CW/ Contains depictions of violence.

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It was a Saturday afternoon. Megumi was at Yuji's apartment.

Megumi hung out at Yuji's apartment a lot. In fact he spent so much time there, it was like he had never moved out. He even slept over a lot, especially when the fighting got really bad between his dad and his step-mom. 

They were baking today at Yuji's request, because he thought it'd be fun. The oven bell went off, so Megumi went to take the pies out and placed them on the kitchen table. Then he sat down at the couch. 

"Hey Yuji are you finished using the toilet?" Megumi asked. "You've been in there for like 10 minutes. The pie is ready!" Megumi shouted.

"I'm coming, just wait!" Yuji called out.

"Well if you don't come out soon I'm going to eat the pie without you!" Megumi threatened. But that was a lie. They baked blueberry and peach pie, and Megumi didn't even like those flavors. But Yuji, Tanaka, and Nishinoya did. They were going to share it with them later. 

Yuji opened the door and walked out of the bathroom. Megumi turned around. "What took you so long-" But he stopped mid-sentence, because he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"What the heck are you wearing?" Megumi shrieked. Yuji was dressed up in a maid outfit with cat ears. But not just any maid outfit. It was Megumi's old work uniform. 

"What do you think?" He grinned. "Does it look nice?"  Yuji snickered to himself. He originally wore it to prank Megumi but it was actually pretty fun to wear. 

"You look stupid." Megumi said. "And you aren't even wearing it properly!" The laces were completely undone and his apron was crooked. From the back he looked half naked. 

"You don't think I look cute?" Yuji pouted. He made big puppy dog eyes. Megumi blushed. 

"Yeah you look cute," Megumi mumbled, barely audible.

"What? I can't hear you!" Yuji leaned in closer and brought his ear closer to Megumi to hear him better.

Megumi yelled in his ear. "I SAID YOU LOOK CUTE!" 

Yuji stumbled back from how loud Megumi yelled. His ears started ringing. He was disoriented for a few seconds, but then he shock away the dizziness like it never happened and went straight back to Megumi. 

"Megumi~" He said shyly. "Do you think you can call me..." Yuji giggled a bit. "Yuu-chan?" 

"No!" Megumi says right away. Yuji continues laughing and skipping around in the maid outfit, but then he accidentally trips on an untied lace. He banged his elbow on the kitchen table. 

And face-planted into the pie. 

"OWW!" Yuji cried out. Normally it would not hurt when you face-plant into a pie. But this pie had just finished baking, and came straight out of the oven. And he had also hit his elbow. 

Megumi walked over to him and grabbed a towel, cleaning him. "And this is why you look in the mirror and check if you tied everything up." He cautioned.

"At least it tastes delicious," Yuji replied, sobbing whilst eating pie off his face, sniffling a few times. "Yummy." 

"You are so weird."

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After spending the day with Yuji, Megumi went back to his house. Maybe I should've spent the night there, Megumi thought. He wasn't in the mood to see his dad and step-mom. But I guess it's too late, since I'm already here.

Megumi opened the front door. It creaked open. He saw Toji and his step-mom together in the main area.

"Fuck you!" She yelled at him. "You are the most egoistical, self-centered, disgusting, shittiest person I've ever met!" She grabbed a small chair and threw it at him. He just lifted his leg up and kicked it aside. 

Toji yawned. "What do you want to do then, break up? You knew I was like this before we got together so what made you think I was gonna stop?" He looked at her like it should've been obvious. 

She fumed. "Of course I think you'd stop! We're married after all!" She put her hand in the air and displayed her ring. 

"Chill babe, you're not that special. I was only in it for the money after all." He brushed her off. "Now move aside. Your fatass is blocking the television." He tried turning his head so he could see the screen behind her. 

She got so mad that she walked right over to him and slapped him in the face. "Get the fuck out of my house!" She demanded. She looked over and saw Megumi, who was still at the doorway.

"You," she pointed at him. "Both of you. You're both just leeches trying to steal my money. Because otherwise you'd be broke and living on the street!" She accused. 

"That's true," Toji agreed. "Good thing we never signed a prenup though so if we get divorced I get half of the money!" He bragged. "Either way I win." He laughed to himself.

Megumi's step mom - or former step-mom - started crying angry tears and stormed off. But Toji wasn't even fazed. He just looked around trying to find the remote. And then he spotted Megumi.

"Yo!" Toji said, nonchalantly. He waved at Megumi.

"Ugh." Megumi responded. He couldn't believe he just witnessed them break up in front of him. He didn't say anything and just keep walking to his room.

"Looks like you're homeless again now. Sucks to be you!" Toji started laughing.

Megumi stopped walking. He felt irritation rise up in him. "You're homeless now too!" He retorted. 

"Pfff. No I'm not," He sneered. "I'm filthy rich! But now you're broke and have nowhere to go!" Toji grinned. 

Megumi clenched his teeth. "That's not true!" I have Yuji, Megumi thought. "But if you're so happy about me being homeless then why'd you let me stay with you? Why'd you take me back in?" Megumi asked. "What was the point!"

Toji just sat there, looking at Megumi like he was an idiot. He thought about it for a bit, then said "You're right, what was the point? It was actually a stupid decision on my part. Looks like I had a lapse in judgment." He stated.

He sighed, then continued. "I wanted to at least once feel like a good dad. Just for the sake of it you know?" he expressed. "I thought maybe I could make this lingering feeling go away that's been haunting me for the past decade go away if I was good to you. But I can see now that I was wrong. I'm done. No more of that." He wiped his hands, almost as if he was wiping himself clean of Megumi. "I think it's actually more fun seeing you suffer." 

Then Toji got up from his chair and walked over to Megumi, towering above him, his muscular figure casting a shadow over Megumi's lean one. But before Megumi even had the chance to cower in fear, Toji grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, and slammed him against the wall. Megumi wailed out in pain. 

"Worst mistake of my life." Toji growled at him. "You know what you are? You're a fucking accident. I never wanted to have you. You were never supposed to be born. I told her, I fucking told her to get that abortion. But now you're here. You're still here. If only those loan sharks could've gotten you, eh?" 

He dropped Megumi onto the ground and then he kicked him in the side. Megumi was unable to fight back. He didn't have the strength. He already had a weak body from malnutrition over the years.

Toji continued. "I don't even know if you're my son. I know she cheated on me. I know she did. And then she had the audacity to just die on me. Leaving me with a kid that isn't even mine. Making me care for another man's kid."

Megumi was still lying on the floor, half-conscious. But he was able to form some cohesive thought. "I-" he stuttered "I look just like you. Of course you're my dad." He croaked out. 

This time Toji kicked him in the face. A bruise started to form on his cheek and around his eyes. Blood came out of his nose. 

"No. You don't look like me at all." Toji said in denial. "In fact you look more like your mother. You really do! You look just like her!" He said psychotically. He kicked Megumi again, and Megumi let out a painful cry. "That's what she deserves. That's what you deserve too." Megumi was in too much pain to respond.  

"Haha," Toji chuckled. "I should've done this to you when you were younger. Better late than never now though!" He smiled. 

He kicked Megumi one more time. "Get up." He demanded. "And get out. I hope you end up dying on the streets like you should've done before."

Megumi shakily got up, his legs barely able to support his weight. And he took a few steps towards and out the door. He kept clutching his side as he walked on to the sidewalk, determined to get as far away from that house as possible. 

He was able to make it to the nearest payphone. To make one phone call. He dialed the number. It went through. "Hey Yuji," he whimpered out. "Can you come to my location? Come here as soon as you can." 

Then Megumi sunk to the ground and passed out.