Willow's book of random

xB angst is fun

Tw: Abuse, neglect, attempted murder

"Dad? Where are we going?"

"I'm taking you to an old friend of mine. His name is Xisuma. He's gonna take you somewhere Mom can't find you."

For a while, there was a sad silence between the two of them.

"Dad?"

"Yeah son?"

"Why did Mom want to kill me?"

He sighed, then looked at his son.

"Your mother... didn't want you at the start. When you were born, she wanted to get rid of you. I convinced her to keep you. She never liked you, as you realized, but she tolerated you. But she had too much tonight, and she broke today. I'm so sorry I didn't stop her earlier."

"Will I see you again?"

He sighed

"I don't know. I hope so."

The young kid looked out of his window, watching the starts shimmer in the water

"I'll miss you dad."

"I'll miss you too honey, but at least I'll know you're safe."

Too soon they reached the small cottage at the end of the island. The man, Xisuma, was already waiting for them. xB got out, taking his backpack with him, gave his dad one last hug, then went through the portal to Hermitcraft.

10 years later

"Hey xB, Xisuma's almost back, and the new refugee's with him."

Xb quickly ran towards the main portal along with the other hermits. When he got there he saw X standing there, with an almost-familiar person next to him.

"Everyone, meet our newest member: Vintagebeef."

"Dad?"

Tw: More abuse, knife, crazy lady

also POV change

Whenever someone new joins, the refugees show them everything they can.

My dad is no exception.

As soon as X was done introducing him, they grabbed his hand and pulled him around, showing him all the things the Hermits have done since X first created our safe haven.

I followed then, staying behind a few blocks, watching Dad. He had changed a bit, but he still looked like the man that brought me here 10 years ago. He even wore the same jacket he wore that day.

After a while I got bored of following them, and went back to my house, wondering whether Dad would even remember me. He never visited me while I was here.

Soon enough, the sun was just above the horizon. I sighed, wiped a tear from my face, then took the road to my favorite viewpoint. When I got there, I saw Dad sitting on the log I usually sit on. He was looking out over the ocean. I stood there, unsure whether I should go to him or not. Then he spoke up..

"Do you remember, back when you were still at home, each time we drove to our little spot near the beach, where we would watch the sunset, then sleep under the stars. I really miss those days."

"After all this time..."

"Of course. How could I ever forget?"

He turned around and waved me to him. I walked over and sat down, and he pulled me closer.

"I missed you so much. I really did."

"Why didn't you come see me?"

He sighed, and looked down at his hands. There were bandages on them, something I didn't notice before.

"Your mother... didn't want to let me leave. As soon as I got home, she locked all the doors and forced me to become her servant. All this time, she made me do everything, while she did to me whatever she wanted to. She would regularly hit or cut me."

I looked at Dad, finally nothing the many marks on him. It was bad, worse than what Mom did to me.

"How'd you get out?"

"Last night, while I was sleeping, I felt something sharp on my neck. When I woke up, she was standing next to me, holding a knife to my throat. I got out of bed, and she cut me, but it wasn't too deep..." he pointed at the bandage around his neck "...and I just went into a full panic. I broke the window and jumped out, then ran as far as I could. She didn't follow me, luckily. I made it to an abandoned garage, called X, and he brought me here."

I pulled dad into a hug, with tears flowing down my face.

"I'm so sorry Dad. I'm sorry that happened to you. I-"

"Hey, it's okay, I'm safe now. I won't leave you again."

"I love you Dad."

"I love you too xB."