Chapter 4

Hatsukoi was surprised by the coldness that suddenly felt on his cheeks. He looked up and saw the figure of the man.

"Sir?"

Junichi smiled that he remembered himself. Junichi put the juice can into Hatsukoi's hand. He leaned back against the swing post and took another sip of his coffee.

"What are you doing here?"

Hatsukoi slightly kicked the ground to make the swing he was sitting on sway. Staring at the juice Junichi gave him then shaking his head as he stopped himself to tell what had happened.

"I forgot to bring my house key, so when I got home I couldn't enter the house"

He laughed softly before opening the juice juinchi , a cheerful squeak escaped Hatsukoi's mouth as he took a sip of the juice. His mood feel better a little thanks to Junichi's presence for him.

"Gosh, you are so careless"

Junichi chuckled as he gently ruffled Hatsukoi's hair, Hatsukoi laughed even more and looked at him with a very sweet look on his face. It's the first time Junichi has seen Hatsukoi's laughing face this close and clear.

BADUM !! BADUM !!

...

What's this?

Why can his heart feel this vibration again?

After a year he was trapped in the abyss of grief and regret over the death of his senior. It was the first time he felt his heart beating again because of someone. Junichi was silent and wondered if it was true what he had just felt?

He clicked his tongue trying to ignore what was on his mind right now, smiling at Hatsukoi's face. But the smile on Junichi's face didn't last long, as his eyes fell on Hatsukoi's bruised forehead.

He remembered very well that yesterday when he bought cigarettes at the convenience store, the bruises were not there at all. Junichi stopped the swing that was moving and shifted position in front of Hatsukoi.

Junichi then knelt down and looked at Hatsukoi's face before he gently touched the bruise.

"What happened? Did you fight with someone?"

Hatsukoi grimaced slightly and accidentally smacked Junichi's hand away. Junichi was slightly surprised and withdrew his hand, the situation became awkward at that time.

Hatsukoi just silently lowered his head and held back his tears, he really wanted to cry right now. But he doesn't have anyone he can trust to let go of his feelings. Clenching his fists, biting his lips roughly, shook his head without daring to look at the current Junichi.

"Hey, It's okay if you don't want to tell me. But the wound must be healed."

Junichi said softly to Hatsukoi, not wanting to make Hatsukoi feel pressured by what he asked. Junichi smiled gently while patting Hatsukoi's head, subconsciously his hand moved again to gently touch his head.

"Sir, I'll be fine I promise."

Hearing that he suddenly widened slightly, his body seemed to freeze at that very moment. This sentence? How could that be?

'Jun, I'll be fine, I promise'

'Hahaha, Jun I'm fine'

Memories of his senior seemed to automatically play in front of him at this time. The same tone of voice, the smile that hides something inside.

"Sir?, Sir?"

"Sir, sorry I didn't mean to..."

Hatsukoi was a little surprised to see Junichi who was frozen there, before he had time to ask again Hatsukoi's hand was already being held by Junichi, even a look full of worry appeared on his face.

"Let's go to the clinic, at least treat the wound and stop saying you're fine"

Hatsukoi immediately shook his head, rejecting Junichi's invitation.

Hatsukoi couldn't believe that someone else cared about him and even wanted to treat him, unable to trust someone due to the many acts of violence against him, his body started to shiver slightly when Junichi was still forcing him to take him to the clinic. Realizing that, he then knelt in front of Hatsukoi, holding both of Hatsukoi's hands with a gentle touch then looked at Hatsukoi's face and smiled.

"I will not do anything, I want all of your wounds to be healed. If you don't believe this, hold my ID card" He said in a calm tone, not wanting to scare Hatsukoi any more, he reached into his pocket and took out his wallet and took out his ID and gave it to Hatsukoi.

Hatsukoi shook his head, gently pushing the ID card "I-, I trust you sir, sorry I just---" Hatsukoi spoke stuttering and lowered his head, confused as to what he should say.

Junichi got up and took off his coat, then put it on Hatsukoi then he grabbed Hatsukoi's hand walking towards his car while looking at his watch. "We still have time."

Hatsukoi was just speechless, getting this kind of attention from a 'Stranger' How could someone he just met pay attention to him who was nothing to him? He didn't want to sink into his thoughts or he felt too confident about Junichi's special treatment. He walked after Junichi until he arrived at his car.

Junichi smiled back at him, opening the car door for Hatsukoi "Let's get in the car"

Seeing the door open, he bowed his head as a sign of gratitude, got into the car and sat in the passenger seat, put on his seat belt and glanced at Junichi when Junichi entered his car and put in the key then started the car engine and immediately drove the car.

They don't talk much during the trip, the light of vehicle lights and the noise from cars and other vehicles accompany their journey. After a long journey, Junichi arrived at the clinic, parked the car and turned off the engine and glanced at Hatsukoi.

"We're here, let's get out of the car. And don't say anything to the nurse if you don't want to say it" Junichi got out of the car before Hatsukoi could answer that.

"H-Hm.." That was all that came out of Hatsukoi's mouth before he got out of the car and walked into the clinic with Junichi.

They entered the clinic, the nurse immediately brought a tool to treat all the wounds on Hatsukoi's body. Asked Hatsukoi to take off his shirt and at that moment, Junichi's eyes widened.

Bruises, so many. It was obvious this had been done over and over again, his thoughts were jumbled. He wanted to know who did it but he realized he was nothing. Plus they had just met, so he decided to keep it to himself and maybe find out?.

Well, at that time that was all that was on Junichi's mind 'Who dares to do that?'.

He excused the nurse to smoke outside and called her when it was all over, the nurse nodded and she quickly left the room. Lights up his cigarette and inhales deeply, exhales smoke and sighs softly looking at the empty starless night sky.

"I'm getting more and more curious about him, but I can't scare him either" Muttering to himself, finished his cigarette out there because he didn't want to make Hatsukoi wonder if he saw the look on his face.