0X1=Lovesong

Running

Authors Note:

Chapter 1 will have triggers of abuse, depression, suicidal talk, homophobia implied.

Thank you to my friend eemotionaldamage for editing as well as my other friend Juni for editing as well ❤️

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"YOU LITTLE-!"

I hear my dad yelling. He and my mom have been in a screaming match for the past thirty minutes and I'm sick of it. I know I should step in before it gets violent, but that's never happened. And I guess I know that if I do I'll be the one who gets punished. I hate it here. I hate it so much. I wish I could just disappear. I wish I could run away.

What is holding me back? I'm old enough. I can drive. I want to leave this filth as soon as possible, plus it'll be better than suffering here and most likely end up killing myself. This is my chance. I have an opening to get out of this hell.

I quickly grab my backpack and start stuffing it with enough clothes to last a week.. Will that be enough? I scramble through my wallet looking for what I have left, but all that's left is five dollars. that's not gonna last me two days. I finish packing And quietly head into my parent's room and fish out two, hundred dollar bills from their dresser drawer. Jackpot.

I hear shatters and my dad screaming even more. I feel bad that I'm leaving my mom, but she's done irreparable damage to me as well, but can't just keep forgiving them. I peek over the side and see my mom on her knees cleaning up the glass, as my dad yells.

All that's left to do is to make it out the door. My parents are arguing in the kitchen- the only place where there is a door out. In a panic I ran into the bathroom to think. Then I look up. The bathroom window. I stand on the toilet to reach for the lock, and push it open. The window is positioned higher up, but I can get out. I crawl through, then drop out. There was no room that I could look down, so It was kind of a leap of faith. I didn't notice the plank of wood below me, nor how high the window was from the grass. When I fell, I fell hard. And snap.the plank split, making a loud crack.

I tense a little from the lack of screaming before they've noticed. I sprint to the car unlocking it and hopping in not even bothering to put my seatbelt on. I throw my bag behind me and lock the doors. No one's getting in. As I start the car I see my parents running towards me yelling at me.

"WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? GET OUT OF THAT CAR!" my dad yells, furious. You can see the anger in his eyes, the tears threatening to fall out of complete utter rage.

My mom's sobbing. I would take her with me but I'd have to unlock the door. I'll come back for her, one day. I start backing out of the driveway, my dad banging on the window, and my heart racing in my chest.

I started driving down the street, people came out of their houses to see what was happening. My mom is on the ground sobbing. I can't help but notice some blood running down her head, I should have stepped in and saved her.

"COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE S-" he was going to swear, I know it. He always does, he always calls me names of all sorts, and my mom as well. But considering the number of people watching us, I know he restrained himself, which honestly makes matters worse, proving how horrible of a person he is. "IF YOU LEAVE NOW YOU WILL NEVER BE WELCOMED BACK!"

I stop. I didn't think about that, how will I survive without them, yeah they suck but they're still my parents. I start getting ready to turn back, before remembering why I'm doing this. I open the window as I drive away, flipping them off. My dad's reaction is priceless.

I hear a voice.

"DUDE YES! YOU DON'T DESERVE THEM!" I turn to my side to see a boy around my age, laughing and congratulating me. How did he get in here?

"H-how did you get in here?" I ask, so confused.

He looks at me, he's beautiful, he has everything a man could want, I'm jealous.

"We came in through the doors when you stopped," he says with a big grin, showing off his snow white teeth. I'm really jealous.

Wait...we?

I turn around and am surprised to see three other boys around my age. They all look at me and smile. The one next to me speaks.

"We should probably introduce ourselves, I'll start. I'm Sam, I'm seventeen and like you, I ran away because of my parents," that's comforting to hear, I'm not the only one in this horrible world.

Sam. He's got short black hair and he's wearing a long, loose t-shirt with some logo I've never heard of and a pair of blue shorts.

After Sam, another one speaks, he's got long black hair, kind of like a wolf cut, with yellow streaks. He's wearing this black beanie with colorful splotches, a black tee with a black red and blue splotches jacket, and some black shorts. He seems nice enough.

"Hey! I'm Gyu! I'm sixteen, and I'm here 'cause I was sick of my dad beating me up, so I ran away!" he smiles and lets out a small laugh, is this kid okay? Well at least he's laughing things off.

Next is the guy on the other window seat, he is wearing a blank, loose-fitting shirt and some light brown cargo shorts, his hair is silver and he's wearing a cast on his right arm that says 'Loser' but it looks like the 'S' was scribbled over to spell 'Lover' weird.

"I'm Ty, I just turned sixteen, and I ran away. My mom wasn't the best if you couldn't tell" he lifted up his arm with the cast. His mom did that to him! Poor guy, maybe I didn't have it that bad after all. No. I can't just disregard what my parents did to me, it was horrible as well, and my dad.. Especially what he did to my mom. I'll never forgive him.

Last up was the small boy sitting in the middle of Gyu and Ty. He is currently comforting Ty because he looked a little sad. He has blonde hair, and he's wearing a black shirt with an angry koala. On top of that, he has a jacket with different colors ranging from red, orange, green, and black with words spelled out in white. He speaks timidly.

"Hi, I'm Kai. I'm fourteen, and I ran away shortly after my older-" he stops for a second and turns to Gyu and says something, to which Gyu shakes his head saying no. Before Kai continues.

"I'm going to start over. Hi, I'm Kai. I'm fourteen, and I ran away. I don't feel like saying why yet, and Gyu told me I don't have to," this poor kid. He's only fourteen and he's clearly been through a lot if he didn't wanna talk about it. I felt a wave of relief to know that Gyu is there for him, he definitely needs the support.

I'm in my own thoughts before Gyu speaks up.

"So...You gonna tell us about yourself or are we just gonna run away with a strange kid in a car?" he says.

"Shoot sorry! I'm Jun, I'm eighteen. And as you could see I ran away because of my dad. I just couldn't take it anymore! He was always fighting with my mom, and when I would try to step in and save her she would always yell at me! Which would leave me to take the punishment for her! Like-" I realize I'm rambling so I stop, and everyone stays quiet. Finally, Sam speaks up.

"It's okay we're here to listen, don't worry we all understand," he gives me a warm smile, I'm guessing he's the group's leader.

We continue the drive and get to know each other, blasting out songs we like. At one point we're all screaming and singing 'Anti-Romantic' by Tomorrow x Together.