Kousuke was taken to his room and placed on his bed.
"Hasegawa-kun, we'll go to the convenience store and get some cold supplies for Kousuke. Hide in here until we get back, don't let my father see you," Yukiya said.
"Yes, Principal," Yuma said.
Yuma was left in the room with Kousuke. He looked around his room and saw different photos of Kousuke when he was younger.
"Sensei looked so cute when he was younger, too," he thought.
He saw one photograph face down and lifted it to reveal the photo. He saw a younger Kousuke and Takeya in their school uniform, and he put it back down. He walked over to Kousuke and felt his head.
"He still has a fever."
"Stay away...you bastard," Kousuke mumbled in his sleep.
"Sensei?"
Kousuke sat up quickly in a cold sweat and was breathing heavily. Kousuke saw Yuma and Yuma saw Kousuke's expression. It was absolute fear; he had a nightmare about his past. Yuma hugged him tightly.
"Sensei, are you alright?"
Kousuke didn't push him away but leaned his head on Yuma's shoulder.
"I'm okay; I had a nightmare, that's all," Kousuke said while looking at him.
"Was it about that bastard," Yuma asked while looking serious.
"Yes."
"Sensei, how close were the two of you before he became that obsessed?"
"Back then, Takeya was always at my side. He's two years older than me, so I looked up to him. He was like an older brother to me," Kousuke said.
"How old were you when he..."
"15 years old. I was a bit weaker than I am now, although he knew I was strong enough to push him off me. He chose to drug me and attempt to have his way with me," Kousuke said as he gripped his fist.
"Sensei, you should lay back down and get some rest. Your brother went to get cold supplies from the store with that blondie."
"Hiragi?"
"Yeah."
Kousuke laid back down. He stared at Yuma, who was smiling.
"Sensei, I won't let that bastard try anything with you; I'll protect you," Yuma said while leaning over and staring him in the eyes.
"Hasegawa, what are you...?"
Suddenly Kousuke's door opened to reveal Seiya looking at Yuma, pinning Kousuke down on the bed.
"I came in to see my darling son because I heard he was home...but," Seiya said.
Seiya had a deadly aura around him, and Yuma felt fear.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU FUCKING BRAT? HOW DARE YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO MY PRECIOUS DARLING SON, YOU BASTARD," Seiya yelled.
Kousuke pushed Yuma away from him as he sat up.
"Dad, could you stop yelling? I'm sick, and my head is pounding. Hasegawa helped me; if he didn't, my stubbornness would have made me stay, and I would have passed out somewhere on my way home," Kousuke said.
Seiya ran over to Kousuke and pushed Yuma entirely away. He felt Kousuke's head.
"Kousuke, how did you let yourself get this bad," Seiya asked.
"I was being stubborn."
"Do you need anything to eat? Do you need soup or medicine? Do you need another cover? Do you need anything at all, Kousuke," Seiya shouted.
"Yeah...I need something."
"What is it, Kousuke?"
"I need..."
"YOU TO SHUT THE FUCK UP; MY HEAD IS FUCKING KILLING ME. LET ME FUCKING SLEEP, DAMN IT," Kousuke yelled.
Then he regretted yelling as his head began throbbing. He cringed in pain.
"Kousuke."
"I'm going to sleep," Kousuke said as he turned away from them and closed his eyes.
"Hey boy, follow me," Seiya said sternly.
"Yes, father," Yuma said.
"Why the fuck did I call him father," he thought.
Yuma followed Seiya out of the room, and Seiya shut the door behind him and smacked Yuma in the head.
"Who the hell are you calling father, you brat," Seiya shouted.
"Follow me, now, before I kill you," Seiya said while glaring.
He followed Seiya to an open space. Seiya opened his black Yukata revealing his black dragon tattoo and sizeable muscular chest. He pulled back his purple hair into a ponytail revealing his blue eyes glaring into Yuma's soul.
"Boy, you are in love with Kousuke, aren't you," Seiya asked while having a deadly aura around him.
"Yes, I'm in love with Kousuke-san," Yuma shouted while maintaining his composure.
"Then, fight me for him. I won't lose my precious son. I won't let anyone try to take advantage of his body again. I won't let him fall into the hands of a man without a fight. I won't let Kousuke go through something like that ever again," Seiya shouted.
"Are you referring to the bastard who betrayed Kousuke-san's trust and tried to rape him at 15 years," Yuma said with a straight face.
"Yeah, how do you know about that?"
"Kousuke-san told me after he was almost attacked by that same pervert the other day. When I pulled him away from that perverted bastard, he was shaking," Yuma said while squeezing his fist in anger.
Suddenly Seiya fixed his Yukata.
"Kousuke was shaking, which means he hasn't gotten over his trauma. He's been hiding it all this time to appear stronger than he is," Seiya said.
"He's been in fear since that time," Seiya thought.
"I will tell you about my side of the story. It's a side that you wouldn't expect from Kousuke."
"A side I wouldn't expect," Yuma thought.
Flashback to 13 years ago...
Kousuke was under the drug's effect; he was taken to the hospital. They had examined him to confirm that Takeya was stopped before something happened. Kousuke eventually was alleviated from his suffering after the drug wore off. His father stood above him after he woke up. Kousuke sat up and looked around.
"A hospital?"
"Kousuke," Seiya shouted as he hugged him.
"Dad," Kousuke said.
Kousuke had flashes of the memory with Takeya. He started shaking.
"Are you alright? How do you feel?"
"Better, though the drugs wore off. I can't believe I trusted that bastard. I'm so weak; why did he try to do something like that? We've known each other since we were small children; he was like a brother to me. I have to get stronger, strong enough so that no one can do this again," Kousuke said with an emotionless expression.
"You're alright."
"But, Dad, I'm so weak. I almost got raped by my childhood friend, and I would have been.... if Yukiya didn't come in," Kousuke said while crying.
"Kousuke," he said.
His father hugged him tighter.
"I've never seen him like this. Kousuke was always so strong. He never let himself show any of his sadness or emotions. His anger was seen but he's so frustrated right now. He was betrayed by someone whose known him since childhood. I will fucking kill that bastard," Seiya thought.
After a while...
Aiko walked in and saw her distraught son. She immediately ran over and hugged him. She saw that he had been crying.
"Mother is it easy to recover when someone close has betrayed your trust," Kousuke said as he was visibly shaking in her arms.
"It's not easy, but with some time, you can recover from this. Don't let that sick bastard weigh you down," Aiko said as she started crying.
"Mother."
After a few days passed...
Seiya stayed at Kousuke's side. Eventually, Kousuke began to pretend he was doing better. Kousuke finally went back to school. Takeya stopped attending the same school and was punished by his parents once they heard about what he attempted. People from his school were still attacking Kousuke, but Kousuke easily fended them off. Kousuke didn't show it, but he was suffering from isolation. His once best friend betrayed his trust, making him not want to form relationships.
Back in the present...
Seiya walked over to Yuma. He grabbed him by his collar.
"Your name, what is it?"
"Hasegawa Yuma?"
"It seems in a short time, Kousuke has trusted you to tell you about what happened to him."
"Yes?"
"Yuma-kun, I want you to protect Kousuke from that bastard; if you have to annoy the shit out of him, don't let anything happen to him," Seiya shouted.
"Father."
"Don't call me Father; call me Mr. Seiya or something. You are not close enough to Kousuke to be my son-in-law."
"Mr. Seiya."
"I still don't like you, but if you can help my precious son, I'll accept you. If my son accepts you, I will have no problem as long as you protect Kousuke."
"Mr. Seiya."
After a while...
Yukiya eventually came back with Hiragi. They headed to Kousuke's room.
"Kou-chan looks like he's suffering," Hiragi said.
Yukiya put a cold forehead patch on Kousuke's forehead. He placed a bag with more medicine on Kousuke's nightstand.
"My poor older brother, wait for a second; where did Yuma-kun go," Yukiya asked.
"He couldn't have been caught by that overprotective hothead, right?"
They ran out of the room and searched for Yuma. Yuma was pouring sake for Seiya, and Seiya drank his fill as Yukiya and Hiragi ran in.
"Brat, drink up," Seiya said.
"I can't. I'm underaged," Yuma said.
"What the fuck does that mean? How old are you?"\
"19."
"19, eh? I started drinking booze at 14 years old. So drink up, yah brat," Seiya said as he passed him a cup of sake.
"If I don't drink this, he might never accept me for Kageyama-sensei," Yuma thought.
He drank it all in one go and barely felt any effect.
"One more," Seiya said while drunk.
"Hey, father, that's enough. Stop trying to get one of my students drunk, you idiot," Yukiya said while smacking him on his head and taking the bottle away.
"Principal, thank god," Yuma thought.
"Yuma-kun, it's getting late. You should probably spend the night."
"Is it really alright for me to spend the night here?"
"Yeah, it's fine because of our idiot. Dad decided to give you sake so you can spend the night here. We'll give you a change of clothes, and you can use the bathhouse. You can also wash your uniform and underwear in the washer and dryer to have a clean uniform for tomorrow."
"Then, do I sleep in the same room as Kageyama-sensei," Yuma asked.
"I guess you could on the futon on the floor, but he might punch you in the middle of the night."
"Why do you say that?"
"He has incredible reflexes even when he's sick; it's kind of amazing," Hiragi said.
"I know; he grabbed my arm after I took the glasses off so he could sleep better."
"So you're okay with sleeping in Kousuke's room?"
"I'll be alright with sensei punching me; I'm pretty durable," Yuma said as he smiled.
After a while, Yuma changed into a black Yukata after a bath. Yukiya had changed Kousuke out of Yuma's tracksuit and into a black Yukata after wiping the sweat off Kousuke's body.
"Sensei looks to be doing much better; I'm glad," Yuma said.
"Sensei is so pretty and beautiful," Yuma thought.
Yuma noticed a scar near Kousuke's neck.
"That scar, I wonder what happened."
"Kousuke was a delinquent before. He was in middle school. This student from high school heard that Kousuke wiped the floor with the third-year middle captain of another delinquent gang."