â    Sometimes he would blame himself for not working out so much and being way too skinny looking even though muscles were all over his perfectly sculpted body. Yes, killing was a job that took skills, but it was never him controlling his own movementsâhe was being controlled instead, his sight being the only thing left to his own control. Things were different when he would get caught by bandits in the street, the kind of people who would point a gun to his head and ask for money ⌠funny thing was, he would never give in, and whenever he did find himself in such situation, he would come back home swollen, beaten up and probably bleeding in several spots of his pale flesh. The reason why he was never killed? Probably because it was always night, and no one thought such a silly boy would have the guts to go to the cops.
     Long fingers crawled down into the depths of the tall maleâs pockets, the cold breeze having his body shaking as he tried to hide his face into the scarf around his neck as much as possible. It wasnât of much useâit was actually way too cold. Though, unfortunately, not cold enough to avoid what was to come. Two males got a hold of his slim yet muscled arms, dragging the startled photographer into a nearby alley before shoving him against the cold hard wall. They voiced were rushed, almost as if they were running from something or someoneâand they probably were. When he was asked about money, Thomas mentioned he had none, his body being violated by hands looking through his pockets, both front and back. Grossâhe hated being touched in any way.
     Apparently, not having money was enough to have a punch hitting him straight on the stomach, harsh words meeting his ears when calling him useless, a waste of timeâhe knew he wasnât supposed to care, but those were things he had been dealing with his whole life. No sound came out as the pain took place, punches to his jaw, cheeks stomach, sidesâit all came too often, and soon he could feel his whole body feeling sore, a few more kicks here and there being enough to open wounds on both his chest and his face, blood slowly rolling down along his porcelain flesh. Pain ⌠physical pain somehow made him feel alive, and he couldnât find it in himself to try escaping. It was useless.
     Those two males were merciless because a while went by and he was still being beaten upâuntil something happened. Suddenly, there were punch sounds, groans ⌠another fight. Why though? And then he was being pulled up into someoneâs strong arms, bridal style. Even though the maleâs vision was somewhat blurred due the overwhelming pain and blood loss, he was still able to catch a quick glance at the latterâit was a male, strong, handsome ⌠but a stranger. He didnât recognize who was it, but he was too weak to protest and any help was welcomed, his head ending up resting on the strangerâs shoulder as his eyes slowly fell closed.
    âAre you okay?â A deep and concerned voice was all he could hear before everything went black and all his senses left his body. He wasnât able to reply, and now his well being was in a strangerâs hands. Great.