03: Tsujihara mansion

Yuki managed to get out of the building safely. He keeps dragging the fat hostage until they are a bit far from the building. The company's building is in a different part of the big city. Added with the nighttime, there are not many people who passed through the way. Few cars drive past them but they didn't have the intention to stop and care about what happened.

When Yuki already walked for about 15 minutes. He's extremely mentally and physically exhausted. He decided to abandon the fat man and find a way to save himself. He intends to find the nearest police station or somewhere where there are many people.

The fat man muffled when he has been left in a dark place, with his mouth still being shut with his socks and hands tied on the back. Yuki has no time to care for him, he ran as fast as he can and never looks back. But too bad for him, when he already arrived at a junction, a black range rover with three big guys inside stopped in front of him. From the way they look at him, Yuki knows they were hired by his uncles to bring him back.

Ignoring the pain at his feet, Yuki runs again. He's already out of breath but thinking of his life, he pushed himself to keep on running away. Yuki takes a narrow way so those guys couldn't chase him by the car so they had to get off and chase him by the legs.

Seeing the bright lights not far from him, Yuki runs faster even when he's already out of breath. 'Please... there are people there... there are people there... please...' He keeps on hoping there is a crowd of people, so those guys won't dare to do anything to him.

He's panting so hard and those guys are getting closer. Yuki turns to the right and he feels like crying when he saw a dead end. There's no way he can turn back as those guys already waiting at the alley entrance. With a wicked smile on their face, those guys slowly approached him. Yuki stumbles backward until his back meets the concrete wall.

"N- no... ple- please... Ju- just let me go..." He already crying a bucket.

"Damn. No wonder Boss threatened to kill us if we didn't bring him back. Even his crying face turns me on." A bulky and tanned guy licked his lip while looking at Yuki lustfully.

"Hey hey... Don't touch him. Remember he's the special specimen. If you don't have the money, don't dream of touching him." Another guy reprimands the one before. The tanned guy clicked his tongue and glared at his friend.

Yuki already slumped on the ground, crying hard. He's struggling when they're trying to drag him away. However, Yuki has no energy left. He's not that weak, to begin with, but after being captivated so long, no wonder his body can't stand long after the long run.

Slowly, Yuki loses consciousness. The three of them are a little bit surprised when Yuki suddenly falls on the ground, lying unconsciously. The tanned guy taps on his cheek a few times but no response. He puts two fingers under Yuki's nose and breathes a sigh of relief when he feels the hot breath.

Those three guys were again surprised when one of them was suddenly kicked and rolling far from them. The other two turn their heads around and meet with two men in black suits.

The black-suited men are not that big and bulky but their aura clearly showed that they are professional and cannot be easily messed with. The two thugs jumped towards them but one was sent flying by a judo style and another one was given a nice and hard kick on his face and stomach.

The two suit men move aside, clearing the path for their boss to walk through.

"Sam, Lucas, check on their ID and find out who they are and who behind all this,"

Sam, Lucas and their boss take away Yuki from the dark alley, leaving those thugs in a pathetic state.

....

Yuki feels numb and pain all over his body, especially his legs. Feeling weird with the soft and comfy place that he laid on, slowly he lifts his lids and scans the room.

It is a big room. Almost everything in the room is black in color. It was simple but quite luxurious. He feels relieved for a moment as it is not the room at the organization but then he feels worried what if the owner of this room is his uncle's accomplice.

Yuki looked under the quilt and found that his clothes have been changed into new ones. He looked under his shirt and feels relieved as he found no signs that he was violated. He slowly pushed himself to sit up and was immediately on alert when the door is being pushed open.

"Oh? You're awake?" A woman in her late 40s greets him with a gentle smile.

She walks inside with a tray of food and then puts it beside the bed. "How do you feel?" asked the lady.

"I- I'm fine..." Yuki answered timidly. What he has gone through taught him to be cautious around new people.

"W- who are you? A- and where am I?"

"Boy, right now, you're in Tsujihara mansion. My name is Emma. Just call me Aunty Emma. Mr. Kevin said he found you unconscious at the alley, so he brought you here. Here, eat this. You've slept for two days, so you must be hungry." Aunty Emma puts the tray on Yuki's lap.

Looking at Aunty Emma reminds Yuki about his mother a lot. "Th- thank you, Aunty Emma." Yuki nods. He can't help but drools at the freshly made chicken pot pie soup with some scones. Yuki happily digs in.

Watching Yuki having a good appetite, Aunty Emma's lips curved. "Finish your food slowly. If it's not enough, just tell aunty. I'll bring you more." Aunty Emma leaves the room.

Yuki burps when he emptied the bowl. He quickly covers his mouth, feeling embarrassed if someone heard it. He puts the tray on the table beside the bed. Yuki looks around the room but there's not much to see. When the doorknob is turned again, Yuki smiles thinking that it was Aunty Emma but his smile automatically ceased when behind the door reveals a tall and very good-looking man.

Yuki grabs the quilt and brings it closer, covering his body. He lowers his head, didn't dare to look into the guy's eyes.

The good-looking man approached him, ignoring the fear that he saw in Yuki's eyes.

"Do you feel okay now?" A deep and low voice makes Yuki feels goosebumps. Without saying anything, Yuki nods.

"Don't be scared. You're safe here."

"....."

"Your name?" The man asked again.

"Yu- Yuki. Ha- Hamada Yuki." He feels scared but a part of him told Yuki that the man in front of him is not dangerous.

"Alright Yuki. My name is Kevin. I'm the one who brought you here. This is my house. You can stay here. I know you might have some problems back there but don't worry, you're safe in my house. Anything you want to know, just ask Aunty Emma." Kevin turns to leave the room.

"S- sir!" Yuki called. "Wh- why... do you help me?"

Kevin is facing the door so Yuki didn't know what kind of expression he makes. He slightly turns his head to Yuki, "Sense of humanity." Then he walks out of the room.

Yuki blinks his eyes repeatedly. Kevin gives off an intimidating aura but it's not the same as his uncle. But whatever it is, Yuki thinks that Kevin won't cause any harm to him. Yuki lays back on the bed, looking at the high ceiling. He's thinking of his own house. 'Does uncle waits for me at the house? Or he already burned down the whole house?'

Yuki sighs. "Mom... dad... I'm sorry... I failed to protect our house... I'm sorry..." Yuki wipes off the tears at the corner of his eyes.

He pulls the quilt, leaving only his head uncovered. He falls asleep again until the next morning.

......

The light rays that penetrate in between the curtains wakening Yuki. It's been so long since he got a nice and peaceful sleep. Yuki wakes up energetically. He stretched his arms and body. On the table beside the bed, there's a set of new clothes.

Yuki gets off the bed walks to the bathroom and brings the new clothes with him. Having a warm bath freshen his eyes. It takes a while for Yuki to dress up and he needs a long time to dry his long hair. Yuki stepped out of the room and he flinches when a guy is waiting in front of the room with his back facing the door.

"Good morning, Mr. Yuki." Greets Lucas as he turns around. "Let's go down to the kitchen. Aunty Emma already prepared breakfast."

Yuki followed behind Lucas. On the way to the kitchen, he looks around and can't help but feel amazed by how big the house is. Now he wonders, who Kevin actually is.

"Good morning, Yuki." Greets Aunty Emma happily. From the first time she saw Yuki, she already adores him because of his pure and innocent face.

"Morning, Aunty Emma," Yuki replied with a smile but he turns stiff when he noticed Kevin is also in the dining room, having his breakfast.

Kevin looks up at Yuki who is still standing fidgety. "Why are you standing? Take a seat." He said flatly.

Yuki was surprised when Aunty Emma served the breakfast. Steamed white rice, natto, fried egg, cold tofu, and miso soup. It is a full-course Japanese breakfast. Yuki turns to Aunty Emma with a quizzical look.

"Aunty knows you must be missing Japanese food right? So, aunty prepared this, especially for Yuki. Come, have a taste."

Yuki mixed all of it into the steamed rice and takes a spoonful fed. His eyes beam.

"How is it? Aunty is not that good at cooking Japanese food but if it's western food, I'm a pro." She wiggles her eyebrows.

Yuki shakes his head. "It's really good! Th- thank you, aunty." Eating this homemade Japanese food, Yuki missed his parents so badly.

Kevin who has been ignored watches the interaction between the two of them. He feels neglected but at the same time feels relieved watching the boy he saved easily open up to other people, even though that person is not him.

Kevin fakes a cough. The non-blood-related mother and son turn to him. "Aunty Emma, take a look after him. You can show him around the house after this. Yuki, don't go out. I don't think it is safe for you right now."

"Alright, Kevin." Aunty Emma had worked for Tsujihara mansion when Kevin was a child and his parents still alive, so Kevin asked her to call him by the name only. Yuki only nods. He still didn't dare to talk to Kevin.

After Kevin left for work, Aunty Emma brings Yuki to walk around the mansion. Just like his name, 'Tsujihara mansion' for sure the house is huge. The mansion is a two-stories house with six bedrooms and one study room, where Kevin usually does his work.

Every corner of the mansion is occupied with CCTV and the front and back gates are guarded by two guards. Behind the mansion, there's a small flower garden. It was tended by a man in his early 40s, who is Aunty Emma's husband.

"Yuki, this is my husband. You can call him Uncle Robert. He is responsible to take care of this garden." Aunty Emma explained.

"Hello, Yuki. Welcome to this house. If you want to explore the garden, feel free to do so." Yuki nods to Uncle Robert who smiles widely at him.

Aunty Emma takes Yuki to walk around the garden. In a sad voice, she said, "Kevin cares for this garden because it belonged to his mother. Her mother really loves flowers so she filled this garden with various kinds of flowers. That's why my husband has been worked hard to make this garden stay beautiful as it was."

When they're done, it's almost lunch hour. Yuki decided to help Aunty Emma to cook, like how he used to help his mother before.