Him

Thirteen

AiXun eyes widened upon the word as he struggled to keep his body upright. His vision blurred by the blood that trickled down his face. There, Lee YongBok came, tied up like a hostage, blindfolded and dragged across the grand hall by one of the hitmen. They threw YongBok in front of him and AiXun got a slightly better view of the older. Bruises and cuts decorated his body, he looked so thin and fragile, shivering at the cold wind only covered in a thin layer of kimono. AiXun felt sick. His stomach churned uncomfortably. His intuition was right. They hurt YongBok, they had abused the older. He swore if he had eaten something for the past 12 hours, everything would come right out. AiXun felt disgusted.

"Will you talk now or shall I hurt him to make you talk?" His mother asked.

"What do you want?" AiXun finally opened his mouth, voice raspy and low. His entire family looked at him, surprised and AiXun wondered why.

"s...Simple." His father regained his composure, "sign the inheritance and give it all to us."

"Two condition." AiXun continued, "one, after I signed everything, I do not want to be related to all of you. Two, I want you to let YongBok and all my other friends, you know them, free. You can no longer touch them or even remember their existence."

"We can go with condition number two but, number one won't be necessary. You won't step out of here alive and neither would YongBok." His father laughed in sinister.

"Then dream on having me sign the inheritance." AiXun spat.

"Wrong Choice." His mother growled.

AiXun reacted fast as his parents took out a gun and pointed to YongBok, he swiftly grab the fragile frail into his arm, covering him from the danger.

"Let go of him."

"If he dies, I will too and I'll make sure you'll never get my inheritance." AiXun threatened.

There was a minute of silence.

"Fine. Sign the papers now and I'll set you free." His father said.

AiXun looked around carefully, he nodded, holding one hand out for the papers while the other hand still holding YongBok close to him. An underling gave him a set of document and a pen. AiXun set it down to the floor, giving them his signature.

"Good. Now, die."

AiXun got up swiftly, kicking away the guns his parents held. He quickly pushed the two elder down to the floor and sweep YongBok into his hands. AiXun ran out of the grand hall. He could hear his father commanding their underlings to go after him over his shoulder and heavy footstep followed afterwards. AiXun kept on running. He had to find somewhere, he needed to hide YongBok away safely first.

"If you are ever in danger in this very mansion. Come here, no one knows this place, not even your parents." The words of his grandparents echoed in his head. The chamber.

AiXun ran with all his might, around the mansion, stealthily losing the hitmen and went to the secret chamber of the mansion. He panted hard, putting YongBok to the ground before shutting the entrance close. They were finally safe, for now.

"Ai...? AiXun? Is that you?"

AiXun fell to the ground in front of where YongBok was seated. He cautiously reached out for the blindfold and removed it. YongBok's brown orbs met his own and he broke down.

"AiXun." YongBok breathed, a small smile appeared on his face as he cupped the younger face.

Lee YongBok couldn't find words to describe how happy he was to see his long lost friend. AiXun Hatake. He had been hoping for this day to come since forever. Albeit being blindfolded the entire time, YongBok just knew the one that had grabbed him and held him tight was none other than AiXun. He didn't recognize his voice, neither did he recognize the frail of the younger but, he did recognize the sense of security that his heart portrayed. AiXun had changed a lot. He was bigger, more masculine, taller. YongBok didn't expect the younger to have grown this much. It had been 11 years since they last met.

A month ago, The Hatake had brought him to the mansion and offered to adopt YongBok. Feeling as euphoria sparked in him, YongBok immediately agreed, wanting to just do whatever it take to meet his childhood friend. Little did he know, the Hatake had kept him hostage and abused him right after the adoption. He was locked inside the room, not being able to set himself free. It was that one day when Raven Hatake, the eldest siblings of the Hatake came into the room. She told YongBok everything. From when AiXun was framed for murder until this very day. She pleaded YongBok to stay instead of running away and to trust her. Being an older sister to him, he trusted her and so, YongBok remained calm albeit the abuse knowing that AiXun would come to save him.

"AiXun," YongBok breathed, feeling as tears made their way down his cheek.

"Hyung, I'm so sorry." AiXun sobbed, almost pleading on his knees.

"AiXun, it's okay. I'm okay." YongBok calmly retorted as he pulled the other into his chest. He didn't care that AiXun's blood was staining his white kimono.

"You're hurt. They hurt you. I was too late." Aixun cried, shaking vigorously.

YongBok whispered in a tender voice, "AiXun, it's okay. You came to save me. You saved me." He caressed the younger hair, rubbing his cheek against him, just like he used to do when they were kids.

AiXun didn't stop crying. It felt like an hour later when AiXun finally calmed down, still laying on YongBok's chest. He finally gathered himself together.

"We need to get out of here." AiXun sniffed, "so, time yourself. In thirty minute, get out of this chamber and run okay? Just run and find a safe place. I'll make a distraction."

"I'm not leaving you to fight them alone. I'll go with you." YongBok demanded.

"No, Hyung. I need you to stay alive. That is all that matter. You need to get out from this place."

"i'm not leaving you."

"And I do not want to lose you again," AiXun said. "I'll be right behind you, okay?"

"I still won't leave you alone." YongBok stubbornly retorted.

AiXun chuckled, cupping the older face, "you're still as stubborn as you are. Fine but, promise me something. Don't get hurt and if things go wrong, I want you to run for your life out of this mansion."

YongBok nodded, silently crossed his finger. There was no way he would leave the younger alone even if things went the wrong way. YongBok followed behind AiXun closely as they sneak out of the chamber. They stealthily made their way towards the exit of the mansion. At that moment, Aixun cursed whoever that built this mansion for having electrical wires on top of the mansion's wall making the only exit available at the entrance of the mansion it self. It was like a suicide mission having underlings guarded the entrance heavily armed.

"Stay here." AiXun told YongBok to hide himself behind a wall. "Looking for me?" AiXun's voice echoed throughout the mansion. The underlings and hitmen that guarded the entrance came running towards him, loading their guns and pulling out their sword from its sheath. He prepared for the worst to come.

'Ah, it's been so long since I last fought.' AiXun thought to himself as he swiftly defeated the incoming man and taking cover from the firearms with bodies that were passed out on the floor. AiXun felt himself getting drained in a matter of minutes as he tried to fought everyone off.

"FUCK OFF!" AiXun looked behind to see YongBok fighting with the underlings. A chuckle left his lips muttering at how YongBok was still as stubborn as he was even though AiXun had told him to hide.

"You useless child, you deserve to die!" From a hundred metre away, AiXun sees his father holding a sniper, directed towards YongBok. His eyes widened. AiXun sprinted towards YongBok and grabbed the frail into his embrace protectively.