Out of Time

Coping Mechanism

     She gagged me, shoving a cloth down my throat. It was hard to breathe, but I still could if I tried. She dragged me with her out of the dorm quietly, so as not to wake the others. She pulled me by the hair on the back of my head, pretending to other people as if she was just petting my head. I knew resisting and trying to escape would result in worse pain in a moment, so I decided to do and say nothing. When we stopped, I didn't know where we were.

'So... (Y/N)... you said you hated us...' Said Yang, placing her hand on my cheek, just before slapping me viciously hard, knocking me to the floor. 'I'm going to take pleasure in making you regret hating us. That way, you'll love us for ever! Ha ha!' She began giggling with a manic tone to it.

     I said nothing. I knew if I did, I would be punished more.

'Shall we start with your legs?' She purred. She then placed her foot on my private area, wrapped her arms around my right leg, and pulled. I felt various popping sounds coming from the joints. It was likely dislocated at the hip and the knee. Blimey, it was painful!

'Now the other!' She said, her voice laced with euphoria as she ruined my other leg.

'Now for the arms...' she did the same to my arms.

     Then, without saying anything, she straddled my midsection, removing my top. I felt a cold blade press against the skin of my chest as it pierced it. She dragged her knife around my chest, writing in large letters. 'YANG'. She then drew small hearts around the name, marking me as her's.

     I had been yelling most of the time she was doing this. Actually, it was more like screaming. I lay there, limp. I thought she was done. I was wrong. She picked me up in the piggyback position, carrying me somewhere else.

'Next time you hurt our feelings, this will happen again. If you hide from us, we will find you and watch you constantly. If you run away, we will catch you and bring you home. Got it?' She asked, squeezing my legs slightly.

'Y-y-y-ye-y-yes m-m-m-m-m-m-mi-mi-m-miss...' I answered. I was stuttering more than ever now. Then again, who wouldn't after that. Especially since I was blind.

     Once we stopped again, I could hear snoring of who I supposed was my team. She placed me on a bed and climbed in with me, hugging me from the front this time. She pressed my head between her breasts.

'Hey, (Y/N)?' She asked.

'Y-y-y-ye-ye-y-yes...?' I responded tentatively.

'Do you hate us?' I realised I had been shivering the entire time I was in contact with her. I had just noticed due to an extra violent jolt caused by this question. I had to lie... She was going to make me lie... For the first time in my life... I was going to lie...

'N-n-n-n-n-n-n-no...' I said quietly.

'Good. I love you, (Y/N).' She then kissed the top of my head, stroking it until she thought I fell asleep. The truth was, i didn't sleep at all.

I lay there, staring into the darkness of the room. I knew not whether or not I would be punished again if I moved, but I suspected I would be. And so I lay there, oh so still and oh so quiet... until I heard a faint snore behind my head. She was asleep! I tentatively moved her arm to allow my escape, and extremely slowly, I slipped out of her grasp, landing on the floor with a thump. My skin no longer crawled.

I then heard faint moans of sleepy discomfort coming from the thing I had just left. I hurriedly felt my way to the bathroom door and shut myself inside. I fumbled desperately for the lock, and when I finally did, I relaxed. I sat on the toilet lid, leaned against the water tank, and shut my eyes. I slowly drifted into a deep slumber until... BANG! The door shuddered. I heard a commotion behind the door.