
'Rin, wake up!' Len yelled. Rin opened her eyes to find herself back in Nessa's sitting room with the fire glowing softly, with Len's hands on her shoulders. Rin looked over Len's shoulder with her mouth wide open. She was screaming in her sleep. Nessa was looking at her with a concerned look on her face. Neru and Teto were still asleep. They had gotten so used to her having her nightmares that they could sleep through it without any worries.
'Rin, are you alright?' Nessa asked. She looked terrified. Rin realized that she was sweating, and wiped her forehead.
'I-I'm fine, b-but I don't r-remember what h-happened.' Rin stuttered. She was shivering now, but she wasn't cold. She didn't know why she was shivering.
'You were having a dream, and you were talking in your sleep. And you said… things…' Nessa muttered, looking into the fire. Rin closed her eyes. What was she saying? Was she begging the men to stop hurting her, asking her mom why she wasn't waking up?
'Rin, what did happen to your parents?' Len asked gently. Rin looked at him. He looked like he'd sobered up, and his eyes showed so much concern and love for her. She could trust Len with anything. Rin glanced at Nessa. She looked as if she was ready to cry. Was she going to be able to listen without bursting into tears? But she was a tough character; surely, she could manage with it.
'W-well, it happened on New Year's Eve… but if I tell you promise me you won't say anything to anyone.' Rin said in a pleading tone.