your needs ~soudam~

(4)~I need you again~

Sonia got out of bed first to go home to her apartment, where she was staying while attending hope's peak academy. It was a Sunday mornimg, and she and Kazuichi had just stayed the night at Gundham's house. She left Gundham's house because she had morning plans with her parents. She had seen the two boys cuddling, she snapped a quick picture before she left.
Gundham woke up about 45 minutes later, Kazuichi was still clinging to him. He noticed Sonia was gone, but she had told him that she had plans so he wasn't worried. He didn't want to wake up Kazuichi, and he didn't have anything to do today, so he decided to stay in bed a little longer. Kazuichi was warm and his face was nuzzled into Gundham's shoulder. Gundham ran his fingers through his hair. it was tangled and his fingers were getting snagged, so he resorted to gently rubbing his back instead. Kazuichi gave a soft sigh of relief in his sleep and hugged Gundham harder.
"Mmn, good soft..." Kazuichi mumbled. Gundham gave a soft chuckle, which woke him up.
"Hmm? What's so funny?" He mumbled.
"Good morning" Gundham greeted. Kazuichi finally let him go when he noticed he was clinging.
"Shit, it's past nine, I'm gonna be late for work"  Kazuichi grumbled.  He shot out of bed and grabbed his bag of stuff.
"Do you not wish to eat? At least take some fruit!" Gundham called as Kazuichi left in a flustered panic.
He felt like Gundham had already helped him enough so he left the fruit on the table. He ran out of the door and went to the mechanic's office he worked at.
Gundham felt a little lonely now that his only two friends had left to do other things. He went to his basement to care for the animals in his basement. He took out the devas and took them on a walk in his backyard.
Meanwhile Kazuichi was arriving to work, 15 minutes late.
"Souda, kiddo, I take it easy on you because you're a kid, but you're almost 19, you gotta get to work on time" his boss scolded.
"Yes sir" Kazuichi responded automatically. His boss was not incredibly cruel, but he could be a little patronizing at times. At work Kazuichi worked on a yellow car, which he thought looked pretty cool. He also fixed a few bikes. He did his job well, so his boss didn't bother him for the rest of the day. He was doing what he enjoyed so the hours passed by smoothly.
He was putting his tools away, when someone walked into his workspace.
"Your father is here looking for ya kiddo,"
His boss called from the doorway. Kazuichi froze, he had planned to get the hell away, but his dad knew where he worked. Kazuichi peeked out of his room, the smell of smoke and alcohol hit his nostrils.  He walked into the lobby meekly.
"Heyyyyy, you didn't come home last night Kaz" he said with fake concern in his voice.
"Let's go home" he offered. He seemed to not be upset to anyone watching, but Kazuichi knew he just wanted to get him alone before he went off.
They walked home in silence, Kazuichi could feel the seething rage coming from his father. They got to their house and his father turned to him and punched him in the chest. He grabbed his collar and screamed,
"Where were you boy!"
Tears started streaming from Kazuichi's face.
"I-I was jus-" he started softly.
"Speak up!" His father yelled.
"At a friends house!" Kazuichi cried.
"I'm surprised you even have friends you dumbass" his dad growled.
He opened the door and hauled Kazuichi outside.
"If you don't want to stay here then don't" he yelled, punching Kazuichi in the face and sending him flying down the stairs. The door slammed shut and the lock clicked.
Kazuichi picked himself up and wiped his tears away. He was in a lot of pain but at least it was over for now. He walked a few minutes away before the pain really started to set in. He used his phone camera to check his face. He was starting to bruise over his eye, and it was very noticeable. He quickly swiped his hair over the right side of his face where the bruise was. He touched the back of his head and felt wet blood welling up there. He looked at his fingers and there was pink liquid dripping down his hand. The pink blood was the same color as his hair, but he put on his beanie anyways to cover it so it wouldn't drip onto his back more than it already did. He walked for a few more minutes and soon realized he was close to Gundham's house again. Asking Gundham for help felt selfish, and asking him again would wound his pride, but he really needed it.
He dragged himself to his door, feeling like shit. He knocked on the door and waited.
He heard scrambling inside the house.
Gundham opened the door, with a portabella burger in his hand. He smiled when he saw Kazuichi, but it faltered when he saw the state of him.
"A-"
"Gundham! Either leave your food at the table or take your plate with you" Ms.Tanaka called from the kitchen.
"Ok mom!" Gundham yelled back. He turned back to Kazuichi,
"Enter mort--" he started again.
"Who's at the door sweetie?" Ms.Tanaka asked from the kitchen.
"My friend mom!" He responded, getting annoyed. He moved and let Kazuichi into his house.
"Which one? Invite them in for dinner!" Ms.Tanaka said. Kazuichi didn't want to be seen by Gundham's mom like this, and Gundham saw him starting to panic.
"We are going to my room." Gundham announced. He ran to the kitchen and got more food for him and Kazuichi.
"Bring the plates down when you're done." His mom yelled up the stairs.
"OK!!!" Gundham groaned loudly. Gundham, shut the door and sat down next to Kazuichi. he gently brushed the hair in front of his eye away. Gundham gasped
"Who did this to you?" He snarled.
"I...um, my dad." Kazuichi squeaked.
"I didn't want to bother you, but he kicked me out, and I had nowhere else to go." He apologized.
"Rrrrrraaaaaaaagggggghhhh, he will burn in pandemonium!!!" Gundham screamed.
"Quiet down it's 8 o'clock!" Ms.Tanaka shouted from downstairs.
"I must give you treatment for your wounds, do you have anymore?" Gundham questioned.
"He punched my chest but that's probably just a bruise... And I hit my head a little too." Kazuichi admitted.
Gundham pulled of his hat and inspected his wound.
"This is preposterous, I will clean it, ok?" Gundham asked.
He went downstairs and got an icepack put of the freezer. He used paper towels with water to wash his wound, and had Kazuichi hold the ice to his bruised eye. Kazuichi felt like he was going to cry again. He sniffed a little bit to keep the emotions in. Gundham noticed his sad face and gave him a gentle hug.
Suddenly, Kazuichi started sobbing, he told Gundham all about how he had been treated and Gundham comforted him.
When Kazuichi was done, he took a shaky breath and sighed. Gundham got up and turned off the lights, and they went to bed all snuggled up together again.
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Annoying but good mom, I love her.