Worlds Apart

Side Story 2: Drizzle

"Have you ever thought of ever finding someone to be with you? Someone to settle with?"

Venice thought of what Prapai had told him. He actually had someone, not here per se, but in another world, there was actually someone for him.

Venice wondered, was it really that easy? Once you find that certain someone? Everything would just fit together?

Venice sighed as he ran his hand on his face.

'No Venice. Don't get your hopes up. We have already decided that there will be no one for us. No one will ever understand us. No one will ever get us, no one...'

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It was the night of the Auction and Venice had been talking with his Pa and Uncle Porsche on how the mission is to be carried.

First, assess the situation inside, never bid, wait for the beaktime by the middle of the event. Confirm every information through their communication channels, wait for the signal then proceed with the raid.

Easy. Such simple instructions.

So why the hell did he find himself raising his number and ridiculously bidding for the boy standing on the stage?

It started when the boy walked up to the stage and started singing. The anger, the fury in the boy's eyes called out to him. It wasn't the same lifeless eyes he saw in the photo. The boy's eyes were shining in fury, it was a negative emotion, yes, but that didn't hide the beauty of the boy.

The boy was slim, too slim to be called healthy, no doubt that he had been starved, but even in that state, Venice couldn't help but be mesmerized by the boy's beauty.

"That's Rain by the way." He heard someone whisper to his ear, he knew it was his cousin which made him realize that he had been staring straight at the boy- on Rain.

The lifeless looking form of the boy that Venice had come to know was replaced by the very alive and a fighter image of Rain.

The Auction proceeded as they had expected, then once they took a quick break, Prapai had relied on the information they had gathered.

"For the last one, many of you know who this is gonna be, but oh well. Here he is, number 18." Then Rain was dragged to the stage, it was obvious he was fighting the one dragging him.

"Well? Let's start with only 100,000 baht!" That was a terribly low amount compared to the others that came before Rain. The place was in complete silence as if no one actually wanted to bid. He could see Rain starting to smile but tried to hide it.

'Definitely a fighter.' Venice thought. He had made up his mind, he will be getting this boy out of this hell hole before everything goes down.

"One hundred million baht." Venice said with a voice full of confidence.

One hundred million Baht is a spare change for him, even without his family's money he could easily pay such a small price. If it would get the beautiful boy away from danger, then Venice knew he's making the right choice.

Venice tugged Prapai's arm to get his attention and made their way to where their "transaction" would be made. When they got there, they could hear crying and some yelling.

"Fucking get off already!" When the door opened, they saw how one of the men was pulling another boy whose face was tear stained but still held on to Rain. Venice looked at Rain who at that very moment also had tears streaming down his face but was clearly trying to keep a calm face, and holding on to the other as well trying to calm the panicking boy..