Our Way Back

Episode 3

There was this line from my favorite 1990s animated series: 'sometimes, you just fuck up', and I've never felt a spiritual connection to it up until this moment.

I already accepted my fate. My fate to be fucked really hard. But damn it all, I did not know it'll come as soon as this same day. And maybe this is just the day I tell myself: 'I'll just die.'

I immediately kept my phone in my bag and stood. I felt my knees tremble as the person drew closer and closer.

"Raegan won't come and save you now, fag."

I slowly backed away from Axo who was now in front of me with his angry aura. "That bastard did me good." he said, probably referring to his cheek. It was bruised and it was because of what happened this morning. "So, I really want to ask you about this..." he inched closer and patted my back. "You and Raegan never had to do anything with each other right? Except the fact that he stole your girl, that is."

"A-Axo, look..." I tried to talk him out of it but I was immediately shut down with a punch in the face. The punch was enough for me to be on the floor.

"I don't remember asking for your opinion, fag!" he exclaimed, adding an additional kick to my trembling knees. "I'm guessing your status as a 'virgin' now becomes 'not virgin', huh?" he said afterwards. "So, how is it?"

I immediately understood the reference he was talking about, the nasty guy is thinking that I'm playing around Raegan. "It's not like that. We – we don't have anything to do with each other." I said, at least. And maybe he didn't like what I said so he nonchalantly kicked me in the gut. The pain made me want to throw up. It was excoriating, painful enough you'd like to just die on the spot.

"Nah. Now I don't have interest in you anymore." He sighed, but even so the grin on his face was still there and his mischievous aura intensified as if he was planning something grim and bad. "And here I thought I'd finally give you the time of your life. But if you let me here your screams, I might change my mind again." He said, slowly stomping at the fingers of my right hand – my working hand.

I fought the strong urge to cry out loud the moment his shoes made contact to my fingers. I could feel the pressure in my each of my fingers. I could feel it in my bones. The pain, the excoriating pain he's giving me and the suffering he wanted to make me feel – I can feel it in my whole existence.

"This is boring." He sighed before stomping on my fingers. "I said, cry!" he said while stomping on my fingers a couple of times - again and again.

I bit my lower lip until I taste the metallic taste of blood in my tongue. I took gulped my own saliva – probably with blood in it – before gasping for air. "N...No!" I gasped.

"Okay." He shrugged then he kicked my gut again and again.

I squirmed in pain as I lay there in fetal position trying to protect my abdomen from him. I panted trying to rub my aching tummy, hoping it would ease the pain. The thing is, it's not even happening. Because Axo immediately pulled my hair up, not even letting me breath or agonize in silence.

"Looking at you, you're actually quite cute. So, I guess that's why that Raegan guy wasted his time with your sorry ass." He said throwing me to kiss the concrete again. "I guess you're just a fag who sells his body to everyone."

"There's..." I tried to speak with my bruised mouth, "There's nothing going on with us. I ... I don't know what you're talking about." I panted, trying to shift back to a sitting position and when I did, I crawled back away from Axo. "And, I am not a ... fag!"