Innocence

Chapter 8: Why Me?? (SOMETIMES ACQUAINTANCE SCREWS YOU)

While going upstairs Zayn saw Nehal going down stairs, "Nehal brother Daniel is forcing me to come up, so I want you to come up with me or tell Daniel that I am sleeping with you in the living room", I whined. "Oh please shut up don't pull me in the dig along with yourself, and just by the way I don't want you to annoy me least not in this house, did you get it? And for your better deal with it on your own, and don't worry about me I am going in the living room to sleep with Areeb (cousin)", Nehal replied bitterly. "Brother Listen to me, Nehaaaal come back", Zayn screeched but even his own brother was betraying him so he was now hopeless and helpless so finally he went over.

"What took you so long?", Daniel asked me in an aggressive tone. "Sorry Daniel brother", I mumbled in a soft voice. "What sorry, don't you know that your father penalizes me for not taking care of you and Nehal, talking about Nehal, where is he?" Daniel asked in a fuming tone. "Daniel brother I just saw him going downstairs maybe he is sleeping in the living room", I responded hastily. Then we both laid down on the edges of the bed as there was only one bed in the room. I wasn't comfortable with him but somehow I managed and tried my best to pretend to be comfortable. The thing about Daniel is that he is one of the most pious individuals of my family but unfortunately no one knows about the dark and brutal side of him. But that night I encountered the worst of him and I regret going over. "Zayn I think it is too cold so why don't you cover yourself up with my blanket", Daniel asked me in a friendly tone to make me closer to him but in reality the blanket was just an excuse he just wanted me near him. "No Daniel brother I am perfectly fine without the blanket", I replied bluntly. "Zayn don't be shy", while saying this he pulled me forcefully and placed his right arm around me. I was just nine at that time so I wandered maybe he is being a father to me as he was far too older than me so I ignored that but then gradually he became wild. He smashed my back and placed his front on my chest, I couldn't breathe because he was all over me and I become so scared that I tried to resist him. I literally didn't know what is exactly happening to me, I was in such a miserable condition that I started trembling and when he saw that I am that much scared so he went back to his previous position and started touching my body in a weird way. I hate myself that why I was younger at that time, why I didn't know a thing about bad touch and abuse? Why I was forced to stay unchaperoned, the time when I highly needed my beloved ones.

"Daniel brother my arms are paining, Daniel brother, Daniel Brother let go of me", Zayn whimpered as he was was encountering the worst of his life, he was screaming for his survival. "Shut up, I said shut up don't say a thing and close your eyes", he replied bluntly. "But It's pai..", Zayn's arms were hurting like hell because that beast was feeding on him and when Zayn tried to resist him with his words Daniel ceased his lips and Zayn finally gave up and started channeling GOD because He was the last and the only hope for him at that time. Zayn just wanted all that to stop so he closed his eyes as if to reduce the affliction because he couldn't bear more, thus sucked all the agony while being oblivion.

Eventually Daniel stopped and Zayn rushed towards the washroom and washed his face and waited there as if to pretend that he was using washroom for urinating and stuff. After being done with pretending he went back to the bed and slept on the edge of the bed, even he placed himself that much far from him that half of his body was out of bed foam. He knew that if he would scram from this room Daniel would kill him; he was extremely scared of him and was highly petrified so he slept unwillingly in the same room alongside with an abuser.

The torture and the torment Zayn came across were appalling but he didn't know his teensy resistance to that beast would cause his tomorrow morning to turn into STYGIAN darkness.

'IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO EXORCISE THE DARKNESS OUT OF YOU. WE CAN PRETEND IT'S NOT THERE UNTIL SOMETHING BURSTS'

'YOUR DWELLING IS YOUR HEALTH, YOUR WEALTH AND NOT A JUNGLE WHERE YOU COULD BE SWALLOWED AS A PREY'