Pain
That's all he felt was sheer pain. He couldn't move. His whole body felt like it was on fire. He looked at his once milky chest, now filled with dried blood and whip marks. His hands were still handcuffed together. He didn't want this anymore. He just needed a way out but no one would help him.
Scared
He saw his "fiance" coming in the room. He looked away from the cold gaze. All he saw in those eyes was a heartless monster. He clenched his eyes shut and wished that his "fiance" would leave. He felt a dip in the bed and heard the lock to the handcuffs unlocking. He felt warm hands grabbing his wrists and kissing his hands. He whimpered when he felt those cold lips connecting to his flesh.
Tired
He was tired of all the beatings. Tired off everything. He just wanted to end his life but he didn't want to leave his friends. He can forget about his family because they were the ones that forced him into this abuse. His heart was ready to give up but his mind kept on fighting. He wanted to fight till the end.
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He whimpered when he felt the hands caress his cheeks, telling him he was going to be fine. He knew it was a lie but he kept on believing those words. He opened his eyes and saw the devil himself. The hands traveled to his chest and his ice cold fingers glided over the whip marks.
"Are you feeling okay?" His "fiance" asked in the most sicking voice that he's ever heard. He didn't respond, afraid that he was going to say something wrong and get punished. "ZiTao answer me." He demanded.
ZiTao looked at his "fiance" and almost screamed. He saw a monster that destroyed his life. Piece by piece. ZiTao licked his lips before answering the devil. "I'm fine." Simply he put those words.
"Let's get you cleaned up. I'm sure your parents don't want to see you like this." ZiTao's eyes widened at the thought of his parents.
"Why are they coming over?" He didn't want anything to do with those people. They are making him marry the devil to save both of their companies.
"They're not. Your meeting them for lunch. The maids already drew you a bath." ZiTao felt the hands make contact with his back. He pursed his lips together to fight the screams.
"YiFan put me down." ZiTao demanded the older but he just shook his head.
"You can't walk, not after last night." YiFan said with a hint of amusement as he thought about last night. The way ZiTao screamed in agony made YiFan feel better about himself and made him feel amazing that he's ruining someone else's life. He looked back at his fiance and saw that he was almost in tears. "Don't cry ZiTao. You'll be fine." When he felt ZiTao stiff in his arms he smirked.
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They made it to the bathroom in silence but for ZiTao that silence was the greatest thing that had happened since last night.
YiFan placed ZiTao in the bathtub, ignoring the tiny scream that came from ZiTao. YiFan smirked and grabbed a rag. He put soap on the rag and started to clean his fiance. He looked at ZiTao and saw the fear in the youngers eyes, making his blood boil.
When YiFan got close to ZiTao's area, ZiTao grabbed YiFan's hands and dug his fingernails in the older's wrists. YiFan hissed at the pain. He looked at ZiTao with cold eyes. He grabbed his fiance's hair and brought his face close to ZiTao's. The younger felt the rapid breathing bouncing off of his skin and saw the anger forming in the older's eyes.
"Why did you do that ZiTao?" YiFan asked his scared fiance. He turned ZiTao's head to the side and slammed ZiTao's head on the marble wall.
"I-I'm sorry. I won't do it again." ZiTao looked at is "fiance" with scared and hurt showing on his face.
"Damn right you won't. Now clean yourself, you piece of shit." YiFan threw the rag at ZiTao and stormed out of the bathroom.
ZiTao slid in the bathtub and started to cry. He didn't want this to be his life but he couldn't get out of this arranged marriage. He can't tell anyone because YiFan would punish him. He can't leave because YiFan will punish him. He can't do anything because YiFan will punish him. Everything he does always ends up in him getting punished.
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ZiTao sat in a chair at an empty table in a five star restaurant. The tables were covered with white table cloths. The sun coming in for light. The carved mahogany walls were covered with pictures of the forest. One that ZiTao found himself staring at the most was the one with a bald eagle flying high in the blue horizon, freely. ZiTao wished that he was a bird so that he would be able to fly away and be free from his life.
He was meeting his mom for lunch to talk about the wedding details but he wanted to tell her that YiFan was abusing him and for her to call of the wedding. He took a sip of the cool ice water and put it back down on the table when he saw his mom. He put on a fake smile that YiFan had taught him and waved at her. He got up and hugged his mom, making a small whimper when she hugged him tightly and the whip marks pressed against their chests.
When they sat down, the waiter came and took their order. After they were done ordering, his mom took a sip of Chardonnay and set in on the table. She looked at her son and saw that he got skinner. His cheeks were hallow. The bags under his eyes were darker than usual. She sensed something but just thought that he was nervous because of the wedding.
"So, ZiTao." His mom cleared her throat before she started to talk. "How are things with YiFan?"
ZiTao tensed at the name. He looked at his mom and gave her the fakest smile he can show. "Things are..." He started to think about what happened this morning. His smile quickly formed into a frown. "Mom, I need to tell you something."
"What's wrong?" She leaned forward and crossed her arms on the table.
ZiTao gulped and bit his bottom lip. "YiFan is abusing me." He looked for any emotion to show on her face and didn't see anything.
"Nonsense. He promised he wouldn't hurt you. Now about the wedding..."
"Your son is being abused and you don't care?" ZiTao tried to hold back the tears.
"He promised. He's a Wu. They never go back on their words."
ZiTao started to zone her out when she started to talk about the wedding. His only chance to get out of the arranged marriage was gone. His mother doesn't believe him. No one will believe him. He will have to spend the rest of his life with the devil.
Wu YiFan.
