But that only lasted for some short time, before their father grew angry at Jounouchi and even angrier at Shizuka, and one day when Jounouchi was out at the store it happened...
He unlocked the door to an eerie silence, he could feel the bad aura in the air, with each hair raising on the back of his neck. Walking into the kitchen to put away the groceries, he gasped in pure horror, Shizuka was lying face down on the once white-tiled kitchen floor, a poor of blood slowly seeping out from under her. He approached her body, panic eyed and speechless in shock. Bending down next to Shizuka, he rolled her over, only to abruptly get up and back away.
A black and golden switchblade prodded from her chest. Their father's switchblade...
-Flashback end-
The sun's bright rays awoke Jounouchi from his slumber, slowly blinking the sleepiness from his eyes, he dragged his abused body out of bed to get ready for school, seeing it was and he had to get out of this hell-hole before his father awoke in a haze from the hangover. Last time he got caught by his father on his way out, he ended up hospitalized.
Sometimes he felt kinda bad for his father, that they couldn't afford to get him proper help from his alcohol addiction and mental illness, even though he abused Jounouchi in many ways. He was trapped in the daze of his drunken fantasies, believing that both Shizuka and his wife were alive, he had convinced himself that she divorced him and moved away, taking Shizuka with her.
And that it was all Jounouchi's fault.
Sighing Jou threw on his uniform, they opened his door as quietly as he could, cringing as it loudly creaked. He carefully stepped out into the hallway, trying to avoid the floorboards that he knew would groan under his weight.
Making his way down the stairs, he peered around the corner making sure his father was still passed out, and thankfully he was.
He snuck through the living room, and hushedly creeping out the door into the warm sun's rays.
Plastering a large smile on his face, he walked along the sidewalk to the Kame Gameshop, knowing Yugi would be up already. 'Maybe I could take an apple or something from their kitchen, I doubt they would even notice,' he thought to himself as he walked trying to hide the limp in his step like he had to do many times before.
As he entered the game shop, the bell chimed, signaling to Yugi that Jounouchi had arrived. Yugi walked down the stairs only to gasp as he saw Jou, bombarding over to him as he saw the bruise on his jaw...
Sorry it's kinda short.