Day Itt GENESIS

Chapter 15

Bang!

"Itt are you ok?" Day asked.

Itt was startled. Day used his strength to push Itt down to dodge the bullet but  his head hit the dashboard. Day drove as fast as possible and after a while cars sounds started diminishing. He stopped the car and turned off the engine. He stepped out of car and came towards Itt's side and opened the door.  

Itt was still leaning down on dashboard. He touched Itt's shoulder for him to raise his head "Itt are you ok?"

He looked at Day with dazed expression and nodded. His forehead was bleeding a little. Day touched his forehead making Itt back off with scared expression. 

Day felt bad seeing Itt's head wounded and realised he used too much force " I am sorry." as he pointed his finger towards Itt's head. Itt had not realised he was hurt as he was still frightened. He touched his forehead and saw blood on his hand. He just wiped off the blood with the back of his hand and groaned in pain.

"Don't touch!" Day exclaimed. "Let's get out of here first." Day added as he held Itt's wrist to pull him out of car.  Itt stood out when Day saw a haystack. Day took some and started covering the car with same. Itt just stood watching Day and  saw blood on his arm. 

Day covered the car and held Itt's wrist and slowly walked looking around a safe place. Itt just followed Day without saying anything. Day saw a small old house whose walls were broken. He walked inside along with Itt and saw it was much bigger than it looked from outside. As he was walking he stumbled a little  and he pushed Itt back "Stop"

He stepped back and remove the leaves and saw there was small pit below which he thought would be good place to hide. He looked back at Itt and said "Let's stay here for a while till those people leave" Itt did not respond. Day jumped inside pit and gave his hand to Itt to help but Itt did not hold his hand. Itt was thinking to run away and turned back.

"Itt hold on , you can be mad at me but right now please stay here for your safety. Those people saw you with me so you are in danger as well." Day said

Itt was still contemplating when Day said "Just listen to me , if you want I will handover myself to police after I take you out safely out of this."

Listening to this Itt stopped and looked back at Day. He was too confused to think what he wants but Day is not someone he can trust. He still panics when he is closer to Day.

"I will not hurt you. Believe me I will not do anything to make Night and our friends hate me more. They all know you are with me" Day added ascertaining Itt's dilemma.

Then Day heard some ruffling sound outside. "Itt please now, it seems they are outside."

Itt jumped in pit and Day covered it back with leaves. They both sat in pit which was small such that Itt's arms brushed against Day. Itt was feeling anxious being too close to Day. He was breathing heavily. 

Suddenly few men came inside. One shouted "Did you find him?"

Day put his hand on Itt's mouth so that his voice does not alert them and in parallel he rubbed his back with other hand in a very gentle way for Itt to calm down. He moved to face him and both their faces were too close to each other.

"No I do not think he is here" Other shouted.

"Search carefully. Just shoot if you find Day or other person with him" Came another voice.

Itt was sweating profusely. He held Day's arm tightly and Day twisted his face in pain. The blood started seeping out of his shirt sleeves. 

"Let's search outside. They must have not gone far." One shouted and soon the sound of foot steps started diminishing. Day continued to keep his hand on Itt's mouth for some more time to avoid any suspicions. Itt tried to struggle a bit in panic and squeezed Day's arm without realising he was hurt.

After sometime when he thought they must be far from the house, he removed his hand from Itt's mouth but continued rubbing his back "Itt breathe slowly, everything is fine"

Itt calmed down after a while and removed his hand from Day's arm.  Day leaned back and sighed as he was in pain. Itt saw his hand was smudged in blood " You.. you .." Itt's eyes widened seeing blood seeping from Day's arm. 

Day noticed Itt's eyes were on his arm "It's nothing. Let's stay here for some more time and then we will leave" Itt nodded. His emotions were confusing him. He hated this man all throughout but seeing him in pain was not making him feel better either.

Day torn his shirt sleeve when Itt saw a wound which looked like bullet wound.  Itt realised that it must be when Day pushed him down in car and asked "Is it bullet.." while looking at the wound.

"It's nothing it just scraped .." Day did not want to scare Itt but he was in too much pain.

Day struggled a bit while tying the cloth around his wound. Itt saw same and wanted to help but hesitated to approach. 

 Day was able to manage on his own as Itt was pondering what to do.

They sat across each other and it was too quiet when Day initiated " I am sorry. I know what I did was wrong and I will accept any punishment you give."

Tears started falling from Itt's eyes.

"After doing that to me.. You have no idea how my life is since that night... when you ... when you raped .. I wanted to kill you ... I do not.... I do not even know why you did that.. what harm did I do to you" Itt burst out crying

"Itt  I did not....that night  .I did not... " Day further spoke when Itt started panting.

Day realised Itt's trauma is bigger. He was not sure how Itt will react if he touched him but he had no other option in that pit. He embraced him and rubbed his back "Itt please calm down. But just listen to me once."

"That night I abused you lot  and I am guilty for that but I did not... I did not .. You passed out before anything further happened." 

Day took a pause.

"There was misunderstanding I thought you with your friend Gear have abused Night . I did that in anger ...I know this does not justify anything what I did to you and I am still guilty as I know the pain I gave you that night... " Day spoke in a very timid voice.

Itt was silent for a while trying to process while gasping for air.

"I will surrender myself to police . I will do anything that will make you feel better. " Day said

"I just do not want to see your face ever" Itt said gasping as he  got up and tried to climb up the pit to go out but he slipped back.

Day  felt disappointed but he knows he deserves this. He held Itt's arm " Stay here. I will go and check if it's safe outside"

"No I do not want to stay near you at all" Itt shouted at Day.

"Just some more time till I get you out of this mess. Then I will never appear infront of you." Day said to calm Itt down and climbed up the pit. He groaned in pain because of the wound in his arm. "Stay here please" he added and went out to check.

Itt sat down in the pit trying to process what Day said that he did not ...but his head was hurting and he did not want to recall those bad memories at all. He remembered his therapy sessions and tried to divert his mind by thinking about some happy memories. He was happy when Day talked to him as Neil and he had someone to share his thoughts. He started feeling more dejected thinking same and Itt was drowning in negative thought as he tried hard to divert his mind by counting numbers backwards.

It seemed like long time and Day did not return.  He was perplexed if he should go out or stay there . A thought crossed his mind may be Day left him there. He was feeling scared now alone in that forest.