So sorry for the wait. This chapter has been done for a long time to be honest. I just forgot all about it, since I've been working on my own novel(s).

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Ch. 5

Mayhem at the Hospital

It's been three weeks now and Aki hasn't woken up yet. The doctors did surgery on him to extract all that paint that was in his stomach. I'm guessing it was forced down his throat. Aki would never drink paint on his own free will.

Damn it. Once the doctors got all the paint out of him, it was gallons of paint. They let me look over his chart. I was even more horrified when I read what else was wrong with him.

· Three broken ribs

· Various stab wounds all over arms and legs

· Black eye

· Signs of rape

· Bruised neck

· Broken left wrist

· Blood lose

It was the fourth bullet that scared me the most. S-someone raped Aki?! No way. I can only imagine what that's like. And I wouldn't wake up for anything if that happened to me… but… Aki.

Aki, please. You have to wake up. I look over at him still motionless in that hospital bed. Please, Aki. I have to make things right with you. Wake up, damn it!

Tears fall from my eyes as I gently touch his arm. But what happened next caught me by surprise. Aki shot up screaming, "No! Stop it!" I yanked my hand back as he grabbed his ribs in pain.

"Aki, calm down," I told him gently. He looked over at me with terrified eyes. I've never seen him terrified before. Normally he's the one doing the terrifying.

"K-Kyohei…? Wha-" he seemed lost and confused.

"It's okay, Aki. You're safe."

"Heheheh… safe?" he was nervously chuckling. "N-not from him… no way… n-not fr-from him."

"Him? Him who? Aki?" I got a little closer to him, but he backed away from me.

"Y-you won't believe me, anyway," he told me in a stutter. "W-why am I not dead? Th-this isn't Hell."

"Aki, please. I finally realized. That promise was never broken. Aki…" I was about to say something else when he sharply gasped and backed up into the wall.

"S-stay back," he said in a scared tone. Hm? What's he mean by that? "No more… please no more. No! No, stop it!" He clutched his head now with his eyes wide.

"Aki, calm down!" I shouted, getting a little closer to him. I'm even more worried about him now.

"No! No, stay away from me!" He backed up and fell off the bed. I ran over to the other side in time to catch him.

"Aki, calm down! No one's here except me and the others!" I told him.

"No! No, leave me alone! Stop it!" water started falling from Aki's eyes. Something I never thought I'd ever see him doing. I embraced him gently, trying to get him to calm down.

"Aki, please! I'm here for you now! Calm down!"

"No… no please, stop it…" he seemed to be slowly calming down now. "No… you're lying… I… I don't have an uncle… l-leave me alone…"

Uncle? What's he… oh crap. Don't tell me there's someone from Aki's past that did this to him… it's true Aki's been alone his whole life. No mother, no father… no relatives… but it is possible that he does have an uncle that he never met before.

Aki's shuddering now. I've never seen him so scared in my life. He's never been scared of anything, in fact. I sat up with him still in an embrace. Gently placing my hand on the back of his head. Letting him know I'm here and that he could cry on my shoulder. And he did. He cried on my shoulder.

He clutched onto my sleeves, but eased up on his broken wrist. "P-please… h-help me…"

"I'm right here, Aki. I won't leave you again. Aki, you'll be okay." I wanted to assure him that I'd never leave him. He's in so much need right now. I gently rubbed his back… Aki was still crying as the door opened.

I looked up to see that it was Hibino-san and my siblings who entered.

"Aki-san?" Hibino-san asked softly. Aki wasn't paying attention to her. Which I can understand why.

"Hibino-san… I can't leave Aki. Not again," I told her softly. She nodded, understanding why.

"Is he crying?" Kirio asked, a bit roughly.

"Looks that way," Utao shrugged.

"Be nice you two. Aki's been through a lot. Something I don't want you two going through," I told them.

"Okay," they groaned.

"Aki? Aki, it's okay," I try again. He continued to cry but seemed to be slowly calming down now.

It took him hours to fully calm down enough to actually talk to me. Although it didn't seem like he wanted to talk to me.

"Aki… can you… tell me where you were for the past few weeks?" I asked. He didn't say anything as he played with his hair now. "Aki, I'm here to help you."

"W-why should I waste my breath?" he asks in a slight stutter.

"Because I realized you never did break our promise. I want to help you, Aki."

"T-the ocean… overseas getting fucked!" he yelled, clutching his head again.

"Please Aki. Calm down." I stood next to him in his bed.

"He said he's my uncle… but… but how… how could that be?"

"Who's he? Did he tell you who he actually is?"

"He… he didn't tell me his first name… only that… that he came from the Demon Village… and that… that I was originally born there… Hell! You don't believe that, right?!"

"Aki, please. Don't shout. You need to rest. I, in fact, do believe you."

I do believe him. After I reflected on the past… I do believe you Aki.

Aki's P.O.V.

Why? Why, do you choose now of all times to believe me? It's not like I can go back and make it so you stayed mad at me and let me die in that damp ally.

Damn it! I still want to cry! Ah! Pain suddenly shot through my chest. I groaned, grabbing my ribs again.

"Take it easy, Aki. You have three broken ribs," Kyohei told me… softly. I looked at him, but… I didn't see Kyohei's face. I saw the face of the guy that claims to be my uncle.

"Stay back!" I shouted in fear, backing into the wall.

"Aki, it's just me. Kyohei." It was like that guy's head was being mirrored on Kyohei's.

"Don't come near me!" I… I do believe it's still Kyohei but… but it's like I can't control myself when I see that guys face. He reached his hand towards me. I trembled even more as I crawled off the bed and went to the corner of the room. "Stay back!"

"Aki, please. Calm down. It's just me. Kyohei!" Wait… what is this slimy feeling? Something's… in this cast on my wrist. I just now felt it.

I looked at the cast and… freak out. It's that slim that rendered me helpless before! No way!

"Get it off!" I shouted. I could tell Kyohei saw it but he didn't know what to do. But he did embrace me again when he saw an opening.

"Aki, I'm right here! Calm down! Focus on my voice! My voice! Aki!"

Kyohei kept talking, trying to get me to focus only on his voice right now.

"No! No, let go! Get off, no!" I shouted again, but Kyohei didn't let me go. I started to cry again as that slim in this cast decided to either go somewhere else or made it so I couldn't feel it anymore.

"Aki… Aki…. A…" wh-what's happening to me? I can barely hear him now. I… I feel dizzy. I look up at Kyohei's face and actually see his face this time… only it was blurry. I black out after a few moments.

Kyohei's P.O.V.

"Aki!" I shouted. He fell unconscious… I let out a soft sigh. Picking him up carefully, I put him back in the hospital bed and called for a doctor.

It didn't take long for one to arrive. He went over to Aki after I told him what happened. Damn it. I want to protect Aki more than anything. With him like this… and without his kakashi… he's in danger and that guy is still out there.

Damn it all!

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This next chapter is started just not finished. Sorry but I might not get back to that for a long while.

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