Chapter 8: Intimately Uneducated
Crimson orbs stared, they were cold, to match the uncaring look on their owners face. After almost every sentence the boy spoke, he could feel his right eye twitch. "A-and, he t-touched me d-down, you know, wh-where no one is supposed to touch." The boy stuttered as amber eyes quickly darted down to his own lap, hinting to the older hedgehog where he was touched.
Twitch, twitch, it just got worse, Shadow was so close, so close to becoming violent, but he kept his cool by biting the inside of his cheek and nodding to the upset boy, wanting (reluctantly) for the boy to continue his story. "B-but, I didn't like it, I wasn't sure, n-no one ever touched me there before, it s-scare me. And he s-started to bite me, the bites hurt, th-then he, he made me suck his fingers." The fourteen year old shudde?red and looked up at his old lover, he bit his lip. He knew that look.
Shadow may have ran out on the ivory boy, but they had been together long enough to know each others ways. And that look, that cold hard look on the ebony hogs face, it only meant trouble for either himself or his Sonikku. 'H-he might hurt Sonikku!' he thought, his eyes widening in fear. No he wouldn't let that happen, Sonikku didn't mean it, didn't mean to hurt him or smash his breakfast, yeah it was all his own fault anyway, he upset his blue lover by being in that position with Shadow, for allowing the dark hedgehog to pin him down and molest him, he deserved it really, Sonikku was just teaching him a lesson. Yeah that's it. Of course.
The silence was becoming awkward for the crimson striped hedgehog, but the boy didn't seem to notice, he appeared to be too lost in thought. Shadow cleared his throat, getting the attention of the ivory teen. "You can continue, Silver, I'm here for you." He spoke softly and gently took the boys hand, giving it a comforting squeeze. Silver gazed at the hedgehog and bit his lip, he couldn't continue, he shouldn't of started, he wasn't really sure what made him blurt those things out in the first place.
"Silver?" The white hedgehog shook his head, and gave a small smile. "Sh-Shadow-kun, I'm so sorry to have wasted your time." The boy apologised and bowed his head, much to the confusion of the older hedgehog. "Silver?" he asked, quite confused, which only made the boy look back up and grin. "I'm really sorry to have upset you, but, I just came to realize that…." He paused and gulped. "That, what I just told you, was just a nightmare, I-I guess I was just upset with it that I confused reality with fiction. And now that I think about it, Sonikku wasn't even in my dream at all, just a strange face." He laughed nervously, hoping to God that Shadow would believe him.
The ebony hedgehog didn't look impressed. A dream? Really? And he just so suddenly remembered now? 'Something isn't right.' He thought, and sighed out loud, his grip on the boys hands tightening a little more. "Silver, are you sure that you confused reality with a dream? Because it sounds ludicrous to me, true I know there are people who are perhaps mentally ill and people that suffer with FPP, but I highly doubt that, you could be suffering from something similar. As imaginative and sensitive as your mind is, I doubt you could succumb to something like that." He just watched the boy, and noted the frightened look in his eyes, the trembling of his lip and his ears falling flat against his skull. Something defiantly IS wrong.
Shadow released the fragile boys hands and gently cupped his face in his gloved hands. "Silver, are you telling me the truth? You don't have to be afraid to tell me." He cooed softly, gloved thumbs gently stroking flushed cheeks. Silver gently placed his hands on the ebony hogs chest and lightly pushed him away, a sweet smile on his lips. Shadow was reluctant to pull away but obeyed and sat back on the floor in front of the boy, his hands resting on the fourteen year olds knees.
Black ears twitched as a soft noise filled them. Giggling? "Huh?" the ebony hedgehog watched the boy, he was giggling? What for? This is a serious matter! He wanted to cut the boy off, scold him for giggling during such an emotional matter, however, he just couldn't bring himself to stop it, he missed that sound so much, he didn't have the heart to let it die now, just listening to it for a few more seconds would last him another while.
"Shadow-kun, I'm sorry for giggling, I wasn't making fun, honest, I don't even know why I started." The boy sighed before continuing "And yes, I'm telling the truth, I haven't slept well the past few weeks." Well that wasn't a lie. "A-and, with my new habbit…" he glanced down at his cut wrists. "….it doesn't help my sleep pattern, and I was already having terrible nightmares already, th-this one just got out of control I guess, hah." He giggled nervously as he rubbed the back of his head. Well he didn't lie too much to Shadow, so he supposed he didn't feel that bad about keeping a secret from him, even if the secret was about something he believed he deserved.
Shadow still stared, not looking one bit convinced or impressed, but he couldn't call the boy a liar, he never lied to him before, but then again this was a delicate situation, Silver could be afraid to tell him in case he'd be rejected even as a friend, or beaten or worse, abused once more. The ebony hedgehog sighed inwardly, this will be difficult, he wanted to believe Silver, well no scratch that, he didn't want to believe Silver, he wanted to go out and rip that blue hedgehogs intestines out, but sadly, he was lacking physical evidence. Sure there's the limp, but that really could be from anything, even from Shadow attacking him…..
Shadow shook his head and released a deep sigh. "Silver, so your saying to me that you just dreamt that, Faker, raped you?" the look of cluelessness the boy gave was not comforting to the older hedgehog. "Raped? What's raped?" the boy chirped, quite confused by this 'new' word.
Crimson eyes widened, the boy had never heard of that term before? Then? What? "Silver, surely this can't be the first time you've heard that ugly word." His heart was pounding in his chest, did the boy not even know what happened? Was he really unaware of what happened in his drea- reality. Silver smiled "Oh sure I've heard that word before." Immediately Shadow relaxed, slightly, least the boy knew what happened to him, or so he thought. "I've heard of the word, but, I'm not sure what it means, I never hear anyone use it. Shadow what does it mean?"
Really? Just really?! The boy was raped and he doesn't even know, how does that even happen?! Shadow gulped and took the boys hands once again. "Silver, it's a word with a bad meaning." He bit his lip. What was he going to do now? He had his beloved here, too confused or unwilling to explain that he was RAPED, in reality.
"Rape is something bad?" the ivory boy squeaked, amber eyes wide with fear. Shadow only gave a nod before getting to his feet. He needed evidence, hell he needed to get the boy some help, maybe a doctor could get something out of him. The ebony hedgehog felt hurt that Silver couldn't trust this with him, and then decide to lie about it and act as if nothing happened. He ran a hand through his quills and grabbed the key off the coffee table before turning back to the weary ivory hedgehog.
"Come on, Silver. I'm going to take you to the Hospital." He spoke gently and held out his hand for the boy to take. Silver looked sceptical and began to protest. "N-no Shadow-kun, I-I don't like hospitals, they smell funny, and that creepy doctor works in there." The boy shuddered. "Remember when I broke my arm by falling when my telekinesis abilities decided they didn't want me anymore? That doctor was treating me, he said weird things to me just like the things Soni- I-I mean the guy in my dream said to me." The boy sighed and hung his head as if in shame, he almost let it slip.
Ebony ears twitched. "What was that?" he growled lightly, unintentionally frightening the boy, who then began waving his arms frantically. "Ah! N-nothing, slip of the tongue, haha, s-stupid me." Shadow had had enough of this now, he simply grabbed the boys hand and dragged him to his feet. "H-hey! I-I'm no- " "I'm bringing you, I don't care if you want to go or not, I'm bringing you for your own benefit. You were hurt Silver, and don't lie to me anymore, I'm quite sure we both know it was no dream you had."
The white hedgehog remained silent, tears began to bubble in his eyes. "I-I wasn't lieing." He turned his head away. Shadow sighed, he'd leave it for now, but at this moment the boy needed to be seen to. "Alright Silver, believe what you wish for now. But I'm seriously concerned about your physical health, I promise I will not let that doctor near you, please trust me." He spoke softly as he gently took hold of the boys chin and tilted his head up slightly. Leaning in close he gently kissed the boys forehead. "I just want you to be looked at, that's all." He whispered as he nuzzled the boys cheek.
It could no longer be helped, the tears just spilled over and dripped down this flustered cheeks. "Sh-Shadow-kun!" he sobbed into the older hedgehogs chest. "Sshh, it's alright, come, the doctors will examine you, they will just make sure your ok." He kissed the boy on the cheek, taking away those tears.
Silver looked up at the older hedgehog and nodded. "O-okay, I-I'll go, i-if you'll bring me!" The ebony hedgehog gave a small smile "Of course." He cooed softly and kissed the boy on the nose before taking his hand once again and leading the boy to the door.