Until You Give In

Chapter 3.2 Beginning Of Conflicts

'YOU HAPPENED!'

Pete frozed as those words rang inside the car. As Ae gives off this suffocating aura. He can't help but asked...

Why does this person hates him so...?

Does being 'branded' as gay so hateful?

But as he continues to look at Ae's face, he feels this nagging feeling of sadness, even with this person constant threats and hurtful words towards him.

He doesn't hate him.

He turned his head away and focus his eyes on the stirring wheel. The deafning silence surrounds them,but no one tried to talked, yet they could still hear each others breathing.

Time passed by, Pete slowly turned to the passenger seat, deciding again, to start a conversation with Ae, when he noticed that the latter had already dozed off, mainly because of his battered body. Chuckling softly, Pete thinks that the other looks cute when sleeping. Contemplating on whether he would contact Pond, but remembering that Ae somehow doesn't want his cousin to know of his situation, he sighed in defeat, he decided against it and just start the car's engine.
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With the help of the security personnel of his condominium, Pete managed to settled Ae on his bed. Bowing and thanking the person as he walked him out of the door, going back inside he immediately searched for the first aid kit and brought it in his room along with a basin of warm water and a towel. Putting these on the table near the bed, he starts unbuttoning Ae's shirt, stopping only when the other make a pained expression.

Successfully and after putting the bloodied shirt on the floor, he gently wipes the dirt off of Ae's.
Then he proceeded on cleaning and dressing the wounds.

Moment later, he wiped away the sweat that formed from his head, looking at his work, he felt proud and thankful when he decided to attend a medical seminar before the start of this school year, it really hepls him a lot during emergency situation such as this one.

Looking at his watch,softly sighing, its already 9:00 o'clock in the evening. Stretching he again checked on Ae who was still sleeping soundly. He touched Ae's forehead thinking that he may catch a fever due to his injuries, confirming this, he put a wet towel on top of Aw's forehead.

As he gaze fell on the mirror on the side of his room, he noticed the dirt which stucked on his uniform when he knelt on the ground as he helped Ae.

Tired, he walked towards the bathroom to take a bath and get ready for bed.

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Under the warm cascading shower, the image of Aes battered up body flashes on Pete's mind. That scene coincides with a past childhood memories he tries to forget.

The fear

The pain

The helplessness

From that day, till now, that nightmare had kept him from having a peaceful sleep every night for the past 10 years.

Because of this, he became skittish, and whenever he is being put on the spot for example when P'Trump tried to forced himself on him, his body starts to involuntary shake without him knowing and end up loosing strength.

His mother already brought him to every doctors and psychiatrist she knew to help him overcome this fear. Through the years they managed to teached him emotional control to eased this ailment of his. But the person who had really gave him hope aside his mother was his friend Daili. She who stayed by his side whenever those 'chapters' manifest, was really a blessing to his weaken heart.

Stepping outside the bathroom, he picked up his pajama which he had prepared beforehand and wears them. Wiping his wet hair dry, as he sits on the sofa, moment later he unintentionally leaned on the a soft pillow, which made him somehow drowsy and not long, before he knew it, he fell asleep as the towel soundlessly fell on the floor.

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Regaining his consciousness, he slowly opened his eyes but was met with those deep dark eyes....

"Ae...?"