VenVan (Vanitas x Ventus). ~Love Scars~

Chapter 8

Vanitas lied there with his face is a pillow. The school day didn't go down very well, I mean Sora almost died. Vanitas sat up and turned to his lamp to turn it on. After he had turned it on he'd realized how late it gotten. Niko was already asleep and so was Sora. Vanitas couldn't sleep, he kept thinking about what happened at school today. He didn't want anyone else to get hurt.

Vanitas stood up and headed to the kitchen to get a drink of water. When he got to the kitchen his mother was sitting with her knees up against her chest. When Vanitas tried to get close to her she slapped him.

"M-Mom?"

    "Your a horrible son!"

Vanitas felt himself tear up after his mother had said that. He loved his mother to death. He didn't know why she hated him all of a sudden. His mother stood up and grabbed a whip and straightened it out.

"You don't know how long I've been waiting for this! I need to see why your dad found it enjoyable!"

Vanitas tried to run away but his mother grabs him and whips his back making his bruises bleed.

"Mom....please!"

    "Stop whining!"

She whips him again harder this time. The Vanitas cried louder than before. His mother started to smile as Vanitas cried. She took her belt off and used it along with the whip Vanitas screamed and cried.

After the abuse was over, Vanitas headed to the bathroom, he looked at his bruises and scars in the mirror. He needed to hide these scars at school tomorrow. No one could know his long time secret.

When Vanitas arrived at school the next day, he saw a boy asleep under a tree. He decided to go meet them. He walked up to them and tapped them on the shoulder.

   "Hey!" He said trying to wake them up.

Whaaaa!-" They said.

Vanitas looked at them and smiled.

"Don't you know, it's not cool to scare me!" They said.

The young boy crossed his arms and turned his head to the side. He seemed like he was trying to avoid eye contact with Vanitas.

"So what's your name?" Vanitas said, trying to change the subject.

The young man looked at him with a little confusion.

"Ventus Strife, why you ask?"

Vanitas looked at Ventus and crossed his arms and turned his head to the side.

"No reason, why are you sleeping under a tree anyway?"

Ventus' face turned a little pink as a sign that he was embarrassed.

"I didn't get enough sleep last night...." Ventus said.

Vanitas looked at the boy. He was wondering why this boy didn't get enough sleep. Vanitas didn't get enough sleep either, but that was because of abuse. Vanitas put his hands around the boy and started crying over his shoulder.

"You okay?" Ventus said.

Vanitas' tears started to run down his face uncontrollably.  He didn't know why he was crying so much. Vanitas started shaking as he bit his lip.

"No, I'm not okay, I'm very unhappy right now and it's frightening me, I'm afraid I'm going to hurt myself or someones going to hurt me....again."

Ventus put his arms around Vanitas to return to the hug.

"Hey... I don't know what happened to you, but no one is going to hurt you again."

Vanitas held on tightly to Ventus and buried his face into his shoulder. He didn't know why he was doing this. He had just met this boy and he felt safe around him, he didn't feel useless anymore.