Fated

9. Reality

Unlike every day, he woke up to the sound of flowing river, and the sound of birds chirping . Unknowingly a smile crept into his face. He opened his eyes and saw rabbits and few flowers next to him. Seeing these unusual things he suddenly raised his upper body and sat making him wince in pain and letting out a small whimper. Especially the pain at his rear bottom ... He squeezed his eyes. "Arghhhh..." The way he sat made his whole body ache forcing him to lay down once again. After some moments he once again sat up straight. Even though it's hurting he sat wondering what happened. That's when he noticed his surrounding including himself. He is right now very close to the river . Apart from the rabbits and flowers he saw his dress. The costume he wore yesterday for the last scene is lying there totally torn. He looked at his own body and found him wearing someone else's clothes. That's when memories flashed through his head.

He gasped and he was in a daze... For some moments Xiao Zhan sat there without knowing what to do. Tears started falling... He don't remember the last time he cried just like this. He sat there helplessly. 'What am I going to do?' 'What should I do?' 'Why it happened to me?' All these questions arised in his mind.

He looked at his body. There are marks everywhere. Even though the memories are not clear he could tell what actually happened to him. The face of that man... The way he suddenly kissed, and how he pound him... He felt disgusted making him cry louder .

He felt uncomfortable throughout his body. The fragments of yesterday that itself is horrific made him nauseous. He had the sudden urge to vomit yet his emotional instability is making it difficult. His whole body is aching. His head is hurting as if it's gonna burst soon. He hugged his legs while keeping his knees close to his chest and cried louder...

Xiao Zhan started to think of all his life at this moment. It wasn't easy. He started everything from scratch. After all his hard work when he himself felt that he is stable and when he thought his bad times were over something terrible that could ruin him and his career just happened... He was about to start a new life.. 'And why it has to happen right now?' 'Of all my life why now?' The thoughts made him shed more tears ...

'Don't cry... Don't cry' he said himself. But no ... He couldn't stop the tears that's flowing out... Xiao Zhan was not a fan of crying. Even if it's terrific he told himself that he's strong and those who cry are weak people. But now he felt he is really weak. If not he could have saved himself. 'It's a fact that I couldn't resist...' 'It's a fact that I couldn't save myself from that monster...' He started thinking lowly of him. As if he's too weak. He felt empty as if his soul left him.

All of a sudden he once again felt that smell... The faint smell... Of that man. The realisation made him scared. 'What if he's coming back? What if he bring more people? What if they all do worse than what the man did? What if they kill me? It's better to die now , but not to die while being raped'. The thoughts of him being raped once again passed through his mind and it's utterly scary, sickening, disgusting and totally pathetic. Xiao Zhan suddenly stood up. The pain that shoot up from his lower back spread throughout his whole body making him feel dizzy and nearly made him lose his balance and to fall. From the top of his head to the sole of his feet , within the bones, throughout the layers of his skin he felt excruciating pain. He regained his posture thinking 'I can't be a weakling once again and wait to be a prey for them. I must get out of here ASAP'. The only thought of him was to leave...

Xiao Zhan started walking. The sudden movement makes his sore body uncomfortable. Each step he took was comparatively slower even though he want to move faster. The pain is unbearable. It was as if someone is cutting his wound over and over with a knife. His body is not doing well as his mind. He felt his energy is totally drained and he once again said in his mind 'You are a pathetic weakling'.... The mere thought made him shed tears but the same time he want to prove himself that he's not weak but strong enough and that made him to bring his thoughts into action.

Xiao Zhan decided to cross the river.  But the water touching his wounds made him numb with pain. The images of last night, though it's something disgusting it's the only thing that prompt him to move forward. He didn't want those things to happen again. The more he want it to be a dream or a nightmare, the pain that he's feeling is worsening everything. He endured all the discomfort throbbing along his body and he kept moving. To him it's not deep. It's not wide too. As a swimmer this is just a piece of cake but right now he felt like he's swimming across the sea and the shore can't be seen anywhere. The desperation made him cry and look back to ensure that no one's behind him.

The moment he crossed the river and reached the shore he ran faster. Yes it hurts but what he wants at the moment is to save himself and get out of this place. When he was about to reach his caravan he stopped running and took some moments to make himself look presentable. He looked at him and thought what is he going to tell Wen Ning about the drenched cloth which is not his. 'What will I say if he ask where I was yesterday? How am I going to tell him that I was raped???' All these questions scared him for a moment and he thought it's better to ran off rather than meeting anyone.

So he decided to go to his car which is parked quite farther from the site but unfortunately he was caught by his friend aka manager.

"Where were you Xiao Zhan? I have been looking for you?" Then he asked playfully - "I saw you leaving with her. What were you doing all this time? Omg Zhan I never thought that you would score on your first date itself... Xiao Zhan you are quite naughty you know." 

Then he had a close look on Zhan's face which is bruised, lips swollen and seems like it bleed "Oh god is she such a wild beast on bed. Seems like she is the one who took advantage of you. She looks too innocent. Who would think that she has the power to rape my little Xiao ha ha ha..." he laughed and teased Xiao Zhan .But when he saw Xiao Zhan clenching his fist and squeezing his eyes he realised something is wrong. That's when he noticed the dress. "Zhan who's clothes are you wearing? She wasn't wearing anything like this. Weren't you wearing the costume of the last scene. Where is it?"  He kept asking and none of his questions were answered. He once again noticed Zhan's hands . It's clenched tightly but if you look keen you could see blue colour around his wrists as if someone hold it tight. For a moment Wen Ning stood there without knowing what to speak. He looked at Zhan once again. More like his eyes roamed all over his body and what he found made his eyes go wide as if he saw something shocking. Those bruises on his face, love bites on his necks, blue colour on his wrists and moreover the clothes gave him different thoughts. But it's quite difficult to decide which one among those is correct. But one among them  kept appearing in his mind and he said while keeping his hands on his mouth "no... It can't be.." Before thinking anything nasty he decided to ask- "Where were you Zhan?? What happened to you? What happened to your face? Say something.. This is me your friend. Open your eyes Zhan. Look at me. Say something dear.."

A lone tear left Zhan's eyes. Without opening it he said "Home .. please.. take me..." That's all came out of his mouth before he fainted and fell on the ground. Wen Ning who saw this got scared without knowing what happened he somehow took him from the ground and then to the car. He was worried and scared so when he placed Zhan on the back seat he came to his seat behind the wheel. Before starting the car he took his phone out and informed his assistant that something urgent came up so they have to go and therefore to bring Xiao Zhan's bag and all things back to his apartment later. And he dialled once again and said "jiejie come to his apartment faster. I don't know what happened. But something happened and I guess it's really a bad news. I'll bring him there."

Xiao Zhan who was sleeping felt a sudden pain rising from his heart as the car left the place to his home...

So this is the next chapter.. sorry for the late updates. I'm currently working and studying. So the next update will take some time. But I'll try my best. Love you guys.

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