Relate, Reflect, Reject

Relate, Reflect, Reject

A Honda/Otogi Yaoi. When getting to know someone, you relate. Then you reflect.
Hopefully in the end, they will not reject. Pairings will show as story goes along.

Chapter 6: React

*Honda's POV*

I'm glad school is over for the day. I can finally get home. I haven't talked
to Otogi since lunch and that was 3 hours ago. I'm going to see him later. A
surprise visit wouldn't hurt.

"Honda, wait up man!" I hear Jou yell.

I stop and wait until he catches up.

"Hey, what brings you this way?" I ask.

"I'm headed to your place for a while before I go and get Shizuka. She
has dance practice."

"Oh, cool. No problem."

"What's up. You've been acting strange today."

"Nothing. I have a lot on my mind."

"Like what? Last I checked we were best friends and we could tell
each other anything."

He's right about the best friends part, but there are some secrets that
he hasn't told me yet either.

"If that's so, then why were you and Kaiba kissing in the library
yesterday?"

"Eh.."

He stopped walking. That hit a chord.

"I was going to tell ya, but...I didn't know how you'd react."

"We're best friends, Jou. As you said, we can tell each other anything.
But, I don't care if you like guys and girls. That still doesn't change
the person I know."

"Thanks man. Please don't tell anyone else. I don't want them on my
case."

"Deal. How long have you and Kaiba been an item?"

"3 months, 23 days, 6 hours."

"Wow...keeping up with the time a little too closely haven't ya."

"Yea. He's the greatest."

"Are you sure he's Seto Kaiba and not someone else?"

"Yes I am sure. He has a soft side for me. All the teasin and stuff
was his way of showin his feelings to me. He's the perfect person
for me."

"You and Kaiba. I would have never guessed."

We finally reached the apartment and I unlock the door. We go
in and Jou sits on the sofa, grabs the remote, and begins flipping
through the channels.

"What time does Shizuka finish with practice?"

"Around 8 or 9. They have to be there late cause the recital's
comin up. She has the lead role, as Giselle, so she must be there
longer than anyone else."

"I'm going over to Otogi's later. Do you want to come with me?"

"Yea. What time?"

"Around 6."

"Ok."

We goof off the next 3 hours and finally make it over to Otogi's. I
haven't told Jou about how he's been abused by his boyfriend, Kenichi.

We hear loud noises coming from the apartment. Jou and I rush up the
stairs and peek in a window. It was very fogged, so we couldn't see
anything.

"What do you think is happening in there?" Jou asks, looking for an
open window.

"I don't know." I say twisting the knob of the front door, to have it
open.

Jou and I walk in slowly and see a trail of blood from the door to
another partthe the house, the kitchen.

"What the fuck!" Jou yells at the horrible sight of Otogi being
abused by Kenichi.

I jump on his back and get him away from Otogi, while Jou drags
Otogi to the opposite side of the kitchen.

"Who the fuck are you?! Don't you see me here, in my home, handling
my business!" Kenichi yells.

"Abusing is not what I would call good business!" Jou yells.

I hold Kenichi until he manages to wiggle free and knock the shit out
of me. I stagger back and retaliate. I punch him in the jaw and kick
his stomach. Damn, I was aiming for the nuts. He pushes me into the
stove and the oven handle pierces my back. I hold my wound with
one hand and knock him back with the other. I fall on top of him
and knee him in the nuts. Got him that time! He curls into a ball
and holds himself in agony. I stand up and wipe the dirt off my
hands then I kick him once again for good measure.

"What the hell were you doing with him Kenichi!" I yell.

"Minding my fucking business you bastards!" he weakly
says.

"It's fine...he wasn't doing anything wrong..." Otogi weakly says.

"Bullshit! Here you are bleeding and bruised up and you say he
wasn't doing anything wrong!" Jou yells. "Otogi, I want you to
go and stay with Honda. No ifs, ands or buts about it. And if
I ever hear or see you around Otogi again Kenichi, I will give
you an ass whoppin much worse than the one Honda just gave
you!"

"Hehehe. This isn't over. I'm coming for you bitch!"

I kicked him again.

"Now shut up! Jou, go and get a bag with some of Otogi's clothes,
and I'll take care of this bitch here." I say.

Jou jumps up and finds the bedroom. I walk over to Otogi who
is shaking violently.

"You shouldn't have done that. I said that everything was
fine. Stay out my..."

Damn, he fainted.

"Kenichi, if you loved him, then you wouldn't be able to bear
ing ing at him in this condition. He's seriously under weight,
bruised up, and no moral support from you, his so-called
boyfriend. You don't deserve him."

"Hehehe. I'm coming to get Otogi. You can't stop me Honda."

I manage to wake Otogi up, just as Jou walked in with a suitcase
full of clothes. We put some jeans and a t-shirt on him. I took the
band from his hair and allowed his hair to hang loosly. Then I picked
him up.

"Stay right there bastard." Jou yells as we walk out the door.

I carry Otogi back to my home and laid him on the bed in the extra
bedroom.

"Is he ok Honda?" Jou asks.

"Yea. He's just sleeping now."

"What are we going to do about Kenichi? I know he's going to
come back for Otogi."

"Protect him."

As we sit and observe Otogi's condition, Jou's cell phone rings.

"Hello?"
"Yes. I'm fine. Shizuka's gonna call when she finished."
"I'm at Honda's."
"Later koi."

He hangs the phone up and his face turns a nice shade of red.

"That was Kaiba I presume."

"Yea. Callin to check up on me."

"Jou. We can't let anyone else know what's going on. I don't
want to drag in more people than needed."

"Yea. I understand. But if that ass comes back for Otogi, you
call me. You got my cell."

"Are you going to leave now?"

"Not until Shizuka calls. It's 8:30 and she's not finished. I want
her to take as much time as needed so she can shine as Giselle. Has
Takeshi lifted your sentence?"

"The detention thing? Yea. I talked to him after school yesterday.
He was like 'Great job. A promise is a promise. No detention for
you. You now have a clean record Hiroto-san.' and all kinds of
other crap."

Jou's phone rings again.

"Hello."
"Ahh, Shizuka. I'll be right there. Give me about 10 minutes."
"Bye."

"Well, I guess you'll be going now eh."

"Yea. I'm glad today's Friday. No school for the next couple days. That
should give Otogi way more than enough time to get well again. I'll come
over in the morning. Don't let him go out the house Honda."

Is he my mother now?

"I won't and I guess you want me to eat my Wheaties too."

He playfully smacks me on the head.

"Yea, nutball. Eat your Wheaties!" He says laughing and running
out the door.

I throw a cup at him that landed on the other side of the door.

"Ugh...Kenichi?" Otogi says weakly.

"Lay back down Otogi. You're safe here." I say to him.

He looks up at me and weakly smiles, then goes back to
sleep.

Why do I have a bad feeling about tomorrow though?

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The end of Chapter 6 is upon us. I hope that everyone enjoyed it.
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reading. :-) There is a 7 on the way, so stay tuned!