Open My Eyes Ushijima x Reader

5: Locked Box in the Dark

School has ended and it being friday, there were no clubs. Before The boys and I rounded the last corner into Momma's view We stopped for a second. "Remember, try and avoid taking those medications, and take this too" Tendou handed me a small little book. "It has a plan in there that I think will work modify it if you need too but this will be the quickest way to get you out of that house" I smilled and huged the both of them.

They both hugged back as I let go, "Thanks guys see you monday!" I turned around and hurried off, not looking anyone in the eyes and got in the car.

Momma was silent, "a minute late, you say it takes 5 minutes from your last class to here, what happened... were you maybe, talking to people?" I turned to momma wide eyed.

I smilled, "of course not, momma knows best and id never do anything you dont want me too! The class just got held up a bit today is all!" momma seemed to buy it as she smilled.

She started the car, "Oh good! that makes me so happy!" we drove off as i looked in the rear view mirror to see ushijima and tendou watching us drive away.

When we got home my mother brought me to the kitchen, "Sit down we need to talk" I suspiciously sat down and waited to hear whaat she was going to say. "This was a big decision, but sadly it has come to this point" I stared at her my stomach dropping at every word. "I just cant trust you not to leave me, so, we are moving somewhere you will love and will want to stay forever.

"No"

"What?"

"want to hear it in spanish? ~No~!"

She slamed her hands on the table and seathed at me, "How dare you tell your mother no! dont you love me! Kids that love their mother dont say no!" I stood up against her, the first time i ever have and that made her faulter a bit.

I noticed how the loss of control made her panic slightly, i pressed record on my phone in my pocket from what i read from tendous help this was good to gather evidence. "No! How dare you manipulate me into believing the world was out to get me, that i'm sick and dying! forcing medications down my throat that make me sick and pale! How dare you lock me in a basment threatning to kill me! How dare you make me repeat and believe every single morning that bruises are a mothers love! Im not allowed internet barely a phone! I cant close my door even when im changing and showering i cant have friends I cant compeete at the sport I am amazing at Im surprised im even allowed to do it maybe because it's required so i dont get in trouble, How dare you hide me from the world!" My mother slapped me, the stinging redd feeling lingered.

She started screaming and threw a cup at me. "I am your mother! you listen to me! I need to protect you if I dont take good care of you they'll take you away! I need to be the perfect mother sheilding you from everything bad!" She walked up to me and pulled my hair. "We are moving, either you come and live with me or you go and die with me. Which is it?" I spit at my mother.

"Go to hell bitch" She slammed my face on the counter as I rebounded and turned around to kick her she threw me through the open door as i tumbled down the stairs into the basement. "No... NO" I started to panick as she slammed the door and loccked it. I was left in the dark, but then I remembered I had my phone still. I pulled it out, and thanked god it wasnt broken. "get me out of here, she's crazy" i stopped the recording and saved it in a locked file in my phone. I tried calling tendou, but I didnt have his number.

I didnt have anyones number but momma's. I didnt even have service. I looked through the small book tendou wrote me and flipped through the pages with the light of the phone. On the back where tendous and ushijima's phone number, along with the police's. "911? never knew the police had a phone number. Huh, the basment isn't so bad when you're older" I quickly put the phone and book in a crack behined the stairs as i heard my mother coming. My face, neck, ribs, and limbs were screaming in pain.

Momma opened the door, she had something behined her back. "Since you decided it was a good idea to not take your medicines yesterday lets see how this new disciplin will make you remember!" She pulled out a small kitchen knife, not enough to kill me but enough to hurt.

I stood up and glared, "bring it on". She backed me in to a wall and started to slowly cut the tops of my arms as she stared at me in the eyes. That small simple smile on her face.

I grimaced at her as she kept cutting feeling warm blood drip down my arms in thick lines. I didn't fight her and I didn't show her she phased me because I want her to see she doesn't control me. After five minutes of progressively getting angrier at not rousing a reaction she stomped her foot and walked up the stares and slammed the door.

I released a deep breath, and felt tears coming down my face. I inhaled sharply and walked over to my phone and checked the signal and saw one bar but it wasn't enough so I just realized I had to wait out the weekend.

After a few hours and me knowing it was 10 at night by me being tired I decided to shake the feeling and look through the things down here. There were a bunch of boxes and files so I decided to rummage through them first.

I looked through the back first deciding that's where more dated things would be. I happened upon a locked metal box, pretty big about 2x2 feet and about a foot tall. I looked for something to open the lock when in an old cabinet stored down here was a bunch of keys.

About 3 hours later I finally found the key to open it and took it off the key ring to save in my pocket. Once I unlocked the box there were a bunch of photos, of people I didn't recognize, or well kids I didn't recognize, my momma is almost 50 so these could be here kids?

The oldest one was momma at 23 holding a baby in a hospital bed, it had writing behind it:

Sept. 19th 1985,

Sweet Elijah DOB: 8/19/85 6:23 Am- 6:47 Am. Premature birth defects.

I cringed at the sight of knowing my mommas first kid died shortly after. But all these other kids had photos and papers about them. "Maybe it's adoption? But what's that room? Why does it look like a jail cell? What is this?" All these kids looked sad and scared and at the very bottom was a small thin box with a key in it. "Great more keys" I put that in my other pocket as I read them, they all had a date of birth and death.

Then I found mine, it had my date of birth... and by date of death... which is my 18th birthday... the day we move..? "Oh my god she's going to kill me" I panicked I closed the box, and locked it grabbing it and hiding it in the under steps of the stair case. I looked around and saw a rolling bookshelf. I pushed at found a door behind it, I pulled out the key and started texting tendou and ushijima... maybe at some point they'll get the text once my phone gets service.

"What are you hiding you monster" I unlocked the door and slowly opened it.