DMG808: Welcome back to my story Who's Crying Now?!
Zane: You know, I'm starting to think you're a habitual liar.
DMG808: And why is that, Zane?
Zane: Oh, I don't know, maybe it's just the fact that you say you hate doing this to Sy and I, yet you continue to do it with what appears to be glee.
Syrus: Does that mean she hates us?
DMG808: That was mean, Zane. I don't hate you guys.
Zane: For all of you who aren't here, I am rolling my eyes in disbelief.
DMG808: There's an easier way to get that point across, Zane!
Zane: *rolls eyes*
DMG808: See, wasn't that easier?
Syrus: Maybe you should start the chapter…?
DMG808: Oh yeah! Well, enjoy!
Chapter 7
A few weeks had past since I had gotten home from the little vacation, and life was as normal as it ever was for an abused teen. School had ended about a week ago, and summer vacation was going on before the start of the new school year. Syrus will be moving up to middle school next year and I'll be moving up to high school.
And that's were this chapter begins. My high school, I mean. I'm not going to the Domino High School, or DHS for short. I had received a full scholarship to the prestigious Duel Academy. Atticus is planning to take the entrance exam at Kaiba Corp. before school starts, while Aster is moving on to bigger and better things, that being the Pro Leagues. Lucky guy.
The last day of school, the staff had a huge ceremony for the graduating students and handing out scholarships to those who earned them.
My mother had told me a long time ago that if I wanted to go to a good high school, I'd have to pay for it myself or get myself a scholarship, so in a way this was a best case scenario. But in another way, it also felt like my death sentence. Or Syrus'.
Duel Academy is located on an island far out from the shores of Domino, and students of the school live on the island throughout their school years. So that means I won't be there for Syrus.
He hasn't been anywhere near our mother since that weekend, and if he happened to see her, he would start shaking in fear.
I haven't told him I would be leaving at the end of summer. I don't know how to. I'm scared for him, but I can't give up on this opportunity.
We had become distant from each other since the day I got home. I… couldn't be around him after what I had forced upon him. After seeing how much it had hurt him, I couldn't forgive myself. It was my fault, no matter what anyone tells me. And everything that will happen to him will be my fault too, and I hate it. I hate it all so much. I wish it would just go away.
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Mrs. Rhodes had offered to take me to the helicopter to get to Duel Academy. You guessed it. Atticus got in. I'm so glad to not be going alone.
We are sitting in her car at the moment, making our way to board. I hadn't told Syrus I am going. In fact, I didn't even say goodbye when I left, so he still thinks I'm home and in bed at this very moment. Too bad for him.
For some reason, I had become cold toward him. I have been having dark thoughts, like 'why shouldn't I leave and get away from this place,' and 'maybe getting beaten will make him stronger.' They were cold thoughts, cruel even, but I let them overtake me. It was easier than hurting for what I was doing to him.
"We're here, boys." Mrs. Rhodes calls back to us, and we get out and make our way to the helicopter taking us to our new home.
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Atticus, who was usually a chatterbox, was oddly quiet, not having said much of anything to me at all. In a way, I liked the silence. In a way, it frightened me.
"Zane, I have a question for you. I know what you told us wasn't supposed to leave the room, but I've just gotta ask." Atticus finally says, looking to me for approval to keep going. Like hell I'm going to give him that.
"I said it doesn't leave the room, and I meant it. Shut it, Atticus, it doesn't matter." I snap, turning to gaze out the window as to ignore him. I don't want to talk about that at all. I don't want to think about it. That's one of the reasons I'm leaving. And one of the reasons I was so hesitant to go.
"Zane, come on, this is important! It's about Syrus." Atticus begs going to his last resort, I'm guessing. I may be giving into my darkness, but that didn't mean I was completely immune to my brother's pain.
"What is it, Atticus?"
"Well, if you're gone, doesn't that mean Syrus will get… in trouble?" He asks, changing what he originally intended to say to something that sounded more harmless.
"Yes. It does. But there's nothing I can do about it, so he'll just have to learn to deal with it." I state oddly calmly. How was I to know that this darker part of me was so relaxing? If only I had let it out before…
"… Zane?" Atticus asks.
"Yes?" I reply.
"… Nothing. Nothing." Atticus replies as I shrug and look out the window, waiting to arrive at our new home.
DMG808: ZANE STOP IT!!!!! *continues to run from Zane*
Zane: I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!! *chases after DMG808*
Syrus: Will both of you cut it out?
DMG808: HE'S GONNA KILL ME!!!!
Zane: Not if you come quietly. Maybe it will prolong your death.
DMG808: *narrows eyes* What do you plan on doing if I do come quietly?
Zane: Nothing. *reaches into the story and pulls out his mom's belt*
DMG808: 0.0 *faints*
Zane: 0.0 I didn't think it'd make her faint… I was only kidding, DMG808.
Syrus: She's out. Please review, maybe it will revive her!
