Lovies, how are you? I have to say that I'm not so well. I'm alone in a creepy house that makes creepy noises. Perfect, I guess, for a horror story. The picture above is not mine but I do like it. Hope your day was and is filled with merriment! ｡^‿^｡

"Just wait to get you home..."

Katsu steps toward me. I flinch away from him, thinking he's going to hit me like he does with his mother. I still can't comprehend

Instead, he crushes his lips against mine. Surprised, I take a step back but both his arms wrap tightly around me, one resting around my neck the other around my waist. His kiss is angry and hungry unlike in the make out session I had with that drunk guy a few minutes ago. Katsu grips my neck in an almost painful way, drawing me ever closer to him. He picks me up so only the tips of my sneakers touch the balcony. Backing his head up a little so he can lean his forehead on mine he kisses my nose softly.

"What the f*ck did I tell you not to do?" His harsh tone completely contradicts his face. Katsu's eyes are gentle as they gaze into my fearful ones.

"You..you told..." I shudder. Slowly, Katsu's hand on my neck tightens until my breathing becomes labored.

"I told you not to go outside."Katsu angles his head slightly like a dog. He squints at me, the only indication on his face that he's mad. "Where are you?"

"I'm...outside." I choke out. After I said this his hand squeezes painfully.He uses the hand on my neck to tilt my head up, exposing my neck. I have to look down my nose to see him.

"After everything, why do you insist on disobeying me!" He slaps me across the face. It wasn't very hard but the fact that he would hit me over something so trivial scared me. What's he going do when I do something major?

Grabbing my face in both his hands, Katsu scowls at me. I bring my hands up to my chest as a weak barrier between us. Maybe I can duck underneath his arms back into the party he won't be able to find me.

I look up into his face to find a malicious smirk. "I think a punishment is in order." My heart plummets as I could only think that a punishment from Katsu is going to be painful. Clearly enjoying my fright, Katsu pulls his hands away to grab something from his pocket. Not wasting another second I duck down low and use the railing behind me to push off into the doorway of the balcony.

"GET BACK HERE NOW, (Y/N)!"

I race pass grinding teenagers and drunk twenty years olds. I'm making much more progress than the first time I tried to get through them. Over the loud music and screaming girls I can still make out Katsu's angry yelling. If he catches me now what will he do to me? I shake my head. I can't let him ever catch me.

I take the stairs two at a time and finally reach the mansion's maze. I didn't mean to run out the back way but I wasn't really paying attention. Without hesitation, I quickly make my way inside it. I take random turns until I make it to the center, only marked by the giant lion fountain in a large clearing. Katsu isn't yelling anymore. I think I lost him in the crowd. My shoulders sag in relief and I sit at the base of the fountain. I'll just hang out here until morning. It will give me time to think about where I'm going to live now because I'm never returning to the cursed neighborhood again.

My ears perk up at a sudden slow hum that seems to be coming from somewhere inside the maze. I tell myself that it's just from the music in the mansion but the hum turns into a haunting lullaby. I can just barely hear Katsu's voice to my left. How did he find me?

"Oh, (Y/n)? Where is my little (Y/n)? I know you're here." He sings to me. My breathing becomes short and I feel like my head is made of lead. No, no, no! Not here. This has to be the worst time for one of my panic attacks. My chest is heavy and feels caved-in.

In my distress, I slip off the fountain onto the sharp pebbles scattered around the ground. The noise of the pebbles moving cause Katsu to pause his singing and chuckle. The sound of running feet alert me to how close Kastu actually is. Adrenaline courses through me and I get up to run back into the maze.

I make it about ten yards before I slam into a hard chest. The force causes me to fall back on my back but Katsu grips both my wrists and step firmly on my feet so I can't move. to anyone walking by it may look as if we are in a tense waltz.

Katsu's eyes glow lazily through their thick white fog. He grins like a Cheshire cat and leans down to bite my ear. My panic attack only gets worse and I can't even gasp from the pain. All that comes out of my mouth sound almost like a growl. Katsu must take that as an encouragement. He purrs in my ear.

"I knew you loved me back."

He licks down my neck, occasionally biting hard enough to draw blood. I struggle against his hold. The way he's holding me I can only look up at the night sky. I realize that I'm all alone in the middle of a maze with a boy who's psychotic. Any second he will start choking me or bash my head into the fountain's base. That's what Haruki would do.

"What?" Katsu brings his head back up to meet my watering eyes. I must have said that out loud. I bite my lip nervously. Maybe he didn't hear exactly what I said. I don't want to give him any ideas.

"Why would I ever hurt my sweet? What good would I be protecting you if I hurt you?" Katsu cups my face gently, the same set of tears sit in his eyes. We stare at each other for what feels like hours, reading each others faces. HIs face no longer carries that enraged expression, instead its soft and almost loving. Maybe, I'm just over reacting? Maybe I was imagining his anger because as I look at him now all I see is concern for my wellbeing.

Tears are streaming down my face now. My bottom lip trembles as I try to keep tears from escaping. Katsu traces his thumb lightly across it and hugs me gingerly allowing me to cry into his shirt.

"I'm so...sorry." I breath out between sobs. I clutch his now soaking shirt and let it all out. He runs his hand up nad down my back in a comforting manner. He rests his head on the top of mine. When he hears my apologies he goes stiff in my arms.

"No, you're not." I stop crying long enough to feel him smile against my head. Something sharp juts uncomfortably into my back. I can turn my head just enough to see the dangerous glint of a kitchen knife cutting into my lower back.

"You're not sorry." Katsu digs in deeper so it breaks the skin. Blood seeps through my simple t-shirt and down to my shorts. I push myself away as much as I can from the blade which is what Katsu wants. I'm flush against him.

"I know you're going to run from me again. I'll make so you can't." He spits out the last word.

"We'll be together. I won't be alone and you'll never get hurt again." He coos, kissing my forehead.

Sudden footsteps come up behind Katsu and he turns around just in time to be hit with a bat. The knife at my back falls with him. May, in a sparring stance, holds the bat.

"Come on we have to get out of here before he wakes up." She takes my limp hand and guides to the maze's exit. She's clearly been in the maze before because we're out in five minutes flat. I look back only once, considering staying by Katsu's side until he wakes up. I must be crazy. Why do I find the need to stay with him? He's crazy!

May and I get into the same convertible we arrived in. As she turns on the engine we can hear Katsu give out a roar from the maze. It's filled with hurt and anguish. My heart breaks as I listen to it but I quickly squash the emotion and replace it with hatred. Hatred is what I should be feeling but I can't bring myself to. I feel strangely happy that I know he's awake.

May snaps her finger in my face to bring me back from my thoughts.

"Umm...I asked you why you're dating such a psycho. Is that what you're into?" After all, that just happened she's asking that?

"What? I'm not dating him." I say not that it's relevant anymore.

"Then why were you guys alone in the maze holding each other?" She squints her dull blue eyes at me.

"He had a knife to me!" I yell in frustration.

"I meant, before he pulled the knife out, dummy." She sneers. Was she jealous?

"What? How long were you watching us?"

"Long enough."

"Thank goodness you came, though. I would probably be dead by now."

"Yeah, whatever." She hunches her shoulders and continues driving.

"Where are we going?" I say, ignoring her weird attitude.

"Wel, I don't think you want to go back home so you can crash at my place until you can find a new place to stay." I nod my head in agreement and thank her, and she shrugged it off.

The ride is mostly silent and I can think of is Katsu, probably bleeding from the head. All he wanted was to save me from everyone. He just doesn't know how to express himself correctly. I should find him again and explain that I truly am sorry that I ran away, again. He'll understand. He loves me, he said it himself, and if you love someone you only hurt them to correct them, right?