Someone is drunk, Aether's scared, Xiao protecc
A bit of angst
Aether flinched as he heard another bottle shatter on the floor. His mother was drunk again. Lumine wasn't home yet, so he had to endure this alone. Before he could type Xiao's number, his mother was coming straight towards his room. He hid in the closet, frightened by the door opening.
"Aeth *hic* Aether! Wanna try some?! It's really good! Hahaha. Aether? Where'd you go? Awe man. *hic* I need some more." Aether's mother went downstairs to get more alcohol.
"Xiao? Yeah it's me. Can you pick me up? Mmm. My mom is drunk and is acting weird and scary. She's breaking stuff all over the house. Yes I'm scared to call Lumine, she'll beat up my mother! You don't know what she's capable of! You're on my way? Thank you! I'll start packing now!"-Aether
"Aether? You better *hic* not be hiding from me again!"-Mother
"IM NOT! IM SORRY! PLEASE DONT-" His mother threw a glass bottle at him. Lumine rushed in on the commotion. She just got home and heard the noise.
I'm sorry precious Aether, I'll make it up to you and Lumi okay?-Sleepy, Aka Moody
"AETHER?! ARE YOU OKAY?! MOM, YOU SHOULDNT BE DRINKING LIKE THAT! YOU HURT AETHER!"-Lumine
Aether was holding on to his right eye to stop the bleeding. "M-Mom. I don't want any more! I don't like alcohol!"
"Let me help you taste a little more of it! Then *hic* you'll love it!"-Mother
"MOM STOP!" Their mother threw a bottle at Aether's head. He fell to the ground crying. She threw another one at his neck because she thought he didn't taste it. Aether fell unconscious.
"What. The. Fuck?"-Xiao
Xiao ran to Aether, blood getting all over his hands. He wanted to cry. He held the blond boy towards his chest.
"Lumine. Hospital. Now."-Xiao
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He was blind in one eye. He had bruises everywhere on his body. He had damaged vocal cords. He could never hear his voice again for a long while. The raven cried. It usually wasn't this bad. The blond just say he was fine and he would sleep over with Xiao.
"We messed up. Big time. We need to do better. Much better. We need to do something!"-Lumine
Aether raised his hand and shook his head. He smiled sheepishly.
"You can use my phone to type something if you want." Xiao gave Aether his unlocked phone. He began typing something on his notes app. "I'm sorry for staying home Lumine."
"Aeth...It's fine. You would've been bored anyways. There wasn't anything against you staying home. Mom wasn't even supposed to come home, she told me she was at her boyfriend's place."-Lumine
"But it's my fault I'm in here. Also, can I have my phone? I wanna do something."
"Oh yeah here." Xiao gave Aether his phone. Looked like he was programming something.
A voice beeped from the phone. "Hello! Hehehe! You liked my trick?"
"YOU EVIL GENIUS!" He made his phone sound exactly like him! Xiao started kissing him on the cheek while saying I love you. Aether smiled and tried to laugh, but it hurt to even talk. He kissed his lover on the cheek instead.
"Okay love birds, that's enough kissing. He still needs to recover. They are going to do surgery tomorrow morning so we might hear his real voice again"-Lumine
Aether smiled and clapped in hope for him being able to speak again. He hoped it was nothing permanent. He's already blind in one eye, he needs nothing more than that.
"Aether, one last question. How long has this been going on?"-Xiao
"Ask Lumine. She knows."
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Xiao went back to Aether's house with fury growing inside of him. He was angry that Aether's Mother got drunk while the blond was home. She knew how much of a rough person she was when she was drunk, Lumine told her almost 1000 times.
"Before you both get mad at me, just know that I am sorry. I didn't know he was home. I thought he was with Lumine."-Mother
"Still! You have some control over how much you drink right?! Mom, you know that you break stuff when you're drunk. Does that tell you enough?!"-Lumine
"YOU GAVE HIM ONE BLIND EYE FOR GOODNESS SAKE! HE CANT TALK, HE HAD BRUISES ALL OVER HIS BODY! YOU MESSED UP AS A MOTHER FIGURE! AND YET AETHER STILL LOVES YOU! I don't understand how. I'm sorry." Xiao ran off crying. He messed up yelling at a adult like that. He was only sixteen.
He did what was correct. Right? It was all for Aether. That stupid mother got drunk and hurt a light in her family's and his life. Aether was everything to them. And yet he was imprisoned in the hospital bed. Why is life so cruel?
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