Soubi watched as Ritsuka walked away, as soon as the younger man was out of sight, he pulled out his cell phone and called Kio.
"Hello? Sou-chan you never call me… what can I help you with?" Kio asked Soubi curiously.
"Kio… Have you ever shown Ritsuka any of those dirty magazines that you like to read?" Soubi asked bluntly, not being the type of person to beat around the bush.
"No! I would never Soubi! Ritsuka is only seventeen years old," Kio yell outraged that Soubi would ask him such things. Then he paused to ask, "Why do you ask?"
"Ritsuka told me that he wanted his first time with someone else to be really kinky, like some of the stuff in your books. Ritsuka won't admit it to me, but I think that he was raped. They must have threatened him too because he has never lied to me before. It's unusual that he would start lying to me now. I think he's hurting really bad right now. Will you come with me and we will go talk to him about it? I've just got this terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach." As he was on the phone with Kio he puttered around his home putting together a first aid kit, thinking that his mom for sure beat him at the sight of him being earless. "Kio, I've almost got the first aid kit put together. I have this feeling that I'm going to need it. I will see you over there." He flipped his phone shut, without even so much as a goodbye. He added a needle and some thread to stitch the boy up, if he had any deep gashes that his mother could have caused and he race over to the younger mans house. Without bothering to greet Kio, the two of them gave a quick glance at each other then immediately began to climb up onto Ritsuka's balcony. Slipping through the young man's window after Kio, he froze in horror at the sight of Ritsuka laying there unconscious and bleeding to death.
"Kio, you are going to have to hold him down so I can stitch up the worst of his cuts." Soubi said, forcing down the horror and heart-wrenching sadness he felt. He pulled some stuff out of the med kit, pulling off the bandages that were sloppily put on to begin with. He began to clean off the younger mans arms, while Kio knelt by Ritsuka to hold down his arms as Soubi began to sew him up.
Ritsuka, however, was unconscious from the blood loss and didn't budge as Soubi patched up all of his self inflicted wounds.
"He's not dead right Sou-chan? He's not moving… I'm very worried." Kio whispered softly, becoming more and more worried every second that passes by.
Eventually Soubi had closed all of Ritsuka's wounds, working swiftly but carefully so Ritsuka didn't continue to lose blood, "He will be fine, he has to be. You can go home now, if you want to. I'm sorry I ruined all of your plans for tonight." Soubi said grimly, as he stared at the younger man. He had sewn up all of the major wounds, and then he bandaged the rest of the wounds with gauze and medical tape. He had to wonder though, what had happened to Ritsuka that would drive his young love to attempt suicide.
"You should tell him you know…you need to tell him that you love him Sou-chan. I know he loves you too; I can see it. You need to tell him though, because he needs to hear it. He's hurting right now, thinking that there is no one in this world that loves him." He sat down in front of Soubi and crossed his legs, glancing at the younger man he continued, "I think that if you don't tell him right now… next time it will be something else, something that isn't so easily fixed."
"I know. I know. I just wanted to wait until he was of age to do so. He is only seventeen. I didn't want to tell him, because I know he loves me. It would make things too irresistible, and I didn't want to put either of us in a situation that we would later regret. I wanted him to come live with me and make love to him when he was out of harm's way. I need him to fully understand my intentions and be ready, so this type of situation would never occur. But this," he motioned towards Ritsuka, "I will HURT whoever did this to him. I never thought anybody woul-"
"Stop! This is not your fault!" Kio cut him off of his babbling, which he was sure was about to turn into a self degrading rant.
"But it is! I just know it, it happened in my house. I never gave Ritsuka a key because he usually calls whenever he wants to come over, and I don't keep a spare key hiding anywhere so…" Soubi said sounding distressed.
"Natsuo and Youji!" Kio and Soubi said in unison.
Soubi could barely speak, he was extremely concerned for Ritsuka but he was also feeling very murderous at the realization that it was Natsuo and Youji who had inflicted all of the trauma, torment, and torture upon the younger man. Not only had they raped him but they threatened him, he was sure of that. He had no intention of leaving the young man alone so he decided that he would take him back to his apartment, and the he and Kio would take care of Natsuo and Youji while he was sleeping. "Kio… we need to grab Ritsuka and get out of here. But not before we dispose of the bloody blankets."
Soubi and Kio gently picked the young man up. Kio stood him carefully on his feet, balancing him very cautiously as Soubi took off his very long, dark blue jacket and put it on Ritsuka. They were almost the same exact size so it fit the young man perfectly. He buttoned up the jacket. It would not do to be stopped by the police on the way home with his bloody clothes on. They then gently laid him on the floor until they were done disposing of the blankets. Soubi tore off all of the blankets right down to the mattress cover which was bloody too. Thankfully though when that was stripped away there was no blood in sight on the mattress itself. They snuck downstairs listening for any signs of Ritsuka's mother. Locating the garbage sacks; they stuffed all of the blankets, including the mattress cover into them. They gently set the two bags by the door. The two of them tiptoed back upstairs to gently lift Ritsuka up onto Soubi's back for a piggy back ride, making it easier for Soubi to carry the skinny young man back to his place. Tiptoeing back down the stairs while still listening for any signs of movement or noise, they made it to the door. Cautiously opening up the door Soubi walked out first. Kio then grabbed the two bags and Soubi's first aid kit. Locking the lock on the door handle he carefully shut the door behind him with as little noise as possible.