Bruised & Beaten

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Dan's Pov

I silently cried as I felt the whip crack down on my back. Eight years of this. Eight years of being beaten and starved daily normally this would be frowned upon. Tying a child up and beating the life out of him. Starving the child. Having friends come over and sexually assault them weekly. But no because I have ears on my head a tail on my lower back and a female reproductive system. This is considered okay. My owner lets people pay to have their way with me. They never let it go too far. They say they don't want an another annoying brat.

The last thing I remember of them is being hit with a bat and blacking out. I woke up in the shelter I was born in. It all seemed too surreal. I couldn't believe them.

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I stayed in the little hut in the back of my pen unless they fed me. I was so scared of people I hardly let anyone see me. My tail stayed curled around my body in fear. Every time I heard a voice or a door slam I have flashes of them.

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I awoke the next morning. I stayed in my pen. I saw a clean pair of boxers and some food I dart to grab them and rush back into the hut. I change my boxers. And eat the food before placing the bowl and old boxers out for a worker to grab.

"We have tons of nekos here. We have males and females of all ages. And breeds" the worker said as a raven headed boy followed behind.

"What about this one, " he says pointing to me. His bright blue kind eyes meet my dull sad brown eyes. I look down out of habit.

"Oh Daniel is a special case, he was born here and adopted at ten. The family put this kid through hell.and now he doesn't let anyone near him. Let me lead you friendlier ones" he says.

"I'll take him". My head shoots up at the words that came from the boy's mouth. "Are you sure you wouldn't like a different one sir" the worker stated in shock.

He shook his head. And stared into my eyes.

The worker nodded and left with the boy to fill out papers. He came back with a collar and leash. I stayed in my hut as the worker opened the door. He walked in and put the collar around my neck and attached the leash. I hesitantly followed him out. A lot of the bruises still visible on my body.

He hands the leash to Phil and walks away. Phil moves causing me to flinch and shut my eyes. I open them to see him holding out his jacket for me. I hesitantly take it and slip it on zipping it up.

He walks out to his car and opens the front door. I stand there confused. "You can sit in the front," he said. His voice sounded so kind. I wasn't used to such a kind voice.

I climb in and he buckles me in. He shuts the door causing me to flinch and goes to his side of the car. He drives to a really nice apartment complex. He gets out and comes to my side. He takes the leash lightly and we walk up to his floor. He unlocks the door the apartment and unhooked my leash. He reaches up causing me to flinch away.

"I'm sorry, I was just going to take the collar off", he said. He takes if off and sets it on the table.

"Make yourself at home Daniel", he says.

"I-it's Dan" I stutter out. He turns around I finch afraid of being hit. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you Dan" he said sitting on the couch.

He patted the spot next to him. I hesitantly get up on the couch and sit as far away as possible.

"Dan, I'm Phil", he said looking me in the eyes. "You can speak", he says.

"h-hi n-n-normally if I S-speak w-without permission I g-get beat" I stutter still not used to talking.

His eyes soften. "You don't have to worry about that anymore, I would never hurt you, I couldn't imagine going through what you had to go through. You can trust me"

I nod, we sit in silence for a bit. It was a comfortable silence, though. "Let me show you around".

He walks into a kitchen, "you can help yourself to anything in here" he says before walking to a bathroom. "You can shower and your room is that door right there. We can go shopping for clothes tomorrow".

I go to the bathroom and see a fuzzy robe and a towel. I get in the shower wincing as the water hit the still visible bruises.

I hop out and dry my hair ears and tail. I put the fuzzy robe on and brush through my hair. I go to my room and find clothes laying on the edge of the bed. I quickly put them on and jump on the comfy bed. I hear a knock on the door, immediately go to a submissive position. Which is sitting on my knees with them spread and my hands In between them like a dog. I also keep my head bowed.

"Come in" I mumble. Phil walks in and frowns at the sight of me.

"Dan you don't have to do that anymore. You can act like a human" he says walking into the room.

I relax and swing my legs over the side of the bed. I place my hands on my lap and play with my tail.

"Dan, I know you don't trust people because of what those horrible people did to you, I know it will take time but you can trust. I won't hurt you ever" he says.

He reached up, my first instinct was to flinch away, he pulled his hand away and mumble a sorry before getting up and leaving. I crawl back into the bed and slowly drifting to sleep.

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I wake up to an amazing smell. I slowly leave my room and go to the kitchen.

"Good morning Dan", his cheery voice says. I sit down in a chair and he places a plate of food in front of me before getting his own. I slowly eat the crepes in silence.

"So today I was thinking we could go get you some clothes, and other stuff", he says, grabbing my empty plate and taking both of them to the sink.

He went to his room before handing me new clothes. I go to my room and put on the boxers skinny jeans and sweatshirt. I put on socks and a pair of shoes.

"Dan I'm gonna put the collar on now", he says. I nod. He loosely put the collar around my neck. He attached the leash and we went out to his car.

He put on some calm music as we drove to the mall. I'd never been to a place like this before. He parked the car and took the leash. As we walk through the mall. I see a bunch of stores with things in them.

"So what type of clothes do you like wearing", Phil asks as we walk around. "I-i like cute stuff more on the feminine side", I say blushing, he nods walking into a store that has a bunch of cute clothes.

I get a few dresses, sweaters, skinny jeans, skirts, leggings, and sweatshirts. I also got a few pair of socks, thigh high and above the knees. I go a few beanies.

"Okay next we are gonna go to a store where you can pick out a few collars and leashes you like", Phil says. I nod following him to a hybrid store. There were tons of cute collars and leashes, I pick out a few pastel ones with matching leashes. We check out our purchases and head to a shoe store. I pick out a pair of uggs, combat boots, and a few pairs of vans and converse. after we pay for the things we head out of the mall.

"Dan are you hungry," Phil asks as we get into his black Tesla, I nod and we drive around till Phil finds a place he likes. Phil gets out of the car saying, "You'll love this place, Dan".

We walk into the restaurant and the waiter brings us to our seats. "Ew. Can't believe someone would bring that nasty thing in here". She says looking me up and down. I immediately look down ashamed of myself. "Hey, he has just as much right to be here as you do, just because he has cat ears and a tail doesn't make him have any fewer feelings than you do. It also doesn't make him any less of a human" Phil replied before gesturing for me to sit.

"Thank you," I say blushing, I look down at the table, "Hello can I start you off with something to drink?" She asks, "I'll have a water, Dan?" I look up, "Water please" I barely whisper.

"Dan, I'm sorry you had to hear that. You are so strong and amazing. I can't imagine what you've been through." Phil says. The waiter brings us ur drinks and Phil ordered our food. The waiter brings our food. we eat the yummy food which Phil told me as sushi when we finish Phill pays the bill and we get back into the car and drive back to Phil's flat.