Behind the Facade// DDLC FANFIC

Caring

Warning: graphic description, abuse, traumatic experiences

*Natsukis POV*
I wake up in a cold sweat. I hear mummers and whispers and my head feels really weak. I open my eyes slowly until a bright light flashes right in my eyes. I cover my eyes and cower away, but my arms feel so numb, and my insides aren't there anymore.
"Doc! She's awake, it's a miracle!" A woman yells out, and her voice is filled with joy.

I feel the light move aside and I open my eyes properly. "Wh-where am I?" I mutter. My voice is all weird, my mouth is all bruised and it's hard to speak. I stare at a doctor, and look around an apparent hospital room. All types of things are connected to my body and everything is heavy.
"Your in a hospital, dear. Do you remember what happened to you?" An investigator beside me starts speaking, sitting with a notepad and pen in their hand.

I start freezing up. They are right, what did happen? Why am I in the hospital..I only remembered getting a bottle thrown at my head, and then...

Something blasts into my head and I go cold. I start sobbing and sniffling and the nurses all crowd around me silently.
"Are you okay?" A doctor asks, watching creepily.

"I r-remember.." I start to say, and stop.
"Don't tell a soul, unless I will kill you with my bare hands. I won't hesitate to kill your mother too."
I gulp, and stare at the investigator.
"I got into a really bad fake fight with somebody, and most of my bruised came from when I was younger and they grew with me. I was really tired so it probably looked like I died." I say without hesitation.
The doctors look to each other and mumur, while the investigator writes down things.

"Interesting."

I lied, I didn't get into a fake fight with anyone, and my dad would make sure to beat my less harshly when I was younger so I wouldn't go tell my teachers or they'd find out.
What truly happened, was I got into an altercation with my dad.

He was abusing me in his room, attacking me brutally and he heard something shatter in another room.
He raged into the living room, and he saw a distressing scene for both of us.
His expensive art, my ingredients, his wine bottles, my trophies and certificates.

He was so angry, he took his anger out on me. He took a knife and stabbed me straight in my stomach, after punching me straight in my face multiple times as I bled out from my nose.
He panicked, and it gave me enough time to call the police outside the house.

I believe I passed out bleeding on all the grass, and the police saw me there. I came back to reality, and the nurses all left and it was me and the investigator.
"Are you sure your not lying?" They said, and I nodded slowly, in pain.
"Who did you fight with?"
I feel something in my stomach turn, and I realise how easy it is to get caught in your lies.
"It was the fall that did this. And I am really accident prone so these bruises could be from ages ago." I gulped hard, and the investigator wrote a little and left.

Somebody came around the corner, and I saw the luxurious, flowing purple hair. Yuri. Yuri rushed up to me and came to my side. "What happened?!" She whispered, laying her palm on my cheek.
"It was him."
The silence grew loud and I felt so tired. I didn't feel pain anymore.
"Your coming to live with me." Yuri quickly straightened up and wiped her outfit. "No buts. Your dad's being interviewed so he'll be sober for a bit."
Natsuki was angry. How could she make a decision so quickly? Natsuki loved her dad, he was just heart broken and had no way to express it.

"No! I'm staying with my dad, got it? I think you should leave now."  Natsuki whispered bitterly.
"You have no choice, because they know."
Yuri left Natsuki a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates before leaving swiftly. Natsukis heart sank, and she was so confused. What did she mean by that..?

Flashback- Natsukis past.
"Get, off me!" She shoved him hard in his stomach, and Natsuki watched through the crack in the door way.
"You left me no choice." His unerving voice echoed in the house. A shattering scream, and the clinking of the knife rattle in the kitchen.
Natsuki pushed through the door, tears running down her face.
"Daddy, don't hurt mommy!" She yelled out, sniffling and crying. Dad was holding a knife, and mother was kneeling in a corner in agony. Dad was angry, and he faced Natsuki, gripping the knife tighter.
"Do you wanna go to a special place with mommy?" Her dad said smiling sinsterly. She shook her head, and ran into her dad's arms. "Why do you hurt us..daddy." Natsuki sobbed into his arms.
He dropped the knife and held her tight. "Mommy just made daddy a bit angry. Now go to your room. I'll bring you cookies."

She came back at the night time to get a cup of milk.
To see her mother
Gone.
Natsukis POV

I moved my head in pain, the area he held my neck at was hurting so badly. But I couldn't watch him get taken away. I had to lie, and he knew I would.
I was so stupid! I should have outed him and ran to Yuri's after. But even with the idea..would I have the strength..
They told me so calmly that I,
1. Had 7 broken bones
2. A punctured rib
3. Difficulty breathing.
4. And permanent scarring.
With all of his information, I felt physically dead. Mentally dead. I just wanted to disappear. I would never live the same life again.

All thanks to the person I'm saving now.
"Oh, and your dad has been arrested for potential abuse charges. You'll spend your time meanwhile at.. Miss Tanaka's."
Oh crap.