Knock Knock

The next morning Charlie left to take care of the orders his leader had given him and Kai and Max headed towards the mansion. Upon their arrival Max parked the car and walked to the other side, opening the door for Kai who had changed into an oversized hoodie, a beanie to cover up his messy hair, and sweat pants along with a new pair of high-top sneakers.

Kai felt even more exhausted than the day before and barely had any energy to walk but still made it up the stairs and rung the bell.

"Young master Caleb. I will open the doors immediately"

Kai was greeted by their butler and continued walking to his room while hearing a low mumble behind him. A quite conversation happening between the butler and the butler to be. How sad is it that for generations that family has been enslaved to the position of butlers for this family. At some point he wanted Max to become his partner in all of his plans related to the mafia business and train someone who would like to be a butler. As long as they had the requirements to do so of course.

When he arrived in his room, Kai let himself plop onto his bed, took off his shoes, and moved to a comfortable position in order to fall asleep. Interrupting this peaceful moment was a knock at the door. Kai didn't respond sense he knew that whoever it was was going to open the door regardless if they really needed him. A few seconds passed and another knock came at the door.

"Excuse me young master, you have visitors arranged for you to meet by your father"

This perked Kai's attention and he lifted his head

"Who is it?"

"His name is Michael sir"

"It's Mike!" The familiar unwanted voice interrupted

Kai felt his blood drain from his face and thought "Oh gosh" but his throat didn't allow any noise to escape from his lips

"HEY! OPEN THE F***ING DOOR!"

"Sir, I-"

The butlers protest was useless as the door slammed open and Kai sat up in a sudden movement

"Mike- I-I'm sorry- I didn-"

Kai was back on his bed but this time with blood running out his mouth. The abundant metallic taste signified a really bad busted lip caused by a punch to the face

"Making me wait. See what good that does you."

Out of the corner of his eye Kai noticed the butler exit and shut the door. "Sick bastard" Kai thought.

"Where are you looking at huh?!"

Kai directed his attention back to Mike and tried to sit back up until he felt another punch land on his back to which Kai could only grunt at

"Who told you you could get up."

"I-I'm sorr- eugh"

Mike yanked Kai's head back by pulling his hair

"Not a word. You know what to do"

Kai got off his bed and on his knees. The nightmare starting all over again and it continued until there was a salty taste in his mouth. "It's over" Kai thought. But that was only the beginning. Once he finally came back to his senses, he was lying on his bed again with bruises and a white substance that he knew all too well all over him. Another day. Another nightmare. Another suicidal thought.

"Young master, Max will come here to assist you in cleaning yourself. Master Ventura ordered that you quickly go to his office right after."

A few moments later Max came in and helped Kai get up. He now had the physical strength to get up yet there seemed to be no mental strength to keep living in him. Quietly, the two made their way to the bathroom. Max noticed that Kai was in some sort of spaced out moment. They helped Kai sit on the toilet thinking they would hurt him more if they tried to sit him on the counter and started the water to fill the tub. After it was ready, they put bubbles so when Kai sat down he wouldn't be able to see his lower half and recall what happened. This time they made sure to use bubbles that would't cause damage if they were consumed, albeit they still tasted horrible.

Max helped Kai get in the tub and watched him soak there for a moment. Max's heart breaking at the sight and when they felt their tears starting to overflow, they cleared their throat and managed to croak out a quiet

"I'll go get a towel"

Once Max came back they started cleaning Kai. Conflicted on whether to hurry up so Kai wouldn't get punished or to take as long as possible so Kai could have some time for himself. They knew for sure that he was not ready to meet anyone at all. So how could he make him go to the rapist who called another rapist.

"This isn't going to work...for how long do we have to keep this facade Kai?"

There was no response

Another knock at the door.

"Max, hurry it up in there, Mr. Ventura is getting impatient."

Max opened the door and stood as professionally as he could

"Yes sir; however, I would like to ask a question. What attire is appropriate for this meeting?"

"Casual clothing."

"Yes sir"

Max shut the door and turned back to attend Kai. They heard the water moving and when they returned to the bathroom with a towel in their hand they realized that Kai was ready to get out was now sanding outside of the bathtub.

"Kai! I'm so sorry man"

"It's fine. Causal clothing right?"

"Yeah"

Kai looked down at Max's clenched fists and gave them a soft smile and began to walk towards his closet after taking the towel from them. A few minutes later Kai came out of the closet and was completely dressed. His clothing similar to what he wore that morning except that he now had a black turtleneck long sleeve shirt and his black hoodie, and with the new addition of black sweat pants and black slides. Max new what this meant. It was Kai's attempt to seem invisible.