Take your time or I'll take your Heart

Chapter 21

"What are you going to do? Huh? Think you can take me on? Well come at me!"

Ren shook his head, "I've done too much already. I'm not getting in trouble for something as stupid as this."

"Stupid? You were confident on taking me a second ago. Now you're thinking about not doing it because of your criminal record? You're more of a coward you know."

"That's it," I said.

"What?"

"Scarlet!"

Scarlet came over to my father and as soon as she saw the state he was in, she growled at him. She started to bark at him and closed in on him.

"Get that mutt away from me!" he said as he tried to kick Scarlet.

"I'll give you one chance. Let us take you home or suffer the consequences."

"I'd rather fight this bitch!"

I held out my hand for Scarlet to stop. "Then fight this bitch."

"Bring it on," he said.

"Y/N, don't do this."

"If I can get his ass in jail, it's worth it. He's been abusing my mother for far too long. Just watch after me, ok? Step in if you think it's too much."

He nodded and stood aside. My father lunged after me, but I moved aside. He fell onto the ground and got back up.

"Come here you little fucker!"

He swung at me and I let him hit me. It was at the stomach area. He slapped me across my face and hit me across my arm. I let him deal out a few hits and that's when I pushed back. I wasn't going to let him win. Only enough evidence that he was abusive. I pushed him onto the ground and he got up. He wrestled me to the ground and kicked me on my legs. He kept kicking until he kicked my stomach. I got winded and that's when Ren stepped in. He pushed him off of me and helped me up.

"You can't fight for shit!" he spat.

After that, I punched him in the jaw and he fell on his ass. He sat down and sighed. He didn't get up after that. Ren picked him up and walked him down towards his car. I grabbed the keys from the counter and walked down with them. Ren placed my father in the back and he got into the passenger seat. I got in the driver's seat and drove back towards the house. I pulled into the driveway to see one light was on. Ren grabbed my father from the back and walked him inside. I put the keys on the table when we got inside. My mother came down the stairs to see us.

"What happened?" she asked me.

"Dad called and asked if he could stop at our place. He came in and was drunk. Called me names and accused me of things I didn't do."

"What did he do to you?" she asked as she looked at my bruised face and bleeding lip.

"He slapped, punched, and kicked me. Ren was there to help me."

"Thank you, Ren," she said and hugged him.

"I'll take care of your father in the morning. Get some rest, dear."

"I will."

"At least let me drive you back."

We got into the car and she dropped us off at our apartment. We headed back into our room and I got changed. When I was changing, I looked down at my stomach to see a few bruises. I sighed and Ren walked up behind me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and his soft, warm hands rested on my stomach.

"No matter what he did do you, you're beautiful inside and out. And I love you for that," he said as he kissed my neck.

I smiled and turned to face him. Our lips met for a few seconds and I pulled away.

"Thank you, Ren."

I changed into my pajamas and so did he. We got into bed and I rested my head in his chest. My arms were wrapped around him and his was wrapped around my body. He would occasionally snake his hand underneath my shirt and rub my back. I loved it when he did that.

I woke up with Ren rubbing his hand up and down my bruises on my stomach. It seemed to be bothering him.

"Is it bothering you?" I asked him.

"A little bit."

"Why does it?"

"Because your family is supposed to love you, not cause any harm to you. I'm not one to complain since my parents wanted to get rid of me when I went to Shujin. But your parents seemed to be nice parents. It's just that the fact that your father hurt you."

"He needs to pay for what he has done."

Ren nodded and kissed the one bruise and slid my shirt back down. He rested his head near mine and played with my hair. Morgana walked over to us and meowed.

"I think you two should get up," he said.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Around ten in the morning."

"A few more minutes Morgana," Ren said.

"Alright," he said as he got off of the bed and Scarlet walked out of the room and into the kitchen.

"I should feed Scarlet," I said as I pulled the covers off of myself. I got up and walked into the kitchen. Ren got out of bed and followed me in. I put food in her food bowl and rubbed Morgana's head.

"It's about time you got up," he said.

"I just wanted a bit more time to wake up," I said.

"Are you doing anything tomorrow?" Ren asked.

"I've got to go to work. How about you?"

"I was going to see about getting a job tomorrow."

"It might be a bit hard because of your record," Morgana said.

"Morgana does have a point. See if Jake will let you work in the apartment building."

"That might be a better idea," Ren said. "It just seems to be a better thing to do."