A/N: Hey guys sorry it took so long , my parents decided to surprise me and set up another week with my trainer . :/ and not only that but then my work hours got so hectic that I was working forty hours a week , and I'm still in school. I was just so stressed out and I'm so sorry but I just didn't have the strength In me to type the chapter up.

But no worries , all is good and despite my work and school schedule I'm going to do my best to update as best as I can . But updates will be slow ...for now ...
So please be patient until may comes , because when it does I will have a lot more updates for you all.

But for now please enjoy this new chapter of Escape . And bye for now !~

Disclaimer : I don't own Natsume Yuujinchou .

Natsume -

He walked in to class trying to ignore the stares and gawking occurring all around him ,as He walked to his seat head bowed and waited for Matoba-San to speak. And only once He sat down and made eye contact did Matoba choose to speak.

His master started his small introduction , explaining who he was and such . But not only that , but that he was his as in his Natsume Takashi's older foster brother .

He himself had to control his own reaction ,as the rest of the class gasped and started to gossip. He blushed out of embarrassment , and out of a single thought that crossed his mind . That foster brothers certainly didn't do the things that he did with Matoba .

He looked at Matoba who only smiled sickly sweet at him , as if asking him to challenge the other . Of he knew better than to do so , so instead he took his usual role in front of Matoba . Letting his head tilt down in a sign of submission .

After that class had gone as usual , but Matoba had made it a habit to continuously pick on him for answers . And if he didn't answer fast enough , he got scolded for his late answers . It took all his might to try not to blush and tear up in embarrassment .

Matoba was taking his time in embarrassing him in front of others , obviously trying to make him feel bad . And it was working , he felt absolutely worthless . No , he felt stupid in fact .

When the lunch bell had rang he tried to rush out to join his friends , but was stopped midway by Matoba who wished to speak with him. He turned to his friends and quietly told him he'd join them later .

Turning back to Matoba he waited to be spoken too. Making sure his eyes were to the floor and body also at attention. Only when he felt a hand tilt his head up did he look to Matoba .

" You seem to be nervous Natsume , is this school not to your liking ? No , should I say are your so called friends not to your liking . You seem to have gotten very attached to them , but do they know the true you ? No , of course not . Well I just wanted to see how you were fairing, you may leave now . " Matoba snidely said .

And so he did , bowing before he left . But didn't make it out of the classroom before he heard the low comment Matoba had made.
When he made it to the rooftop his friends once again pounced on him for answers . So he simply said that his "brother" had wished to say something to him privatley about his pale color during class. Asking hi if he was unwell.

While some of his friends seemed suspicious most seemed to have fell for it , telling him that he should have more iron in his diet. He laughed lightly , telling them he'd do that . After the bell had rung class had resumed , and so had Matoba's harshness .

Seemingly getting increasingly worse by the moment . After stuttering out another answer only to have Matoba yell at him to speak up , did someone notice his flinch and fear .

The president was the kishimoto was the first to say something about the abuse happening to him.

" Sensei , Natsume is soft-spoken person . He doesn't speak very high ,give him a break and call on other students already . You've only called on him today ! " Natsume looked to his brunette friend and shyly whispered a thanks .

The other in return winked at him playfully , while some others in the had finally started to speak up too. Claiming that Matoba was being to headstrong and needed to call on someone else to see if they too knew the answer .

It was only then he let tears fall knowing that he had others who cared for him. While his heart blew with happiness , he saw Matoba only huff in annoyance . And for the rest of that day Matoba had left him alone . He knew the other was surely going to punish him later but at the moment he really didn't care .

He was still too overwhelmed with happiness to care about anything else , and unknowingly to himself but not others let out a small but noticeable smile.

Alright I'll end it there for now , sorry it's a little shorter than usual . But time is very tight right now . Please remember to review ! :)

-Sorrowfulchild