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Yamato

A hand in my hair to hold my head up, my body against the wall. I am sitting, trying to pull away. My eyes are shut, because in front of me is a girl with her tits hanging out.

"I think he's gay." She snickers.

"Why do you think that?"

"Look at him. What boy closes his eyes to boobs?" There is a body shift. I don't want to open my eyes. I know what is there.

"Open your eyes." He spits. I do so, knowing. Knowing. It's there in front of me, and all though I want to turn my head, I don't. I shut my eyes instead.

"Told ya." The girl again. I feel it grow against my mouth. He pushes, pushes. I don't want to. My head is slammed against the wall. My mouth opens. Push, push, push. Moan, moan, moan. Deeper, deeper. I choke. My head hits the wall again, and I stop. It spills down my throat, and I choke a sputter as my head is let go.

"Worthless little shit." He spits. A foot.

I wake with a jerk. I panic at the weight against my body. I struggle. Oh God, no..Then I breathe in, and I realise it is Taichi, not Andrew. I am safe. It takes awhile but my body relaxes. The footsteps make me get up. I open my door just as Takeru is about to come in. I walk around him and go to the bathroom. He follows me. I leave the door open.

"You gotta wake up Taichi."

"Why?" I turn the tap at the sink on. Cold water comes out and I get my face wet to help wake me up.

"Apparently we're going on a trip for a week."

"I don't think I can actually afford to miss another week of school."

"I don't either. I doubt Taichi should, either. But mum and dad are just..panicky, so I agreed to get you both up and ready. And packed in your case. Dad is gonna take Tai home, cause his parents are still in the hospital. He'll probably come." I fill the cup by the sink with ice cold water, then turn it off. I look at Takeru.

"Okay, life lesson." He tilts his head slightly.

"To wake up children, and men, like Taichi..." I hold up the cup.

"You aren't actually gonna pour that on him, are you?" I walk past him. The tone of his voice was a challenge. I always accept. I go back to my room, and look at the peaceful brunette. Then I tilt the cup. Right on his face. He screams as he wakes up.

"YOU JERK YAMATO." I shrug.

"Time to get up. Apparently Daddy's taking you home." Tai glares at me. I smile innocently, and return the cup to it's home in the bathroom. Tai leaves my bedroom with Takeru as I'm walking back to it. He glares at me again before disappearing. I go back to my room, and throw the clothes I own in a back pack, followed by my brush, and then toothbrush. Baby's leash goes in as an after thought. I have a strong feeling that this trip is not a trip, but a flee and evade tactic. I join my mother and brother in the kitchen, backpack drops to the floor.

"Baby's coming, too, right?" My mother freezes. Takeru smiles.

"I told you."

"Well I'm not going to leave her anywhere. She's a living breathing thing, too! So whatever we're running fr-"

"What the hell makes you think we're running?" Hiroaki cuts in as he comes into the room with Taichi behind him. Backpack in his hand.

"The way the air feels. Did Andrew send threatening messages?" My mother's face gives it away. I say nothing else. Takeru and Taichi share a glance. I get a drink of water, and an apple. The room is tense, and I eat in silence. When I finish, I get up.

"Well, I'm not going anywhere, so have fun on your trip." I take my bag, and go back to my room, Baby at my heels. Bag thrown in the corner, music on, Baby on my bed. I sit on the floor, and Baby licks my cheek. I can hear the fighting already. Natsuko and Hiroaki. I hear Takeru's voice, then the door beside mine shuts. There's more yelling. I sit and pet Baby. My music is loud, but I can almost make out the words my 'parents' are saying. Then every noise is cut off from below me. I turn the music off, Takeru's door opens.

"Hi, Vincent." I yank myself off the ground, and nearly crash into my wall as I race for the door. Takeru's eye are wide. I trip down the steps, and Vincent himself steady's me.

"Hello, Matt."

"Hi."

"Excited to see me?"

"I saw Andrew."

"So I heard." He holds up a file. It is thick, and my name is on it. I bite my lip. Uh-oh. Taicih and Takeru are behind me.

"What is that?" Takeru.

"Police reports, of course." Vincent. I sigh. I notice my parents faces.

"Not of stuff I've done. Stuff that's been done to me."

"He finds a lot of trouble."

"Hard not to, with Andrew around." Hiroaki defends me. I give him a private smile. It was a bond. Vincent leads the way to the living room. The rest of us follow. Vincent watches Tai, who shifts.

"That's Tai, he's staying here." I say. Vincent nods in his direction. He knows how I am about people. He also is the only person who can read me. Baby trots into the room, and sits against Vincent's leg. Vincent pets her head, then looks at me.

"So."

"So?" It is the day. It is tense. Tai and Takeru bail almost immediately. I can't help but giggle. Vincent makes a face at me, which makes me laugh.

"You are officially an Ishida." My laughing stops.

"What?"

"You heard me." My heart pounds in my chest.

"Does that mean...?"

"It means you have a home and family. So be nice to them!" It gets a laugh out of Takeru in the other room. Tai's 'whispered'

"I don't think it's possible for him to be nice." Is heard from everyone. I glare at the door.

"I have a question, for you Vincent." My mother. Vincent looks at her.

"We're receiving threatening messages from Andrew..What should we do?"

"What kind of messages?"

"I wanna hear them." I demand. My new found mother, and father, share a glances.

"Threats to Yamato and Takeru's life."My mother acts like she can't hear me. Vincent thinks.

"I don't know. Matt?"

"I say we stay here. I wanna hear them."

"I agree with Matt. He knows Andrew better then anyone, I would imagine."

"Why do you say that?" Hiroaki asks. Vincent hands over my file. Automatically I make a grab for it, but Vincent pushes my arm away. I whine.

"Don't start that." I sit quietly. Taichi and Takeru have returned, and Tai notices the way I obey to commands.

"Don't even try it." I spit at him. Vincent looks at me. He has never heard that tone before. I glare at Taichi, who giggles. I roll my eyes.

"Stupid boy." I mutter. Vincent relaxes when Tai leaves the room. I know the questions are coming, and I anwser them. School, home, parents, brother, dog, friends. There is silence at the last one.

"Billy?" I say with a fake smile. Vincent's eyebrow shoots up.

"Not friends from Italy, friends from here."

"Uhm..." I can see it in Tai's eyes, but I can't. He is sitting right here.

"Koushiro from one of my classes, I guess. And Hikari. She's alright." Vincent doesn't seem convinced though. Whatever the reason, he doesn't say anything, and I'm grateful. I can see the questions he wants to ask on his face. He won't ask them here, I hope. Vincent and my now parents talk. I space out. Vincent says my name. Once, twice, three times.

"What?"

"Where were you?"

"My head? It's pretty spacious in there. Easy to get lost."

"You can leave, you know." I shoot up. I want to be away. I take Tai with me. We go to the mall. We're in a candy store.

"I wish I had money." Tai says, looking at the chocolate. I shrug.

"Sorry, can't help you." I say. He turns with a sigh, and what he was looking for goes up my sleeve. We walk around some more, and when Tai's finally had enough of the mall, we leave. I follow Tai. He looks down.

"Hey, Tai." He turns, and I throw the chocolate at him. He catches it.

"I thought yo-" Tai realizes what I've done. He stares at me funny.

"What? Don't tell me you've never stolen before."

"Well..." I sigh. I really am an outcast here.

"I'll pay for it next time."

"Well.." Tai looks down at the chocolate bar in his hand, then looks up at me and grins. I walk past him. We start drifting back to my house. Tai is much happier, now that he has sugar in his system. We take the long way. We walk an extra three blocks. And guess what we find on the way home? A house party. I'm stoked. A simple smile and we're in. Taichi however, almost runs across the street. He stares at me. I look back at the house.

"Yamato, come on.." I walk towards the house, and I hear Taichi follow me after a few seconds. He tugs on my wrist. I pull my hand away. The girls outside look at me. I smile. The smile they return is instant.

"Hi." One coos.

"Hello," The same purr. Tai is unsure. He stands uneasily behind me. The other girl looks at me.

"You're Yamato, right? From America?"

"Just Matt."

"Nice, nice. Come on in." I grab Tai by the arm and drag him up the steps. The first girl holds onto my arm, and even though I don't want the touch, I allow it. It will get me what I want. She leads me inside. She hands me a bottle, and Tai one. He holds it. Mines gone in seconds. She hands me more, and more. I lose track of time, and Taichi. Then, he's tugging on my arm.

"Matt, please..come on.." He looks scared.

"What? Why?" Then I notice the change in his eyes.

"Are you high?" His face falls.

"I..I don't know..Maybe?" He's looking at something beside my head. I look, but there's nothing there. Tai is panicking. I ask him to show me where he was, and he takes me. The kids there offer me acid. How did Tai not know he was on acid? I readily accept.

"Sit, Taichi." He sits beside me. I don't know any of these kids, but I'm glad I found them. Drugs, drugs, drink, drink, drink. Eventually, Tai tells me it's time to go. I glare at him.

"You're going to kill yourself!" He yells at me. I am sober for a minute.

"Maybe I want to die." Tai does not know what to say to that, so he grabs my arm, and yanks me. I am fucked up enough that I almost fall. Tai yanks me again. He is pulling me, and I have no choice but to follow. Outside, the sun is coming up. I rub my eyes in annoyance at the bright light. I wake up in my bed. The room blurs a bit, then I realise the room is funny colored. I am still high. My stomach heaves. I rush to the bathroom and puke. My stomach heaves more. I don't know how much time I spend curled up against the bathroom floor, but eventually my parents come to check on me. Natsuko does, anyway.

"Drink too much?" She asks, sitting on the floor.

"No."

"Not what Taichi says."

"What does Taichi know about me?" Natsuko does not respond. She runs her fingers across my head. My puking from the drug mixture. Acid, coke and meth. I've never mixed drugs before, and I don't think I will again. Bits and pieces of last night come back to me. Sex, sex, sex. I puke again. Worse then all the times before.

"Maybe we should take you to the hospital..."

"Do we have orange juice?"

"Uhm, no..but I'll send Takeru to get some." Natsuko leaves me. I will kill Taichi for telling them. I curl back up on the floor, and awake in my bed. Takeru is playing with Baby on the floor, and there is orange juice on my desk. I do not feel pukey anymore.