chapter 5

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I pulled off my earpieces and sighed before gulping down my whole bottle of water. We went out of the recording room to listen to our recordings in the other room.

"Rokka Hime!" I turned around to find two guys crashing into me, causing me to fall backwards.

"Oi! Hands off her," Taka said as he pulled Ryota and Tomoya off before smacking Tomoya's head.

"Itai!!" I let out a small laughter as Tomoya rubbed his forehead. Sadist Taka strikes again. I glanced back at Taka who was now grinning at me before coming up to pull me into a tight hug. 

"I missed you so much," I snuggled into him and took in a whiff of his perfume. 

"Come on, we hadn't seen each other only for a week," 

"I can't even bear to leave you for a minute," Taka pouted as I heard a loud groan from the back.

"Get a room, guys," Rainer complained as she headed out of the room. 

"You're just jealous," I shot back as she rolled her eyes at me. I stick a tongue at her before shifting my attention back at Taka and giving him a smile.

"Can she leave you guys for a few days?" I looked at my members with my puppy eyes. Just this once? When he goes back to Japan, we won't be able to meet each other frequently anymore. Em nodded her head as she sling the accoustic bass on herself. I grinned at Taka as he held my hands before pulling me away from them.

"The stars are so beautiful," I absentmindedly said as I placed a hand behind my head. The both of us were lying down on the beach in the middle of the night, staring at stars while the waves crashed into land."It's 9pm," I mentioned as I checked my phone. "Remember that day at the park? We met each other there at this time. I don't think that's something I'd be able to forget," I heard a chuckle before Taka started speaking.

"That was the first time you cried after so long. Of course you'd remember that," I smiled at myself. It was the first time in so long that I felt so much lighter, and somehow, I trusted this man whom I only spoke to a couple of times and cried buckets of tears in front of him. I turned my head to look at his side view. How on earth does someone this perfect exist? "Let's head home," He suddenly said and broke the silence as he picked up our things before extending a hand to pull me up.

I glanced back at Taka who was lying on the sofa, scrolling through his phone before looking back at the pan in front of me and stir frying the chicken. Great thing Taka bought a house here in LA and we're preparing our new album here too.

"What's this?" Taka asked as he wrapped his hands around my waist and rested his head on my shoulders before sniffing at the air. "Smells good," I pulled out a small piece of chicken and gave it to him to try.

"Is it good?" He nodded his head while giving me a thumbs up. I smiled as I continued cooking. Maybe this is what was prepared for me after all those years of pain and suffering. He tucked my hair behind my ears before taking the spectula.

"I'll take over," I grinned at him before taking off my apron.

"Arigato, Mori-chan," I heard a small chuckle.

"Daijoubun, Rokka Hime," I smiled at his response before sitting down on the dinner table and playing with my phone as Taka brought the food to the table before sitting down to dig in together.

I placed my phone at the side before letting out a small sigh and stared into the scenery in front of me while absentmindedly moving my legs in the pool. Taka left to meet some people and The Fuming Stones went to an amusement park so I'm alone in this enormous house with absolutely no one to talk to. I stood up to remove the bathrobe, placing it at the side before diving in the pool to swim a couple of laps. I took in a deep breath before going down into the water again.

"Stop-" The pair of hands pushed me back down into the water-filled bathtub before I could catch my breath.

"You asshole. You went for a swim and now you're scared of the water?" I could feel the water entering my lungs and stomach as my screams were muffled by the water. "No one's allowed to look at your body except me. No one!" I thrashed in the water as I felt my breath becoming constricted. "Who said you were allowed to wear a bikini? Huh?!" Casey raised his voice as I felt him tug at my hair so hard before pushing me down into the water. 

"Stop! Ple-" Yet another large amount of water entered my lungs as I coughed. My eyes were already stinging and watery as I felt him pull me by my hair out of the bathroom before throwing me down onto the marbled floor.

"Naughty girls need to be punished," He growled as his hand went across my face before taking a whip and mercilessly whipping me anywhere.

"Stop!" I gasped as I rose up from the water, catching my breath and coughing out the water that had entered my lungs. Damn it. I really can't live a day without these flashbacks, huh? I sighed once again before getting out of the pool. Maybe I'll just hit the gym later instead. Grabbing the bathrobe, I threw it over myself and took my phone before heading back into the house.

"Y/n, I haven't seen you in years. Looks like you found yourself another man?" I froze as I heard that voice. How? I braced myself as I turned around to meet his face.

"A man that doesn't treat me as bad as you, that is," Casey didn't speak; he walked towards me before pulling down my bathrobe.

"I think someone doesn't understand what I meant by not wearing bikinis and letting other people look at your body," I pushed Casey's hands away.

"Don't use your filthy hands on me," I shot back as I folded my arms.

"I guess living on the streets made you feisty. But guess what? I love feisty girls like you-"

"But I hate people who only knows how to abuse their girlfriends. So fuck off before I call the police for trespassing," Casey clenched his fists.

"Go ahead and call them, if you dare," My eyes faltered as those painful memories flooded into my mind. Before I could gather my senses and come back to reality, I felt a heavy punch on my face that sent me falling onto the ground as Casey hovered over me and continued bashing me. I didn't care if I were to end up murdering him anymore. I slapped him back and scratched his face, hit him anywhere I could just so he could stop. I screamed hard and bit him hard whenever I could. My body ached from the punches he delivered, but that wouldn't stop me from retaliating with all the force I had.

"Stop it!" I heard someone from behind shout as Casey got pulled away from me and the next thing I knew, Casey was being beaten up by this white haired guy. 

List of japanese words:

Ittai- painful

Arigato- thank you

Daijoubun- no problem

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