Chapter # 44

( The story will continue in this chapter to)

PART 2:

Everything got worse around the 2nd year of middle school, I got into lots of fights in between. Though I always won but definitely I didn't come out unscratched. With the fight wounds and the beaten wounds I became known as a fighter which called out trouble for me since after hearing about this other fighters came and challenged me, stubborn I was I welcomed each fight and basically became better in fights and kind of ruled some part of the school. Things continued in a monotonous routine, Izumi was my class fellow in middle school so we sat together if I showed my face in school the first place. I mostly spent time in his house so his family took care of me but they still tried some ways for me to get rid of my father but well that didn't work that well after some methods they gave up but they mostly used some excuses for me to stay with them for the night but I usually just went back home took some beatings and then sleep if my insomnia let me sleep that is. And when I came back to school, Izumi dragged me to the nurse office and bandaged my wounds, my wounds were a site to memorize.

"Can't you try to escape that house, Shino? How long you gonna live with that psycho?"

"I am trying to see how much I am gonna last with his beatings, though I wonder why I haven't died yet?"

"Shino, this absolutely no joke."

"Izumi a joke is when people laugh and sadly I am really not laughing."

After I had bandaged my wounds they were still some time for the classes to begin, so I was looking out at the window something struck my line of sight, disgusted at what I have seen or basically annoyed or I think I was jealous I stormed out of the nurse room and Izumi calling me out at the back. Izumi caught my arm and made me halt my movement. But at that time I was damn angry that I pushed Izumi away then next thing I don't know what happened he fell down and his hands were scratched by a sharp metallic object that was on the ground and it had pierced Izumi's hand, the metallic object was just inches away from injuring his wrist but I don't know should I be glad it didn't land on his wrist or should I be happy that only his palm was injured?

I took Izumi back to the nurse office and right now the doctor was present as well so I told her what happened including the fact that I was the one who pushed and as a result he fell down and his hand was injured as a result. The nurse told me to wait outside while she cleaned the wound and badge it and I really wanted to leave so I left quite happily.

And while I was waiting outside, my father was coming down the hallway and we made an eye-contact, my inner thoughts were like things couldn't become more worse than it already was I greeted him because it had become our most beloved rule for outside.

He came closer and raised his hand and my face just grew paler and just at that time the nurse office door opened and Izumi popped out and saw the situation, he grabbed my hand which I guess was not visible to my father. And he smiled and said

"Ohayo gozaimasu Tatsuya san" ( Good morning Mr. Tatsuya)

"Anata ni mo ohayo Izumi kun" ( Good mornign to you too Izumi)

And then Izumi turned to me and said

"Let's go we will be late to class, Shino" so Izumi pulled my hand and we started moving to the class room direction while suddenly my father took my other free hand and halted out march to the class.

"Izumi kun, I am sorry but I need to borrow my son for a moment"

"But Tatsuya san we will be late to class"

"No worries, he won't get scolded I will talk to your teacher afterwards"

With this Izumi didn't have any more excuses and he grabbed my hand tightly before letting it go he whispered to me and said "I will be here don't worry"

"We need to have a conversation which place here will give us a privacy" my father said after Izumi was out of sight.

"Why can't we have a talk afterwards at home? Oh right you can't your too busy beating me up"

"Mind your language Shino I won't mind beating you up here if I want to, so privacy Shino"

"You will never beat me up in front of others you will lose your reputation"

"I will never lose my reputation Shino and you know it fully well so let's try not to tempt me in beating you up and have a nice father son talk. Shall we?" saying this while his smile curling up.

I lead him to the rooftop since it was the first class no one would actually be up there so we wnt ahead and after going up I said

"What's this important talk you wanted to have"

"I am going to get married, the boy you saw when you were looking across from the window, he's the woman's son so I dropped by to say hi and well isn't a coincidence you guys are from the same school. And also the same class"

The moment he said the word marry coming out of his lips I completely lost it I couldn't make out one thing one thing he said afterwards I literally couldn't believe it. No matter what he did to me I was certain about one thing that he wouldn't remarry.

"Your just gonna get married how could you do this to mother? I know you hate me from depths of your heart but one thing I know you loved her a lot how could you just remarry right now when the only thing you do at home is hit me what you gonna do about that you not going to hit me anymore? I won't believe that nonsense, now you will have another punching bag at your disposal."

"They are a lot of things wrong in what you said and the number in that is he's going to be son that I will be proud of and I am going to adore the little kid and second I loved your mother but she died I need to live my life and lastly third why do you think you will shift with us you're going to live where your living and I will move out and live with them and plus the good news I will still come to beat you up so don't forget. So that's what I wanted to tell you and I have already said it so I am going to go to work right now.

Also remember do anything out of the ordinary and I will break your legs and you will be sticking inside the hospital till the day I settle in."

With that being said he just left the rooftop and walked away and leaving me speechless and completely left alone, leaving me completely submerged in the water and making me difficult in catching my breath with just one thought left in my mind.

I am so tired!.