Hyoga x Shun Short Stories

Chapter 9

Stepmom

A mother is one of the predominant figures in most people's life. After watching a film Shun hugely dislikes, he begins to think about his deceased mom. But the Andromeda Saint is not completely lacking a mother figure.

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Shun was in the kitchen, making popcorn for the movie he and Hyoga were supposed to watch. It was not a difficult task, but he was still taking forever.

The reason: the film Hyoga had chosen was one Shun wasn't very eager to watch, 'Stepmom'.

A beautiful movie about the love of a mother and how they are the most important person in a child's life. Certainly, the kind of film Hyoga would love and feel identified with, since the love for his mom, Natasha, was infinite, and she was one of the people he loved the most.

Shun, Natasha and watermelons were the Holy Trinity of the Cygnus Saint, and anyone who knew him well couldn't argue with that.

On the other hand, Shun had never met his parents, his brother Ikki was everything he had ever had. Normally, he didn't mind, he knew he had had a rough childhood; but he was loved, and the care and protection he received from the Phoenix Saint could compete with the one of a mother, or any parent.

But that film in particular made him uncomfortable, the way moms were portrayed and embodied by Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts really made the Andromeda Saint nostalgic. The movie was already heartbreaking on itself, but to Shun, it was painful and almost impossible to watch.

Had he explained that to his boyfriend, perhaps Hyoga hadn't been that insisting with that particular film.

Nevertheless, there he was, trying to extend the inevitable, taking a ridiculous amount of time to make the popcorn.

"Shun? Are you okay? You've been there for too long, bunny." Hyoga yelled from the couch, noticing his boyfriend was nowhere to be found.

"Ah... sure, I'll be there in a minute."

Shun had two options at the moment, to tell Hyoga for once and for all that he didn't want to watch that blessed movie, or to swallow his pride and go sit by his side, hoping for the best.

Andromeda went for the second one, reluctantly grabbing the bowl with the snack and headed to the couch.

The movie began, and Shun really was trying his best to enjoy it, to see the bright side of it; but God, was it hard. Hyoga was already very deep into the film, eating popcorn like a maniac.

After a few minutes, Shun's mind began to wander: if he had met his mother, how would she have been?

And just like that, Andromeda was lost in his thoughts. What started as a naive way to try to distract himself from the film, ended up playing against him.

Imagining how his life could have been with a parent, how his mother would have behaved, how her love would have felt... and many more thoughts, only made the Japanese feel more down and sentimental.

His attention returned abruptly to the film, it was almost near the end. For how long had he been thinking? He wasn't sure, anyway, he regretted it.

The scene in question displayed both actresses in a bar, having a conversation about how Susan was too important in her children's life, and after her inevitable death, Julia would have to fill her enormous shoes:

"You know, I never wanted to be a mom. Sharing
it with you.... that's one thing. It's another to be looking over my shoulder for the next twenty years, knowing someone else would have done it better... someone else would have done it right."