"The key is in my door" he confess clinging to Richard though the blankets, hearing that he wouldn't say anything he felt happy even if it was to use him, he was happy to be the doll at the moment "I asked myself what my crime was" he begin in a whisper "He said my crime was a simple one... my crime was being second born" I clenched my eyes and when I opened them again his feet where gone. His hand going to his hair as he tried to make sense of everything

Richard didn't know really what that meant either. But it would probably come back to haunt Aaron now. It had something to do with self doubt he thought. "I'll be back." He got up to leave to retrieve the key. He was planning to make it look like Aaron was locked in his room then lock his own door as well. For when their parents came home. If they seen him like this, he would be in more than enough trouble. "stay."

He walked out the door and went for the key as it was still in the door. He took it out, inspecting the drawing once more. He still didn't make any sense of it accept maybe regret for being born at all. But he didn't think about that as he walked back to his room and locked the door from the inside. He went back to the bed and to the spot that was still warm. "They're not going to like what you did to the wall."

Aaron wanted to grab Richard not wanting to be alone in case the man came back "Ry don't leave me" he begged but it was to late, he was about to follow but hearing him being told to stay he remained exactly where he was, hearing Richard speak when he returned he brought down the blanket "That is what happened on our fifth birthday, the book that sat beside me I still have" he say quietly "It's my do's and don'ts" he bringing the blanket up "It's under my bed on the wall where they never check I will erase it when I go back" he say in a low tone

"For now they'll think you're there since the door's locked." Richard stripped down to his t-shirt, removing his sweater. He only wore his casual things like this when he was mainly alone. He'd put them on to go tree climbing and draw. He grabbed the blanket and got in the bed, resuming his place on Aaron. He remembered doing this when they were younger too. Now it looked a bit more awkward though. "Okay stowaway what am I going to do with you?" He asked as he provided himself as the 'safety' blanket he used to be.

"O-okay Ry" he say he wasn't going to argue with him he just curled under the blanket unaware what Richard was doing outside the blanket, until he got in. Aaron kept his eyes cast down like he had since they where kids he was afraid if he did he would get hurt, feeling him lean over him like he once did to protect him, his hand remained on his hair "Whatever you want Ry" he whisper not wanting to argue with him he was afraid he would be sent back to his room

Richard thought for a moment. He wanted more trust. He didn't want to keep raping Aaron as it wouldn't resolve anything. He let his hands trail over him none the less. "I wish you would trust me more. I really am sorry about the other night. I was under so much pressure and stress that I ended up being too rough for my own control. But I still wanted to do it none the less just not, without your consent. But I didn't wait for it and I'm sorry." He kissed Aaron's forehead, looking down at him.

Aaron said nothing for a moment "It's okay Ry, I'm your doll. I can accept that I just don't want to be alone, he might come back" he say in a small tone "It just hurt a lot" he tilled his head down more a soft sigh crossing his lips as Richard's hand trailed over his form "I don't mind, please just don't send me away" his voice begged him

Richard nodded, knowing he shouldn't have went with his instinct then and actually slowed down to do things right. He sat up, lifting Aaron until he lay down. He wanted his spot in the bed if they were doing anything. "I'll let you stay but only if you punish me the way I did to you that night. It's only fair. Then I'll do things right." He smirked his signature smirk. He thought it seemed fair and that way he would see why Aaron was so worked up earlier.

Aaron didn't fight against Richard as he was moved but he refused to let go at any point, as lay down, hearing the stipulation he let go and began to move out the bed "I-I can't Ry, I-I won't" he say standing heading towards the door. The thought of doing that made him sick, he rather take his chances in his room. Getting to his room he tried to open it but it was locked. Sliding down the wall he brought his knees to his chest and closed his eyes as he heard the voices again "You know you could have taken your revenge" a female voice said, he opened his eyes and moved them to the right he seem what looked like a little victorian girl "Because I am not like him, nothing good comes from revenge" he whisper

"So you are happy being a toy to being played around with, being beaten emotionally and physically" he say, he looked at her over her for a moment and closed his eyes "I'm his doll... that's my place they say" opening his eyes, he seen the doll she had been holding his eyes going wide as he moved quickly away from it

Richard sighed, going to look for Aaron. He was delusional, which meant trouble. He had to find him before he did something he didn't know he was doing. He searched around, stopping by Aaron's room. He knew it was locked but Aaron must have left before he got there.

Aaron would be sat in the corner of the hallway his eyes on the doll, there was no way he could be imagining that, his eyes then moved up to Richard "Richard there is a doll by your feet, she left it... the girl from when I was six" her say her wasn't shaking but he was curled in the fetal position, his hand touching his hair "I-I'm sorry I couldn't do as you asked. Nothing good would have came of that and if you got mad you would say that I raped you to our parents and I'd be beaten so bad I'd need a hospital bed in the intensive care unit" he say shaking a little at the thought

"If I can't stay with you because of the request perhaps I could stay with Lucy, Chess or another of my family" he stood keeping his hand on his hair and slowly made his way down the stairs, he knew Richard went to their parents when they where younger about his problems and they had been dismissed as nothing more than childish fantasy's, but he knew deep down it was one of the reasons he had to remained barefoot, before Richard said anything he had allowed to wear trainers and go outside so longs he kept on the estate

Richard brushed it off, leaving a note for Aaron in his room. He loved having the master key. He figured he'd roam around the other rooms and things just to occupy his boredom. Aaron would come back if he truly wanted to. Otherwise he would just wait around.

Aaron got to the kitchen but instead of saying anything to Lucy or Chess he helped with his chores, Lucy let him know that their Parents had called and they where away for the week on a business trip and that their nanny was coming to look after them. Hearing the news Aaron almost dropped the plates he had in his hand in happiness. Their nanny was the only family member that didn't actually hate him.

Placing the plates for lunch on the counter he ran upstairs and into Richard's room "RY!!!" he yelled in happiness not caring how loud he was "GUESS WHAT!!! NANNY IS COMING TO LOOK AFTER US!!!" he never even waited for him to have a guess he jamp on Richard's bed and bounced up and down like he had A.D.D

"Whoa. hey now. Stop jumping on me." Richard had gotten back from exploring when the maids told him to get out of their rooms. Hard to find good help these days. They're too worried about you routing through their underwear drawers. "well I guess that's good for you. Parents must be gone for a while then?" He sighed and grabbed Aaron so he would stop bouncing.

Hearing his brother telling him to stop jumping he did instantly "I'm happy, it's been so long since I've seen nanny..." he paused and looked thoughtfully "I wonder if she'll remember us" he say then he looked to his clothing and bit his lip "Ry I have a problem" he say honestly, he didn't exactly look like he belonged in the family, more like a stray they took in "Also what if nanny want's to go out? I'm not allowed without mother and father, my rules say so" he say

"Mother and father are going to be away for a week at least, so nanny is going to be here until they return" he say walking to the door, popping his head around the door frame he seen the doll still sitting by his door "Do you think I'm crazy Ry?" he ask seriously

Richard ponders for a moment. He could live without some clothes. But he surely couldn't let him leave with her. "I can let you borrow some things but I dunno what to do about that rule." He thought about Aaron's question for a moment. "Sorry but I do think you should be checked out. It isn't normal to still see things. If you allow it I can help you get medication for it." He sighed. "But if not I won't tell since I don't feel like it."

"Ry I have some cloths but they are for going out" he say moving down the hall to the doll, kneeling he picked the doll up and headed back to Richard's room holding it out "Ry can you see this scary doll? It has a noose around it's neck" he say as if it was normal "I can't use your clothing, they are tailored to your body" he say honestly looking to the doll for a moment "My body type is different to yours, your taller" he say moving to the bed smiling ploping the doll next to him.

"If nanny wants to go out do you think they would get mad if I went?" he ask, hearing what he said bout getting help he closed his eyes "So there is something wrong with me... they'll never allow me to be checked out" he say turning to the doll and playing with it a little "Last time you mentioned that a new rule was added, the rule I couldn't go outside without them" his voice grew cold almost demonic "I have to remain barefoot unless being used as their doll" he continued his voice keeping the same cold tone as he focused on the doll he was playing with

"we could always sneak you out. But you still should get tested for things. Because I definitely don;t see that doll you're playing with. It looks like you're teasing air to me." Richard said dryly. "I'm not sure but while they're gone we could try and get you checked out and all that." He wouldn't tell since it was a health concern. Nobody should be in the same house with a schizophrenic or any other paranoia, at least without them on their proper medications.

"I refuse to sneak out, I tried that remember and you told and father beat me for it" he say continuing to play with the doll "The girl I seen when I was six left it, it never had a noose before though" he say plopping it down next to him before smiling sweetly "Are you going to tell nanny I'm crazy and need to go see someone?" he ask, he looked down almost in defeat he didn't want to be thought about as crazy "I won't say if I see them or hear them, they'll send me a way... I don't want to be alone in a padded room Ry don't make me" he begged the other, he was scared at the prospect of being sent away

Richard shook his head. "No I think pills are all you'd need. But you do need something." He sat on the bed, pulling him in closer. "You will go to see a psychiatrist, at the very least. No matter the consequences, it's a lot safer than you seeing things and who knows what would happen next. You need to be put on medications to make them go away or else they never will."

"Ry, I've been hearing voice and seeing things since I was six" he confess, curling into Richard as he was pulled closer to him "If I was dangerous, something bad would have happened by now wouldn't it" he say looking up to him with a smile, to him he thought Richard was over reacting, besides he was kept on a very tight leash

"Yeah but the noose is new. You should still have medications. At least a trial. If they work good. If not then you don't have to do anything about it. How about that?" Richard said, trying to coax him into going out of the house and go to a shrink. "I don't care if it breaks the rules. I'll back you up."

Aaron shook his head "I'm not going out, I'm not allowed... not without mother and father" he say biting his lip, he thought that it was some sort of trap and he refused to fall for it, his eyes went to the doll "I shouldn't have said anything, now you think I'm crazy" he said as he stood up walking to the door "I'm sorry Ry I'll be normal" was the last thing he he said before moving to his room.

Entering his room he crawled under his bed and looked to the drawing, he took his pencil and drew the girl he seen since he could remember standing beside him, in her hand was the doll with the noose around her neck, after drawing her he dropped his pencil, his hand going to his hair as he closed his eyes

Richard headed for Aaron's room. Leaning by the door he didn't try opening it. Instead he sat and tried to talk him out of there. It was no trap and he needed to get mental help. "Come on. You can trust me. It's not a trap. I'm looking out for you." It was true. Even though he was hesitant in helping.

"I won't go I'm not allowed, I'll get punished if I leave" he say without leaving the safety of under his bed "You have yet to give me a reason to believe you" he say with a cold tone. Lucy came up the steps and seen Richard at Aaron's door "What are you tormenting him about this time!" she scolded "Isn't you're pillow fluffed enough your highness" she said bitterly walking into the room.

kneeling next to the bed she look under to Aaron, seeing the picture she sighed "Aaron stay there okay, I'll be back with a treat" he say with a smile as she stood and walked out of the room dragging Richard into his room "Why didn't you tell us!" she scolded him, her eyes showing true worry "What was his stresser?" she ask sitting on the chair by his desk

"I might have been at fault. But he's the one who came in here saying something about a man's voice and all the other things." Richard told Lucy all what happened with the voices and a doll with the noose. "I was trying to coax him out of these and to go see a damn psychiatrist." He sighed as he looked Lucy in the eyes.

Lucy looked at him "You seriously don't know do you..." she sighed "At first we didn't understand either believing it to be nothing more than a child imagination" she say standing taking Richard's hand she took him to a room where even he would have been forbidden to go and opened it "This was Aaron's old cell before he got moved into the small one he has now" she say walking in hesitantly.

On the walls there would be drawings of different people, from different places around the world, from different era's. Some of the people looked pretty normal, but as you got further and further into the room the images of the people looked more and more disturbing and the room itself became more and more unnerving. "Years of abuse caused this, the staff seen him change and we tried to get him help, but your parents stopped it, how would it make them look after all to have an insane child..." she paused for a second "so we decided look after him as family and it staved off the voices and the them..." she pointed to the walls filled with people

"If she is back then we are in trouble" she say walking to the image of a little Victorian girl holding a doll "You said a noose right..." she pondered for a moment "It means someone is taking a drop if he stress's any further" she say moving to the bed picking up the doll that was in the picture, "I found it in the attic one day and gave to Aaron as a gift... he adored it" she say handing it to Richard "He drew that picture of the girl and doll two years before I found the doll" she say walking out of the room feeling they where no longer welcome

Richard went silent, unsure as to what she meant. He didn't want to know who would be taking the 'drop' and didn't care to find out. "what do we do now?" He asked in moderate concern. Honestly if their parents hadn't wanted to keep Aaron. Why was he still there. He could be in a safer place and have the right medications. Though he would miss his little puppet too.

"when I say drop... I mean someone is going to hang" she say walking down back into Richard's room, sitting back on the chair before she thought about answering the question "We need to get his stress level down before he hangs himself or someone in the household" she say honestly, she knew Aaron wasn't a bad person, but if he didn't get some comfort the voices would become loud again and they would do whatever it took to keep him safe.

She knew he was more than likely wondering why Aaron was still within the household and not in a psyche ward "How do you think it would effect your family's social status if one of their children was in a mental institute?" she say gently "They would lose social standing and it's something they just will not allow" she say lowering her head "He is suffering for them to look good, and to keep your life easy, he doesn't mind so longs he feels some sort of love... you where a stresser a major one and now he is stressed and afraid that you want him to be sent away meaning you are the likely target of her rage if he doesn't calm" her voice was deadly serious on the the subject

"Then what do you expect me to try and do to resolve this?" Richard asked, lying on his bed. He was lying there as if he was in a psychiatrist's office or something. All Lucy needed was a pad and pen and he would really be in one. "they'd probably kill him if he did something like that. So that's not good for any of us then." He bit his lip thinking. "I still say he should have pills though."

Lucy stood up and walked to the door "Your nanny is coming so he will distress easily" she would say before stopping "Give him the doll and to him you would have shown him love and that will help, also it will gain you trust" she say quietly "They wouldn't expect him... they gave him a book of rules to follow which he does to the letter as he is afraid of punishment, besides the staff would protect him, we are his family even if he is only a doll to those who should love him" she say her voice was sad as she spoke, she began to walk "If you think he needs help, bring the doctor here, he won't leave to go see one" she say walking out the room to go get the treat for Aaron

Richard nodded, staring down at the doll. He would wait until Lucy sedated him with the treat first. That seemed like the best plan. He put the doll on the bed and took to his laptop for now. If things didn't work he had the doctor on speed dial on his cell phone.

Lucy went into the kitchen and called a quick staff meeting letting everyone know the goings on with Aaron, needless to say they where sympathetic and each said they would do their best to make him feel loved and special. Chess went into the fridge and brought out a piece of rocky road cheesecake "Luce, his favorite" he say handing her the plate. Kissing Chess on the cheek she took the plate and hurried up into Aaron's room.

Entering she seen him at his desk writing "Little brother are you okay?" she ask approaching him, though she should have been nervous she showed no fear placing the plate next to him "I was thinking, if Chess loved us a lot for lunch we could have a family picnic... even Richard could come if you like" she say kissing the top of his head before hugging him.

Reading a little over his shoulder she seen him writing a short story about a caged bird, how sad and lonely it was for being kept separate from everyone. She felt sympathetic knowing the bird in the story was the one she held in her arms "I'd like a picnic Lucy, can we have it down stairs in the mainhall?" he sounded so happy that she suggested a family picnic, Lucy smiled and nodded "Whatever you want little brother... look Chess made your favorite for your snack" she say motioning to the cheesecake "I'll come collect the plate after we get everything ready, I'll let you invite Richard if you like" she say lovingly kissing his cheek before walking out allowing him to enjoy his sweet, which he did immensely

Richard had been stalking the hallway for the right time to enter, seeing Lucy walk by he figured now was the time. He had the doll in his hand, leaning in the doorway. He waited for Aaron to turn around after he knocked. He always did the formal thing except those few times he'd barge in. The last time he vowed not to do that since he hated himself for what he'd done. "I found something for you." He said, hiding the doll behind him.

Hearing the knock Aaron looked up still having the spoon in his mouth, he looked so innocent as he made the 'mmmmmmm' noise showing he was enjoying the treat. he blinked seeing Richard standing at his door wondering why he knocked, he never knocked and even when he did he still came in without an invite "Found something for me?" he say after taking the spoon out of his mouth cutting a little more of the cheesecake to eat, he was curious as to what it could be and it showed in his eyes

Richard couldn't help but chuckle. "It must be some good. You're practically drooling. Yeah. Close your eyes." He said, waiting for Aaron to do so before he walked in and placed the doll in his hands. "now. Open." He stood off to the side, leaning against the wall.

Hearing Richard's words he grinned "It's not good, it's Chess's famous Rocky road cheesecake, he makes it specially for me if I've been good and finished my chores" he say grinning like a Cheshire cat. Hearing Richard telling him to close his eyes and hold out his hands he done so without question, feeling something being placed in his hand and then being told to open, he looked down to the doll quietly "Hay you said you couldn't see the doll, you even took the noose away" he say happily playing with it "Where you just messing around with me?" he ask, honestly believing Richard had been playing a joke on him

Richard nodded along with the lie. "Yeah. I can't believe you fell for it." He chuckled as he decided to sit on Aaron's bed. "I guess you'd do anything for that cake then? It's gotta be drugged or something by the sound of it." He teased in a mock tone.

Aaron pouted and looked up as he said he had a trick played on him "That's mean Ry" he put the doll down next to his cheesecake and without warning pounced Richard before tickling him "I'll get my revenge on you" he giggle happily hearing the next question he stop and thought "I do my chores and I get a bit, the harder I work the bigger the piece I get as a treat" He believed that is how a family worked, They would give him pocket money, but they knew it to be a waste of time after all he couldn't leave the house without permission from his parents or without his parents and even when he did go to the store with them he was usually told to stay in the limo so they treated him with desserts as a well done "Chess wouldn't drug me, he loves me to much... we're going to have a picnic for lunch in the main hall" he say happily "It's a family picnic"

"I was joking about the drugged cake anyway It's drugged...with sugar." Richard got his revenge by flipping them. "Now who's tickling who?" He said before he began. "hmm what's that for?" He asked about the picnic. He assumed it was staff only.