The Missing Boy

Chater 5

Gakushuu at this point felt like he was dying. He hasn't eaten in god knows how long, he was as pale as a sheet of paper, he was dehydrated, and his only wish right now was to be found. Gakushuu couldn't stop crying though, and he only stopped when Ben came in to play with him. Other than that he cried himself to sleep.

Maybe that's why he was dehydrated.

Gakushuu shook from the cold. His school uniform did nothing against the freezing cold metal floor. Ume was taken away from him, so he had no one to keep him company. The only thing that kept him going was Karma and his dad. 

Gakushuu kept dreaming of the same thing when he went to sleep. Him looking at the gruesome scene of his dad beating up Ben, while two women where helping Ume, one looking an awfully lot like Karma. (Gakushuu's only met Sakura, Hanya was out of town for work.)

He hoped this would happen. 

By the fifth day of being missing, he regretted every "I Love you."  or every cuddle, kiss, or any hand hold he had with Karma. Gakushuu really thought he was gonna die. Ben started giving him very little water, but it was enough to survive. 

Ben walked in and put him in a chair. He chained his ankles to the legs, and chained his arms behind his back. Gakushuu felt the cold spread throughout his body. He started shivering. A cleaner came to clean up the space he was in. 

"Hey Kiddo, I want you to subtract 1,000 minus seven, and keep going until you hit -1,000. Got it?" Gakushuu nodded. The cleaner cleaned, then left quickly when Ben showed up. 

When he heard a metal scrape, Gakushuu started counting down. "NINE-HUNDRED NINETY-THREE! NINE-HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX!" Gakushuu could feel the blood drip down his legs. Apparently, Ben didn't care if he screamed out, he just had to obey. 

"NINE-HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE!" Gakushuu started sobbing in between his counting and screams. Ben stopped, and went back to his tool bench. Gakushuu watched him pull out a centipede.

Gakushuu stifled a sob.