Choosing Between Them

It started out with a punch

Trigger Warning: strong language, violence and abuse.

Dustin's P.O.V.

I woke up this morning like I do every day with my 'dad' beating me black and blue. The punches flew before I could even wake up. The insults started after. My 'dad' then grabbed my hair and threw me out of bed onto the cement floor. I couldn't complain, my bed was just a mattress that was barely high enough to be considered a bed.

The moment I hit the floor or maybe even before I did the kicks rained down on me. My ears lay flat on my head and my tail wrapped around my waist as 'Mr. Father of the year' beats me. I'm sorry let me introduce myself. I'm Dustin Gray and I'm a neko, also I'm currently being beaten by my so called father who is human.

Which explains this situation right now. My father hates anything supernatural, it was a werewolf that took his parents away and vampire that took his siblings. That could make anyone hate them. But being a neko to him I was the same. I would kill someone he loved if I wasn't locked up, beaten and belittled or so he thought.

I wasn't one for violence so when he'd beat I'd just sit there quietly. I learned that if I cry it'll only get worse. I held in my screams of pain as the knife like insults pierced my chest and the kicks cracked bones I didn't know existed until I felt them shatter beneath my skin. The harsh blows came one after another and another and another. Endless punches and it was only three in the morning. He must have woken up angry then.

One thing to know about this man is that there are only two feelings he has when he wakes up. He's either angry or too drunk to see straight. I was hoping for the former but no such luck. Then I noticed the punches had stopped. I looked up only to get a punch to the face a cackle afterwards.

Then he left, finally. I sigh and get up with a huff. After 5 failed attempts I was finally able to walk. I walked upstairs and grabbed a large bag of ice, then went to the bathroom and filled the tub with the ice and cold water. It gets rid of evidence as my father would say. I sat in the tub until the ice melted and got out. I got dressed in black skinny jeans and a blue button up shirt and black sneakers. Dark clothes hid the blood.

I made my way to my second hell, school. I hadn't gotten into the school for more than 2 seconds before Josh was on me. I can't catch a break. I sigh and wait for the words I knew would come with the punches and kicks in was receiving currently.

Fag

Worthless

Piece of shxt

Freak

Disgusting

So many words were thrown and each one more true than the last. Josh was a werewolf and he hated cats. Cliche right? He also found out I was gay and suddenly I wanted him. I didn't. He was cruel and sadistic. After he was done beating me he walked away laughing loudly and the crowd that I hadn't noticed until now had dissipated except one person.

Tobias. My only friend since practically forever. He is a vampire but he never attacked me or others, he's a lovable guy and has a big heart. He looked down at me with concern and worry written on his face. He helped me to the nurse. Nurse Carla was very nice and she always worried about me even if nothing happened. When we got to her office the questions flew before we even got in the room.

"If you would stop being so stubborn whoever did this would have a boot up their a$$ but noooo you just can't tell me! Dustin this is ridiculous! Don't you trust me?" Nurse Carla ranted, I would have laughed if it didn't hurt so bad.

"It’s fine Carla, I'm fine-" "Ha no you aren't! You look like you've been hit by a bus. I'm surprised you haven't passed out from pain." Carla continued to lecture me on the proper way to beat someone. Thankfully Tobias ended the conversation explaining that we had class in 5 minutes. Tobias led me out of the room and held me up as we walked. I tapped his shoulder, "Tobias can we skip please I don't feel like school." I whined and he chuckled as we made our way out of the school. "If my grades slip I'm blaming you Dustin." I fake gasp, "Lil ole me? Why I could never do such a thing. I could never skip." I said in fake innocence.

"Oh please you are the least innocent person I know." He chuckled as we walked. Where are we going? "Where are we going Toby?" I asked slightly confused. "My house silly you've been there more than enough to know the way there." He laughed. Oh right. We got to Toby's house only to see it empty. It makes sense since it's Thursday and all. We went up to his room and played video games. I caught him staring at me a couple times but I was confused as to why. I shrugged my shoulders continued playing. We were playing Killing floor 2 and I was currently MVP. Fps games are my favorite.

In the end I had the most kills and the least amount of deaths. It was fun to be free of beatings even if only for a while. That's what I liked about Tobias, he always made me forget about my worries. No matter how bad everything gets I know I can trust he's there for me.