Hope it wasn't too long -even though it was. Thanks for your patience.. I can't let the daemons out too often.

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Shy opened his eyes, squinting at the blue light that filtered through the curtains of the room. On the clock, he read: 4.50am. The city had not yet woken.

He shifted slightly as pain made its way back to his body and settled to prevent him from escaping. Making a move to push his damp bangs out of his eyes, he realised the numbness of his arms came from the fact he was still tied and the sick, metallic smell was mostly emanated from in between his legs.

Cum and blood in crusty chunks all around the bed sheets, sticky reminders of the past night and the ones before. He was trapped: he had been for days, a week, maybe. He couldn't recall how long. Minutes passed by in enraging tics of eternity.

Shy closed his eyes when he heard the door slowly open, stiffening in an attempt to disappear.

- I know you're awake, babyboy.

He didn't respond in the futile hope the other would go away. David grabbed his hair and pulled his head back, the sudden pain making tears come to his eyes.

- Look at me! He commanded. It's for your own good. If you think I enjoy this..

- You do, Shy absently muttered in response, hoping he wouldn't be heard.

The man leaned down to stroke his slim neck with his tongue, the slight touch making his skin ache. He licked the remains of blood from the boy's lips and bent to capture them in a rough kiss. Shy still had the impulse to pull away but he knew it would amount to nothing as David tightened the hold on his hair.

- Your fear is addicting, his tutor murmured.

- You're fucked up.

Shy immediately regretted letting the words slip from his mouth and expected a blow but the man seemed calmer than usual. He merely lost his lazy smile but his attitude remained serene.

- I see it in your eyes, he drawled. And I want to either fuck or hurt you for it.

The boy cast his stare down and closed the offending features that helped him be tortured like this.

A light caress on the cheek which continued on the side of his body made him shiver from the thought of it happening all over again. He almost moaned in relief when the grip on his wrists loosened and his arms dully fell back on the dirty sheets.

- Go take a shower, you're disgusting, David laughingly remarked.

Shy felt faint as he sat up and when he tried standing on his wobbly legs, the ground seemed to meet him with a harsh kiss.

- Go fucking wash! His tutor impatiently said, tugging him up by the arm. I'll clean up your mess.

He shot a glance at the man's feet, too empty to feel anything then stumbled wearingly to the bathroom. He didn't dare look at himself in the mirror and stepped in the shower before it got warm, the water making him bite his lips from excruciating pain.

The wounds and tiredness made him sick in the stomach. He clumsily leaned against the wall to prevent from puking, his hands slipping on the cold tiles.

- This will end. This will all end.

Shy wished he could be convinced of the words. Burning tears streamed down his cheeks as they mingled with the water pouring down on his body. He couldn't even recognise himself anymore.

It didn't seem as if he had been there for long but it was for too long as the curtain of the shower was gently pushed aside and a man came against him.

---

Wish walked towards the bridge under pouring rain. She was trembling from the cold but she wanted, she needed to see Shy. He had disappeared five days ago and she was frightfully worried.

Edo was a huge city but it was only a city. He couldn't have left, he must be somewhere.

She looked in hope towards where she was heading and her heart choked in her throat when she saw a lone figure standing. A few more steps made her realise the boy wasn't Shy.

- Geoff? She uncertainly asked.

- Hey Wish, he greeted. I wasn't expecting to see you here.

- Neither was I.

They both looked at each other in awkward silence.

- How's your boyfriend? Geoff finally queried, coughing a bit.

He still wasn't ready to admit to her Shy was his best friend. The situation was bizarre enough as it was, he thought it'd be better if they stayed vaguely anonymous. He was sick at how Shy and him had parted and the thought of David made him want to hurl.

The fact he hadn't seen his friend for days didn't help him see things lightly either.

- I don't know, I haven't seen him in a while, Wish sighed. And he's not my boyfriend.

- Yeah.. However you want to call him, Geoff sighed as well.

- How's your girlfriend?

- Insane and completely hysterical, he shook his head. I didn't quite understand why but she mentioned my best friend in her last tantrum.

- Did you ask him about it?

- No, we've both been pretty busy so we didn't see each other, Geoff carefully replied.

- Weird how some people can just.. disappear, Wish murmured.

The boy agreed then started coughing violently. She laid a hand on his shoulder.

- Are you alright?

- Thanks.. It's just the weather. I think I'll be heading home.

- Try to see a doctor.

- Nah, they're fools, Geoff cockily said. I'll get better on my own, like I've always done.

Wish shot him a wry look.

- Be careful anyway.

- I will. You should go home too.

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Shy was sitting on the fire escape, rain drenching him to the bones. He didn't seem to notice and continued smoking as he stared through the curtains of water. He jumped when he felt more than saw someone opening the window.

- What is this? His tutor queried. Look at me! What is this?

- A.. a cell, Shy stuttered, wondering what he had done wrong this time.

He inwardly groaned at his idiocy. He normally always had his phone on him but he had felt the abrupt need to go sit in the rain. He wasn't even wearing a shirt and the fear of David finding his cell had momentarily escaped him. The numbing pain he felt in his entire body left him unaware of other things.

- I know it's a phone, little smartass, the man spat, roughly pulling him inside. But tell me, how come a girl is calling you for drugs? Are you dealing, you miserable piece of shit?

Shy thought it was a bit rich coming from David, given his main incomes were hardly legal. Of course, knowing what would happen if he made such a remark, he preferred keeping his mouth shut and his eyes to the ground.

- Who the fuck is this Jillian? The angry voice made him flinch.

- Geoff's girlfriend, he quickly mumbled.

- What? The McReilly girl?

Shy nodded, wondering where this was going.

- And she's after you?

- N-n.. no.

The man's calm flustered him into confusion. Even after what had happened several days ago, he knew that Jillian was in love with Geoff, even if it was in a slightly bizarre way. Only, it seemed as if David had a different view on the matter.

- Then why did she ask for you to come by to 'finish'?

- I don't know..

- You do know, T, the man interrupted in a commanding tone. So, you're going to give her what she wants or you're going to get punished. Is that clear?

His tutor's intentions were rather unclear to him but Shy slowly shook his head in agreement. It wouldn't do to disobey, he already knew that. Maybe he'd find a way to avoid it later on.

- Say it, David smirked. Say you're going to fuck her so I can get on her father's good side.

He leaned down to whisper in Shy's ear, holding him so he couldn't back away.

- Behind your best friend's back or should I say, lover? He continued. The faggot must be really pathetic in bed if she turned to you. Or she just saw the kind of sex toy you are.

Shy stayed silent, brooding over the words, frightened at what the sudden hate he felt could make him do if he even glanced at the man.

David narrowed his eyes then suddenly twisted Shy's arm behind his back, making the boy whimper in pain.

- Do you really want to hurt again so soon, babyboy? The voice was threatening.

- I.. I'll.. do it, Shy gasped as the hold on his arm intensified.

- Good boy, his tutor approvingly said, letting go of his arm.

Shy breathed and made the move to leave the room.

- Where are you going? David barked.

He stopped in his tracks, vivid fear flashing through his body. He uncertainly turned towards the man walking towards him.

- I have to punish you for soaking the carpet, he said with a strange grin.

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That was hard to write. I've been in a weird mood lately. Shy and Chaotic are playing turns, strange dreams, recurrent thoughts and obsessions, drugs, alcohol and insomnia.. Oh well. That gives a new chapter for Edo.