stockholm syndrome

mesmerized

the next day

i woke up and there was a note beside my bed.

    ꫝ𝓲 ᥇ꪖ᥇ꪗ, 𝘬ꫀꪀꪑꪖ, 𝓲, ꪖꪀᦔ 𝘴ꪖ𝓽ꪮ𝘳𝓲 ꪶꫀᠻ𝓽 𝓽ꫝꫀ ꫝꪮꪊ𝘴ꫀ 𝓽ꪮ 𝘳ꪊꪀ 𝘴ꪮꪑꫀ ꫀ𝘳𝘳ꪖꪀᦔ𝘴. 𝓽ꪖᦔꪖ𝘴ꫝ𝓲 𝘴ꫝꪮꪊꪶᦔ ᥇ꫀ ꪊρ𝘴𝓽ꪖ𝓲𝘳𝘴!!

his handwriting.. is beautiful.

i was starting to become mesmerized by every little thing keiji did.

i got dressed into a better outfit now that i had a growing wardrobe. i was excited to see tadashi so i made my way upstairs.

"tadashi? where are you?" i called as i entered the kitchen. he was sitting on the couch, his back to me.

did he hear me? i should call
him again.

"..tadashi??" my voice must've been louder since i was closer to him now.

i could hear the venom and anger in his tone, like it was laced with daggers. "what.?"

"..what's wrong?"

"what do you want, y/n."

he's never spoken to me like this..

well.. he has.. but not in awhile.

"is something wrong?" i peeked over his shoulder and saw the problem. he was reading the newspaper he must've gone out and found. right at the top was a picture of me. i almost didn't recognize myself at first. i looked happier.

but i was even happier this way.

the entire front of the newspaper was an article about me. about how there's been a search team out for me since the day i went missing— or, the day i was stolen.

march 20th, 2017.

it was now november 14th, 2017.

i read a bit further and saw that they were officially ending the search in two days, november 16th.

"oh.." i mumbled. before i could even comprehend what was happening, tadashi swung around and backhanded me right in the face.

i stumbled back, a look of horror on my face as my nose started bleeding on my new shirt. the shirt he had gotten me months before.

tadashi's eyes widened as he realized what he'd done. he tried to step towards me, apologizing multiple times.

tears welled up in my big eyes as i turned and ran down the stairs, slamming the door and pushing my dresser in front of it since the boys had taken out the lock in february. 

i grabbed my phone which i had left on my bed. i didn't want to bother keiji so i just texted him. this was another rule. always tell someone when someone else hits me. we weren't allowed to do that anymore.

me
Keiji, Tadashi hit me please come home soon.

                                Your fav!!❤️
What? He hit you? We're on our way.