Unspoken (5/8)
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learashiPairing: Juntoshi
Genre: Romance, angst
Rating: PG to NC-17
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Arashi or its members – this is a work of fiction.
Summary: Too late, Jun tried to run but a fist struck him from behind and his world turned black even before his body hit the snowy ground.
Previously: CH 1, CH 2, CH 3, CH 4
Jun tried to run, but the snow was too deep, swallowing his momentum and causing him to almost fall with each labouring step. The one advantage that he had was the time that he’d spent in the forest recently, walking daily in an attempt to build up his fitness. Luckily this enabled him to know roughly where the path was even though it was now invisible. His pursuers had no idea and could only blindly follow his tracks which were gradually being obscured by a layer of fresh snow. The best he could do was to try and hold them at bay until somebody realized that he was missing.
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“Did you just tell me that you don’t know where Jun is?” Satoshi was trying very, very hard to control his panic. He’d taken himself out to his studio during Jun’s meeting with the therapist so as to not place any more pressure on him than he was already feeling, but now it looked like it had been a huge mistake on his part.
“The therapist said that he got upset towards the end of the session and ran outside,” Sho said in between calls on his mobile.
“Of course he was going to be upset; he is remembering terrible things that nobody should ever have to experience in their lifetime, especially not a child. Why didn’t she stop him?”
“She said that he was too quick and that it’s against her policy to restrain someone against their will.”
“I wasn’t asking her to tie him to a chair, just stop him from leaving the building.” Satoshi was yelling at Sakurai by now, but he just couldn’t help it. “What if those men from the other week are out there? What if his father catches him? What if he falls down and hurts himself out there in the forest?”
“Aiba is busy mobilizing the men of the village to conduct a search, my men are already out there looking for him, and I’m about to join them,” Sakurai said, looking more serious than Satoshi had ever seen him. “Perhaps you should wait here in case he comes to you.”
“No chance. I’m joining you. Nino is here and can call us if he comes back here first.” There was no way that Satoshi could sit idly by when Jun was out there in the worsening weather and very likely in danger.
Inspector Sakurai was about to argue when he received a call that made him halt his preparations to leave and stand frozen with an ever deepening frown on his face.
“There have been reports that the men that were sighted in the forest are back, but accompanied by an older man this time. They’re driving a heavy duty four wheel drive that isn’t bothered much by the snow.”
“Jun’s father?” Satoshi suddenly found it hard to breathe.
“By the description, it sounds very much like it might be.”
“Then we have to move quickly. There is no way in the world that I will let Jun fall into his hands.”
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It was becoming colder with every passing minute and Jun was thankful for the thin coat he’d grabbed from beside the door on his way out. It belonged to Satoshi and he found the scent of the older man extremely comforting. He’d even found a flimsy pair of work gloves in one of the pockets that offered at least a tiny bit of protection to his fingers.
His body had fled from the therapist and the overwhelming memories before his brain had a chance to catch up and he’d found himself outside and running before he even realized it. When he first saw the two figures silhouetted against the snow he had assumed they were customers, but then one had called him by name and the familiar voice had almost made his heart stop.
He knew that it was stupid of him to have run away from the coffee shop when he saw who the men were, but his only thought was to lead them away from Satoshi, not wanting him to get hurt.
As Jun stopped and tried to catch his breath, cursing the fact that he was still so unfit, it was Satoshi that his thoughts ran to. Since their kiss nothing more had happened between them; Satoshi was spending a lot of time in his studio and he was so busy with the police that it had been impossible for him to process the fact that his feelings were reciprocated.
Unfortunately, it was also his thoughts of the feeling of Satoshi’s soft lips pressing against his own that made him oblivious to the men creeping up behind him.
“Long time no see.”
Too late, Jun tried to run but a fist struck him from behind and his world turned black even before his body hit the snowy ground.
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“His tracks definitely led in this direction,” Sakurai said as he bent down to inspect the ground. “But it's hard to see where he went next. The snow is making the trail vanish.”
“If he keeps going this way he’ll end up at the river. There's a really steep drop where the bank has fallen away. If he doesn't see it in time…” Satoshi was becoming more agitated with every passing moment. It was quite clear that Jun was being pursued and he was terrified that they would be too late.
“Don’t worry,” Sakurai said. “I know a shortcut.”
Both men climbed onto the snowmobile and Sakurai started the engine. “Hold tight. This is going to get a little rough,” he yelled over his shoulder as he headed towards a small gap in the trees.
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Jun winced as a hand gripped his hair, pulling his head up.
"And just like that he returns from the dead," an all too familiar voice said close to Jun's ear.
"F-Father," Jun stuttered, his blood turning to ice.
"That's what your mother would have me believe, but I've never been convinced."
"W-what?"
"Not long after we married your mother thought she was in love with someone else. How ungrateful can a person be? I gave her a house and money and then she wanted love as well? She planned to leave me for him. It was very unfortunate that one day he disappeared never to be seen again."
Jun wished he could wipe the smug look off his father's face but Jun's hands were tied tightly together behind his back. "My mother isn't like that!"
"You've always been a mummy's boy," his father sneered. "Just as well since you certainly aren't mine. Literally, in fact. That's why it makes it so much easier to get rid of you; even I couldn't kill my own son."
If Jun's father thought that his words would upset him then he was wrong; finding out that he wasn't his father's son made him feel nothing but relief. He felt no anger towards his mother, only a sadness that she had lost her lover and been forced to spend the last twenty years of her life with the man who killed him.
"You have no idea how happy you just made me," Jun said, enjoying the look of surprise on the cold-hearted man's face.
"You brat!"
Jun tasted the metallic tang of blood in his mouth a second after he felt the sting of a large hand slapping his face.
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"I can hear a car!" Satoshi had to shout over Sakurai's shoulder to make himself heard.
“It's definitely heading towards the ravine. If it loses traction there's no way they'll be able to stop in time.” Sakurai increased their speed as he tried to cut the car off. “I need you to get off and I'll put the snowmobile in their way.”
“That's too dangerous!”
“Don't try and tell me that you wouldn't do the same,” Sakurai yelled back.
“But I love him,” Satoshi blurted, the wind whipping his words away.
“What? I couldn't hear you,” Sakurai called over his shoulder.
“Never mind. Let's just get there.”
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Jun gulped and desperately tried to wriggle away from the knife glinting in his father's hand.
“Don't worry. It won't be painful. I know what I'm doing.”
With his hands tied behind him and pressed up against the door, there was nowhere left for Jun to go. What happened next seemed to take place in slow motion leaving no space for thoughts, except for a regret that he didn't get the chance to tell Satoshi that he loved him.
As his father struck with the knife the car began to slew sideways, the driver calling out that there was someone blocking the road. Jun felt a burning pain in his chest and side as his father was flung forwards to land almost on top of him.
And then the door behind him was wrenched open and he was falling out of the car and onto the snow with enough force to knock all of the air from his lungs. He could hear an angry yell from his father that turned into an anguished scream followed by loud crash.
Jun lay facedown in the snow, lacking the strength right himself, slowly suffocating as he felt the warmth leaving his body.
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Satoshi saw the car coming closer, on a path that would lead it to fall down to the icy river. Jun’s terrified face was pressed sideways against the window as a heavily built man leaned threateningly over him.
Acting on sheer instinct and adrenaline, he jumped forwards as the car slowed to avoid the snowmobile that Sakurai had used to partially block the path. Even though the car was still moving he grabbed the back door handle, ignoring the pain that shot though his body as his arm was wrenched by the motion. The door came open, flinging him across the snow and throwing Jun onto the ground a moment before the heavy vehicle plunged off the trail and over the edge of the ravine.
There was the sound of trees breaking and the screech of tortured metal, followed by a loud crashing sound and then silence.
Satoshi tried to stand up and run to Jun, but his left arm hung uselessly by his side and pain shot through his body, slowing his movement.
Inspector Sakurai was faster, noting that Jun was lying limply on his face with his hands bound behind his body. He rushed over and turned him onto his left side, cutting the ties on his wrists and brushing the snow away from his mouth and nose, relief flooding his body as Jun took a shuddering breath and blinked dazedly up at him.
Satoshi slowly made his way over to Jun with legs that seemed to belong to someone else as they stubbornly refused to move any faster.
Sakurai was on his phone, calling for assistance as he walked over and peered down at the wrecked car. It was probably inaccessible by foot and to perfectly honest he wasn't overly inclined to help the men trapped inside it; his main priority was the wellbeing of his two friends.
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“Jun, thank goodness you're safe,” Satoshi almost sobbed as he knelt beside Jun, pulling his head onto his lap with his one functioning hand.
“S-Satoshi?” Jun couldn't believe that he was actually there and holding him in his arms; he thought that the cold was making him hallucinate.
Jun’s skin was icy and his face was almost as white as the snow that surrounded them.
Sakurai walked back, happy that things had been set in motion to sort out the wrecked car and its occupants. He had also been able to get hold of Aiba who had promised to pick up Toma and bring him there immediately.
Satoshi and Jun were gazing at each other in teary wonder, each obviously relieved that the other was safe, their emotions raw and undisguised for once. Sakurai was about to turn away and leave them some privacy until the rescuers arrived, but his attention was drawn to a discoloration of the snow beneath Jun. The white was gradually turning red; the bright red of fresh blood.
Instead of turning away, he began to run towards them.
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The first thing that Jun saw when he opened his eyes was a pair of concerned dark honey-coloured eyes gazing down at him from a familiar face.
“Satoshi?” Jun was surprised that his voice sounded so croaky, as if he hadn't used it for a long while. Something was wrong with the vision in front of him, but he couldn't quite place it, until, “You're hurt? Why is your arm in a sling? Are you okay?”
Jun hadn't realized that he was also hurt until he spoke sending a wave of pain down his left side that almost took his breath away.
Satoshi instantly sat carefully on the edge of the bed, stroking Jun’s cheek, calming him with his touch. “Shh, don't over exert yourself. It's just my shoulder. Toma popped it back in and it's as good as new.”
It all came back to Jun in a rush, his abduction, the car, the knife, his father. His father?
“Father! He was in the car. He wanted to kill me. What happened to the car?”
“Don't worry about that now. Just try and sleep,” Satoshi said, trying to deflect Jun’s attention. He wanted some support around when he told Jun the news.
Jun wanted to argue, but his exhaustion was overwhelming, dragging him back down to a dreamless sleep.
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The next time Jun woke, he was much more alert, the pain in his side already lessening. Toma and Sakurai were hovering near the door and Satoshi was still sitting in the same spot, dark circles under his eyes showing that he had refused to move from his position and get some rest of his own.
Upon seeing that Jun was awake Toma came over and gently checked his dressings asking, “Jun, how are you feeling?”
“Confused. What happened to my father?” Jun asked with a wince.
“Firstly let me tell you that you're going to be fine. Luckily the knife hit your rib rather than penetrating your chest and slipped down into your side. We did an exploratory surgery and there's no damage to any major organs. You lost quite a bit of blood so you'll probably be feeling a bit weak for a while though,” Toma said gently.
Sakurai stepped up and continued, “The two men in the car have some broken bones, but they'll soon mend enough to stand trial for kidnapping and assault.”
Jun looked around at the three of them, “And Father?”
Satoshi squeezed Jun’s hand. “He wasn't wearing a seat belt. His head hit the window.”
Jun was suddenly afraid, “He’s not here somewhere is he? In another room?”
“Jun, your father died,” Satoshi said, bracing himself for Jun’s reaction.
But Jun’s response wasn't what anyone was expecting; he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
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“I'm not hysterical,” Jun protested as Satoshi clutched at him and Toma pressed the buzzer to call for a nurse.
Sakurai was the only one who looked as if he understood.
“My father was an evil man, who was responsible for so many deaths. The world is better off without him. My sister and mother are finally free.” Jun’s smile was brittle. “I'm finally free.”
“He was still your father, it's okay to be sad,” Satoshi said.
“My father? That's the one thing I am grateful for,” Jun said with tears welling in his eyes. “He told me that he wasn't my father. I'm someone elses son. Do you know how happy that made me? How relieved? I’ve spent half my life worrying that I will turn out just like him, that my blood is bad, evil even and now I don't have to worry anymore. I should be celebrating…”
Jun’s words dissolved into hiccuping sobs as a mixture of relief and guilt flooded through his body. His father was dead and all he felt was happiness for his own family and for all the other families out there who had suffered at the hands of that evil monster.
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Jun was safely asleep in Toma’s clinic after crying until he could no longer keep his eyes open, so Satoshi took the chance to go home and shower and get some sleep.
Now that he was sure that Jun was safe he could finally allow himself to rest, but sleep proved to be elusive. Every time he closed his eyes he relived the moment when he realized that Jun had been stabbed; his warm lifeblood leaching out into the slow.
He had been terrified that he would lose him and because of his dislocated shoulder all he’d been able to do was cradle Jun on his lap and speak words of comfort to him as Sakuria had covered Jun with his own jacket and placed pressure on the wound until Toma and Aiba arrived.
It had been the worst moment of his life and he now knew that he loved Jun with all his heart. But what did the future hold for them now? There was no longer any reason for Jun to stay; he was free to return to his family or go anywhere else that he desired.
What would such a young and beautiful person want with a man fifteen years his senior who lived in the middle of nowhere? Jun deserved better.
If Jun wanted to leave then he decided that he would say or do nothing to stop him. All he could do was wait and hope that perhaps Jun liked him enough to want to stay. The memory of Jun’s soft lips gave him at least a glimmer of hope for the future.
Genre: Romance, angst
Rating: PG to NC-17
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Arashi or its members – this is a work of fiction.
Summary: Too late, Jun tried to run but a fist struck him from behind and his world turned black even before his body hit the snowy ground.
Previously: CH 1, CH 2, CH 3, CH 4
Jun tried to run, but the snow was too deep, swallowing his momentum and causing him to almost fall with each labouring step. The one advantage that he had was the time that he’d spent in the forest recently, walking daily in an attempt to build up his fitness. Luckily this enabled him to know roughly where the path was even though it was now invisible. His pursuers had no idea and could only blindly follow his tracks which were gradually being obscured by a layer of fresh snow. The best he could do was to try and hold them at bay until somebody realized that he was missing.
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“Did you just tell me that you don’t know where Jun is?” Satoshi was trying very, very hard to control his panic. He’d taken himself out to his studio during Jun’s meeting with the therapist so as to not place any more pressure on him than he was already feeling, but now it looked like it had been a huge mistake on his part.
“The therapist said that he got upset towards the end of the session and ran outside,” Sho said in between calls on his mobile.
“Of course he was going to be upset; he is remembering terrible things that nobody should ever have to experience in their lifetime, especially not a child. Why didn’t she stop him?”
“She said that he was too quick and that it’s against her policy to restrain someone against their will.”
“I wasn’t asking her to tie him to a chair, just stop him from leaving the building.” Satoshi was yelling at Sakurai by now, but he just couldn’t help it. “What if those men from the other week are out there? What if his father catches him? What if he falls down and hurts himself out there in the forest?”
“Aiba is busy mobilizing the men of the village to conduct a search, my men are already out there looking for him, and I’m about to join them,” Sakurai said, looking more serious than Satoshi had ever seen him. “Perhaps you should wait here in case he comes to you.”
“No chance. I’m joining you. Nino is here and can call us if he comes back here first.” There was no way that Satoshi could sit idly by when Jun was out there in the worsening weather and very likely in danger.
Inspector Sakurai was about to argue when he received a call that made him halt his preparations to leave and stand frozen with an ever deepening frown on his face.
“There have been reports that the men that were sighted in the forest are back, but accompanied by an older man this time. They’re driving a heavy duty four wheel drive that isn’t bothered much by the snow.”
“Jun’s father?” Satoshi suddenly found it hard to breathe.
“By the description, it sounds very much like it might be.”
“Then we have to move quickly. There is no way in the world that I will let Jun fall into his hands.”
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It was becoming colder with every passing minute and Jun was thankful for the thin coat he’d grabbed from beside the door on his way out. It belonged to Satoshi and he found the scent of the older man extremely comforting. He’d even found a flimsy pair of work gloves in one of the pockets that offered at least a tiny bit of protection to his fingers.
His body had fled from the therapist and the overwhelming memories before his brain had a chance to catch up and he’d found himself outside and running before he even realized it. When he first saw the two figures silhouetted against the snow he had assumed they were customers, but then one had called him by name and the familiar voice had almost made his heart stop.
He knew that it was stupid of him to have run away from the coffee shop when he saw who the men were, but his only thought was to lead them away from Satoshi, not wanting him to get hurt.
As Jun stopped and tried to catch his breath, cursing the fact that he was still so unfit, it was Satoshi that his thoughts ran to. Since their kiss nothing more had happened between them; Satoshi was spending a lot of time in his studio and he was so busy with the police that it had been impossible for him to process the fact that his feelings were reciprocated.
Unfortunately, it was also his thoughts of the feeling of Satoshi’s soft lips pressing against his own that made him oblivious to the men creeping up behind him.
“Long time no see.”
Too late, Jun tried to run but a fist struck him from behind and his world turned black even before his body hit the snowy ground.
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“His tracks definitely led in this direction,” Sakurai said as he bent down to inspect the ground. “But it's hard to see where he went next. The snow is making the trail vanish.”
“If he keeps going this way he’ll end up at the river. There's a really steep drop where the bank has fallen away. If he doesn't see it in time…” Satoshi was becoming more agitated with every passing moment. It was quite clear that Jun was being pursued and he was terrified that they would be too late.
“Don’t worry,” Sakurai said. “I know a shortcut.”
Both men climbed onto the snowmobile and Sakurai started the engine. “Hold tight. This is going to get a little rough,” he yelled over his shoulder as he headed towards a small gap in the trees.
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Jun winced as a hand gripped his hair, pulling his head up.
"And just like that he returns from the dead," an all too familiar voice said close to Jun's ear.
"F-Father," Jun stuttered, his blood turning to ice.
"That's what your mother would have me believe, but I've never been convinced."
"W-what?"
"Not long after we married your mother thought she was in love with someone else. How ungrateful can a person be? I gave her a house and money and then she wanted love as well? She planned to leave me for him. It was very unfortunate that one day he disappeared never to be seen again."
Jun wished he could wipe the smug look off his father's face but Jun's hands were tied tightly together behind his back. "My mother isn't like that!"
"You've always been a mummy's boy," his father sneered. "Just as well since you certainly aren't mine. Literally, in fact. That's why it makes it so much easier to get rid of you; even I couldn't kill my own son."
If Jun's father thought that his words would upset him then he was wrong; finding out that he wasn't his father's son made him feel nothing but relief. He felt no anger towards his mother, only a sadness that she had lost her lover and been forced to spend the last twenty years of her life with the man who killed him.
"You have no idea how happy you just made me," Jun said, enjoying the look of surprise on the cold-hearted man's face.
"You brat!"
Jun tasted the metallic tang of blood in his mouth a second after he felt the sting of a large hand slapping his face.
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"I can hear a car!" Satoshi had to shout over Sakurai's shoulder to make himself heard.
“It's definitely heading towards the ravine. If it loses traction there's no way they'll be able to stop in time.” Sakurai increased their speed as he tried to cut the car off. “I need you to get off and I'll put the snowmobile in their way.”
“That's too dangerous!”
“Don't try and tell me that you wouldn't do the same,” Sakurai yelled back.
“But I love him,” Satoshi blurted, the wind whipping his words away.
“What? I couldn't hear you,” Sakurai called over his shoulder.
“Never mind. Let's just get there.”
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Jun gulped and desperately tried to wriggle away from the knife glinting in his father's hand.
“Don't worry. It won't be painful. I know what I'm doing.”
With his hands tied behind him and pressed up against the door, there was nowhere left for Jun to go. What happened next seemed to take place in slow motion leaving no space for thoughts, except for a regret that he didn't get the chance to tell Satoshi that he loved him.
As his father struck with the knife the car began to slew sideways, the driver calling out that there was someone blocking the road. Jun felt a burning pain in his chest and side as his father was flung forwards to land almost on top of him.
And then the door behind him was wrenched open and he was falling out of the car and onto the snow with enough force to knock all of the air from his lungs. He could hear an angry yell from his father that turned into an anguished scream followed by loud crash.
Jun lay facedown in the snow, lacking the strength right himself, slowly suffocating as he felt the warmth leaving his body.
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Satoshi saw the car coming closer, on a path that would lead it to fall down to the icy river. Jun’s terrified face was pressed sideways against the window as a heavily built man leaned threateningly over him.
Acting on sheer instinct and adrenaline, he jumped forwards as the car slowed to avoid the snowmobile that Sakurai had used to partially block the path. Even though the car was still moving he grabbed the back door handle, ignoring the pain that shot though his body as his arm was wrenched by the motion. The door came open, flinging him across the snow and throwing Jun onto the ground a moment before the heavy vehicle plunged off the trail and over the edge of the ravine.
There was the sound of trees breaking and the screech of tortured metal, followed by a loud crashing sound and then silence.
Satoshi tried to stand up and run to Jun, but his left arm hung uselessly by his side and pain shot through his body, slowing his movement.
Inspector Sakurai was faster, noting that Jun was lying limply on his face with his hands bound behind his body. He rushed over and turned him onto his left side, cutting the ties on his wrists and brushing the snow away from his mouth and nose, relief flooding his body as Jun took a shuddering breath and blinked dazedly up at him.
Satoshi slowly made his way over to Jun with legs that seemed to belong to someone else as they stubbornly refused to move any faster.
Sakurai was on his phone, calling for assistance as he walked over and peered down at the wrecked car. It was probably inaccessible by foot and to perfectly honest he wasn't overly inclined to help the men trapped inside it; his main priority was the wellbeing of his two friends.
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“Jun, thank goodness you're safe,” Satoshi almost sobbed as he knelt beside Jun, pulling his head onto his lap with his one functioning hand.
“S-Satoshi?” Jun couldn't believe that he was actually there and holding him in his arms; he thought that the cold was making him hallucinate.
Jun’s skin was icy and his face was almost as white as the snow that surrounded them.
Sakurai walked back, happy that things had been set in motion to sort out the wrecked car and its occupants. He had also been able to get hold of Aiba who had promised to pick up Toma and bring him there immediately.
Satoshi and Jun were gazing at each other in teary wonder, each obviously relieved that the other was safe, their emotions raw and undisguised for once. Sakurai was about to turn away and leave them some privacy until the rescuers arrived, but his attention was drawn to a discoloration of the snow beneath Jun. The white was gradually turning red; the bright red of fresh blood.
Instead of turning away, he began to run towards them.
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The first thing that Jun saw when he opened his eyes was a pair of concerned dark honey-coloured eyes gazing down at him from a familiar face.
“Satoshi?” Jun was surprised that his voice sounded so croaky, as if he hadn't used it for a long while. Something was wrong with the vision in front of him, but he couldn't quite place it, until, “You're hurt? Why is your arm in a sling? Are you okay?”
Jun hadn't realized that he was also hurt until he spoke sending a wave of pain down his left side that almost took his breath away.
Satoshi instantly sat carefully on the edge of the bed, stroking Jun’s cheek, calming him with his touch. “Shh, don't over exert yourself. It's just my shoulder. Toma popped it back in and it's as good as new.”
It all came back to Jun in a rush, his abduction, the car, the knife, his father. His father?
“Father! He was in the car. He wanted to kill me. What happened to the car?”
“Don't worry about that now. Just try and sleep,” Satoshi said, trying to deflect Jun’s attention. He wanted some support around when he told Jun the news.
Jun wanted to argue, but his exhaustion was overwhelming, dragging him back down to a dreamless sleep.
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The next time Jun woke, he was much more alert, the pain in his side already lessening. Toma and Sakurai were hovering near the door and Satoshi was still sitting in the same spot, dark circles under his eyes showing that he had refused to move from his position and get some rest of his own.
Upon seeing that Jun was awake Toma came over and gently checked his dressings asking, “Jun, how are you feeling?”
“Confused. What happened to my father?” Jun asked with a wince.
“Firstly let me tell you that you're going to be fine. Luckily the knife hit your rib rather than penetrating your chest and slipped down into your side. We did an exploratory surgery and there's no damage to any major organs. You lost quite a bit of blood so you'll probably be feeling a bit weak for a while though,” Toma said gently.
Sakurai stepped up and continued, “The two men in the car have some broken bones, but they'll soon mend enough to stand trial for kidnapping and assault.”
Jun looked around at the three of them, “And Father?”
Satoshi squeezed Jun’s hand. “He wasn't wearing a seat belt. His head hit the window.”
Jun was suddenly afraid, “He’s not here somewhere is he? In another room?”
“Jun, your father died,” Satoshi said, bracing himself for Jun’s reaction.
But Jun’s response wasn't what anyone was expecting; he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
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“I'm not hysterical,” Jun protested as Satoshi clutched at him and Toma pressed the buzzer to call for a nurse.
Sakurai was the only one who looked as if he understood.
“My father was an evil man, who was responsible for so many deaths. The world is better off without him. My sister and mother are finally free.” Jun’s smile was brittle. “I'm finally free.”
“He was still your father, it's okay to be sad,” Satoshi said.
“My father? That's the one thing I am grateful for,” Jun said with tears welling in his eyes. “He told me that he wasn't my father. I'm someone elses son. Do you know how happy that made me? How relieved? I’ve spent half my life worrying that I will turn out just like him, that my blood is bad, evil even and now I don't have to worry anymore. I should be celebrating…”
Jun’s words dissolved into hiccuping sobs as a mixture of relief and guilt flooded through his body. His father was dead and all he felt was happiness for his own family and for all the other families out there who had suffered at the hands of that evil monster.
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Jun was safely asleep in Toma’s clinic after crying until he could no longer keep his eyes open, so Satoshi took the chance to go home and shower and get some sleep.
Now that he was sure that Jun was safe he could finally allow himself to rest, but sleep proved to be elusive. Every time he closed his eyes he relived the moment when he realized that Jun had been stabbed; his warm lifeblood leaching out into the slow.
He had been terrified that he would lose him and because of his dislocated shoulder all he’d been able to do was cradle Jun on his lap and speak words of comfort to him as Sakuria had covered Jun with his own jacket and placed pressure on the wound until Toma and Aiba arrived.
It had been the worst moment of his life and he now knew that he loved Jun with all his heart. But what did the future hold for them now? There was no longer any reason for Jun to stay; he was free to return to his family or go anywhere else that he desired.
What would such a young and beautiful person want with a man fifteen years his senior who lived in the middle of nowhere? Jun deserved better.
If Jun wanted to leave then he decided that he would say or do nothing to stop him. All he could do was wait and hope that perhaps Jun liked him enough to want to stay. The memory of Jun’s soft lips gave him at least a glimmer of hope for the future.
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Date: 2017-07-22 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-22 02:51 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ❤
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Date: 2017-07-22 01:19 pm (UTC)Nevertheless, I'm so glad that that guy (since he's not Jun's real father) is finally dead! Hope that Jun's finally going to heal from all the pain and tell Satoshi that he loves him... Oh well, the two of them exactly have the same fear. Satoshi's worried that Jun might leave him since he's free now and Jun's worried that he doesn't have any reason to stay longer with him. Awwww duuuuuuhhhh please talk about it you two! Kyaaaaaaa they're together now!!!
*wriggles eyebrows
thanks for the update, dear! <3
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Date: 2017-07-23 03:36 am (UTC)Hopefully now that Jun is safe they will finally both talk about their feelings.
Thanks for reading, my friend.
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Date: 2017-07-22 04:25 pm (UTC)Satoshi was so brave!! He saved Jun again <3 And Sho was a great help too, glad they reacted so fast. Poor Jun though, being hurt again, and having to stay in the hospital, but now... the nightmare is finally over. However, I assumeJun will need a while to heal and to really leave the past behind. And I doubt he will leave Ohno just like that :-) I think he feels the calmest and safest with Ohno, and he loves him after all <3 He will probably just want to see his mother and sister, but who knows... maybe they need a break to and will come to visit :-)
Can't wait for the next chapter <3
Thanks for this update!
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Date: 2017-07-23 03:41 am (UTC)Jun might take a little while to come to terms with the fact that he is safe and his mother and sister too. Hopefully Satoshi will understand if Jun needs a little while longer before they can finally have a proper relationship together.
I think that with the spring, there might finally be some romance happening.
Thanks for reading dear. I'm glad you are still enjoying it.
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Date: 2017-07-23 06:00 pm (UTC)Now, let's see what these two gonna do about their future😎
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Date: 2017-07-24 02:20 am (UTC)I think they will need a little while to recover and then hopefully someone will make a move.
Thanks for reading.💕
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Date: 2017-07-23 06:12 pm (UTC)I hope they'll get their chance for a nice future together. <3 <3
Thanks for the update <3
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Date: 2017-07-24 02:20 am (UTC)Thanks, my friend.
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Date: 2017-07-27 06:14 am (UTC)Satoshi is so cute to be insecure about Jun's feelings. I'm sure, though, that once Jun's well, they'll be together, like they deserve! :)
I'm waiting for the next chapter!
Thanks for sharing with us! <3
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Date: 2017-07-27 09:21 am (UTC)At last there's nothing to come between them and preventing them from expressing their feelings.
Thanks for your thoughtful comment.💜
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Date: 2017-07-28 04:12 pm (UTC)Finally Jun is safe and he knew the truth about his father. I'm glad but why must Satoshi think that way in the end? That makes me worried that he might sacrifice his own feelings if he thought that Jun is better without him, when in fact Jun needs him
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Date: 2017-07-28 10:07 pm (UTC)I think they both just need a little time to catch their breath and recover.
Thanks for reading, my friend.
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Date: 2018-10-23 09:00 am (UTC)I always struggle writing action scenes. Your compliment means a lot to me.