Softening The Blow

You most likely can gather that in this chapter we are going to look at how RDJ and Lila are coping with the sudden breakup. Manuel shows up at Lila's motel room baring gifts. And Fred makes a mocking gesture towards RDJ…before he decides to start doing something that he normally doesn't do a lot. To help soften the blow! Let's get started!

Warning! A scene near the end of the chapter contains graphic details and mature themes which some readers may find unsettling or uncomfortable. So if you wish to skip that portion of the chapter I completely understand. Thank you, and enjoy!

The party in Pedro's mind was a complete disaster due to RDJ and Lila's shocking break up definitely made the whole group of guests feel shocked by this. As they weren't expecting this at all!

Not to mention that Lillian had caught Nico touching and groping another woman in front of his girlfriend.

So you can see how they feel about the situation.

But what about those who got hit the hardest by these sudden changes?

We first will turn our attention towards the blue and gold macaw man RDJ. As he was crying a river of tears after he had just broken up with the girl who he thought was the love of his life.

But how could she be? When she had committed the most horrendous act of betrayal possible. By being all close, embracing an ex boyfriend in front of him.

This seriously had his mind spinning with so many feelings of hurt and betrayal. That all he wanted to do right now was to go home and be alone.

"Haaaaa…Why did she have to do this to me? Did I not give her enough love and affection to make her forget about exes and other potential suitors? Did I not do enough to show her how I think she is the most perfect girl in the world? Why does this always fucking happen to me?!" RDJ cursed and threw his keys in the key bowl when entering the house.

But once he entered the beast house alone, it felt like a completely different atmosphere compared to the morning before.

The bleak emptiness of this beach house filled with a huge amount of depression and sadness after he had done the one thing he thought he would never have to do. Beak up with the woman he was so deeply in love with.

"Haaaaa…Fuck it!" As he walked right into the living room, he couldn't wait more than a couple of minutes to crack open a bottle of rum. And instead of getting a glass like he normally would. He took off the cap and drank straight from the bottle like it was flowing like water. Wiping his beak afterwards. "Ahhhh! Haaaa, why? Why the fuck did she do this to me?!"

Truth be told, I think that nobody was expecting Lila to be up close and personal with her ex after the way be used to beat her.

Plus, e dry time others saw how RDJ and Lila were as a couple, many others would say that they were simply perfect for each other.

But little did they know, that even the smallest challenge or obstacle could always make or break someone's relationship.

But to do it in front of the guy you supposedly love? Even if you didn't like how they were getting so touchy feely with you, why wouldn't you push them away? Slap them across the beak? Or even kick them where the sun don't shine?

Nope!

Lila had to stand there and be confused by what she was thinking in that moment.

RDJ couldn't even comprehend the amount of emotions that were sent around his head like a snowy blizzard. Smothering him with an agonising torture that haunted his very soul.

Making his heart feel heavy, and his emotions hurt like a cold dagger straight through the chest. Just multiple stabs in and out again several times as he was screaming in pure emotional agony.

"How could she do this to me?! WHY?!" He picked up and glass and threw it up against the wall. As it smashed into several small shards of glass.

He took another big gulp of rum and coughed a couple of times afterwards to clear his throat. Right before he sat down on the couch.

"Ahhhh, this is the good shit!" He smirked and took another drink from the bottle.

Clearly he was using alcohol as an excuse to forget about everything that happened today. But, even thought he would love nothing like than to forget all about today…The more he tried to…the more he had the image of Lila and Manuel being close together like that. And this just made him curl his beak in annoyance.

KNOCK KNOCK! KNOCK KNOCK!

"Who is it?!" RDJ yelled out with anger, while trying not to look like he was having a really bad day.

"It's the pizza guy! Who the fuck do you think it is?!" Straight away the voice clearly was someone that he knew. And by the annoyed look on his face…it could only be one individual.

"Ughhhhh, why oh why did it have to be today?" The blue and gold macaw man obviously knew who this other voice belonged to. And he had no choice but to get up from the couch and place the bottle of rum down on the table.

He then walked right over to the front door and opened it up. To reveal a certain someone who was the last bird he wanted to see right now. That's excluding his now ex girlfriend of course.

"What do you want Fred?" He groaned with an annoyed frown.

"Fucking hell? What's wrong with you?" Fred tried to make it look like he didn't know what was really going on. But on the inside, he was secretly loving how miserable his brother looked right now. "You look worse than the day you found out Amber died?"

"Gee, thanks! Bye now!" RDJ was about to slam the door on him, but Fred stuck his foot out and blocked the door.

"Now now little brother? Where's the rush? Besides, shouldn't you be out with Lila somew…Oooh god! Oh dear! Did I bring up such a sensitive subject for you?" The hybrid macaw man was so smug about this, loving d wry minute of his brother's emotional torture. "What's the matter little brother? Couldn't hold on to her for half a year at the very least?"

He was continuing to kick and mentally torture him, as in his mind the plan was going accordingly. And things were running smoothly so far.

"Don't you have a sausage gay fest to attend to? You know? To practice the constant proactive approach to gagging on a thick frankfurter for when you go to prison? Because I'm pretty sure you'll have a fair share of sausages going in and out of your body when that day comes." RDJ rolled his eyes and leaned on the door. "How did you find out about the breakup anyway?"

"I overheard some locals talking about it. So so sad…" Fred did a fake crying boo hoo motion with his hand. And that just made RDJ narrow his eyes at him.

"How is that any of your fucking business?! Besides, it's not like you would have a chance with her! She hates your guts!" RDJ crossed his arms and put his back up against the door frame.

"You are right about that. But a weak vulnerable girl with no real options? I could take that chance…" He smirked again and rubbed his hands together.

"You are a real sick pervert, you know that? You better get out of here before I drop kick you off the front porch!" RDJ cracked his knuckles. Despite being tipsy and close to being drunk. He still had the energy in him to kick his brother's ass.

"Oooooh, big talk from a guy who got rejected by a girl!" The hybrid man smirked and slyly winked at him to annoy him.

A brief silence filled between the two of them.

And before another word could be muttered…

"FUUUUUCK YOUUUUU!" Fred got sent flying off of the front step, after his brother had drop kicked him brutally. Kind of like how Uncle Phil used to drop kick Jazzy Jeff out of his house in Fresh Prince Of Bel-air.

SLAM!

"GOD I FUCKING HATE THAT GUY!" RDJ cursed and grabbed hold of the rum again, drinking half of the bottle like he was drinking water. Then he wiped his beak and coughed after the strong taste hit his throat. "Ahhhhh, god…why the fuck must bad things happen to good birds?!"

And just like that he ended up laying down on the hammock that was put back on his private balcony that had the stairs right next to it that lead to the beach.

In the sweltering embrace of the dark and clear night, a fairly tipsy RDJ lay ensconced in the gentle sway of the hammock, a vessel of despair cradling his weary form.

"Haaaaa, why is it, that after so many years of misery. I am finally happy! And yet…back to misery again? How could Lila have done this to me?" He thought to himself sadly, gulping down a few more gulps of rum. Saying the same thing over and over and over again. Trying to make sense of why she did what she did.

The bottle of rum that he was holding in his right hand, a tempestuous sea, was his only companion as he gulped down its contents.

Each gulp or swig he mustered was a desperate attempt to drown out the cacophony of heartache that echoed within him.

The vibrant colours of his feathers seemed to dull in the face of his sorrow, a stark contrast to the devastating memories of Lila.

The enchanting purple eyed and haired blue macaw who once filled his life with love and light. Now feels like all of that joy and love got sucked out of him like a giant vacuum. Leaving him with the despair of the breakup that left him with nothing but pain and suffering.

With the sand darkness returning to his soul, like the day he lost his mother.

But this…to him it felt much much worse.

This left him to ponder on why this particular heartbreak cut much deeper than any wound that life had inflicted upon him.

It was almost as if that icy dagger that was rammed into his heart was being twisted deeper and deeper by Lila. As all he could see right now was Lila and Manuel standing there together with their chests pressed against each other. Gazing deeply into each other's eyes.

And this made the emotional torture in his mind grow.

"H-H-Have J not given her enough? S-S-Should I have done more? Did I lose her because I hadn't done enough?" The thought of tears felt like a huge betrayal to his now obliterated spirit. "Or did I come on a little too strong in the relationship? Did I push her away? No…No surely not! Right?" He asked himself rhetorically, as his heart began to feel heavier with every passing moment.

He couldn't bare to surrender himself to the thought of crying about this, as it threatened to ingulf him in a flood of tears.

Instead, he took a few more swigs of the run to further increase the numbness to try to forget about this.

But it still wasn't enough to mend his broken heart.

The minute his life was changed into a darkened world in his eyes, was the fact that it turned into quite a sick joke that the girl who supposedly was deeply in love with him. Was pressing herself against her ex, Manuel. As he brushed a hand up against her cheek.

Each glance that was shared between them was just a cruel reminder of what he had lost, a vivid tableau of love that his felt like a distant dream.

The sight had shattered his resolve, leaving him adrift in a sea of despair, where the only solace he could find was in the intoxicating embrace of his bottle of rum. Which at this point was three quarters empty.

"And why the fuck did Fred have to show up?! He probably heard about our breakup and still thinks he has a chance with her! If she were to fall for his lies and tricks. Then I would officially realise that she is not the girl I thought she is!" He thought in his head with anger, gulping down more of the rum. Almost finishing the entire bottle.

To compound his continuous misery, the arrival of the hybrid macaw brother of his only deepened the chasm of his anguish.

Unannounced and brimming with chaotic energy, his brother's presence felt like a storm crashing into the fragile remnants of his already tumultuous day. RDJ could hardly fathom how he would navigate the wreckage of his emotions, the weight of betrayal and familial discord pressing down upon him like an anchor.

How could he possibly recover from such a whirlwind of heartache and turmoil, all compressed into a single, harrowing day? The sadness enveloped him, a heavy cloak that threatened to suffocate any flicker of hope, leaving him to wonder if he would ever emerge from this darkness.

But once he finished that litre bottle of rum. He tossed the bottle into the glass recycling tub. Closed his eyes, then passed out after being heavily intoxicated from all that hard liquor.

Now Let's See How Lila Is…

We now turn our attention towards the fairly dimly lit motel that RDJ now fully owns. After Leona sold her smaller percentage stake in the business to RDJ. So she could go travelling with her boyfriend Sandro. And possibly start her own motel business one day.

Anyway, in one of its modest rooms, Lila was residing within this room. As the vibrant purple haired blue spix's macaw girl found herself engulfed in a storm of tremendous sorrow.

Tears cascade down her cheeks, glistening like the remnants of a shattered dream, as she lies sprawled on her bed. As the wrought of the breakup with her boyfriend really weighed heavily on her heart. As all of the light and joy in mfr felt like it had been sucked out of her in an instant.

The room was a cacophony of various emotions, with the addition of the tormenting melodies of various sad love songs. Like the one she was currently listening to 'Everybody Hurts by R.E.M' and it was enough to really make her ball her eyes out.

And not only was this a sad thing that added to the mental torture and despair that she was experiencing in this moment.

She was also halfway through her fourth tub of ice cream, a bittersweet comfort food that the majority of girls or guys eat when they have just broken up with someone.

"Sniff…Sniff…I-I-I am such a fucking idiot! Why did I let my ex do that to me?! I don't love him! I love RDJ!" She yelled out loud in a saddened way, as her cheeks were feeling extremely damp from her continuous tears.

Clad only in her thin lacy underwear and a worn dressing gown, Lila is a portrait of vulnerability, her heart aching with questions that swirl like autumn leaves caught in a tempest.

She reflects on the moments that led to this painful separation, her mind replaying the scene where her ex-boyfriend, the green and yellow macaw, tenderly brushed his hand against her face.

A shiver runs down her spine as she grapples with the haunting realisation that she had not recoiled, had not pushed him away, despite the knowledge that her heart belonged to RDJ, the blue and gold macaw who had once filled her life with laughter and light.

In the depths of her sorrow, Lila wrestles with the tangled web of emotions that bind her.

The echoes of love lost and the weight of choices unmade loom large in her mind, each thought a dagger that pierces her already fragile heart. She wonders why she allowed herself to linger in that moment, why she didn't assert the boundaries that should have been clear.

As the tears continue to flow, she feels the bittersweet sting of regret, a reminder that love is often a labyrinth of confusion, where the heart can lead one astray, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions and a longing for what once was.

"I-I can't live without him! I can't believe I broke his heart like that! Oh god! I was such a fool to throw away the only man that ever made me feel wanted and appreciated! Who wanted me for me, and not just my appearance!" She referred to her body and her beautiful looks, as she was really going through that tub of salted caramel ice cream.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"RDJ?!" Lila instantly hoped that it would be the man she was still deeply in love with. Putting the empty tubs of ice cream in the garbage can. Then putting the other one in her mini freezer.

Right before she had tied the robe up and straightened herself out. Wiping the ruined mascara off her face with a wet rag.

And as she had opened the front door in the hopes of seeing the handsome blue and gold macaw man standing there. It was actually someone she particularly didn't want to see right now.

"Oh good! Looks like I finally got the right motel room after all." The bird standing at the door was none other than her previous ex boyfriend Manuel. Standing there holding a bouquet of roses and a bottle of wine. "For you! I know it may seem very sudden but…I just couldn't help myself."

"Manuel? What the fuck are you doing here?!" Lila narrowed her eyes angrily at her ex, who stood in the doorway with an awkward look on his face. "Don't you think you have caused enough trouble in my life already?!" She angrily yelled at him, clutching her hand vigorously on the door handle.

"Look, please can I explain?" The green and yellow man replied with a fake modest expression. But she still made it clear that she didn't want to talk to him at all right now, and was doing her best to get rid of him.

Not that he was going to leave anyway…

"Explain what? You caused me and RDJ, the only man I've truly ever loved more than anything in the world, to break up!" She cried out, as once more she let a few tears roll down her cheeks.

"Ouch. So you never loved me? That hurts…"

"For fuck sake Manuel! I am not having this conversation with you. You and I both know that we will never have anything between us ever again! You made your choice when you first started put your hands on me!"

"Hey, I just wanted to talk to you and tell you how much I miss you? You stood there staring at me like you still haven't lost those feelings for me yet?" Manuel stated what he thought was going through her mind.

Truth be told. Lila was very confused as to why she hadn't pushed him away or tried to avoid his touch at the party. So she wasn't entirely sure wether it was because she still had some feelings there deep down that she hadn't lost yet. Or maybe she was genuinely terrified of him because of the way he used to abuse her mentally and beat her physically when me was intoxicated.

"Why would you assume that I still have feelings for you?! You knew that I was in love with someone else!" She sadly replied, as reminding her of this painful subject felt like the wounds in her heart were being pulled open.

"Lila, why would you just stand there and stare at me like that? If you didn't still have feelings for me?" In that same charming voice that he spoke in when he confronted her in the last two occasions. A very vulnerable and upset Lila felt drawn to it.

But was it because she was falling for his tricks? Or was it because she just wanted to get rid of him by talking to him to get the conversation over and done with.

"Manuel…I think it's best that you leave. I can't do this right now." Lila tried to shut the door, but he gently put his hand on the door and spread his body out. Just so he could prevent her shutting him out.

"I'm sorry that things didn't work out between you and that guy Lila. I really am! But…Seeing you that miserable and that heartbroken…it…really affected me." As he continued to talk, he felt himself gradually stepping into the motel room. As Lila began backing up towards the bed. Not really understanding why. But for some reason…she was either too scared or too confused to stop herself.

"M-Manuel…I don't want to see anyone right now! Please just…"

"Just what?" Manuel still spoke in that soft and charming voice, locking the door from the inside.

If you were in a relationship with the individual doing this, then normally you'd be okay with it because you'd know who they are and what they do.

But once Manuel did this. Lila instantly felt her heart jump out of her chest. As an icy cold chill ran down her spine.

"M-M-Manuel. What are you…What are you do…"

"Lila please stop! You know that you and I are meant to be together! I already told you that I have changed…" He put the roses down on the bed side table. Gazing at her robe, with a pretty naughty look on his face. "You know…I was hoping that I'd see you again soon…"

"Please…I-I don't think I like where this is going…" Lila stuttered in fear, as she covered up more of her body with the robe. At this point, being very uncomfortable in his presence.

As in a split second…she now remembered why she froze when he touched her cheek at the party. She remembered why she didn't push him away when he pressed his chest up against her.

She was terrified of him! And right now in this very moment…she remembered why she ended their relationship. Because he wasn't just violent when he was drunk. It was also when he was sober!

"Shhhhh. What's the problem here? You're single. I'm single." His voice suddenly began to change into a more sinister calm voice. Because the blue female fully knew what his intentions are right now. And she was so terrified, that all she wanted to do was scream.

"B-B-But I-I just broke up with my b-b-boyfriend. I'm not looking to do anything right now…"

"Oh come on Lila? Let's be honest, you know that you want me." He couldn't help but grab hold of her hips. As she was doing everything she could to shake out of his grip.

"No! I don't want to be with anyone, but RDJ!" The blue female cried, as she now felt the back of her legs against the bed. "Please, just let go of me! I'll scream?!"

"Good! I'll be making you scream after the night we are about to have to…start things up again…" He rubbed his hand on her thigh, as she stood there paralysed in fear.

"I don't want to do anything with you!" Once more she tried to push him off of her. But his grip was too strong.

"He's left you though? He doesn't want you anymore…" He carried on trying to talk in the same manipulative voice. As his hands began to lower to her thighs, as right now she was on the verge of screaming for help.

"No…"

"He doesn't love you anymore…"

"That's not true!"

"He will move on from you and probably fuck the next girl he sees."

"You're wrong!" Lila felt both his hands grab her ass inappropriately. "Stop touching me like that!"

"Come on, let's just forget about him and carry on from where we left off." Manuel pushed her down on the bed. And climbed on top of her, overpowering her with his stronger physique. As she had her hands pinned down on the bed, he began kissing her neck.

"S-S-Stop! Y-Y-You're hurting m-me…" She stuttered fearfully, struggling to break free from his grip. As one of his hands grabbed one of her large breasts. "S-S-Stop!"

"So big…and so soft! I've missed grabbing these…" He began playing with her breast by moving it around. And the more he did this, the more she cried out for him to stop touching her and for him to get off of her. Because she literally felt like she was living her worst nightmare all over again. Due to her experiencing many many times in the past, where Manuel has raped or physically assaulted her.

"No! STOP! I'M SAYING NO!" She tried kicking her feet up to get him off of her. "RAPE! RAPE! RA…"

BAM! BAM! BAM BAM BAM! BAM! BAM!

"OOOOF! OOOOW! AHHHH STOP! YOU'RE…AHHHH…H-HURTING ME!" She screamed out in agony. Before he covered her beak with his hand after striking her many times to get her to stop screaming.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT UP YOU STUPID WHORE!" He punched her several times in the face and the stomach to stop her making anymore noise. This was to ensure that she wasn't to alert anyone to what he was about to try and accomplish.

As Manuel's true personality began to show, and he immediately ripped open her robe and proceeded to tear off her underwear.

"MMMMMM! MMMMMMM!" Lila began to feel a river of tears pour down from her cheeks, as Manuel had pulled his boxers down. Starting to penetrate her sensitive area, as her crying only intensified. Finding herself completely helpless at this point.

Whilst the green and yellow macaw man was raping her in her own motel room. Little did he know, that Tilly was only next door at reception.

"SHIT! I GOTTA CALL DOUGLAS!" Tilly immediately pulled out the landline phone from the reception and dialled 194. As well as sending Douglas a text at the same time.

To make sure that the cops were there to arrest Manuel, before he could do any further damage.

Oh dear…I did say there were going to be done dark moments in this story didn't I? RDJ has decided to turn to the bottle to help him with his heartbreak. Lila is eating a tonne of ice cream, but now she is currently being beaten and abused by her ex boyfriend Manuel. Reminding her on why she broke up with him, packed a bag, then left to get away from him. How will RDJ react when he finds out what Manuel did? What is Fred planning to do next? Will Lila be okay after the cops take Manuel into custody? So much drama! I'll see you all soon for the next chapter!