Colors Of Fate

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Cash yawns tiredly as he focuses on the road as he drives. They were 15 minutes away from the awful city, dreading even coming back, that meant going back to work, going back to the blood stain ring, Sebastian nagging him and pushing his limits like usual. Cash glances at Nix who is sleeping soundly, he is hugging himself, his head against the window, his mouth open slightly, a little drool dripping to his chin, and his leg propped up on the seat, Cash couldn't help but smile slightly at the sight before looking back at the road. His mind couldn't help but go back to the last night at the beach... He really fucked up the way he reacted when Nix confesses his feelings, he didn't to put the boy down... It's just a habit he had whenever someone tried to get close, whenever someone tried to climb the walls, he put up. He's terrified of being so close and valuable to someone else, especially with what happened...with her.  Vanessa, the taste of her name on his tongue still tasted bitter.

She was such a beautiful girl, with short jet-black hair, and blue eyes, it reminded him of the ocean every time he used to get lost staring into her eyes. Her smile was perfect, everything about her was perfect to him. Her sense of humor, the way she could hold her own against anything the world throw at her. 

Vanessa Amber. She used to be a fighter in the undergrounds, she was a tough girl, she easily beat Cash's ass once and he was into her ever since then. She was trouble though. She was taking Laporazion just to feel the rush of energy pumping through her blood. Cash saw his shitty excuses of a father use Laporazion, he knew what it did to your body, he knew how it fucks up your head, and he knew if you take too much of a dose... You'll turn into a monster... Laporazion was the drug that started it all. Started this awful monster-filled world they're living in and people will still shoot that shit through their bodies. 

Cash has seen so many people in his life overdose on that shit and leave him forever. He didn't like watching her shoot it through her arm. He didn't like how awful she felt the day after. He tried his best to get her clean, it was like his main mission was to get her clean. It took the longest year of his life to get her clean and sober Vanessa ended up breaking down his walls and stealing his heart. She was the only person who understood him, the only person he let in, the only person he wanted to spend his life with. He didn't want a soulmate after meeting her. She was it for him. He wanted her till death. 

Vanessa knew about his past. His past that he was scared to share with Nix. He lost his mother when he was 5, his father beat her to death one night when he was high. then at 12 his father overdosed and became a monster. A monster he didn't hesitate to kill him. He never felt so free after smashing the head into the monster. After that he was homeless, wandering the streets, later he stumbled into a man named Kyle who took Cash to the undergrounds and taught him how to kill people. The underground market likes the body parts of the monsters, they go for a good bundle of money, and human body parts go for a really good price. He was too young to fight monsters at 12 so they made him kill people. He was basically a bounty hunter at the age of 12.

He didn't know from right or wrong, he didn't realize how lost his young mind was until the day Clyde stumbled into his life when he was only 15. Clyde killed Kyle over some business issues. Clyde was known as the most dangerous man in the underground, people knew better than to ever cross the man. Cash didn't react to Kyle's death. He wasn't a good man. Clyde seemed surprised to see someone so young doing Kyle's dirty work and Cash was ready for Clyde to kill him, but it never happened.

Instead, Clyde took him in, helped him with his education, fed him, and gave him a new home.. an actual bed, He never slept in a bed before. His dad used to make him sleep on the floor or the uncomfortable couch. He was able to have his own room. Clyde gave him money to buy whatever he wanted. Clyde was kind, he was a bit intense and in-your-face type of guy. He didn't filter himself at all. But Cash didn't mind, he didn't care. He had someone in his life who actually cared for him.