Coffee Brews Love (BoyxBoy)

▪ Chapter 14 ▪

{Abuse Warning}

{Lucas's POV}

My heart dropped in my chest as I felt my body grow hot. All of my thoughts in my head had stopped. I couldn't breathe. My fingers had started to tingle. She just stood there in the doorway, crossing her arms over her chest.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned slightly to find Umeko giving me a worried look. I snapped back to reality. "U-uh I have to go talk to someone real quick. I hope you don't mind." I gave her the best smile I could. I hesitantly walked towards my mother.

She turned her back on me and walked out the door, I knew she was expecting me to follow so I did. She kept walking until we were hidden from the public eye, right between two other shops not far from the Cafè. She stopped and looked back at me. Fury was burning in her eyes, I swallowed hardly.

"Lucas," she started, "I told you to quit that stupid job." She took a step closer to me. I reflexively took a step back. The glare on her face grew sharper. "Did you know Ren was back too?" Her voice had a slight break in it. My heart stopped. I could here the fearful throbbing in my ears, I knew what was about to happen. "M-mom," I tried but she didn't give me much time to explain.

She came closer and raised her fist, punching me right in my lower jaw. Blood started dripping from my bottom lip as my face began to throb. She grabbed the collar of my shirt as she slapped the other side of my face. "You damn selfish bastard. Always about yourself, never worrying about your own mother!", tears of anger fell down her cheeks as she threw me to the ground. I landed on my back, my head hitting the pavement. "Why the hell didn't you tell me Ren was here?! Did he tell you not to tell me?! Does he not love his mother as well?!" She screamed. All I could do was wipe the blood from my mouth and stare at the ground. Hot tears flooded my eyes, but I was too scared to let them run down my face. I feared she would take my crying as a sign of weakness and get even angrier, because she knew I wouldn't hurt her back.

She bent down and grabbed my wrist roughly, pulling me up. "We will finish this at home." My heart ached with pain and fear. All I could do was nod as she dragged me from the hidden spot onto the main sidewalk. I kept my head down so other people wouldn't see the damage done to my face, nor the tears that clouded my eyes. I didn't know what to say or do without causing a scene. I knew she wouldn't hesitate to scream at me even if we were in public. "M-mom, please." I said quietly, pleading for her to loosen her deathly grip on my wrist. She stopped and turned to me, but before she could say anything she was interrupted.

"Excuse me." My eyes grew wide. Please, not here not now. I couldn't take much more before I broke. Without looking up I knew exactly who that voice belonged to.

"Can I help you?", the sound of my mother's sweet voice pierced my ears. It was sick how she could just change moods that fast.

{Yoshiro's POV}

There was something wrong, I felt it in my gut. I had stopped by the café to pick up Lucas, and when I entered Umeko told me that some older woman had came in looking livid and Lucas had went with her. I asked which way they had went and she pointed me in the direction as I stormed out. I walked for about 5 minutes before I heard a loud echo reach my ears, coming from in between two buildings. I cautiously peeked around the corner, careful that I wasn't visible to whomever may have been on the other side.

"You damn selfish bastard. Always about yourself, never worrying about your own mother!" the woman, who I now knew was Lucas's mother, threw Lucas onto the ground, screaming at him. I had to stop myself from losing my shit. I had never had the urge to hurt anyone, at least not as strongly as I did right now. My heart was pounding with fear and anger. I wasn't sure what to do. Suddenly everything had made sense, the phone call that night, the fear that was swimming in his eyes, the cut on his cheek when I had seen him the next time, his tiredness. How long had this been going on? I didn't know the exact situation he was in, but I knew I couldn't just act like I didn't witness this. She screamed at him again, mentioning Ren being back without her being aware.

"We will finish this at home." His mother grabbed his wrist quite roughly and yanked him up. At this point my blood was boiling. I walked away from where I was watching, seeing that she was dragging him out. They started walking down the sidewalk as I followed not far behind. They suddenly stopped and I panicked. She turned around to look at Lucas, that was when I decided to step in before she could hurt him again.

"Excuse me."

She looked up at me and her expression changed immediately into a friendly, flirty smile. "Can I help you?"

Are you fucking kidding me?

I glanced at Lucas, he had his head down looking at the ground, his body slightly shaking. She was still holding his wrist. Without any thought, I grabbed his hand and without a choice she let go. She looked up at me shocked. "Y-yoshiro" his weak voice whispered. I turned my head to look at Lucas. My heart sunk. He was looking up at me, his forest green eyes clouded with tears that were just begging to fall. His lip was bleeding, his cheek slightly swollen. At this point I couldn't control myself. I turned back to look at his mother once more. "Lucas will be staying with me for a while, and if you have a problem with that, you can have this." I reached in my pocket and took out one of my business cards. She took it from my hand hesitantly, eyes growing wide as she opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. 

If I were her I would've been speechless too. Having the CEO of one of the most powerful law firms in the country catching you red-handed abusing your own son.

Pathetic.

"We will be going then." I put my hand on Lucas's lower back, leading him away from the situation.

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I haven't been too good at updating lately, sorry guys. I'll try to update more. I hope you guys are doing well! Make sure to take care of yourselves! ♡