Dear No One (Bon x Rin)

40. 1 Missed Call

Rin sat on the couch staring at the clock on the wall.

1:47 AM

Bon still hadn't come home and to say that Rin was feeling lonely was an understatement. He didn't have Ai or Bon to keep him company and Yukio had left hours ago to check on his own home. His heart was shrouded by a black veil of sadness and he was starting to believe that it would never be lifted again.

"Rin?! Open the door please! Rin!"

The ravenette was pulled out of his thoughts by loud banging on the door and the panicked sound of Yukio's voice. He quickly jumped up from his spot on the couch and opened to door to see Yukio struggling to breath at his door. There wasn't a car or anyone else with him.

"Yukio, did you walk all the way here?"

"No, I ran."

Yukio pushed past his brother and sat down on the couch. Nervously running fingers through his hair. "Renzou hasn't come home and I'm scared." He said. Rin's brows furrowed in frustration as he closed the door and sat next to Yukio. "Ryu hasn't come home either. I'm worried but at least it's safe to say that they're together, right?" He said, attempting to somewhat comfort his brother and himself.

It didn't exactly work.

"No...no, that's even worse. You don't understand; Shima used to do...bad things. What if he hurt someone? What if someone hurt him? What if they're in trouble?!" Yukio started to hyperventilate, hands trembling in anxiety. Rin wrapped his arms around him in a tight hug, rubbing his back soothingly to calm him.

It had been a while since Yukio spazzed out. He had been doing so well, it would be awful to see him break to such pressure...but...

What bad things did Shima do?

"Yuki...what bad things has Shima done?"

Yukio shook his head, tears falling from his eyes. "I don't want him to get in trouble..." He said, wiping his face with his hands. Rin took Yukio's hands gently and held them in his lap, using his other hand to make Yukio face him.

"Honey, I won't tell anyone. I just want to make sure the boys aren't in any danger, okay?" He said, looking Yukio in his eyes to further persuade him. After a long pause, Yukio looked away and nodded his head in agreement.

"When he was younger...Renzou used to deal drugs--heavy stuff. He got involved with a bunch of gangs and everything got ugly. He killed people, Rin. He killed and he robbed people and he did bad things!"

Rin's breath hitched and for a second he felt his chest tightening. Was Bon involved in any of this? Is that why they were out this late? Trying to kill people? What the hell were they thinking?!

Rin took a deep breath and pushed his own raging emotions back, smiling at his brother. "I'm sure the boys are fine, Yuki. How about we just stay together tonight, huh? We can express our concern with them tomorrow." He said. Yukio seemed to be a bit more at ease at that point, nodding and sinking back into the couch.

Rin couldn't help but worry still. Knowing this new bit of information, he couldn't help but be riddled with millions of questions. The one that gnawed at the back of his mind was whether or not Shima had ever hurt Yukio. Should he ask?

"If you're thinking that Ren would ever hurt me then you're wrong. It's others that I'm worried about."

Rin exhaled a breath of relief. He didn't quite care too much about everyone else, but he refused to allow Yukio to be victim of domestic violence again. If Shima had ever put his hands on Yukio then Rin wouldn't hesitate to put him in an early grave.

"Okay. I believe you."

"Can we do like we used to when we were kids and I'd get scared and crawl into bed with you?"

It was a lot more innocent than it sounded, but Rin couldn't help but blush furiously. He nodded anyway, headed down the hallway to the bedroom.

#

The apartment building wasn't complex at all, but Bon could tell that the residents had to have a lot of money to stay there. So far he hadn't seen anything from the norm...which made him question whether or not Mila gave him the right address. His phone started to vibrate for the 100th time that night and he pulled it out to see who it was from.

(55) messages from Rin.

(30) missed calls from Rin.

(30) voicemail

(2) new messages from Shima!

Bon sighed and checked the new messages from Shima.

I'm on my way.

He didn't bother replying. He felt awful for leaving Rin alone to deal with things by himself, but he wanted to make it better. This was how he was gonna make it better.

The texts messages that Rin sent were heartbreaking.

Baby, where are you?

Are you okay?

Babe, I'm scared...please answer me?

I don't want to be alone...

Images of Rin curled up on the couch crying his eyes out flashed through his head and his heart cringed.