Chapter 26 - You Were Punched

Late at night,

"Ugh!" Raymond slowly opened his eyes, his body feels uncomfortable and in pain while he was sleeping.

Sit up on the bed, he switching on his night lamp. "What the hell that that kid does while he takes over this body? Ugh! I feel hurt at every inch of my body." He grumbles while looking for a small mirror inside the nightstand table but couldn't find one.

"Damn! Must be in the closet room." He slowly gets up from the bed and walk to the closet room, while passing by the couch, he could see something is off with the girl who sleeps there.

But because of the dim light inside the room, he ignores it and continues to the closet room.

He switching the lamp on and once he standing on his closet area, he almost shrieking to see his face which is swollen and beaten like he got a punch from someone.

He then touches his forehead which hurt so much, again, his eyes almost pop out from its socket when he sees the bruise on it and it more obvious than the swollen on the face, only it was hidden by his bang that he couldn't notice it earlier. He then looks at his body which full of scratches and red which he assumes the cause of why he feels so uncomfortable.

Feeling so angry right now, he stormed out of the closet room with his few collections of wallet in his hand, he went to where Luna was sleeping.

Pap!

He throws the wallet right at her face.

"Urgh.." Luna touches her cheek which is hurt, and the pain keeps raising.

Pap!

"Hey! Wake up!!" He throws another wallet to her head this time.

"Umm.." Luna scrunching his eyes and slowly remove her blanket. She could no longer take the hit that just landed on his face and head continuously.

Once she sits up, its Raymond turn to gasps and when he saw her face condition with dim light, his heart suddenly stung and it feels like it was pierced by thousands of needles.

He's staggering a bit as the pain start to make him dizzy. He can't endure the pain in his chest caused by his own heart beating. 'This kid!! what the hell had happened when I was asleep?'

With groggy eyes and hoarse voice, Luna asks him "What is it?"

Even though he might be rude and rough with her, he still doesn't have the heart to see her condition like that. She just looked like…

"Follow me." He instructs her before he turns around and starts walking. He needs to endure the pain by doing something that at least can calm his heart down. He can't take another medicine tablet as he already took it a few weeks ago. He only allowed taking the emergency tablet once a month.

"What? What time is it?" She tries to find a clock but then Raymond coldly said again.

"Follow me or hit your ugly face with the book!"

Like has been shot by the lightning, Luna immediately stands up and follow that man from behind.

She walks pass by the closet room and stop at the entrance of the bathroom.

'What is he want to do with me? Why he wants me to follow him here?' her face turn pale with the thought that he might want to do something bad inside.

"Come in. What're you waiting for? Red carpet?" He sarcastically said with his cold tone ever.

Luna sighs before he went push the bathroom door.

Waiting inside is the 'night' Raymond with his swollen face and bruised forehead holding the hair clipper in his hand. He also put a scissor on the top of the marble dresser.

'Oh god! He wants to continue what his mother does this evening?' her tears start to form when she saw that. A slow sniffle let out from her mouth makes Raymond turn to her.

"Sit."

"No." She resists him.

He shot her a death glare. "Look, I don't know what happen with you two while I was asleep. But your face and hair right now, really…I hate to even look at it. Come on. Sit!" He slams his hand on the table which makes a loud thump sound.

Flinching her body in fear, she had no choice except to follow his order. 'That's okay Luna..you can always wear a wig.'

She tries to console her own heart. She slowly waddles to the stool in front of the dresser and sits on it while wiping her tears.

When Raymond turns on the hair clipper machine, Luna closes her eyes. Not daring to look at her own head that is about to get bald.

The buzzing sound mixed with her hiccup and that makes Raymond's heart stung even more. He hates that situation. At least he needs to make her stop crying.

"Care to explain why did we end up like this? I mean, my face, my body and forehead." he starts even though he reluctant to do so.

Sniffle, she tries to find a good word to say. "You threw a tantrum and banging your forehead to the floor."

"And my swollen cheek?"

"That.." She gulps a bit. "You were punched."

"By?"

"Um- Someone from the town."

"Huh! Stupid kid! Can't even fight back." He shakes his head in disbelief. He thought if it was his real self, he might kill that man without a second glance.

Luna did not dare to tell him the truth that she was the one who makes him get that punch.

"And you, what happen? Ganged r*pe?" He asks casually like he doesn't even care at all.

"No."

"Then?"

Luna shakes her head, refuse to tell.

He put the hair clipper on the marble table and take something else, "Tell me or I'll cut your neck with this." He whispers to her ear, threatening her with the sharp beard knife on her neck.

Gulping, she trembly says, "Y-your m-mother."