Seto's POV
I attempted in trying to keep the promise Brice had asked of me. I couldn't though it was my only release from all the pain. Even though everything seemed to be okay, I was dying, everything about this school year was just crazy. I kinda wish my dad was still beating me, it would be the only thing that was still normal.

"Seto?" I looked over at Brice who was now messing with my hair, "Yes" "How you feeling, still tired?" I shake my head, "No, just been thinking about some things" we laid in his bed at his house this had become something normal whenever we were together. "Brice do your parents know your gay?" I ask out of the blue, Brice looks over at me, "Well to be completely honest with you no, but I'll tell them if you want" that's been something that's been bugging me lately, whenever I ask Brice a question like 'What kind of ice cream do you like?' he offer to go get some, I mean it's sweet and all, but I don't want him treating me like if I don't get one thing I want I'll go kill myself. I sit up and go over to the mirror, "Brice I won't kill myself if you don't tell you parents your gay" "What?" I look in the mirror to see his face in complete shock, "Stop making that face please" he stands up and goes over to me, "Seto, what's wrong?" "Well you're treating me like if I don't get one thing that I want I'll go kill myself, not the best way to help" he wraps his arms around me, "I'm sorry" my eyes widen, "I'm sorry I ever came into your life, you could have been fine on your own had I never talked to you that first time, then you wouldn't have cut yourself. You would have been with your mom instead of with me everything would have been fine without me" I look down. 

It's quiet for a while till I speak, "Brice can you let me go?" he does as I ask, I grab my cloak from the bed I fasten it around my neck, he stands and looks at me, "So are you just gonna leave?" I smile, "No, come on I want you to follow me" I extend my hand for him to take. He looks at me before taking my hand we walk down the stairs like this. I pull him down the streets like this, "Seto where are we going?" I shrug, "I don't know, but that stuffy house was killing me" he gives me a funny look, "Is that really the reason we left?" I nod my head. We keep walking till we reach a small cliff near the edge of town, "This is the only place in this entire town where I've never been to" Brice looks at me, "You've been everywhere in this stupid town?" I just look over at him and nod my head, "Well when your dad beats you, and nobody really knows you exist you tend to spend a lot of time alone" Brice just smiles at me, "Seto, why are you so...well yourself?" I look at him a puzzled expression on my face, "What'd you mean?" "I mean, you don't care what people really think about you, you where that cloak everywhere and yeah people make fun of you because of it, but that doesn't stop you" I stare down at my cloak, "My mom gave it to me, it's really the only thing I have to remember her, other than this it's really all one big blur" Brice wraps an arm around me. We stand in silence for a while before Brice clears his throat, "What?" I ask, "Oh it's nothing, just that you talk about your mom as if she was never there for you, I mean she was when you were small right?" I look over at the sun blazing down on everything, "Well Railey was, but I don't really remember mom, and the system didn't really have anything on her either so" Brice looks at me again, "The system? Seto you mean you're-" "Adopted?" I cut in, he just nods his head, "Yeah, at the age of 4 or 5 I think, that's why I never told anyone I lived in such shitty conditions as I would immediately be put back into the system" 

We stay there neither of us talking, but I just had to get everything off my chest, "My dad's being reviewed" Brice looks at me, "What do you mean reviewed?" "It means that the foster center is looking into him, someone filed a complaint I think and my mom killing herself just made it worse, I think they're planning on moving me to a different family" "What?!" Brice moves away from me. He starts pacing around, "That's why he stopped beating me, he didn't wanna get arrested" I continue, Brice just falls to the floor. I go over to him a few minutes later, "You okay?" he just stares at me, "No, where have they been looking?" I look back over at the cliff, "France, because I speak it fluently" he sits up quickly, "France!?" I look at him a bit shocked he usually never raised his voice, "Brice please don't yell" I say putting a hand on his shoulder. He swats it away, "Don't you fucking tell me to calm down! What do you think this is a god damn game?!" he stands up and pushes me down, I scoot away from him, "Do you think that all I am is some piece of meat to just use and then throw away?!" I stare at him fear running through me. He stands there breathing heavily, before he finally he realizes what he's done, "Seto I-I'm sorry I don't know what got into me" he reaches towards me, I shrink away farther, "You're not, please just get away from me" I whimper he stares at me fear and regret showing in his eyes, "Seto no please, I just got mad I'm so sorry"  he moves closer to me, I stand up quickly running as fast as my legs would carry me.

The days go by and I get worse, my dad has begun beating me again and everything is pretty much back to normal. I go about my days getting beat up again, ignoring everyone, wearing my hood up, and not having anyone care about me. I see Ty happy in the hallways with Adam, and I'm glad. I've started hiding now and it's been working. I still go out to my hill other than that I hide everywhere, the people I was introduced to like Mitch, Jerome, Preston, Rob, Lachlan, and Vikk have tried talking to me, I just ignore them and move on. My life seemed normal for such a long time that I didn't even realize the people from the orphanage coming to see me. It didn't come as much of a shock when my dad was arrested for abuse and I was thrown back into the system, but that was the day Brice decided to come see me one last time.

The knock on my door wakes me from being knocked out on the floor, my dad had beat me to a pulp till he thought I stopped breathing. I stand up wincing at every movement, "Seto?" I smile softly hearing the calm sound of Brice's voice. I open the door slowly my dad being drunk and passed out in the living room nearby. "Hey Brice" I say, his face says it all and it's a mixture between anger, love, and just plain hurt, he grabs me immediately pulling me into an embrace, I wince the pain of this action almost making me want to pass out again. "What happened to you?" I smile softly, "Things went back to normal what else?" he stares at me a look of pure shock on his face, "Why didn't you talk to me, or tell anyone?" I look up at him, "I thought you would just push me again" I admit. He looks down in shame, "Seto, I am so sorry" I just lift his face with my hand, "You're here now and to me that's all that matters" he smiles at me before pressing a soft kiss to my busted lips.

The kiss turns heated quick and soon he lifts me up and takes me down to my room in the basement. Moans escape my lips as we undress, he's careful with me as though if he makes one wrong move I would shatter into a thousand pieces. He looks over me with such an admiring look, looking over every imperfection I have, all my cuts and bruises on my body. He kisses me everywhere, softly whispering 'I love you' along the way. He takes me that night and it's the best night of my life, our bodies becoming one, the pure love and passion he put into every loving kiss and movement. He treated me like a prince that night, and he never left my side once; as he held me softly one thought invaded my mind, "If he lets go, it's all ruined, this one moment ruined by a simple action" but he holds me all night till late in the morning. Neither of us made a move to leave until we heard my dad start to get up. I move my busted body around, he kisses me one last time, "I love you Seto never forget that please" I smile at him, "Always, love you too Brice"

That's when we hear a commotion upstairs, "Where's the boy?!" we hear people yell from upstairs. I walk up the stairs opening the door slowly Brice right behind me, the scene that was in front of us was my father being detained by police men and a frantic woman looking all around her surroundings. "Excuse me ma'am, but what are you looking for?" she turns around to see me and a look of peace forms on her face "Oh Dieu merci mon petit garçon est correct, je vous remercie tout le monde, mais nous l'avons trouvé" 

(Oh thank god my baby boy is okay, thank you everyone, but we've found him)

She runs over to me and engulfs me in a hug cheers are heard throughout the house, I push her away from me keeping an arms length of distance, "Excuse me, but who are you?" she smiles at me softly, "Oh mon petit garçon, je suis ta mère"

(Oh my baby boy, I'm your mother)