Tokyo Revengers (Poly Relationship, MxMxMxMxMxM)

Chapter 16: Takemichi's P.O.V

CW: Child violence.

Takemichi's P.O.V:

At age 5 I was orphaned. I didn't remember my parents very well, just brief images of parks, and what I hoped, happiness. The orphanage was nice, the people there were always sweet and liked to spoil the children. I didn't have any friends but it was safe and warm. It was extremely better than most orphanages. My true pain didn't start till age 6.

At 6, I found myself looking up to the cold calculating eyes of Terano South. He just looked down at me as if staring through my soul. All he said was, "This one is fine," before hands grabbed at me and hauled me away. I was thrown into a cold damp room, but I didn't know where I was. The strange men had barged into the orphanage, and started grabbing the older children, while the shot at the orphanage workers. I could only assume I was still in Japan, but had no idea what city or town. 

Then I heard sniffles. 3 more children were in the room with me as well. 2 boys and one girl probably older than me. They sat huddled next to each other, one of the boys crying. "My mom and dad...They took them..."

The girl patted his back gently, but there was a blank look in her eyes. Blood was splattered on her blue shirt. Her eyes flicked to me and I looked away, something about it scared me. Fear settled in my bones and I got up off my hands and knees to look around the room. There were two ragged blankets at the center of the room, dim lights and a spider on the wall. No windows or exits except for the iron door. It was a box.

A voice filtered in the room a few minutes later. I quickly looked around for the source, only to feel disappointed when it was a speaker. "There are 4 of you to a room, and only 2 of each 4 will survive. There are 2 blankets, and 2 meals will be provided in 48 hours. If you wish to live and go back to where you came from, kill the other 2 to survive. If none or one of you chooses to not participate by the 24 hour mark, you will be killed by my men." The voice was lazy, dismissive almost, but I didn't really get what he was saying. All I knew was I wanted to go back to the orphanage with the sweet people and the warm rooms. 

At 6 I really didn't understand, just my basic instincts. One, I was cold. I crawled over to the ragged blankets and pulled one around me. It didn't do much but it was something. All 3 of the other kids stared at me. One of the boys whispered, not so quietly, "H-he said we will die if we don't k-kill two people, w-w-we should kill h-him..."

I glanced up in alarm, I didn't want to die... The girl whacked him on the head and told him to shut up, which he did. 

I didn't know how long it had been, minutes, hours, maybe even a day, but my stomach rumbled. The 3 others were seemingly fighting about something, but I paid no mind. I only really noticed when the girl smashed the crying boy's head onto the floor and kicked the other boy.

Fear resettled in my bones, and terror overtook me. There was blood everywhere, and the girl seemed like a monster. She pushed the other boy's head into the wall repeatedly before letting go. Her hands were shaking and she had that same blank look on her face. "T-they were going to kill us..I-I had to..."

She sniffled, then I realized she was crying, then she was vomiting, sobs wracking her at the same time. I pushed myself to the wall farthest away, terrified of her and curled myself into a ball.

I still didn't know how long it had been, but the girl cleared her throat then asked, "What's your name?"  I flinched at her voice but responded a few seconds later, "H-hanagaki Takemichi..."

"How old are you, Takemichi?" 

"I'm 6 and a half..."

"Oh wow, your younger than I thought. I'm 12." I simply looked away, not knowing what to say. We drifted off into silence, still on opposite sides of each other.