Eventide ~ a spicy noodles fanfic

Chapter 5. Mother and Son

Red went back home that night completely zoned out thinking about Mk's patience. As he opened the door, Iron fan was once again waiting for him. "So? There better be more promising results today." She scoffed. Red snapped back to reality. "Y-yes, mother. The reasoning for his pathetic kindness is the will to help people, in fact, he hopes to help me. H-his weakness is his kindness, just as father said. Showing kindness leaves him vulnerable." Red son improvises.

"Ah..so he's easily fooled. Red Son. It's time for step 2. Act distressed. He will want to help you. This can give you a chance to be trusted." She smirks.

"But, mother! I did what you asked! I found one of his weaknesses and the cause for vulnerability! Why does he have to trust me any more than he already does!" He panicked.

"Don't you DARE yell back at me. I am your mother. You WILL obey me. If you want him to truly be vulnerable, he has to trust you completely. His demise should be unexpected!"

"Why do I need to do this? Just give me time! I could just use the bull clones to defeat him!" Red begs. "I swear- I can be better- I-"

Iron fan slaps him across the face and he fell to the ground. "WHY MUST YOU QUESTION EVERYTHING? WE HAVE GIVEN YOU COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVE THAT YOU WERE WORTHY YET YOU'VE FAILED EACH TIME. JUST STOP BEING PATHETIC FOR ONCE!" Red slowly say UO panting and closing his eyes shut, hoping she would stop. She grabbed him by the hair and lifted him to sit straight before going on to her knees in front of him. Before opening her mouth sadly.

"You're breaking my heart. Do you even care about me?"

Red son slowly got up to hug her tightly. "No, mother. I'm sorry. I love you."

Iron fan gripped onto his back as tears fell from her eyes. She gripped harder until her hands were practically clawing at him, marking his back with red marks.

"You're lying. You don't care about us."

Red son tried his best to ignore the pain of his burning back. "But I do love you. I would never be scared of you. You only hurt me out of love."

Her nails which were digging into his back, slowly loosened and she let go allowing Red to take a large sigh of relief. "If that true, finish this 1 task. Finish this task and prove that you are worthy for me. For us."

Red son nods and walks to his room normally. The second he closed the door behind him, he collapsed onto the floor covering his mouth trying not to scream. He tore off his shirt and his back was coated with bloody claw marks that burned. He quickly bandaged them up and struggled to find a comfortable sleeping position.

As he tossed and turned in his bed, he kept mumbling over and over; "it's okay. It's okay. She only does this because she loves you." He then thought about how patient Mk was with him. No, he couldn't think positive about him. Kindness was weakness after all.

Red son didn't get much sleep that night.