"No!" Shawn cried out in a pleading tone, curling just a little more into a ball when he heard Aki telling him he was going to be taken to the nurse. It wasn't her who'd concerned him, because with how often he'd been there, the on call doctor was getting too suspicious. If he was called scared of his brother, it was nothing to the fear he had of his father. He was and is petrified of the man, so much so he wished school was year round just to avoid the broken mess of summer months that only let him see reprieve only when he'd be seen by someone or close to returning to school.<br/><br/>"Please... Don't do this." He pleaded, knowing that with the odd whisper he heard, Aki had picked him up and was carrying him through the halls. He hadn't fully realized, hadn't heard his own intense hiss of pain as he'd been picked up off of the floor. It'd been gentle enough not to pull him from where he'd been lost in a fear of a much worse fate then his brother knowing everything about his school life. "It's not... Not... Not th-that bad." He told him, clinging desperately tight to Aki's shirt. "Please... I've had worse." He told him softly from where his head was on his shoulder, ragged breaths just ghosting over the other boys neck. "M-M-Much worse... I'll heal... Please... I can d-do it m-myself." He was trying to persuade him, let him know that really, it wasn't that bad. That there really had been worse times, times when he'd been unable to walk, found it nearly impossible to breathe, and many times when he'd actually spent most or all of summer holiday in hospital because of injuries. One in particular from many years ago that still cause a bit of a limp to this day, if he wasn't forcing himself to walk normal. One he was actually pretty sure Aki was unknowingly giving everyone a little glimpse of as they walked past them. Whoever was by his feet had to have seen the twisted hints of his horrible burn scar.<br/><br/>"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Leo's voice caused a whimpering squeak to come out of Shawn as his grip tightened to the point his knuckles became as white as his own shirt, though his fingers were curled in Aki's shirt and he buried his face into his neck, an unconcious attempt to hide. "Do you think he can't walk?" He asked, stepping slowly around Aki as he reached and gave a firm tug to get Shawn's right pant leg longer then the left and hiding his scars again. "He's fine... Our father... He's been through worse." Leo said through clenched teeth, close to Aki's ear. "I'll be at football practice after school... If you want to try something." He added as he fixed his brothers pant leg again, tucking it into his sock, which had cause a visible relaxation in the younger boy, but it was easy to see that his grip never loosened from white knuckle tight on Aki's shirt.<br/><br/>When Leo was gone, Shawn blew out a shaking breath "Please... Please... Don't take me to her... She'll m-make phone c-c-ca-calls." He told him, shifting his face closer to his neck so there was no denying his strained warm breath on his neck. It was another one of those times when it was just hard to breathe. "I... I have whats needed... In my room." He whispered to him, his eyes still closed. "She doesn't need to know... Please."