Usagi POV
I unlocked the door to my apartment and left Misaki sitting on the couch when I went to get tea.
"Are you sure you're alright?" I asked handing him his cup.
"Yes." he said.
"Would you like to tell me about it?" I asked.
"Not particularly." Misaki said.
"Will you tell me about it?" I asked.
He shrugged "Maybe."
"Okay then, who were they?" I asked.
"They're some people I used to go to school with, they're a year older than me." he said.
I thought he would be more upset. He'd just been molested, but he was acting totally normal. This might have happened before, that would explain why he was so depressed. Still, shouldn't he be a bit more shaken up, it was like he was talking about what he had for breakfast instead of the people who had just tried to rape him.
"Misaki…" I started to ask him if he was alright again but stopped when I realized that was probably annoying. I wanted to say something to make him feel better but that's all I could think of, I wasn't very good at this. I wanted very badly for him to admit that he was hurt. I felt like if he did it would somehow be easier to get him help.
After a moment of me just staring at him Misaki asked "What?"
"Has this happened before?" I asked seriously.
"Yes." he stated.
"More than once?" I said.
"Yes." he said again.
"For how long?" I asked.
After a pause Misaki said "Four years."
"Four years?" I asked in disbelief.
"And a few months." he said.
"Over four years and nothing has been done about it." I said.
"No one knows about it." he said.
"Not even Takahiro?" I asked.
Misaki shook his head.
"You need to tell him." I told Misaki.
"Not gonna happen." Misaki said.
I frowned. "Fine, I'll tell him." I said.
"No. You. Will. Not" Misaki growled.
"And why not?" I challenged.
Misaki looked worried for a minute as he tried to think of an excuse. Then he got a gleam in his eyes and gave me one of his rare smiles, even though it did look kind of evil.
"Because if you do then I'll tell my brother that you like him." he said.
You little brat. I narrowed my eyes at him as he smirked.
"And why would he believe that? He hasn't noticed all this time why would he now?" I asked.
"Why would he believe you?" Misaki asked.
"Because he's overprotective of you and would believe anyone if they said you were in trouble." I said.
"Well, that's true." Misaki said the smile being replace with his usual bored look "But he would still believe me if I told him you liked him."
"Its your word against mine and he would probably think you were pulling a prank on him." I said.
"No its not, its your word against me and Manami-san's." he said.
My frown deepened when I heard Manami's name. Of course she had told him. Takahiro would believe them, he might still think its a prank at first but that wouldn't last long if Manami had anything to do with it. I could probably still keep Misaki from telling, but I wasn't going to go out of my way to win against a kid.
"Fine. I won't tell Takahiro" I said.
Misaki looked surprised that had agreed not to tell.
"Are you sure?" he asked suspiciously.
When I nodded I could see him visibly relax. Did he really not want Takahiro to know that much?
"Usami-sensei." I heard Aikawa says from behind the door.
"What do you want?" I said turning away from Misaki.
Its not like I didn't already know, she had been bugging me about the same thing for awhile now.
"I want you to write another book." she said.
I sighed at her stubborness. "I already told you, he got married."
"And!?" she screamed coming in.
"And that means I have to get over him." I said.
"That doesn't matter you can still write!" she said.
It was strange seeing her like this, it was more like she was begging instead of screaming like she usually did.
"Eh?" Aikawa said finally noticing Misaki.
I sighed thinking it would have been better if Aikawa hadn't shown up. Misaki must be under a lot of stress I didn't want that crazy woman to freak him out.
"He's so cute!" Aikawa squealed nearly knocking Misaki down as she suddenly embraced him.
"Aikawa." I said "This is Misaki, he's Takahiro's little brother."
"Usami-sensei, you can't just use his brother as a substitute. That's not how it works." she said pretending to scold me.
Misaki kept the shocked expression on his face after Aikawa let him go, until he heard this. His eyes became hard again and he took a step away putting Aikawa between us. I could imagine he was scared enough to believe that was true.
"Aikawa!" I said.
Once I had said it I realized that I sounded like a pre-teen getting mad at his mom because she had embarrassed him, but no one else noticed.
"Hai, hai. I was only joking." she said thinking that she was just annoying me by being there.
Misaki had mostly gone back to his previous state but there was still a little tension in his shoulders.
"Could you please leave, we were discussing personal matters." I said calmly.
"What? Don't tell me you're actually dating him." she asked.
"Of course not." I said.
"Then what were you talking about?" she asked.
I sent her a glare instead of answering.
"Fine." she huffed "Don't tell me, but I'll figure it out somehow."
As soon as he was sure Aikawa was gone Misaki picked up his stuff and headed for the door.
"Wait!" I said holding the door closed.
"What do you want?" he asked harshly.
"I just want to make sure you're safe." I said.
"I'll be fine." he said.
I removed my hand and let Misaki leave. Still, I couldn't help but be worried about him.