𝙰 𝚀𝚞o𝚝𝚎 𝚊 𝙳𝚊𝚢, 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼o𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚢⥽𝚂𝙺𝚉

𝓅𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓂ℯ𝓃𝓉

19:23

"your roommates did that?"

"I can feel you smiling Ara"

"hEY- it's funny"

"haha, not for me. I had to clean up the mess"

"aww is little Chris upset"

"do I need to remind you how small you are or-"

"ok how about you don't do that-"

"scared of me al-"

SLAM

my eyes widen in fear and shock. he was home early and that was never good. it meant that he didn't get laid so he's extra drunk. 

"u-uhm C-Chris, I'm going t-to have to h-hang u-up n-now, bye!"

I frantically try to hang up the call and rush to lock and barricade my door before he could reach me. 

CHRIS' POV

I laugh slightly at how frantic she sounded. in her rush to end the call, she somehow muted me. I move to end the call before I hear something worrying.

"GHOST YOU'D BETTER NOT HAVE LOCKED THAT DOOR OF YOURS" 

immediately deciding against ending the call, I keep myself muted and and stay on the call. 

ARA'S POV

shitshitshitshit why is he here early. 

I breathe a soft sigh of relief as I get my door locked. I move to get the box that I use to barricade my door. 

"I TOLD YOU TO NOT LOCK YOUR DOOR YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT. YOU'D BETTER OPEN IT BY THE TIME I COUNT TO TEN OR ELSE" 

fuck.

"TEN"

 he's going to get the fumes.

"NINE"

do I face the fumes 

"EIGHT"

or do I risk physical damage and face him

"SEVEN"

I softly run across my room.

"SIX"

I throw open my window

"FIVE"

I open my curtains so that the window was uncovered

"FOUR"

I run to get my mask that I use for these situations exclusively

"THREE"

I put it on and make sure that it was on securely 

"TWO"

I hide myself under the bed and next to the mirror

"ONE"

I brace myself for the worst- my phone held tightly against my body.

"THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW THE PUNISHMENT FOR NOT OBEYING ME."

I hear some fumbling coming from the other side of my door. a second later a gas pours in from the crack on the top of my door. I curse myself for not being tall enough to reach and fix it. 

the fumes don't fully affect me as I prepared myself against them. the fumes that did reach me made my eyes tear up and my throat itch. I fight through every impulse to cough and I let out some tears and quiet sobs. 

"YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS IF YOU HAD JUST OPENED YOUR DOOR AND OBEYED ME"

"if i had, you probably would have raped me or at least hit me" I say under my breath between choked back sobs.

20:46

he's finally left from my door and has stumbled into his room on the other side of the apartment. the fumes had left my room entirely 15 minutes ago. I crawl hesitantly out from under my bed and close my window and curtains. I hide the mask I was using and flop onto my bed. finally alone I let myself break down and quietly cry. 

"A-ara"

I looked at my phone in shock and see that I hadn't ended the call with Chris nor was I muted the whole time. 

"p-please t-tell me y-you d-didn't hear t-that" 

"have you told anyone about this"

"n-no, but please please please don't tell anyone"

"........."

"Chris please, I'm begging you"

"...on one condition"

"thank you thank you thank you"

"h-has he ever raped you"

"I-I u-uhm"

"I won't tell anyone as long as you answer the question"

"h-he hasn't been able to. he has tried b-but I always escaped"

"ok, I won't tell anyone"

"thank you channie, you have no idea how thankful I am"

"are you ok though"

"I'm fine now, the fumes aren't in my room anymore"

"thank god, I swear I'm going to protect you from now on. promise me that whenever this happens, you'll call me so you aren't alone"

"I-I will, t-thank you so so much channie"

"it's not a problem, I got to go now- stay safe love"

call ended: 1 hour and 25 minutes