The Clover

Chapter 7
I'm Scared

Rin POV:

Everyone appeared to have loved my song and I was glad. I saw over the horizon, Teto and Ted, they came up to me and questioned me about my song.

"Hey, great job out there!" Ted obliged.

"Thank you.."

"Ne~~ Rin~ What are you going to name your song?" Teto said, still wiping away the last of her tears.

After a bit of an awkward silence I finally said, "Clover."

"Eh! Like the cute little clover charm you have?"

I winced at the words particularly 'clover' and 'charm' and I looked at Teto and she seemed to have realized where I had gotten the clover and the history of it right at that moment. What she did next gave me the proof that she knew. She came over and hugged me and gently patted my back, like a mother holding her child. Her touch was elegant and calming. I was already crying from the song I was singing but more and more tears were falling from my eyes.

"Teto.. W-What are you—"

"Shhh.." was all that came out of her mouth.

I saw Ted at the distance smiling at the affection Teto was showing as my friend, I knew I was lucky to have her, I really did.. Just.. It somehow did not make me any happier than I already was, and the amount of happiness I had in myself right now, is not that much. She finally let go of our embrace and she grabbed my hand along with Ted's.

"What are you all waiting for? Let's all have fun here!"

I had forgotten that in the Talent Competitions here, we had games and many other events going on and at the end of the day the winner would have to perform again. I didn't mind performing again.. I just had a feeling that I shouldn't, but I knew that wasn't really a good reason to not go on stage again. Teto dragged both Ted and myself over to a food eating competition. I looked at Teto with a look of disbelief, oblivious to the fact that Teto was giving me a look of confidence.

"Watch me eat a crap-load of food! I'll make you laugh for sure!"

I nudged Ted a little and that brought his attention to me.

"You do know that she is capable fo eating a crap load of food right?" I asked jokingly.

He simply laughed and said, "Of course. She wouldn't be Teto if she couldn't right?"

I just nodded and looked at the stage that Teto had entered. She was so skinny but she did have a big appetite, especially when it came to things that involved bread.. She loved bread.. Like, really loved it. She loved it to the point that she uses it as a weapon sometimes and trust me, I got hit by it several times.. it hurts.

Every single individual looked at Teto with awe. I mean she had the smallest stomach and the biggest hunger you can imagine. I had a pretty small stomach myself, but mine made sense. I didn't eat a lot, therefore I had a small body frame but Teto.. She had a small body frame but a huge appetite. I always thought it was her high metabolism, but even if that's the reason it was hard to believe. Teto eventually won the competition and I knew she would anyway. As a matter of fact, it would have shocked me if she had lost. She came down the steps and looked at us with sparkles in her eyes.

"So! How was that?"

I just gently stroked her twin drills and congratulated her and her win. She seemed a little disappointed that she didn't make me laugh or anything else of that matter but she continued to remain positive about herself.

We went through so many games and contests but neither Teto or Ted could make me burst out into laughter. I was really hard one to crack but how can I laugh when there is so much things going on with my life right now? It was soon dark and I had to perform again. I was already tired and I was actually questioning about my life. I have never done that.. There is something wrong with me, for sure.

I stepped up to the stage and I greeted myself once again and I sang. This time I sang with more emotion and I tried not to cry this time but I did.. Gosh darn it! Now Everyone thinks I'm a crybaby! When the song ended I met up with Teto and Ted. I told Teto that I would come home in a little bit, I wanted a little bit more fresh air before I left for home.

"Ted, I will rely on you to bring Teto home."

He simply nodded and I waved goodbye to them both. I turned around and started walking around the night fallen place and looked at all the beautiful variety of colors that glowed brightly throughout the night. A lone tear falls down my face and it soon leaded to many.. I walked around one more time and started leaving for home.

My still tear-streaked face and my body soon headed for home. I had received a text message..

Teto : Are you still alive?

Sorry Teto, for worrying you anyway..

Rin : I'm fine. I'm on my way home right now. I'll be there soon.

I put my phone away after I checked the time. 1:20 AM. I was out that late?

Here's another question, was the charm still there you ask? Before the Talent Competition, I found my charm and eventually put it back on.. It was too special. Although Len and I were not in good terms, I still thought it was special to me.. I walked, and walked, and, walked, and walked, and I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I bumped into a 2 young men, they only looked a couple years older than me, (I was 16) and they reeked of alcohol.

"Oh~~~ Look here Tomoya! A cute l-little g-girl h-happen-ed to c-come al-long ou-ur–hic- way!"

"Oh yeah Kazuki! –hic- I w-wonder wh-hat w-we sh-hould do? –hic- I thi-nk I k-know~ keke"

"Y-Yeah m-me too!"

I already had a feeling I knew what they were going to do, but for some odd reason I didn't hold a grudge.. I wasn't afraid, I wasn't afraid of what they were going to do and their outcome.. I don't know what's going on.. they grabbed a hold of my hand and they dragged me to, hell I don't know. They dragged me to an alley and one of them tried to reach for my shirt. I bit their hand and they flinched from the pain. I regretted biting them, it tasted like alcohol.. I coughed and they just laughed at my effort to stop them.

"Ehhh~ You're a hard to get one ehh?"

"This'll –hic- be fun.."

They grabbed for my shirt and started to unbutton it. I was trying to make them stop but I couldn't see what they were doing..

"Oi! Let her go!" a mysterious, yet familiar voice yelled.

The young men both looked back to see a boy, my age, with a hat, a hoodie, shorts.. Len..

"L-Len?" I managed to gasp out.

Right when he was running up to one of guys with a fist, the guy that was holding my shirt. I don't know their names but as Len was about to dig his fist into his face. The other guy jerked me up in front of Len and held up a knife against my neck.

"Che~ Hit us, we kill the girl."

I gulped and Len stopped his fist from hitting my face.

I was really scared now.. Before I wasn't afraid of being raped by these men, but I was now scared I was going to die like this.. I was now scared of my new outcome.. I was scared..

Len.. Please help me.. I'm scared..