Kyle wasn't in the mood to argue with a dog in his eyes, coming over and grabbing kenma by the back of his jumpsuit. He basically threw kenmas body back to the ground like a rag doll, walking over the top of kenmas body and sitting on the bed to look down at the boy. "You're stupid, you know that? No one is ever going to stay around to protect someone like you." He spoke harshly, knowing it was probably the truth. The man didn't threaten no more, ignoring the two on the bottom bunk. Kenma let out a cry as Kyle pulled him off the bed, grunting out his breath as he landed on the ground. He hit the floor with a fist, sobbing loudly and not bothering to quiet down. He pushed himself to a sitting position while he rubbed his side with a hand where he landed to soothe the pain. Kyle’s words stung, each one making his chest hurt and tighten up. “I-I’m not!” He cried out. He knew Kuroo would protect him, but Kyle’s words made him begin to doubt it. What if Kuroo got fed up with how hopeless he was and left him too? The thoughts made him want to vomit as he knew he couldn’t live without Kuroo. Kyle looked down at kenma with a look of disgust "You look horrible." He said, bringing himself to lay down on the bottom bunk. "Enough tears and fits." He added, closing his eyes to rest. The man was annoyed at kenmas cries, shaking his head but not doing anything. He knew he had done something to slasher last night, remembering the feeling as he gripped slashers wrist. Kenma didn’t even bother to move to a corner before he curled up on the ground. He missed having the security of the bed and slasher, now it was reduced to the cold ground. Kenma quickly began to shiver, his teeth chattering together as he laid there. Kyle’s words made him upset as well, he didn’t want to feel like he was nothing. Thoughts like that were what got to his head, it made him scared for what was to come when he got out. He realized that he almost attempted to kill himself a third time before going to prison, a thought that started to haunt his mind. Kenma whimpered softly as he lay on the floor, keeping his eyes wide open. After awhile an officer came in, seeing kenma was on the floor. "Up and over here." He said holding the cuffs up. They had a cell for kenma that had a bed free, not wanting to leave kenma on the ground. Kyle woke to this, sitting up quickly. He couldn't believe they were taking kenma away from him. "No, take him instead." He said, pointing to the man on the top bunk. The officer ignored this, keeping his eyes on kenma. Kenma couldn’t get a wink of sleep, each time his eyes shut his mind flashed with images of slasher bleeding out in front of him. He wished he could have done something more to save him, but he was too weak and useless to do anything. At least that’s what he thought of himself. The blonde looked over as the officer called him over, he stood with hesitation as he wasn’t sure his body wanted to carry its weight anywhere. His eyes flickered over to Kyle, glad he was getting away from a freak like him. He held his hands through the bars so they could cuff him, sniffling a couple times. The officer cuffed him before letting him out, leading him out the cell. He didn't speak to kenma, he knew kenma had seen enough today and was probably after rest. He brought kenma to a bunk with three men, they all looked between each other as kenma was brought over. "Him? The one that's been crying this place down??" One asked, slamming his hand against the bunk bars. The officer ignored it, unlocking the cell and letting kenma in before uncuffing him and leaving. One came straight up to kenma, standing tall in front of him. "What's your problem??" He asked, it being obvious kenma had been crying. Kenma sniffled as they walked, keeping himself as quiet as he could. He walked with the officer to the new cell, glancing in at the men as he stopped and waited to be let in. He jumped at the noise they men made, feeling uneasy in his stomach. He gulped as the one came over to him. Kenma was intimidated by his height alone, backing up a step as his lip quivered. “I-I’m sorry..” he whispered. He chuckled as kenma backed up "They're right, he's a puppy." He spoke, looking behind him at the other men. "If you're sorry then stop crying." Another one shouted, getting up off the bunk. "Go" the one in front of kenma said, pointing to the bottom free bunk. "Go pup" the one behind called out, the name pup had seemed to go around with ease. Just laying eyes on kenma they knew who everyone was talking about, the one who'd cry and scream loudly at night or give you sad eyes when stood in front of. The man on the top bunk couldn't help but chuckle each time kenma was spoken to by the other men. Kenma felt his stomach drop as they too called him a puppy. It brought back un-fond memories from both Lev and Kyle, the two who compared him the most. His shoulders went stiff as they began to order him to the bunk. Kenma wasn’t looking for trouble, so he lowered his head and obeyed. He climbed into the empty bed, lip quivering some more as he kept his back fo the men. The men started to talk amongst themselves as kenma got on the bed, sharing complaints that they were put with someone who cried a lot. One said they hadn't actually expected kenma to be that small, he didn't look like he could commit a crime even if he tried. One came over to kenma on the bottom bunk, folding his arms over. "Why do you cry so fucking much?" He asked, wanting to know what was making kenma cry and scream throughout the night and sometimes during the day. Today lunch had been skipped, with the amount of men they had there just wasn't enough to hand out the three meals today. Kenma could hear all of their words, but he didn’t say anything in return. He was used to being talked about so it didn’t matter much. Besides, he knew none of these men personally and knew no matter what he said they’d continue to have their opinions about him. The boy stiffened as one of them came close, giving him his attention so he didn’t tick him off. He fumbled with the fabric of his jumpsuit and shrugged one shoulder. “Nightmares..” he spoke softly. The man stood still for a moment, folding in half with laughter. "Hey hey" He said to get the others attention. "You know why he's so loud at night?" He asked them, getting their attention. He laughed to himself again, almost unable to speak. "Tell them pup go on." He managed out before folding in half again. He thought it was hilarious, the fact kenma sounded like he was getting murdered during the night just for it to be some silly dreams. Kenma jolted a bit as he started to laugh, he didn’t think there was anything funny about it. His nightmares were serious and an issue, causing him to have bad thoughts and to be overly cautious at times. The boy sat himself up and hugged his knees as the man brought the attention on him. His eyes finally started to water again but he didn’t dare let himself cry. Kenma bit on the inside of his cheek and muttered out his words. “Bad nightmares..” The others had been quiet to hear kenmas soft voice, them too bursting out with laugher. It went on for a bit before they calmed themselves down mostly "awh poor puppy has nightmares?" One said with a belittling voice, the rest bursting with laugher again. They couldn't believe that was all it was, feeling kenma was being over dramatic about it. "Alright Alright, no more" one said through his laugh, shaking his head and calming himself down again. The man who stood in front of kenma turned to face the other men. "Dude he smells like piss too." He added, moving himself up the ladder and sitting on the top bunk above kenma. Kenma felt humiliated as they started to laugh. His cheeks went pink and he lowered his gaze to the floor so he didn’t have to watch their laughing faces. He turned away and laid his self down, hugging his knees to his chest. Even though he didn’t think he could sleep, he was going to try and disengage from the conversation. He relaxed for a second as their laughs stopped, but his cheeks went darker at the mention of the smell. The cell had calmed down mostly, two of the men talking while the other rest. They joked about kenma needing to stay on the bottom bunk, worried he'd wet through the mattress if on the top bunk. They went on about kenmas features and body, still admitting they'd smash him over some other men in the cells around them. They quietened down throughout the day, only mumbling on and off to each other. Around dinner they started getting loud again, complaining how they'd missed lunch today and were starving for dinner. When dinner was pushed under the bars they all took the four trays, leaving nothing behind for kenma. Kenma stared at the wall for the rest of the day, trying to make out little pictures he saw in the grain. He traced a finger over it a couple of times as well, doing anything he could to pass the time. Kenma tried to sleep but he couldn’t knowing anything could happen with slasher not there to protect him. The boy crossed his hands over his stomach and thighs up some scenarios in his head, starting over multiple times as they often turned dark. Kenma perked up as he heard the trays slide under, he had been hungry since he missed lunch and only had a small breakfast. The boy sat up and waited for the men to clear, a little shocked to see they hadn’t left him a tray. He stood and walked over cautiously, stopping behind hen and looking at the four trays. They started eating and sharing kenmas tray between them, watching as kenma came over. One of them grabbed a handful of the cold mash, throwing to the ground "There you go pup" He said, the rest chuckling and continuing to eat. Kuroo and haruto were finally able to go back to his place after the couple of days, though they didn't get to stay long. Kuroo received a call this evening, the hearing ruling kenma out of the case almost entirely. He was told kenma was transferred, getting in the car with haruto he started the drive. Haruto slept in the back, kuroo wasn't going to rest until he made it to kenma. The officers saw no need to tell kenma, knowing he'd just have to wait in the cell anyway until he got picked up. Kenma flinched a bit as the slip hit the ground, wrinkling up his nose and backing off. He didn’t want to eat off the ground since he had no idea how dirty the floor was. His lip quivered a bit and he back off with a sniffle, stomach growling. He knew no one would help him though. The boy laid on the bed and curled up, laying his head down and squeezing his eyes shut. After dinner the kicked the trays back under and lined up with their hands behind their backs. "Hey mutt, get over here." One said, turning back to the bars. An officer was coming around and letting this block out to head to the showers. Once the officer got to them he looked in, rolling his eyes at the mash on the ground but let them out anyway. Kenma opened his eyes at the words, as much as he didn’t want to obey to them he had to get up so they could shower. He moved to the wall and put his hands behind his back copying the others. As they were let out, he continued to walk with his head down. The boy didn’t want to shower with no security from slasher, anything could happen. The men led in front of kenma, going into the showers. They started to strip as it was just them and all the showers were free, the officer leaving them to get another lot of men from their cell. They started showering, some lucky ones had soap and towels from their inventory. One looked at kenma "showering or not??" He asked, considering the fact if kenma wasn't going to use the shower they'd take the as much of the hot water as they could since they were first in. Kenma shrugged and gave a nod, he knew he needed to shower to get rid of the urine scent on his body. Even if he had no soap, he could still soak in the hot water. Kenma gripped on to the zipper on his jumpsuit while staring at the ground. He could feel eyes on himself but had to ignore it, knowing he couldn’t get it to stop. He started to pull down the zipper, taking in a breath while sliding his arms out from the sleeves and bringing the suit down to his hips. His ribs had started to look worse since his stay in the prison with the little food he ate. The men watched freely as they showered and watched kenma strip. One smirked and held out his soap to kenma, dropping it before kenma could grab it. "Whoops." He said, turning around and chuckling with the other men. One come up behind kenma and thrusted into him even though the boy was still half dressed, grinning and going back to his shower. The others laughed, quickly turning as the officer came in and let more men in to wait for the showers. Kenma looked up as the man held out the soap, he was going to take it when it dropped. His body froze up as he stared down at it, he knew better than to lean down and pick it up. The boy jolted and let out a cry at the other man’s actions, backing away a step and looking at him with wide eyes. He suddenly didn’t feel so good about stripping but forced himself out of the jumpsuit. Kenma went under the water quickly, keeping his hair dry so he wouldn’t freeze. The men went over and grabbed the soap, turning back to kenma. "You know it's not true." He said through a chuckle, going back and finishing off his shower before drying off and dressing. The rest followed, finishing their showers but they couldn't leave until kenma was ready. The three stood watching kenma along with the others starting to strip. "Hurry up." He told kenma, crossing his arms over. "You're using all the hot fucking water." A man called out who had just started showering. The man standing with his arms crossed grabbed kenma by the wrist and tugged him out from under the shower, turning the water off. Kyle and the other man came in, seeing what group kenma had been placed with. "Hey, where's slahser?" One asked, the other man kept his mouth shut. "Slit his wrist, you should of seen how the pup held onto his lifeless body." Kyle explained. They were a bit stunned, it didn't sound like something slasher would actually do. Kenma frowned and shook his head a bit. He rubbed at his skin even though he didn’t have any soap, trying to get the urine off at least. He frowned as they began to rush him, he felt he’d hardly been under the water for more than 20 seconds. Kenma let out a quiet sob as he was pulled out, covering his crotch before grabbing his jumpsuit. He was still soaking, but didn’t have any towels so he had to redress while wet. He began to pull his clothes on, quickly yanking the jumpsuit up above his hips as he saw Kyle. His nightmare had messed up how he saw him now, thinking he was going to try and touch him. Kenma gave a shaky sigh and his face went red at his words. He honestly didn’t think he was dead until towards the end, and wasn’t ready to face the prison alone. They looked towards kenma as his name was said, one giving a disgusted look to hear how kenma had hugged into Slasher in a way. He stood in front of kenma. "You didn't actually care for him, did you?" He asked with a glare. "He had a thing for little boys like you." A man called out from behind. Kyle nodded "He sure did." He said, knowing himself and the others were actually no better than him though were willing to throw him under the bus. "Get moving already." A man called out, getting annoyed they were taking up room in the shower area. Kenma furrowed his brows and zipped up his jumpsuit, looking at the men as they talked. He didn’t answer their questions since he knew his answer would embarrass him. Their words made sense though, since he caught slasher feeling him up on multiple occasions. “B-But he helped..” he said quietly. He quickly looked away and moved to exit the showers as they were rushed out. The pushed kenma along and stopped when they saw the officer, putting their hands behind their backs and walking to the cell. Once in the cells the officer locked the door behind them, leaving them to be for the night. Slowly their chatter went silent, going to their beds and getting on them to write or read with what paper or magazines they had. "You sleeping with me tonight?" One called out, smirking at kenma. Kenma stumbled along, giving a frustrated sob like noise as they continued. He didn't bother to hold it in as the officer led them, but he did keep his hands behind his back. He waited for the men to go in the stall before bringing himself in and over to the bunk he had. He stiffened up and shook his head no before laying down. He quickly got cold and began to shiver. Kenma had left the blanket behind on accident, and was now cold and wet. They whistled at him a couple of times before giving up and laying down finally, the lights going off not long after. One of the men thought it would be funny to scare kenma, considering the boy had been so timid. Slowly coming over to kenmas bunk, he snuck up and grabbed onto kenma with a loud yell. He shook kenma by the shoulders, the other men watching and having a laugh. Even though Kuroo was tired he still drove, the sooner he got to kenma the sooner he was out of the bad place he didn't need to be. The only time kuroos eyes left the road was to check on haruto sleeping in the back, curled up on the seat still in his pyjamas. Kenma was trembling as he lay in bed, teeth chattering a bit with the cold feeling that ran over his body. He couldn't hear the man sneaking up through his shivers, giving a yell as he was startled. He quickly covered his head with his hands and pushed the man off, curling his body up and sobbing softly. "S-Stop it!" he cried, teeth continuing to chatter as he began to feel freezing. The men stepped back once he noticed how cold kenma was to the touch "it was a joke." He told kenma, getting back on his bed and laying down. The bunk and the rest of the cells were now quiet, everyone resting or remaining quiet as they laid. Kuroo had been crying multiple times while kenma was away, he didn't understand everything that happened and why kenma didn't trust him and say something about it. Kenma hugged himself and rubbed his hands over his arms, shivering getting worse as he had no one else's body heat keeping him warm. His skin was pale and the tips of his fingers went pink from the cold. He couldn't get any sleep, shivering so much his head began to hurt. Kenma wished Slasher was still here, at least he was warm when laying down with him. Though it was quiet some men noticed how kenma seemed to be the only one making noise. One sat up and looked at the man that had scared him. "What's his problem??" He asked. The man looked over "I don't know, he's freezing though." He pointed out. The man got off the bunk after hearing that, they liked to joke around but were never too cruel when it came to actual harm. He came over to kenmas bunk and leaned over him, feeling how cold his fingers were. "You're going to freeze tonight." He spoke quietly so he didn't annoy anyone else. "Is this why you would latch onto slasher when you could??" He asked, considering there could of been no way kenma was making it through the night by himself. Kenma bit on his tongue to try and quiet his shivers, but his body was so cold. He could hardly feel the tip of his nose from how chilly he had gotten. The boy looked up as the man came over, flinching as his figure leaned close. He expected some kind of smack for making noise, but only words came instead. "I-I.." he couldn't finish his sentence since he was shivering too hard. The man knew he couldn't leave kenma like this. "Come over, I've got a blanket. If you close your eyes right now I doubt you'll ever wake up at this rate." He told kenma sternly, stepping to the side so kenma could sleep with him on his bottom bunk instead. "Just don't piss on me or something." He added, trying to belittle kenma so he didn't look like he was being soft on the boy. A couple other men watched, they weren't going to say anything as it seemed he had it covered and they weren't going to wake up to a frozen corpse on the bunk. Kenma furrowed his brows at his words before reluctantly standing. He frowned a bit but shook off his anger so he could resort to the warmth. As much as he didn't want to, he knew what he said was right and he would probably freeze to death without the warmth. Kenma walked over and bit down on his tongue again before laying down and moving close to the wall to wait for the man. The man let kenma go over to the bed before following, taking the blanket and putting it over kenmas body so he could start to warm up. He laid down beside kenma, very slowly offering his warmth by moving closer to the boy. "No tears and no screaming." He told kenma, remembering how the boy would cry loudly in the middle of the night from what they have heard. Kenma's shivers slowly began to lessen as the blanket insulated him. It wasn't much, but anything helped. He began to feel warmer as well as the man came closer, the heat from his body radiating. Kenma gave his head a firm nod to show he understood, he didn't want to get himself in trouble with another episode. Sadly he couldn't control them, but he hoped if he tried hard enough he could go the night without having a bad nightmare. The man sighed as kenma seemed to obey his words with a firm nod, closing his eyes and trying to sleep. It wasn't the nicest feeling to have someone cold and Boney rely on you for heat, it was comfortable but he put up with it for the boy. He managed to fall asleep, staying that way for the rest of the night. In the early morning he had started to wake up, rolling over to try and remain asleep for longer. What he didnt notice was he'd rolled on top of kenma. Kenma had slept pretty far against the wall, his shoulder dipping down a bit where the bed side touched the wall. He managed to fall asleep despite his emotions, and he made it without a nightmare. The boy woke early as he felt the weight lay over his body. He felt himself squishing into the dip in the bed, giving a whine and squirming to get free. The man hadn't noticed still, he wasn't used to sleeping next to someone. He was still half asleep, only managing a groan as kenma moved around under him. Despite being tired kuroo had made it to the prison, only stopping once when haruto had woken up so he could get out his pyjama's and to get something to eat. He was very nervous about it, worried about kenmas reaction to seeing him since the boy had left so quickly and he couldnt of stopped it like kenma had wanted him too. When in the carpark Haruto said he wanted to stay in the car, sitting low in his seat. He hated prisons, having visited them once or twice before. Kuroo accepted that, it was easier to just get kenma by himself as it was. Kenma jerked his head around a bit, part of the man was pressing it downward and making it hard to breathe on top of his entire body laying over him. The blonde felt his bladder throbbing as some pressure lay over it, but he had to hold it as he promised he wouldn't wet the bed. Kenma started to squirm some more while giving a grunt. The man had noticed kenma moving around a lot as he started to wake up, groaning back and moving himself off kenma a bit since he felt kenmas boney body under him slightly. He was now slightly awake, trying to get back to sleep now he had given kenma more room. Kuroo went in, he hated the smell of prisons and the overall energy they gave off. Going to the front counter he told them he was here to pick up kenma, what he hadn't been expecting was a whole pat down and mental detector scan over himself before going into the waiting from. In the room he was handed a bag, it had kenmas clothes in it from the day he had entered the watch house. Kenma let out another grunt as the man began to move off, he was still trapped though as half of his body remained underneath the man. He gave him a bit of a shove while trying to sit up, hands shooting down to his crotch as he tried squeezing his legs together. Kenma bit his lip hard and felt the smallest bit leak out. Finally the man started to wake up, rolling over and looking at kenma with tired eyes. "What?" He asked, closing his eyes now kenmas body wasn't stuck under him. He was glad kenma hadn't woke him by screaming or crying, from what he had heard kenmas seemed to do that a lot. Kuroo continued to wait, hoping he'd get to see kenma shortly. The officer starting making his way to the cell, seeing the men were mostly asleep apart from kenma he unlocked the cell. "Someone's hear to pick you up." He told kenma, opening the door for kenma to come out. Kenma gave a shaky breath and hugged himself, not answering the man. He gave a quick shiver as he sat up, the blanket had fallen down with his movement. He looked towards the cell and thought it was breakfast, but the officer’s words came as a surprise. He didn’t know that he had been found not guilty, as no one informed him. The blonde didn’t waste another second before he pulled himself up off the bed and over to the cell door. The man let kenma out, locking the cell behind him. The man on the bed sat up, noticing kenma had been taken away. He didn't know why or how long for, laying back down and pulling his blanket over himself so he could get more sleep. Kyle had been up, watching as kenma was lead out the cell area. He didn't say a word, glaring as he walked by. Kuroo wanted to pace and cry at the same time, instead his body was frozen. He was tired and had emotions running through him, unsure how to react when he would see kenma again. The officer led kenma, opening the door for him to go with kuroo in the waiting room. Kenma kept his hands behind his back as he followed the officer, biting nervously at his lip as he lead him. He assumed it was kuroo, but he also didn’t know if he was ready to face him yet after all that happened. Kenma sucked in a shaky breath as the doors to the waiting room opened. He froze as he saw the elder, eyes filling with tears. Kuroo froze completely as they door opened, he didn't get a very good view of kenmas body in the jumpsuit though that was the last thing on his mind. Kuroos eyes filled with tears, he couldn't stand it any longer. "Kenma.." he called out, rushing over to the boy and pulling him in for a tight hug. He started to sob as he hugged into kenma, it felt extremely good to just hold the boy again.
