The boy made it home in the afternoon, his body still fatigued from the earlier incounter. He uneasily made his way through the towns streets. He could hear someones voice which he recognized. It was the older brother who he despised, it was not only because his parents favored him but because of how sadistic he was. The yelps of a puppy could be heard as he approached the dusty crevice the sounds were coming from.

"stupid fucking mut, this is what you deserve for..." The small boy rounded the corner to meet eye to eye with his sibling. Silence took over the scene as they stared into eachothers eyes. The boy knew he had made a grave mistake. He thought he could sneak and see what was going on but to actually be caught so eaily he was speachless.

"I see so we have another mutt that wants to play. Come on don't be shy now." The older boy took steps towards the smaller boy now known as Mutt. Fear took over the small boys body, we wanted with all of his being to run but like many times before he knew it would only make is situation worse. He loudly gulped as the steps got closer. "Come on now, cat got your fucking tongue?"

The older brother gripped the boys hair bringing his face closer to his, "Say something Mutt, you want to save this poor animal? You always cry and tell mom that do this but she doesn't believe you." The boy shivered almost recovering from the fatigue he felt earlier as fear began to drive his body. He was angry at himself by the fact he had not just minded his own business and continued home.

The older brother chuckled releasing the grip he had at the smaller boys head, he slapped him on the cheek repeatedly before backing away. The smaller boy gritted his teeth accepting the blows that was targeted at him. There was no point in defending himself it was a hopeless situation. "You have always been as pretty as a girl, i should sell you to a brothel and let all the men have rounds with you." The older of the two angrily grabbed the puppy at his feet lauging at what he said before.

The puppy could barely whimper as it was already beated and bleeding. Seeing the state the puppy was in made the small boy tear up which was a grave mistake. He knew it was but emotions ruled his body, he had already been emotionally drained but his heart began to ache again. "I see so you don't want to see the puppy hurt huh. Wah wah." The older boy laughed hysterically. Out of nowhere the older boy pulled a knife from behind him and put it up to the puppies neck.

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It was as if his body did what it wanted as the small boy reached out, "No, No brother please. It did nothing to deserve this. Ill do anything!" His brother grimaced in digust as he back handed the small boy. "how dare you raise your hand against me." The boy fell to his back from the blow and instantly regretted his foul choice. "I didn't mean it like that. I jus.." Before he could finish his sentence a foot came crashing into his face. "Shut the fuck up, Mutt! I did not give you permission to speak. If you feel so bad why dont you prove it and cut yourself."

The boy took a few seconds to recover from the kick but he lifted himself to his butt and sat there now crying. He didn't want to hurt anything, including himself. A knife hit the ground before him, he initially picked it up but after examining it as it was rusty and looked broken he could only drop it. "Hey! pick that up right now or the puppy dies, Mutt" The older boy began to squeeze the puppies neck.

Shaking his head feircely the small boy picked the knife back up making the older one release his death grip on the puppy. "Ill do it please stop. Let me have some time" The boy put the knife to his wrist pressing down lightly. He tried steeling himself but nothing worked. "I will give you thirty seconds come on Mutt. 30, 29, 28..." The countdown started but the boy could not push down hard enough.

It seemed he was weaker than a leaf as he continued trying to cut himself. "10, 9, 8..." THe boy got frantic, the tears that streamed down his cheeks increased to a blinding amount. Snot began to form at his nose, as he continued trying all the strength he could muster, however it was too late. With a deafening crack the boy dropped the knife. He knew what happened but couldnt move. His crying stopped and all the words that came from his brothers mouth after was muffled.

Everything around him went blurred as his head was kicked yet again by his brother. He laid almost lifeless as his brother walked away, All he could stare at was the back of his brothers shirt. Everthing became clear after laying in that state for an unknown amount of time. Words that he heard earlier that day came circling in his head. 'Accept the hunger, accept the hunger and the pain will stop.'