Akaashi sat still, Oda in his lap. Around them was dark and a bit stuffy due to the location but it was safe. Outside of the door there was throwing of plates and bowls and God only knew what else. 

"YOU ARE SUCH A FUCKING WHORE! I SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU YEARS AGO! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!" 

Oda clung to Akaashi, scared. "Daddy…" 

"Shhhh. Give him a little bit to calm down love." 

Oda sniffled. He waited it out in the pantry with Akaashi, his little brain somehow comprehending the rage outside of his safety. He knew his Daddy had only gone to the doctor's to get better. This wasn't right… 

Nearly two hours later Ren was calm and Akaashi set Oda in his room. His mind was foggy and he was scared but none of that mattered. Tonight was date night so he had to clean up the house and clean himself up. The nosebleeds had gotten worse since the previous week so he needed to change out of his bloody sweater. 

Akaashi started on the floor in the kitchen, picking up shards of glass. He slowly got through the mess without knicking his fingers too bad. The blood came out of his fingers in bigger drops and was harder to stop so he needed to clean that off of the already stained tile. Good God could his body handle much longer of this simple cleaning before bleeding out. 

He stood and took off his sweater, going to run the blood spots under the cold tap in the sink. The detergent they could afford didn't remove blood from clothing as well as Akaashi needed, which was unfortunate as a lot of his clothing items had splotches of various shades of brown, pink, or red. 

His head felt like the sounds of the running water. Sort of like static. Wasn't this what he felt in the hospital? 

Akaashi took a deep breath. He knew nothing about seizures but he hoped if this was one he would be able to ward it off by concentrating on other things. Like… Damn. What did he have to think of? Most of his thoughts seemed to be quite depressing and he didn't know if he could handle much more sadness before having a breakdown. 

All he knew was tonight was date night and Ren was likely going to make him take a walk in the park despite the cold air being difficult to breathe in for the younger male by a long shot. 

Bokuto would watch Oda and send death glares at Ren but all would be well if he just didn't give in to this feeling.

Ren came up behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist. "Hurry it up, baby. You don't want to keep Ko waiting." 

Akaashi nodded. He gulped. "I-I'm going to be done soon. Maybe you can warm up the car? I know you don't enjoy the cold." 

"Don't tell me what to do." Ren jutted his knee up, making Akaashi flinch. 

"I'm sorry!" 

"And raising your voice. Damn you really want the shit beat out of you."

"I don't, I really don't. I'm sorry for messing up." 

Ren grabbed his coat. Akaashi stayed still, watching. Ren left the apartment and he finished up as fast as possible. When Ren came into the apartment Akaashi had to avert his eyes, scared.

"If you faint I hope you know that I will not hesitate to beat the shit out of you." 

"I can't help it though." 

"Learn. You're supposed to be smart." 

Akaashi nodded. He waited for Ren to go outside before calling out for Oda to bring him a new sweater. The feeling was worse. So much worse. 

Oda brought him the sweater and went to the living room. Akaashi started to put it on and felt the overwhelming feeling of exhaustion and the floor go out beneath him. 

****

Bokuto took out a key from his pocket, humming softly. He unlocked Akaashi's door and grinned. "Bo's here!" 

Oda ran up to him. "Help my Daddy! Help!" 

"What? What happened?" 

"He fainted!" 

Bokuto picked him up and walked to Oda's room. "Hang on bud. I'm gonna go check on him. Where's your daddy?" 

"In the kitchen…" 

"Alright. Stay here." Bokuto walked off to the kitchen where he saw Akaashi on the floor where he had thrown up. Bokuto leaned down and wiped his face and cleaned up the floor. He woke Akaashi, gentle. Akaashi was startled and tried sitting up. "Woah, woah. It's okay. It's okay. What happened?" 

"I fainted… I think." 

"You think?" 

Akaashi coughed. "It's fuzzy." 

Bokuto laid him on his side. "Where's Ren?" 

"The car. I think." 

Bokuto rubbed his hair. "You look shaky. Have you gotten those results back?" 

"They were supposed to come today or tomorrow." Akaashi closed his eyes. "Please don't tell Ren." 

"You need to rest." 

"He's not going to let me." 

Bokuto rubbed his back. "If I say something he will." He called Ren, getting a pretty nice response. Ren came inside and helped Akaashi take a shower and eat before bed. Bokuto took care of Oda, feeding him some dinner. He stayed overnight to make sure that Ren wouldn't hit Akaashi, listening close and holding Oda to get him to fall asleep.

Akaashi had to get up in the middle of the night to take pain medication, overwhelmed. His wrists and knees were throbbing and he threw up again. 

Ren, despite being larger than both of the other males, couldn't lift Akaashi. Bokuto lifted him off of the bathroom floor and took him back to bed, making sure that Ren would hold onto him. "Be careful. His hands are really sensitive. If he needs to fix this issue again use a heat pack." 

Ren nodded, rubbing Akaashi's back. "It'll be okay..." 

Akaashi felt safe in Ren's arms for a moment. He cried into his chest, not knowing what to do anymore. 

"Hey, Keiji," Ren whispered. 

"M-mm?" 

"I've got you. We'll get the results and the doctors will make it better." 

Bokuto took a deep breath. He left the room. Oda ran up to him, sniffling. "Is Daddy okay?" 

"He's not feeling too well. It's gonna be okay." 

Oda nodded. "Is Dad nice?" 

"He's being nice." 

Oda stayed silent. He nodded. 

"Something wrong?" 

"Dad is only nice for a little bit and then he gets really mean." 

Bokuto went back to Oda's room and situated himself. "How so?" 

"Because he throws Daddy on the floor and kicks him in bad places." 

Bokuto picked up a stuffed bear. "Show me where he hits Daddy." 

Oda took his bear and pointed to the stomach and then head. 

"Ouch..."

"Here too," He pointed to the crotch of the bear. 

Bokuto hesitated. "How about we go to sleep?" 

Oda nodded. He turned into Bokuto's chest. "Night Bo Bo." 

Bokuto kissed the top of his head. "Goodnight bud." 

Oda fell asleep quickly. Bokuto had heard crying stop across the hallway but it had started back up. He wanted to scoop up Akaashi and run far away from here.