At work, Ueda read the newspaper and drank his coffee as he usually did. Koki and Maru were practicing rapping and beat boxing together, Kame was fixing his hair and Junno and Jin were late as usual. Ueda flipped the page of the newspaper when Jin and Junno both bursted into the room.

“Late as usual, Junno, Jin.” Kame stated, placing bobby pins in his hair.

“We’re not late, everyone’s just early.” Jin said with a flick of his wrist, mimicking the movie ‘Princess Diaries’.

Kame snorted, as Jin sat across from Ueda and drank his coffee.

“Anything interesting, Ueda?” Jin asked, placing his feet onto the coffee table.

“Mm, nothing, tragic events, police cases, people getting arrested, the usual.” Ueda replied, taking a sip of his coffee, as he slightly made a face at the taste. Ueda had ordered black coffee today, and everyone in KAT-TUN knew Ueda only drank black coffee if he had a bad night or was really tired.

Jin noticed the face, as he tilted his head, “Bad night, Ueda?” this caught everyone else’s attention, as Ueda mentally cursed Jin for noticing.

Not wanting to worry his band mates, Ueda smiled and shook his head, “Yesterday was just a little tiring is all.”

Jin nodded in agreement, “I know! Seriously, finishing the thing in 2 days? They’re crazy for making us do that. And not getting a day off the day after! It’s so unfair~”

“Hai, hai.” Kame sighed as he got up and patted Jin’s head, “Now let’s get the work before they get angry at us.”

“Good work, everyone!” KAT-TUN called as they entered their lounge.

“Ah~ that was tiring.” Junno said, grabbing his water bottle, as his band mates did the same.

Suddenly, the door opened to reveal  Nishikido Ryo.

“Hime-chan~ Wanna go out for dinner?” The man called with a wink to said member of KAT-TUN.

Blushing, Ueda nodded and got up, “Sure, see you guys tomorrow.” He said to the rest of KAT-TUN, as they said goodbye to Ueda.

The two, unexpectedly, got together a few months ago. Of course it was Ryo who confessed, and Ueda, who felt the same, confessed in return and had been a couple, and a cute one at that, ever since. The two often went to dinner together, or went over to each other’s houses to watch a movie or play games, but the two never went as far as kissing. Ryo was all up for it, but Ueda stopped him. Ueda told Ryo for them to take their time; he said he still didn’t feel comfortable enough to do so. Irritated, but his love for Ueda won, Ryo agreed and gave Ueda all the space and time he needed. And though Ueda had never said so, he was grateful that Ryo did such a thing for him. He had never told him about the rape, and never ever wanted to tell him either.

The two went out to a stylish little English restaurant and ate while holding hands. The two usually chose foreign restaurants as they knew it would be mostly foreigners who were touring Japan would go to: mostly foreigners who had no clue that the two were actually part of famous groups of JE.

After dinner, the two walked, holding hands all the while, when Ryo asked, “Ne, Hime-chan, wanna come over to my house and we can watch a movie?”

Once at Nishikido’s house, Ueda took off his shoes and went in, “So, what movie are we watching?”

“You know the one you wanted to watch when it came out in theatres?” Ueda nodded.

“Well, it came out on DVD yesterday and I bought it, we can watch that, if you like.”

Ueda squealed cutely, hugging his boyfriend and kissed him on the cheek, “You’re the best.”

Ryo laughed, “I know.”

Shaking his head, Ueda smiled and jumped into his boyfriend’s bed and cuddled in the covers. Ryo had a television in his bedroom and the two usually watched movies there so they could cuddle with each other under the warm covers.

Ryo turned on the DVD player and put in the disk before getting into bed and hugged his boyfriend. Ueda cuddled into Ryo’s side as the movie started.

Halfway into the movie, Ryo started making out with Ueda. The shorter man didn’t mind as long as it was just kissing, but this time, as the kissing started to become more passionate, a hand that was no his own, trailed down his body and stopped at his crotch. Freezing automatically, Ueda broke the kiss, “Ryo, no. We talked about this already; I’m not ready for it.”

“Fuck that! I’ve waited 5 months, Ueda! 5 fucking months! I always treat you out to dinner and I try to look out for you the best I can, and what do I get?! Not even one measly fuck! When I said I wanted you, it’s not only the feelings that I want returned, but the physical contact as well!” Ryo growled angrily, as Ueda started trembling with fear underneath him. “And if I can’t get it from you willingly, I’ll take it from you using force!”

“No!”

There was a voice, but it was distant. So distant. How long had the little 10-year-old been naked outside? How long had it been since he no longer felt anymore? How long had it been?

Suddenly, he felt something, something that he hadn’t felt in what seemed like decades. Warmth.

“Don’t worry, child, I’ll get you out of here.” There came a gentle whisper to the boy in the man’s arms.

“Oi! What do you think you’re doing?! Mind your own business, bastard!” One of the drunken men said, swinging a punch at the boy’s saviour. The man fell to the ground, keeping the boy to his chest so he wasn’t hurt. Letting the boy go as the three drunks surrounded the man, the man said, “Go! Run away! Call the police!”

Ueda quickly scrambled out of sight, put on his pants which he found in a corner of the alleyway and ran out to the streets.

“Help! Someone help!” He cried, as a woman stopped.

“Are you lost, little boy?” She said kindly.

Shaking his head, Ueda spoke quickly, “I need a phone! I need to call the police! A man’s getting hurt by these bad people! I need help!”

The lady quickly phoned the police, telling them where the fighting was going on. As she hung up, she spoke to the 10-year-old in a soft voice, “They’re on their way.” And with that, she left.

Sighing in relief, Ueda walked back to the alleyway, but quietly and quickly hid himself from view, in case the men ran away before police got there.

That was when he saw the drunks, each one holding a knife, stabbing his saviour in the stomach. Eyes widening, Ueda had the urge to go over there and stop them, but he knew he would only get killed in the process, and so, he stayed where he was.

“Bastard, making us let go our target! And we were going to kill the little brat after we finished with him!” One of the men spat.

Ueda’s saviour coughed, “You three are shameful, raping a young boy.” The man gasps as a foot connected with the many open wounds on his stomach and he was sent flying to a wall.

That movement made Ueda angry as he went out of his hiding place, “Hey! Stop hurting him! It’s me you want isn’t it? Why must you torture him?” Ueda cried, tears sliding down his face.

“Ah, so you came back, little brat.” One of the men said, as he lunged for the boy.

Ueda closed his eyes and braced himself for the worst. But it never came. He opened his eyes, and he saw… the police. The police finally came! They handcuffed all three men and dragged them to the police car, but as the third went past the little boy, he said, “Don’t tell them anything, if you do and we find out, you’re dead, boy.”

And with that, he left, leaving a wide-eyed boy standing alone.

Hearing a raspy cough, Ueda ran over to his injured saviour, “Oji-san, Oji-san! Are you ok?”

“I’m fine, kid. Yourself?” the man managed to rasp out.

“I’m fine! I’m fine! Thank you so much, thank you for saving me.” Ueda sobbed, but froze when he felt a bloody hand touch his head.

He looked up to a smiling face, “I want you to live your life to the fullest, alright? Do what you want and not what others want, for a life has been sacrificed to save your own. Live your life as if it were two.”

Ueda didn’t understand what the man had meant, but when the hand fell and the final breath of the man left his body, Ueda cried.

Crack!

The sound of a slap resounded around the room as Ueda, trembling, got up as his boyfriend – no, now ex-boyfriend stayed still.

“You – you bastard! I hate you!” Ueda cried, as he gathered his clothes, put on his shoes and ran out the door.

-End of Chapter 1-

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And since school's starting tomorrow, I probably won't be able to update until the weekend. Sorry~ ><