The bar was lit up with red and yellow lights. To mask that it was an actual gay bar. The lights were probably about 50 years old. Very dim and needs to be repaired or have new ones bought. The bar was in the alleyway with a bunch of stripper men surrounding the area. 

He decides to walk in with a face mask so he can hide. Rowan walks over to the counter and asks the bartender for just an iced glass of water. A lot better than regular water. He waits for a while until he hears a bunch of loud guys stumbling in and laughing. He puts his mask back up to his face and scans for Chris amongst the crowd, and sure enough, there he was. He was the clumsiest one. He watches as the men go to a booth and start laughing their asses off. 

He moves over to a table slightly near them. Close enough to hear what the conversation is about. Through slurs, he can hear them talk about a guy that they are all interested in, even Chris. He shouldn't be talking about another guy especially like that when he is with Toka. Unless they are in an open relationship. Which he doubts is the case. He listens more when he hears Toka's name come out. Not by Chris though. "D-do you think we can do that stuff with Toka again?" The stranger slurs through his drinking. 

Then he hears some laughing from Chris and the rest of them follow along with him. "Yeah, man. He wouldn't even put up a fight anymore. With how everything has been going. I've been training him." Blood started boiling within Rowan. He knew what they were talking about. It doesn't take an idiot to realize what they have been saying. 

A burst of laughter erupted from the group of people and Rowan gets up and leaves. He knows what's been going on now. How long has it all been going on? How long has Toka been being abused and raped without anyone noticing? Questions started piling up in Rowan's head. Thankfully he wasn't caught by anyone. He heads out the door and gets back in his car. Since they have been busy drinking, he decides to stop by Toka's apartment. 

--------Toka Time--------

While watching Jake and The Neverland Pirates, he gets up to get his sippy cup from the cupboard. He goes to the fridge and takes out some Strawberry Kiwi juice and pours some in. He puts the cap back on and walks back to the couch. 

After about an hour he hears a knock at the door followed by a doorbell right after. He pauses for a moment and scrambles to get some other clothes on and throws the sweater onto the couch and puts his sippy cup next to the couch in the corner. He goes out to the door and pushes himself out of little space real quick. Not a good thing to do. 

He opens the door and looks up at the man that was at his door. Rowan. He looks around and hears a chuckle. "Chris is not here, don't worry. May I come in?" Toka nods slightly and moves out of the way to let him in. He's probably going to get murdered if Chris came home at this time. "Also, you don't have to act so formally. We aren't at work. Okay?" Toka gave another nod. He is still trying to get out of little space and he doesn't want to slip up his words. 

"So, what is this show called?" Toka looks up at the TV and grows red in embarrassment. He runs over to the TV and shuts it off. Then he hears a chuckle. "There's nothing wrong with it. You can continue watching it if you wanted." Toka looks up at him slightly. Rowan doesn't have a beard or anything. But he did have reading glasses for when he's in the office. He had black hair with green eyes. His skin wasn't tan at all but just tan enough to know he goes outside. 

As for Toka, he had light brown hair with blue eyes. Very pale because he only goes to work, then comes right home afterward. No time to have some color on his body. It's easy for people to see when he blushes, which is why he remains emotionless when he goes to work. He hates feeling embarrassed at work or in public for that matter. He is also very skinny because there are days that he goes out without eating. 

"Would you like to take a seat?" He cringed at not calling him sir and he mentally smacks himself for that. 

"Of course." Rowan takes a seat and Toka remains standing. "Why aren't you going to sit down." 

"Oh... I was wondering if you would like anything to drink."Toka tries to talk slow as possible to not mess up his words. 

"No thank you." Toka nods then walks over, sits down, and hugs his knees to his chest. Something he does when he feels a rush of panic flow over him. "You don't have to worry. Your boyfriend is at a bar with his friends. I was there for a bit by myself to talk to the bartender. I saw them go in and started being extremely loud."

Toka doesn't say anything. Instead, he just nuzzles further into his knees. Rowan notices his expression and decides to start questioning the boy beside him. "So how did you and Chris meet?" 

He looks up at Rowan a bit. "Met him on a site. For littles and carers to meet." Rowan nods and motions for him to continue. "We were having a great time. Until one day he came home drunk with his friends." 

Rowan notices the falter in Toka's voice. He waits for a second and when he doesn't hear anything else, he starts speaking. "Did they do anything that you didn't want to do?" Toka stayed silent but nodded his head yes. "So do you mind me asking what they did?" 

"Rather not." 

Rowan nods at his answer. "Are you too uncomfortable with talking about it here?" He sees another nod from Toka. "Would you like to talk about it at work tomorrow? I'll keep the doors locked at the office so no one comes in tomorrow." Toka nods once again. Rowan gets up. Knowing exactly where Toka would put it, he gets out the sippy cup that Toka hid and gives it to him. "When tomorrow comes, you don't have to be afraid to slip in front of me. It's a coping mechanism, right?" 

"Mhm..." Toka reaches for the sippy cup hesitantly and starts drinking out of it. 

"So, don't worry about it. I want you to be comfortable at work. So please, don't be afraid to show that side of yourself. Okay?" 

Toka hid his face between his knees again while he starts blushing. He gave a small nod. Rowan smiles at Toka's answer. He looks at the time and feels like Chris would be coming back in about fifteen minutes. "I guess I should be going. I'll see you tomorrow at work. Alright? I'll have someone in your place so you can be in my office until you feel up to going back to your desk." Toka nods. Rowan starts turning around and starts walking when he feels a tug at the bottom of his shirt. 

"T-Thank you." Toka is looking away from Rowan but just this makes him smile. He ruffles Toka's hair.

"No problem, bud. I'll see you tomorrow." With that Rowan starts walking out the door. 

Toka watches Rowan leave the house and gets up and gets his Pjs on with a bit of trouble. He finishes his drink and lays in bed. Maybe there is some hope in seeing Rowan. 

Alrighty my crew that is consisting of one person right now that's actively commenting(You know who you are and thank you so much!!) I hope y'all have a great day! The next chapter will be a wonderful conversation at the office. Have fun!!