Nix buried his face in Serna's shoulder, shaking violently. "H-He just started off by taking some pictures of me… I was clothed and stuff, he just seemed interested when he found out my ears are real… and… and then he took me over to his c-couch, and he had his hand on my leg, and when h-his friends came in, he started touching me and trying to take off my underwear even though I told him I didn't want him to…"
Serna gently rubbed Nix's head, already getting to the clearing.
"Hey, hey, you're okay now. None of those men will be able to find you, sweetie. You're not gonna get hurt by them anymore." She held Nix tight to herself, so angry at herself.
"And… a-and I don't know for sure, but I think one of his friends was the one who sent me the bad picture…" Nix whispered shakily, clinging to Serna for dear life. "I'm s-scared…"
"I've got you… We're gonna get rid of your account, okay? No one is going to be able to do this to you again…" She tightened her hold on him, and in a moment they were back at the house.
"I'm so sorry I let you get into that situation, that I didn't know you were in trouble. I was supposed to protect, I'm so sorry…"
Nix sobbed harder into Serna's shoulder, clutching at her weakly. Cas looked up when he heard crying and slipped out of Zachary's lap to open the bedroom door. "Serna? Nix? What happened?" He asked, concerned.
Zachary did his best to wheel himself over, looking at the two with concern in his eyes.
"Nix, he…" Serna should her head a bit. "Someone really, really bad almost happened when he was on a date…" She left out the part about Halm saving Nix.
"O-Oh… Nix, are you okay?" Cas asked gently. Nix shook his head, choking on his sobs. "I-I'm s— s-sorry, b-but I— d— d-don't wanna talk right now…" Nix replied weakly, his ears flat back against his head.
Serna held Nix close, sitting down on the couch with him.
"Okay then, you don't have to sweetie…"
Nix coughed weakly and buried his face further into Serna's shoulder. "Y-You can— c-can call Gloria if you want— b-but I don't wanna talk about it right now…"
Gloria came into the room now, making her way over. She sat next to Serna, not saying anything.
"Okay, that's okay." Serna gently ran her fingers through Nix's hair, patting his back.
Nix hiccuped a few more times, clinging tightly to Serna. Cas tentatively headed over and ran his fingers through Nix's hair. "You're gonna be okay, Nix… we'll take care of you."
By now, everyone was by Nix, watching him with concern. Serna continued to pat Nix's back, keeping quiet. She hated how she had let Nix be hurt like this…
Nix stayed quiet other than his sobs for now, clearly not ready to talk, but also not wanting to be alone. Cas hesitated before sitting down on the couch with them with a worried expression.
Now, Gloria and Cas were sat to either side of Serna and Nix, with Zachary pushing himself over to be by Cas's side of the couch. Serna let out a soft hum, keeping Nix close as she tried to calm him.
"H-He was just… he was being weird…" Nix said weakly after a while of crying. "He wanted to take pictures of me and he wanted me to call him senpai and he had weird pictures of girls around the place and he said we were gonna watch something called hentai with 'people like me' in it?"
Gloria nodded quietly when Nix finally spoke up. Serna bit her lip. Oh god, how hadn't she seen this happening? Nix was a cat, of course people like that would find him first.
"Did he manage to put the hentai on?" Gloria asked softly.
"U-Um… I don't think so, no… he asked one of his friends to when he was touching me, but I think Halm came in and started fighting them before they could actually do it…" Cas seemed confused when Nix mentioned Halm. "H-Halm? Why was he there?"
"Halm… he was the one who saved Nix from those men," Serna said softly. She gently ran her fingers through Nix's hair. Gloria sat back a bit, lips pressed close together.
"Were you afraid of Halm when he came?" Gloria asked gently, knowing it was a touchy subject.
Nix nodded weakly. "A little bit, y-yeah… but then he started fighting the guys and so I ran away…" Cas hesitated before nodding. "Okay… did any of them hurt you?" He asked. Nix considered and then shook his head a bit. "N-Not really, but one of them was holding me really tightly…"
Serna looked over Nix a bit when she found this out.
"He didn't seem to have left any bruises," she confirmed softly. "I'm so sorry, Nix."
Nix sighed shakily and buried his face in Serna's shoulder again. "I-I couldn't get away from them… he was pinning me and he was really close, so I couldn't kick him away…" He whispered. "I… I c-couldn't have gotten away if Halm hadn't shown up…"
Gloria bit her lip. So, Halm had truely saved Nix from going through something like this again?
"Why do you think he came to help you?" Gloria asked gently.
"Um… w-well… he has this thing where he seems to be able to tell what we're feeling, so I'm sure he could tell that I was in distress… I dunno why he came, though…"
Serna ran her fingers through Nix's hair again, thinking over the information. Why had Halm saved Nix? Gloria nodded slightly.
"Okay then…"
Nix purred weakly as he leaned into Serna's hand, a couple fresh tears rolling down his cheeks. "T-The guys still touched me, but at least they couldn't… y-you know…"