Please save me (Newtmas kitten au)

Chapter 6

After around 15 minutes, the smaller boys breathing had gotten heavier indicating that he had fallen asleep. Thomas couldn't sleep though. Too many thought were going through his mind.

Why did those men hurt Newt?
Why did they rape Newt?
How often?
Did they feed him properly?
What did they do to him during his heats?

Thomas turned over to look at the sleeping boy. His soft ears were pressed down and Thomas could feel his tail brushing slightly against his leg. Every once and again a small whine would slip past the boys lips but Thomas would hold his hand which helped him stop. The bruises and cuts on his face made Thomas frown and all he wanted to do was run his finger softly down the boys cheek.

What was he going to do? He has a kitten boy in his house. Newt had to be no older than 17 but his cute features made him look younger.

Thomas closed his eyes, taking a deep breath and eventually fell asleep.

Thomas was the first of the boys to wake up. He let out a tired groan and sat up, careful not to hurt or wake up the sleeping boy next to him.  Thomas rubbed his eyes and yawned.

A small noise, almost like a cat meowing, was heard and Thomas looked down at the smaller boy who was starting to wake up.

Did he just meow? Like an actual cat?

Thomas couldn't stop the small smile that was on his lips at the absolute adorable ness of the boy.

"Newt, good morning" Thomas whispered and the smaller boy groaned.
"Morning Tommy" he whispered back, his voice was scratchy and his accent seemed to be thicker. Thomas had to hold himself back.

Newt tried to sit up but a whimper stopes him from doing so.
"What's wrong?" Thomas asked concerned but the smaller boy just groaned.
"It s-still hu-hurts, really b-badly" Newt whimpered but Thomas was confused, what hurt?

"What hurts?" He asked and Newt looked up at him with a pained expression on his face.
"E-everything" he whispered, running his fingers through his hair and over his ears which were pressed downwards.

It then clicked for Thomas what Neat meant by everything. Newt had told him last night that those men had raped him, obviously more than once and Thomas was afraid that that is why everything hurts. And by everything, he meant his bum.
"Newt when you say everything, do you mean your.." Thomas trailed off and Newt just nodded.
"Everything h-hurts T-Tommy" Newt cried as a tear slipped from his eye. Thomas felt his heart shatter.
"Newt, please don't cry" Thomas whispered but Newt just looked up at him with teary eyes. He took in a shaky breath.

Thomas reached out for the smaller boys hand, holding it softly in his own. The smaller boy jumped at the sudden contact but hesitantly let Thomas hold his hand. Thomas rubbed small circles with his thumb, trying to calm the kitten boy down.

"So Newt, what do you want to do today?" Thomas asked but Newt just bit his lip nervously.
"Do you want to go shopping?" Thomas suggested but Newt just looked at him confusedly.

Newt didn't know what shopping was.

"You have no idea what that means do you?" Thomas asked and Newt looked down, but Thomas placed his finger under the smaller boys chin to make him look back up at him. Newt started to tremble under Thomas' touch. He knew deep down that Thomas wouldn't hurt him, but he was so used to people abusing him, taking advantage of him and it really scared him.

Thomas could feel the smaller boy trembling so he slowly removed his hand, still holding Newts hand in his other.
Newt looked down at their joined hands and let out a sigh. All Newt ever wanted was to be loved, cared for, looked after, but all he got was the complete opposite, all because of his stupid tail and ears.

Newt felt a small pang of pain in his chest at the thought. Thomas could see that the smaller boy was slowly crumbling in front of him.
"You know what? I think it's best if we just stay home today. We can watch movies" Thomas suggested and Newt gave a small nod.

Thomas got up from the bed, letting go of the smaller boys hand and walked around to the side where Newt lay.
"Ok, we are gonna get you up ok?" Thomas whispered and Newt let out a sigh. He really hated this.

Thomas helped Newt sit up and eventually stand up. Newt let out small whimpers of pain and Thomas felt terrible. After about a good 5 minutes, Newt was up.

"Here" Thomas said as he threw Newt the white long sleeve jumper and grey sweatpants from yesterday to put back on. Newt looked down at the clothes, then over at Thomas who had already taken his shirt off. Newts breath hitched and he had to force himself to calm down. He dug his fingernails into his arm, desperately trying to keep his breathing even. Thomas slipped on a black tshirt, then he took off his pants which caused Newt to close his eyes.

"Newt? Oh my God I'm so sorry! I completely didn't think straight I'm sorry Newt it's ok, please open your eyes!" Thomas said desperately. He didn't think the whole thing through. He completely forgot that Newt would have freaked out, especially since he was taking his clothes off.

Newt slowly opened his eyes to see that Thomas was fully dressed. He let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding and looked up at Thomas sadly.
"I won't ever hurt you, ok?" Thomas whispered and Newt nodded.

"Ok, now get changed, I'll go make us some food" Thomas said and Newt gave another small nod.

Thomas left the room and made his way to the kitchen. Even though he'd only known this boy for a little while, he couldn't help but feel protective over him. He was so fragile and broken, all Thomas wanted was to be able to help fix him, give him hope and make him genuinely smile, something Thomas hadn't seen the smaller boy do yet.