Into The Rose Garden (Seidou x Kanae/Karren)

Chapter Thirty-seven - Bodily harm

Seidou slowly opens his eyes, finding himself back in the same place he's always found himself in. Locked in a cell-like room, with nothing but a blanket, pillow and clothes off his back. He sighed to himself, feeling a small tear stream down from his right eye. 'Why...? Why am I stuck between these two realities of mine?' The male thought.

'It's so confusing; is this my reality, or is that dream my reality?' Seidou grunted and growled, feeling himself get sick, knowing what was to come from that day. 

Kanou entered his room, alongside with Tatara. Seidou sat up, holding his knees and avoiding eye-contact with the pair. "Please...don't... Not today, please..." Kanou chuckled lightly. "Well, it really can't be helped, now can it?"

Tatara walked over to the young man, grabbing him by the wrist, pulling agressively. Seidou struggled a little before giving up and losing the will to even move his feet, causing Tatara to yank him even harder.

What happened next was unbelievably cruel; Kanou held out a hand drill, putting it to the side as he injected the rc suppressants into the boy's mucus membrane, within his mouth. Causing Seidou to yelp in pain.

Kanou proceeded to scoff. "Yeah, it's a pain. I couldn't really find a good drill with the material I preferred, but there's always alternatives!" Seidou shook his head slightly, increasing the speed of the shaking as the drill is switched on. "Please no, don't do it-!" Seidou moved a little, only to be restricted by the chains around his wrists. He couldn't even remember those being put on him.

Seidou watched as the first drilling was inserted into the palm of his hand, causing him to scream out in pain s blood gushed out of it. 

Kanou then drilled into the other one, then his right leg, then his left foot, then his stomach, then...his chest, barely missing his heart. Kanou chuckled softly. "What did you think, that I didn't know about non-lethal points? Please, give me some credit!"

Seidou began to pant softly, as the pain was somewhat residing, still burning around the areas. He also began to cry weakly, feeling his strength go away. 

Seidou was starting to believe that this would last forever, with no means of escape. However, right as Kanou was about to drill the next area, Seidou quickly opened his eyes and leapt right up from his bed. 

It was pitch black, still dark outside; Seidou panted quickly yet softly. Looking around himself, he found the time to have been 4:27 a.m.

He began to get up rather slowly, holding his chest tightly.

Quietly walking and opening the door, he makes his way to the restroom. Upon entering it, he slowly and carefully undresses himself, being completely bare. He turned on the water, entering at the right temperature. 

He slowly grabs a hold of the bar of soap and begins to gently, yet firmly, lather his body with it. Letting the tears from his eyes fall gently, he holds back any sound of sobbing or crying that tried escaping from his throat. "It...It won't wash off...! The blood won't wash off...!"

After the shower, he struggles going back to his room. Finding himself limping and nearly fainting from exhaustion. He had entered back into his room for some much needed rest, but upon shutting his eyes, the nightmare continues. Detailing even more pain and gore going back to it.

He leapt up, sitting up he looked over at the clock...5:37 a.m.

He held himself tightly to his knees, swaying his body back and forth, mumbling to himself as he felt some sort of panic attack growing by each second. "I can't afford to sleep...I can't afford to sleep...I can't afford to sleep..." He kept mumbling and mumbling quietly to himself. 

Seidou found himself terrified to sleep, afraid of what kind of bodily harm could appear before him. The night after that, and the next, and the next after that one, he wasn't able to sleep...at all.

Eventually, it showed fairly subtly with how he worked around the house. Things startled him more, he became slow and sluggish and he even became more snappy. It was only getting worse as nights passed.

One day, Kanae of all people decided to confront him about all of it.

As Seidou peacefully swept the floor, half dazed with his eye nearly shut, Kanae sighed. "Takizawa...that floor is completely clean." "Uh...huh..." Kanae scoffed. "Look at you, you're a mess!" "Uh...huh..." Kanae tilted his head.

"Hey, Takizawa...?" "Uh...huh..." Suddenly, Seidou collapsed to the floor, causing Kanae to freak out a little. "T-Takizawa?!" "Uh...uh...huh..." To which he passes out, before quickly waking himself up again. He began repeating the word 'no', silently to himself.

"R-Rosewald...I'm sorry..." Kanae tilts his head. "That's unlike you, very unlike you! Is something wrong?" "What's wrong with me apologizing? I always apologize, don't I?" Kanae scoffs. "That's not the issue here, you just seem so...unfocused!"

Seidou looked up at the younger male, closing his eyes and smiling weakly. "No...really, I'm fine! I've just been having some sleep troubles. I-It's not that bad... Now if you'll excuse me...t-these dishes n-need tending to..."

Seidou grabs a sponge, scrubbing onto...well, nothing. Like he's washing the air or something, picturing it as a some sort of plate. "Uh, Takizawa...there are no more dishes to wash; Aliza took care of those already." 

Seidou flinched, looking down at his empty hand and sponge. "O-Oh...I-I see, and I noticed..." "I don't think so, you seem REALLY out of it-!" Seidou quickly turns his head back, clearly angered. "I'M FINE, COMPLETELY FINE! LEAVE ME ALONE-!" 

Seidou puts on a shocked look on his own face, stunned by what came out of his own mouth. Seidou turns away, thinking over how to take the attention off of him. "I-I'm sorry, maybe I-I just need something to bring my mind at ease. You know, like reading or learning a new skill, or something."

Kanae rolled his eyes, leaning against the nearest surface and crossing his arms. "And I suppose you'll need my permission for that?" Seidou nods, without even looking over at Kanae. "Y-Yeah..."

Kanae thought and thought, genuinely feeling a bit of concern for the male. He really wasn't acting like himself, he just seemed so drained. Kanae wanted to just bring him back to focus, that's all there was to it surely.

Kanae cleared his throat. "You know what could be nice, and hear me out here! But maybe, just maybe...I can teach you to perhaps speak German...?" Kanae says, somewhat sheepishly.

Seidou slowly turns to the younger male. "Y-You would teach me German?" "D-Don't get the wrong idea, i-it just seems like you should learn something to sooth your mind! So don't think of this a-as anything big!" Seidou held his hands together, looking down. "I don't know..."

Kanae scoffed, all sassy-like. "And besides, learning multiple languages might come in handy one day. So starting tomorrow, we'll be taking an hour out of our time into German lessons!" Seidou smiles weakly, chuckling softly. "W-Whatever you think is best!"

Kanae smirks, nodding. "Alright, now take the day off and get some sleep! You look like you're about to die right at this second. Beeile dich!"

Seidou bowed, leaving the kitchen as soon as he physically could. However, upon entering his room, he only focused on doing the opposite. Practicing some yoga, basic exercises, tidying up and of course drinking some caned coffee. 'There's no way I should just go right to sleep, no way... After all, those bastards would be waiting for me anyway.'

The male then sits on his bed keeping his mind focused on multiple objects at once, keeping his eyes wide and open with the occasional blink. He spoke to himself, silently. "They won't win this time..."