Without Me (kagehina)

Chapter 27

** TW ⚠️ EXPLICIT HARM ⚠️ TW **

The faint sound of knuckles cracking could be heard. Everything seemed so far away, or better yet, everything sounded muffled as if he was underwater. Hinata groaned out and tried his hardest to lift his head, not even lifting it enough to look straight ahead. Not that he'd be able to look straight ahead anyway with his blurred vision.

He could be compared to a camera lens being out of focus; he knew exactly what was around him but he couldn't see or think straight. Everything was a blur, the only clear feeling being a sudden cold object hit his arm. Once again, faint sounds could be heard, but this time, the sounds were coming from right in front of him.

The almost stinging cold shook Hinata out of his daze. He panted heavily realizing he'd been fighting to stay conscious. It took a moment for him to remember what was going on but when he finally did, his head shot up and he frantically looked around. His eyes soon landed on his right arm where a screwdriver rested. That must've been what was so cold; the metal.

"Wha..t?" he mumbled, confused as to why his father simply held the metal against his skin without making any significant movements. His breathing became more uneven as he stood there in silence, trying his best to calm down. The pain shooting up his left arm didn't help either.

Hinata was relieved to feel the screwdriver slowly lift, his father leaning in at the same time. "Look at me." Hinata did as he was told and stared his father straight in the eye, struggling to hold his composure.

After a sudden swift motion startled him, Hinata's face went pale once again. He became lightheaded and weakly clawed at the tool that was now sticking between his ear and the bark of the tree. "Ple...please..." he continued to grab at the screwdriver until his father ripped it out in one swift motion, the crunching sound of cartilage being prominent in Hinata's ear.

"I scared ya, didn't I?" Kutai chuckled and took a closer look at his son. "You got" he gestured toward his own ear "It looks like you got a little something right there. A hole, maybe?" he mocked with a twisted laugh, gripping the tool harder.

"I'm gonna make a few more holes, if that's alright with you? Well, what you think really doesn't matter now does it! We're just doing what I want here." Hinata tensed up as his father traced the metal against his smooth, pale skin. Kutai decided on a spot around Hinata's forearm, specifically, a delicate spot right over a vein.

Hinata visible cringed watching his fathers movements. He knew what was coming and he was definitely not ready. This may be what makes him lose it.

Starting slow and only poking Hinata's skin at first, Kutai appeared to be so very invested and concentrated in what he was doing. It was truly quite disturbing. That man was honestly the lowest of the low, the scum of the earth. He deserved to be the one getting beaten and tortured.

After a moments hesitation, he began to twist the screwdriver into Hinata's skin while applying way to much pressure. Hinata tensed his hand and arm while making a fist in attempt to lessen the pain but it proved useless.

Each twist and turn tore through multiple layers of skin, causing the redhead to be in agonizing pain. Once the screwdriver reached his vein, Hinata let out a chilling scream as tears forced their way out of his eyes and his arm was left gushing blood.

He couldn't take it, he was nauseas and lightheaded. His left arm caused that side of his body to go limp. Now, his right arm felt as if the life was being sucked out of it. Hinata felt like he was dying.