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Warnings: This chapter holds: depression, manipulation, bullying, self-pity, self-harm, negative thoughts, negative overall circumstances, and extreme language.

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Chapter 15

Kanda's PoV:

I jerked awake, terror in my throat as I gulped air down into my lungs. Looking around, I saw that I was in Daniel's room, not in that Godforsaken jail. Feeling a hand tighten on my own, I jerked my attention to the person holding it, it was Daniel. His head on the bed, as he held my hand, while he was watching over me. Slipping my hand out from under his, I quietly slid around him, and slowly stood up; testing my strength. The world spun for only a few minutes as my stomach growled from hunger. Shooting a look over to Daniel, I made sure that he was still asleep, when he didn't move I crept into the kitchen.

Spying the notepad that was on the coffee table, I sat down to write him a note. I sat there staring at the paper and pen. There was so much that I wanted to write, but if I did then Daniel wouldn't let me go, he would only wait for me or come and find me after I left. My hands shook as I scooped up the notepad; deciding that it was the only thing that I could do that would help to shield him I uncapped the pen and set to work.

The words-although small-were near impossible to write. Each letter that I put down, seemed to send a burning sensation into my heart. The note simply said, "I can't stand you any longer." Placing the note down, I slipped my shoes on and quietly left Daniel's apartment.

Allen's PoV:

Everything moved in a haze. I vaguely remember Krory washing my body with gentle hands and slow movements; as if to not startle me. He and Noise talked to one another in hushed tones, I just looked on, losing myself in the patterns of the wall. Next thing I knew, I was in my cabin, sitting on the very bed that IT had happened, swaddled in my quilt. Krory and Noise were to one side talking again in those hushed whispers.

The next time I became aware of my surroundings, I was still in the same place, I hadn't moved or spoken. Letting my eyes roam the small interior of the cabin, I noticed what had grabbed my attention, the cabin was no longer bright, it was dim from the fading sun. My eyes moved to the knob on the wall-like a magnet to metal-refocused and then my brain retreated.

I had no idea how much time had passed, but when I became aware of a face in front of me, I jolted backwards. 'Who was that, how long had they been there for?' I scrambled backwards, further into that cursed bed. Hands grabbed at my face and pulled me forward. Tears started to stream down my face as my breathing quickened, the closer the face drew, the more blurred it was by the tears in my eyes. My head grew light as my breathing turned into hyperventilating, my hands wrapped around my waist as I tried to pull my head from out of their grasp so that I could curl in on myself. I just wanted the world to go away.

When my face was inches away from them, they wiped my tears away, and my vision cleared. Tyki's blessed face became crystal clear. He looked tired, concerned, mad, angry, happy; so many emotions flitted across his face as he took in mine. Throwing my arms around him, we tumbled to the ground, laying on top of him I buried my head in his chest and I hugged him as tight as I could. Sobs racked through my body, as he hugged me close in return, a hand running itself through my hair was he pressed his lips to my brow. My voice cracked as I spoke for the first time since that happened. "Thank God, you're here." All Tyki did in response was to pull me closer and to keep his hand moving through my hair and down my back. My exhausted and haunted mind realized that I was safe, and I fell asleep.

Tyki Mikk's PoV:

The bus ride had been long and tiring, but the excitement of seeing Allen kept me awake and buzzing with adrenaline. When the bus finally stopped at the so called, 'Hell on Earth' camp, I couldn't help but feel like it was misnamed, due to all of the laughter and smiles. Standing up I stretched my arms over my head as my stiff and sore muscles burned from the stretch, but I groaned with relief. Grabbing my pack, I got off and looked around, but I couldn't see Allen. Going to the closest person I grabbed their attention, "Excuse me, do you know someone by the name of Allen Walker?" when their faces stayed blank I gestured to where he would stand compared to me, "He would be about this short, silver hair, and he has a tattoo over one eye that he usually tries to hide." At my words, the boy balked and hurried away from me. Looking after him confused, I moved onto the next person, but the same thing happened.

This process continued until I reached a tall guy who had a weird look to his eyes. "I'm sorry to bug you, but do you know a kid named, Allen Walker? He's about this-," I stopped halfway when the tall guy held up a hand.

"What do you have to do with him?" the giant's gravelly voice seemed to grind out.

"Wha? ...Um," I scratched the back of his head, "I guess you could say that I love him."

The giant's eyes narrowed as he looked at my chest, a little too slowly I realized that he was blind. "What's your name?"

"Tyki Mikk," I stated as I shouldered my pack.

"Ah, he's said something about you. He's in cabin 19," the giant said as he pointed in a general area.

Thanking him I started in the direction that he has motioned, but he grabbed my arm instead. "Wait, I must tell you something first."

Leaning closer to me, he whispered into my ear. Upon hearing what he was saying, my eyes widened, my fists clenched, and my eyes began to line with a film of water. When he finished and released my arm, I took off, running to where he had originally pointed.

Yanking open the door to the cabin, I saw him. He was eerily still, his stare was unfocused, while his eyes remained dry. His hands were limp on top of his quit that rested over his knees, and he was shivering even though he was bundled. Striding to him, I dropped to my knees before him, still he did not move. It wasn't until I moved forward to cradle his face between my hands, did he jerk back. When I moved closer, he scrambled backwards, whimpers exiting my mouth as his eyes swam with tears until his face was a pool. "Allen, it's me," I whispered to him as I held his cold face between my hands. He grew pale and his body began to thrash as he started to hyperventilate, but still I pulled him closer to try and calm him down. Wiping the tears from his eyes, I prayed for him to recognize me. "Thank God, you're here," his voice came out weak and broken as it cracked from disuse. Letting his thrown himself on top of me, I held him close while I laid on the wooden flooring. His arms were wrapped around me in a tight hold as he cried on my chest. Hugging him close I smoothed a hand through his velvet hair and onto his thin back. It took him a total of 5 minutes to pass out. Seeing that it was growing dark outside, I picked him up, laid him on the bed, crawled in next to him, and tucked us both in. Pulling him close, I wrapped my arms around him and eventually fell asleep myself.

Daniel's PoV:

My hand flexed on the bed, and that's what woke me up. I wasn't holding a hand, I wasn't holding Kanda's hand. When I saw that he wasn't in the room, I walked into the kitchen and saw that he wasn't there either, nor was he in the bathroom. Panic began to fill me as I began to check hiding spots; then I saw the note.

Limply I sat on the couch and cradled my head as I cried. Grabbing for the phone, I called the one person that I could.

"Hello?" Lavi's voice sounded hesitant over the static line.

"Lavi, it's Daniel," I tried to say steadily, choking back a sob.

"HEY!" Lavi yelled into the phone, "it's been days, do you know how many days it's been? How come I'm the only one at school? I've officially been labelled as the lone wolf. I guess that's alright though, the title has increased my popularity with the girls, even though I don't fancy any of them at the moment. Anyways, you should come back as soon as you can, then hopefully Kanda will start coming too. Aside from all of that, how have you been?" Lavi asked after he finally breathed.

Taking a deep breath and ignoring the break that grew in my heart at hearing Kanda's name, I said as steadily as I could, "I want you to find Kanda and house him for a few days. He's been through a lot, I'm not even sure, but it's been bad. He won't say anything and he's hurting himself. Lavi, you're the only one that I can rely on. I need you to find him and had him stay at your place. I'll start coming back to school, when I can, but I need you to do this for me; can you do that?"

"Yeah, of course," Lavi said. His voice more controlled as concern and understanding entered his voice. "Is there anything that you do know that you can tell me?"

"I think whatever Kanda went through, I think it has to do with his father, and I am more than confidant that he was raped. But I messed up. I bathed him and then took him to the hospital. I can't believe that I washed evidence from off of him," I tried to say calmly, but my voice broke.

"Shit," Lavi whispered, "I'm going to go look for Kanda right now."

Hanging up the phone, I got up and took a shower, then I took to the web, trying to find something about Kanda's father.

Lavi's PoV:

Hanging up the phone, I put my coat on, grabbed my keys, and started up my car. Kanda was raped? He must've fought tooth and nail, he has always gotten himself beat up, but he said that that was always better than being forced. Trying not to imagine the state that he was in, I pulled out from my parking space and began to comb the streets for him, starting at Pinky, and any other place that he would hang out at. I looked for hours, and when I finally spotted him, I almost cried out. He was deathly thin, his skin looked bruise, but he just looked haunted. Pulling the car over, I walked to where he had been sitting on the sidewalk, that was on one side of an alleyway. Sitting down next to him, I gently bumped him with my shoulder, "Hey there," I quietly said with a small smile.

All Kanda did was look at me with his haunted eyes, goosebumps raised up on my arms, this was completely different from what Kanda usually was like. Where were his biting remarks that he used constantly? "Come on," I stood up and offered him my hand. "I'm going to make you some hot chocolate, build a fort, and we're going to have a much needed movie night slumber party." Kanda reached out a hand, but hesitated at the last second. Seeing his hesitation, I cocked a hip while placing a hand on it, the other one flipped my hair over my shoulder and I sighed out, "Come on, I'm dying here. I haven't seen any of my friends for the longest time. How am I supposed to live with just my company alone?" I dramatically said while throwing in a little bit of my real self-pity.

A small-almost hidden-smile flickered across Kanda's face as he grabbed my hand and got into the car. Starting the vehicle, I drove to my house, talking the whole way about hot chocolate with mini marshmallows, the wicked blanket and cushion fort that we were going to build, and some cheesy comedy that was going to be turned on until we both fell asleep due to sheer boredom. The whole way, Kanda stayed quiet, but a small smile seemed to twitch at the corners of his mouth.

Allen's PoV:

Warmth enveloped me as I slowly woke up, I was being held, and even though I couldn't see his face-because mine own was turned under his chin and into his neck-I knew who it was from the smell. Breathing in, I smelt warm brown sugar, coffee, and a very faint fragrance of smoke. To me, it was the equivalent of sunshine and happiness. Snuggling closer I smiled, things were looking up.

His warm, big, and calloused hands wrapped gently around my upper arms and slightly pushed me back so that he could look at me. "Allen," his deep intoxicating voice rumbled with sleep as he gazed at me, "who did this to you?"

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