Knock! Knock!
The sound of the door being knocked on, yanked the young man out of his thoughts as he stared at it. His eye lids fell slightly as he reminisced of who it was.
He stood up, and with calm steps walked up to his door, before opening it with a loud creeeeaak!
The door opened, and outside of it stood a woman.
The person—a woman standing straight, aged 51 looked far older than her age . Her face was white and she stood at 5 ft4 tall. She wore a long white skirt which was embroided with a pink and blue flower design and on her upper body was a worn out small brown jacket. Her brown eyes stared at the young man standing in front of her, her eyes stained with worry. This woman was his mom
The woman smiled at her son and said the saddest "goodmorning"
The young man didn't respond he just stared at her, his eyes seemingly….
Seeing his no response she continued but this time her tone dropped to something far sadder"He will soon be here….your father."
As soon as she said that, the young man thoughts travelled to his past, his mind thinking of him…his father.
The bastard man who was the reason for his birth and also played a major role in his mothers death in the future.
As he thought of him, the young man fist seemed to almost want to curl into a fist but he let go of it. Letting someone else control his emotion. No he wasn't taking it.
His father was a beast and a cheat. Ever since he had married his mother, he turned into his true self—A misogynist!
"He had feigned love and kindness for her using her as a means to enter my mothers family and get a stake in the company. After that he had squandered the money, on drugs, prostitutes and all sort and when my mom had confronted him countless times he had beat her up like a dog"
Thinking of it, the young man thought of the countless times he had been forced to watch his family fight. How many times he had wished at night that his family was normal. Even though they were rich, they were more unhappy than those who were poor. He did not know the reason why she chose to stay in the marriage but he new one thing, he had come to the past and he was going to change the future.
With that thought he mind, he said calmly "Don't worry..he won't get in here"
His mothers eyes, opened wide and she frantically shouted "No what do you thinking you are saying..you need to hide. You know what he will do to you. You know what he did to him…
As soon as he heard that word from his mother, the young man's jaw tightened.
He remembered it. He remembered it well.
He had finally managed to muster up the courage to confront his father a few weeks ago, but it had ended up in a disaster. He had been beaten badly like a dog. His face highly bruised. He could still remember the doctors collective gasps when they saw him rushed to the hospital..even now he could still feel his cheek slightly hurt from just the memory.
"Don't worry. Like I said he won't get here. Trust me. I will protect you." Saying that, he stepped out of the room with not even a slight hesitation. He wasn't a fool and he also wasn't trying to sound brave. If he could not handle it, he will say it.
But he could! With his past life memories, the fighting styles learned, the body control. Taking care of his father was a piece of cake. And if his father annoyed called for backup….
No.. it was soon going to happen. He could already tell. Tomorrow was the day it was going to begin. Today, in his past life, he had hidden and his mother had gotten slapped and bitched around for more than two hours. When he had come out of hiding, he had taken her quickly to the hospital and with that, it had greatly affected his growth when they appeared.
But with his fighting prowess, memories, and of course the determination and control of himself, no one lower than at least an S tier ability user should be able to match him toe to toe.
The young mans mother seeing him, could not help but fear as she quickly stood at his path. She shouted resolutely "No I can't let you go. I don't care!" Her eyes flickered with guilt " You are my son Lucan! You have a future ahead of you. I couldn't protect your brother and now…." Her voice failed, as tears began to fall from her eyes "Now…He can no longer move. I know I am not a good mother. I know I am not in the least worthy of your love. I know I have been nothing but a burden." As she said that, the tears began to intensify "But you…I cant loose you too"
Her voice finally broke down as she fell on the ground sobbing, tears and snot rolling down her face as she tried to use her arms to clean the beads rolling down her cheek.
The young man named Lucan just watched her, the tears. The sadness. The burden in her heart. Whether it be the love hidden in his heart he still had for his mother or the fact that her cry's still touched at something human inside of him, he didn't know…but as he saw his body crouch down and hug at his mother..maybe it was alright to just enjoy this moment…