Friday, October 16th

Kaito gently knocked against the bathroom door in slight irritation as he awaited for some sort of response. "You've been in there long enough. You have 5 seconds to come out or I'm breaking in, whether you're finished or not." He called out for the female inside as he assessed the already weakened structure of the door that would easily give way to even the slightest tension. "5...4...3...2-" (Y/n) angrily stomped out of the area, with an annoyed glare as she looked towards the impatient boy.

"You're a disgusting piece of filth, you know that...?" The girl longingly looked towards the doorway that was being fiercely guarded by the Anatolian Shepherd who seemed set against allowing her to escape through the entrance. In her thoughtful state, (Y/n) felt her arm being yanked towards the bed post again as the male dragged her towards her captivity. The female felt her heart stop at the realisation of the situation, and each inhale only added to her anxiety.

"No!" The girl began fight desperately against his hold as she felt at the edge of hyperventilating as the prospect of being caged began taking over her every sense. "Please! I beg you, I beg you! Don't lock me up again! I promise I won't try to do anything, just please don't do this to me!" Kaito blocked out the urgent pleas as his conscience felt the weight of his actions, and took swift action to restrict her to the bed post once more. The moment the female was locked again, she became muted as though automatically confronting the inevitable confinement.

The female could only let out heavy and deep breaths as she tried to steady her nerves while the boy could only look on in pity as he handed her a sandwich wrapped in tin foil. The girl gave it one glance before she averted her head away from the food in disapproval. "You haven't eaten anything in 2 days straight and you refuse everything we give you...You need some sort of nutrients in your system (Y/n), I'm worried for your health." The female gave out a humorous scoff at the claim.

"If you cared for me at all, I wouldn't be handcuffed to the bed right now...I'll eat when l can actually use both my hands." Though she was claiming a bold statement, as she could feel her empty stomach protesting at the lack of attentions she's been giving it. For the past hours she could feel occasional pains in her intestines as they urged her for nourishment, only to obdurately be denied from that convenience. "Just leave me alone..."

The male sighed in slight frustration and placed the food on the nightstand in hopes the female would become tempted and accept it. "I understand this is hard for you and this isn't exactly a quaint situation for me either. But you seem to be learning your lesson so we'll see how soon you'll be released from those cuffs." The girl turned away from him and proceeded to ignore the boy as she felt his cold eyes staring into her back.

Amidst her disregard for him, (Y/n) took out Charlie from underneath her pillow to analyse the stoic creature as it sorrowfully watched the girl. She couldn't quite find the right flare that would spark the creature's life like the blond did, and felt as though she wasn't doing the inanimate animal justice.

"Charlie...?" The female glanced back to see the boy intently focusing on the toy as fresh images of the creature danced around in his mind as he recalled the meaning behind the puppet. "That's Ryo's..." The more he stared at the Chinchilla that was held protectively in the girl's grasp, he could feel a flicker of envy invading his heart. "It's always Ryo..." He spitefully whispered through gritted teeth as he sensed his nerves snapping away at his sensibility.

(Y/n) sensed the malevolent tone that coated the male's speech and gulped at the suggestive response. Kaito noticed her analytical gaze and quickly returned the neutral aspect to his features. He turned around to depart with the female and as he was halfway through the door, he halted himself as he remained silent for a few seconds at a time, to the girl's dismay.

"I'll be going to the store this Saturday...would you like something specific for me to get you?" The female seemed to consider his offer for a moment as she quietly contemplated while the boy patiently waited for her answer.

"Could you bring me some juice please..." The male was slightly surprised he even received a request, but gladly accepted the requisition and left the unwelcoming area.

(Y/n) remained unmoving as the boy left, and proceeded to enter a deep state of contemplation as she watched the animal toy gazing at her with its dead glass orbs.

The cheerful male kept an unpredictable change in actions as he kept alternating between his choice of visiting the girl or staying to sulk in his room. His feet proceeded to turn him around the moment he parted five feet from his bedroom, and back on his way the second he reached his door again. His mind seemed filled to the brim with troubled words and shadowed images that put his heart under great strain.

'I want to see my angel.' With that thought dominating his mind, he began making strides towards the girl's area, only to be plagued by another concern like clockwork as he reached the maximum number of paces. 'But I can't hurt her like that again. Yesterday I nearly...' Recalling his bodily temptations to a single bottle of liquor, Ryo was inwardly disgusted with himself as he nearly gave in to his cravings. He shook away the nauseous feeling before inhaling a deep breath of air and clenched his muscles, and began assuringly making his way towards the female he wished to see. 'But (Y/n) isn't afraid of me anymore...I know I'm not going to harm her like that again-'

Ryo came to an abrupt stop as a figure crossed his path to stand against him like a barrier. Alex held his hands out of view, striking some alarm in the blond as he watched the boy's disapproving scowl. "Where are you going?" The question held an undertone of challenging condemnation, knowing the answer to the enquiry but choosing to give the male one more chance to reverse his actions.

Ryo gulped at the inclination before reassuringly answering. "I want to spend some time with (Y/n)." Alex inwardly sighed in quiet censure before scowling at the blond.

"No you won't." Alex calmly slid his hand to the side to uncover the object in his hand. Ryo immediately felt all the colour draining from his face as his throat dried up at the sight of the item held by his opposer, like a trusted weapon.

"Alex...don't do this to me." Ryo shook his head in desperate denial as his eyes couldn't peel away from the bottle in the opposing boy's hand. "Please, put that away." He could feel his sensibility numbing as Alex began approaching the boy in purposeful mockery. The blond's abstemious mindset began crumbling as he could smell the intoxicating scent of the strong alcohol. "Stop it, please!"

"Did you stop?" Ryo flinched at the question as he understood the meaning behind the rhetorical inquisition. "Did you stop when you were putting your tainted hands on her?" Alex received no response as the second individual began trembling from all the pressure he was placed under. Ryo was finally put over the edge as his confronter swing the bottle at his direction, not intending to hit him, but coat him in the clear liquid that was the bane of his existence.

The blond felt his world crumbling as his feet could no longer hold him up as the alcohol drenched him in its teasing aroma and consistency. Ryo's heart heavily thumped in his chest as he felt his lungs losing their oxygen. "Alex, I beg you stop it!" His hands tremored as he placed them against his ears to block out all the words that embedded themselves in his subconscious.

"Did she beg?" Ryo whimpered at the inquiry and could feel himself drowning as he sensed the bottle of liquor being tipped over to shower him in his guilty pleasure while his mind could only dissolve as he was saturated in the drink. As Alex allowed the very last drop to drain on the shaking male, he dropped the empty bottle beside the boy to give him a good view of the glass container that was wasted on him. Ryo fixated on the bottle as his conscience twisted the familiar image into a memory of a similar situation from his past, as he had emptied the contents of the alcohol in order to drown out the world. "Tell me, did she beg?"

Alex calmly repeated himself as he looked down on the struggling boy as he fought his inner demons. Ryo sniffed and coughed as he found it hard to breath without inhaling the scent. "I-I don't know..." He weeped out his uncertain reply, making his torturer narrow his eyes at him.

"Did you stop?" Ryo lightly hiccuped as he tried to remember the shadowy images in his mind.

"I-I...I don't k-know." His heart weighed heavy on his guilt as he tried to do the girl some justice on attempting to recall the events of the topic, unsure if he even wanted to remember. "I-I'm sorry...I'm so sorry (Y/n)..."

Alex unsympathetically watched the tormented boy as he inwardly struggled to grip against the last shred of sanity that could hold him together. As Ryo silently cried, his body froze as he heard a small click that sent his bustling mind into blankness. The blond looked up to see the opposing male had taken a few steps back, and his vision immediately focused on the lighter in his hand.

As the flame flickered from right to left in a wild manner, the degraded boy stared at the dominating male as he gave him a cold look filled with spite and bereft of any empathy. "If you truly feel like you're innocent, come and stop me." Ryo's eyes gaped at the merciless male, only to hang his head in shameful acceptance as he prepared to take up his side of the pain. "Pathetic."

The cold eyed boy prepared to chuck the lighter at the doused male, right before his hand was grabbed a moment before his could release it. "The f**k has gotten into you?!" Bako pulled the surprised male back and knocked his hand against the wall to grab the lighter and shut it off. "Are you insane?!" Alex furiously glared at the interference and shoved the azure male off of him.

"Don't get in my way. Unless you want the same treatment." Bako remained unfazed by the threat and glanced towards the stifled blond as he tried to grasp the situation.

"Ryo, go and get sorted out. I'll take over from here." The boy stood still for a moment before he laboriously climbed back to his feet. As Alex made an attempt to attack him, he was blocked off by the larger male. "You're not going anywhere." Alex glowered up at the boy that was hampering him but made no attempt to oppose him, knowing the guardian had the upper hand. "Go downstairs, right now."

Alex growled in irritation before tusking out his annoyance and heavily walked away to calm himself somewhere else. Bako tailed after the male until he turned the corner where he would reassuringly witness the boy move to the ground floor. As he stopped at the edge of the wall, he noticed a second figure leaning back while Alex completely disregarded his existence.

"How long have you been there?" Kaito glanced at the male questioning him, and gave the tall boy a simple shrug.

"I just came-"

"Bulls**t, you were watching this whole time, weren't you?" Kaito responded with silence and began making his way back in the same way Alex departed. "You were gonna let him do that to Ryo, weren't you?" The intellectual gave no reply as he ignored the boy's interrogation. "Some friend you've turned out to be."

"As I said before, I just came." With that last excuse, Kaito disappeared, leaving Bako to shake his head in condemnation.

Ryo gripped the edge of the sink as his breath didn't seem to reach his lungs, feeling as though he were drowning in the alcohol that soaked him. 'My lungs are burning.' He felt on the edge of vomiting from the nausea that swirled his insides. 'Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop.' His mind couldn't make the choice between feeling relief at the comforting aroma of the drink or feeling disgusted at his state as he knew the negative effect this would lead up to. He could only stay in his bathroom as no muscle made any move to aid his tormented mental state. "Mummy...is this really who I am?"

Ryo felt a spray of cold water washing away every ache that was embedded in his thoughts and body, and slowly the stench of the liquor dissolved against the tiled floor and slid into the drain in the corner. The blond stood still for the duration of the rapid rain of fresh liquid, until a hand began pulling at his blouse. "Take this off. It's absolutely drenched in alcohol."

The younger boy allowed the hand to swiftly remove the clothing, leaving him in his undershirt as he let his mind and emotions return into stable rows as he permitted the person to clean off his guilt and scent. After the droplets slowly began decreasing to the point where they completely stopped, the blond glanced up to see a tall figure looming over him, as the person retracted the shower head and proceeded to squat down to reach his level of hight.

"Bako...why are you doing this? Shouldn't you just let me die for what I've done to (Y/n)." The second male watched the boy in contemplative thoughtfulness before exhaling his stress out.

"Listen, I don't know what you've done to (Y/n). Hell, maybe if I did, I would have reacted in the same way Alex had." The carob eyed boy lowered his gaze in shameful guilt. "But I don't. Which means so far I can only see how you're handling this." Ryo connected gazes with the male as he fully regarded him with interest. "This seemed to be bothering you deeply...listen, if you want your mind to be at ease, I suggest you go talk to (Y/n) about what happened and try to make amends." The golden haired male seemed against the mere thought of the idea and began violently shaking his head. "If you don't, how will (Y/n) know you're truly sorry about what you've done?" Ryo slumped his shoulders after shrugging, and moped his head down. "...I think you're regretting more the fact that you still haven't asked for her forgiveness over the incident...so at least clear your conscience by apologising to her." Ryo began considering the idea for a moment and looked towards Bako. "Whether she forgives you or not is up to her. But you can at least make the effort to start the process."

The blond stared at the floor for a few minutes until he looked up to gratefully smile at the azure male before finding his feet to stand up. "Thank you." Despite a shaky start, Ryo ignored his soaked clothing and immediately made his way to see the girl.

Bako stayed back to silently loath himself for giving the boy a chance to strengthen his relationship with the girl, and draw her further away from him. He sighed as he attempted to convince himself he had done the right thing as he returned the shower head back to its original position.

(Y/n) had made little movement since the intellectual had left her to her own as she simply continued to play around with the toy Chinchilla until she heard footsteps coming her way. She intently focused her attention on the door until a limp body stumbled in with a hung head as he quietly stepped into the room.

"Ryo? What happened to you? Why are you drenched?" She noticed the small trail of water that he left behind and his slicked, matted hair that still had a few drops hanging onto the strands. Ryo fell to his knees at the edge of the bed and took the surprised girl's hand to solemnly hold it as though to stop her from leaving at that moment in time.

"I'm sorry." The girl stared at him in bewilderment as she found it a slight difficulty to comprehend the sudden change in tone from their previous encounter. "I'm so sorry I hurt you." (Y/n) jolted slightly at the realisation of his meaning and could only watch the boy as his body shook like an unstable pillar. "I'm so sorry (Y/n). It's my fault that I let my carelessness get the better of me...and then you had to get hurt because of that...I don't want to hurt you like this, and I don't want you to hate me. And I don't want to keep pretending like it didn't happen...it's not fair on you. I don't want to just let it sit between us like a dead silence...so even if you don't forgive me, I want to at least be fair to you and apologise for what I've done."

Ryo didn't receive a response for the longest time, and was assured the girl was glaring at him with judging eyes, only for him to feel small pokes from a tiny object. He looked up to see Charlie covering his entire view, staring back at him. "I'm not angry at you." The creature spoke out in a gentle, feminine voice that remained familiar to the boy.

(Y/n) moved the creature away to show her mellow features as she gazed down at the male.

"I...can't honestly say I forgive you. But I'm not holding grudges Ryo. I can assure you, there's no need to be this hung up over it...You've done what you can, and I respect you for it." Ryo stared at the girl as though trying to comprehend her words, falling in disbelief at her statement.

The boy jumped up and wrapped his arms around the girl's body as he allowed his guilt to disappear for a single moment. "I love you." (Y/n) froze at the confession as she couldn't find it in her heart to return the boy's feeling, nor bluff her words to suit his desires. "I love you (Y/n)."

The blond happily skipped out of the door, before turning back to give the girl inside a finale wave of a farewell. "Bye angel! I'll see you later, OK?" Ryo took a few strides away from the door, before he halted in his tracks to stare at the figure in front of him.

Alex held a stern scowl of animosity as he glared at the boy before him. Ryo was slightly surprised at the male's presence and stared at the newcomer for a few seconds, before he began brightly smiling towards the enraged boy. Alex could feel his muscles clenching as he was preparing to rip apart the grinning male in front of him.

"You can kill me now if you want." The spiteful boy gave out a low growling tune at the words, while Ryo simply shrugged in cheered positivity. "I'm too happy to care at the moment." The blond made bold steps towards the feral boy, and as he passed him on the way, Alex restrained himself from attacking the joyful actor.

After the boy had fully left, Alex stood at the same spot as he stared towards the girl's room. He waited for a certain creature to pad its way out of the door, towards his friend. Alex knelt down to inspect for any object in his mouth until he found the item he was looking for. "Good boy."

A/N:
Today's fanart is actually going to be really tough for me to show. I've been desperately trying to find the artist who drew this fantastic picture of all the boys but I can't seem to find the user anywhere. Usually I keep tabs on the art and artist and even add the art books to my library, but for some reason I can't find the person that drew this. So if the person that made it is reading this, please inform me so I can give you credit on the brilliant work, and ease my conscience a bit. For the rest of you, enjoy the beauty~