Worlds Apart

Chapter 8: Safe? Not Really...

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Sky woke up with Rain sleeping beside him, for a moment he thought that they're both still in that mansion held captive by Gun, that all the things that happened were all some sick joke. But then he remembered the man who first shot Gun's men for being rough with him.

~A day before, in the mansion~

Sky kept quiet as he sat beside Gun. Gun had taken him this time to the mansion where he had Rain held captive. Sky did everything he could to please Gun so he could meet Rain even for just a few minutes. Sky didn't wanna think about the things that he had let Gun and the others do to him. He should have been used to it by now, but no. He will never get used to it.

Before the auction started he was granted some time to talk with Rain.

"Rain! Rain I'm so sorry! I-I brought you into this mess!" Sky knelt before Rain shaking from the rush of emotions he felt.

"Ai'Sky~ Don't be sorry! I can't just let them take you! It's my fault for meddling but I will never regret trying to save you." Rain knelt beside him.

"Besides, at the very least no one actually wants to buy a rebellious 'product' like me." Rain's voice was lighter trying to uplift Sky's mood. But Sky knew better. Rain had become thinner than the last time he saw him. He even looks paler.

"Time's up little bitch. Come here." Gun pulled Sky's hair pulling him up to his feet. Sky didn't let out any sounds because he knew Gun would just use that to give him a punishment.

"Don't worry about your little friend. He won't be sold." Sky actually felt the tiniest bit better knowing that he would always know where Rain would be.

Well, not until someone actually bid on Rain.

Gun had to punch him in the stomach to stop his growing hysterical. He didn't know if Gun took pity on him but he let him be with Rain until the transaction gets processed. What he didn't expect was to see Gun's men drop on the floor one by one.

Sky looked at the man who fired the first shot. The man's eyes looked deadly. He looked furious. He looked more dangerous than Gun even when Gun's furious. The man may have shouted first but when he approached him and Rain his voice was calmer, even gentler. But Sky knew better. Anyone who can kill a man without blinking is bad news, he knew that now. He knows now.

He had met Gun at a club when he was sixteen, he was attracted to Gun's face and he fell for his sweet talk. It was too late for Sky to realize what was happening, before he knew it, he became a slave to Gun. Six years... More than six years actually... They had told his father that Sky's dead. His father mourned for him, and got sick. Sky did his best to get away from Gun, and he did. But it was all a game for Gun. And when Sky thought he finally had freedom, he was once again taken by Gun, but this time, they got to Rain as well.

'Just accept your fate Sky! No one will help you! No one will be there for you! Look! After Gun is gone, you will be this man's slave next! You even brought Rain into your messed up life! You're truly broken! You will never be loved!'

Sky knew he was escalating, but he couldn't help it. With everything that's happening around him, all he could do was sink deeper into the safety of his mind. He knew Rain was with him and was holding onto him, but he couldn't really do much with his mind not clear enough.

Sky was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a knock on the door.

"Y-Yes?" He answered in the quietest voice he could.

"Sky?" Sky froze when he heard the familiar voice of the man. It may be calm and gentle when he calls him but he may be planning something. Sky got up carefully from where he and Rain slept before walking to the door, stepping out and facing the now unmasked man.