Distance doesn't matter chapter 3

Souji watched Yosuke sleep; he really didn't know how long he had been in the TV with that man. It hadn't been easy to get Yosuke to eat anything; all he wanted to do was sleep. With some convening and with him offering to make Yosuke some food, it worked everyone loved Souji's cooking. Souji started to idly run his fingers in Yosuke's hair; he looked up at the ceiling. 'Why didn't he tell me about this when it started?' he looked at Yosuke and frowned slightly, did he not trust him like he used too? No that wasn't it. Souji glanced at Yosuke's phone, it was sitting quietly charging next to his on the night stand, and for the first time he could remember, he bit his lip nervously, did he dare look though Yosuke's phone? He carefully reached over Yosuke and took it, as he looked at it, a memory flashed to his mind.

Flash back

He was sitting with Yosuke in his room; "you know Souji, I really don't know what to do, this weird phone number keeps calling me. Whenever I answer it, no one is on the other end. I have just been letting my mail box get it; they also never leave me a message."

Souji looked at him," Well I will answer it if it calls while I'm here. How does that sound?" He paused for a moment and added as an afterthought, "What kind of a boyfriend would I be if I couldn't scare off some kind of creep from calling you?"

"Really dude, make me feel like a damsel in distress …" Yosuke mumbled with a slight blush. Souji smiled at him, Yosuke locked eyes with him and smiled a little, and as if on cue the number called. Yosuke started at his phone with a slight look of panic. Souji took the hint; he took the phone from him.

"Hello?" Souji asked blandly.

"Who the hell is this?"

Souji blinked at the phone, he put it back to his ear and said, rather bluntly, "I'm Souji, and who is this?"

The other end was silent for a moment, as if he was checking if he had the right number, the guy then replied," and old friend of Yosuke's from the city."

Souji's reply was immediate, "Well he has told me that none of his old friends ever call or text, if he was close to you, I'm sure he would have told me about you since I'm his boyfriend. " Souji barley even registered the small yelp from Yosuke saying his name. "I rather you stop calling him unless he wants you to." With that, Souji hung up, he turned to Yosuke and said, "There, let me know if he calls again." He gave Yosuke his phone back, Yosuke smiled and nodded, "Okay, if that didn't do it Souji, I guess I will just have to change my number."

End of flash back.

Souji thought to himself as he looked though the recent call list, "he did stop calling after that, but Teddie had mentioned text messages…" Souji froze as he felt Yosuke move next to him, he glanced down at him, he gave a sigh of relief, Yosuke had just moved closer to him. He looked back at the phone and started to scroll though the list, Yosuke had kept them, most likely to show them to the cops like Teddie had told them before. Some were pretty explicit, Souji glared at the phone, Yosuke hadn't replied to any of them, he was trying to ignore them and move on. The last one was the only one that Yosuke had replied too, it also made Souji want to throw the phone at the wall.

'Yosuke, you've been ignoring me, that isn't nice, but I see that you have to work tonight. I will be there Yosuke; I'm going to make you pay attention to me. I also noticed that Souji person isn't here this time, you didn't even tell him this time did you? Well, you don't need him. I am all you need.'

'Look, I don't know who you are! Leave me alone and leave Souji out of whatever this is! I will go to the police!'

Souji frowned again, he looked down at Yosuke after he put Yosuke's phone away. He still didn't understand what this was really all about, but Yosuke did tell him that they would talk after school tomorrow. He finally settled himself down against Yosuke, his grip around him tightened protectively. Souji sighed as he drifted off to sleep.

School went very well, everyone was cheerful, and this year, Yosuke and Souji even got to sit together. "Mine or yours?" Yosuke asked him. Souji looked thoughtful for a moment before he answered, "Let's go to mine, your parents are back so Teddie will be there, my uncle won't mind you staying. Besides, he's a little worried about you anyway." Yosuke smiled, "Okay partner, but we will need to stop by my house so I can grab something's."

After stopping off at Yosuke's house, and having dinner with Souji's family, they went up to Souji's room. They sat together on Souji's bed, Yosuke fidgeted as he said, "I owe you some explanation don't I?" he paused as he met Souji's gaze, "What do you want to know first?"

"Why didn't you tell me he started bothering you again? I had asked you too…" Souji never took his eyes off Yosuke.

"I…guess I didn't want to worry you, I mean, you were in another town, and it did work for a while Souji. Almost a month, I didn't know it was going to get that out of hand. I'm sorry, but I did try to tell you, more than once, but something always came up." Yosuke tried to keep eye contact, but he let his gaze meet the floor.

Souji sighed, "That only made me worry more." He looked at Yosuke, "look at me please." He waited until Yosuke met his eyes again, "I'm not mad, just upset. You do know why right?" Yosuke nodded at him, Souji smiled just a little, "Who was he Yosuke?"

"He was my baby sitter when I was about Nanako's age, for two years; I was alone with him a lot, since both of my parents worked so much." Yosuke looked at Souji, he swallowed and mumbled, "I was always clumsy, as you know I still am, so the first time anything happened, he passed it off as I fell, and my mom believed him. All that happened that time was that he hit me, I never said anything."

Souji didn't mind Yosuke's pause, it gave him time to let things sink in. He wasn't really sure he wanted to know everything that Lee had done to Yosuke. He felt Yosuke lean completely against him as he continued on, slowly and almost a whisper.

"It happened two times he-." Yosuke began to stumble, Souji frowned as he embraced him tightly, and he knew Yosuke had begun to cry when he latched onto him,

"Shh Yosuke…you can stop," Souji thought he heard a small thank you, but he simply laid down, taking Yosuke with him. Souji began rubbing his hands in a slow motion on Yosuke's back. It seemed to take a while but even when Yosuke calmed down, they stayed like that, all night.