RUNNING! | CHANLIX [completed]

Chapter 5

Felix suddenly turned pale as he uncomfortably adjusted his seat before lowering his head down and playing with his hands. Hyunjin new somehow that, what Felix was about to explain must be worse if he was behaving this way. "Lix, do you want to stop, we can continue some other day. You look like you need some rest. Should I order you something to eat before we go?", he asked his uneasy friend who shook his head at him.

"I'm not hungry and I want to tell you this Hyunjin, I need to explain myself, if not to Chan, to you. I ow you that much", he explained to Hyunjin who swallowed a lump on his dry throat before giving Felix a nod to continue. After Felix took a deep breath to calm himself, he continued with his story.

"The minute I arrived in China, the first thing I did was to buy myself a small phone so I can be able to upload an app that helps with language translation, thanks to the help from the phone shop owner who spoke a little bit of Korean. I was then able to call a taxi to take me to the cheapest motel, where I locked myself in for about 3 or four days of bawling my eyes out from everything that had happened, mostly from missing you guys and wondering how worried you might be".....

"when I familiarized myself a bit about China from my phone in that motel, I also realized that I was getting short of cash, thus deciding to find myself a job, fast. I found a vacant position at this Chinese restaurant where my job was to wash dishes. A few days passed, and I was getting better at their language. One day, we were short staffed when the restaurant got fully packed to a Chinese festival in town, so the owner made me help out with handing out food to the guests only, and.... and that's when I met Yibo", Hyunjin took a sip of his water this time, not liking where this conversation was going.

"Yibo was charming and bold when I first met him sitting with another guy who he introduced as his friend. I think his name was Jacob or Jackson, something like that. Anyway, Yibo complimented my looks before handing me his card, promising me a good paying gig as a male fashion model at his agency. I needed the money bad, since things were quite expensive in China, and washing dishes wasn't enough. So, I took his card and number promising to call him, which I did".

Felix took another deep breath with his head still lowered before continuing, "He was friendly at first, and after a few days of getting me into the modeling gig, we got to know about each other a little, while I lied to him and told him I was from Japan leaving with my grandfather. He asked me out a couple of times while I kept telling I had a boyfriend, but, somehow in his mind he didn't believe me. He kept pestering me until I agreed for one date, just as friends", Felix suddenly paused and wept softly again, causing Hyunjin to worry before Felix quickly gathered himself to continue.

"after that date, he said he wanted to show me his art collection at his villa since I told him I loved art. Til this day, I don't know why I agreed to go, not know I was entering myself into the devil's nest. When we reached his place, he.....he raped me. He was stronger than me, I couldn't fight him. I don't remember how long it lasted, but I woke up the following day with Yibo untying my bound hands and threatening me that if I ever left him, he'll make my life in China miserable".....

Hyunjin immediately stood up and went over to Felix's side to embrace him with a hug as they lowly wept together in sorrow. He then decided to scoot Felix over and sat next to him before wiping away their tears. Hyunjin held his hand while caressing his back and tilted his head at Felix. "We can stop", he told him, but Felix shook his head and continued with trembling lips.

"he was so evil Hyunjin, I was beyond scared. After threatening me that day, he forced me to go show him where I stayed so I can collect my important belongings in order to go move in with him. I didn't know what lie to tell him since I knew no one in China, so I took him to the shabby motel I was renting in, and I could see the joy in his eyes at thinking I was all alone in this world, except for my grandfather in Japan who won't do jack anyway. He raped me almost everyday, and he controlled my whole life, phone, clothes, money, friends, modeling schedules.....everything!"......

"a month didn't go by without me coming to the agency with a black eye, busted lip, broken nose or whip lashes. The agency and the people working there saw this but couldn't do anything, since he owned it, and were probably afraid of him. He even owned the cops, who told on me every time I reported him. A year or so of being imprisoned by that monster, I returned to his villa from work one day, and overheard him talking to that friend of his I met at the restaurant. They were discussing mafia matters when I thought this might be the ticket to finally leave him, by guilt tripping him and blaming him for not telling me about the mafia, but, he didn't care"....

"he beat me up infront of his friend who just left without helping me out. That was the first time he put me in hospital. After a month in a coma, I woke up to him smiling at me, apologizing and promising to change and leave the mafia, but I knew it was all a lie. That's when I realized and told myself that, If I don't leave him soon, he'll kill me one day for sure. So, I waited, I planned, and behaved like a loving obedient boyfriend, to make him fully trust me by never doubting me about anything".....

Tbc......