And everything went red. || Iida angst

One week left of hell

Warning, this chapter contains Abuse.

Iida felt stuck. He hasn't left his house at all. Hell, he's barely left his room, only to get orange juice and to use the bathroom. He hasn't been eating much, only snacks every now and again. This just made him look worse than he already did, but he didn't care.

Iida's father always waited when they were home alone to bother him. Iida was getting tired of it already.

Knock knock.

Someone was at Iida's door. Iida mumbled something to himself before sitting up in bed. "Who is it?" He asked, his tone rather harsh as he spoke.

His mother opened the door "Tens-.. Tenya, hun.. You haven't been eating dinner lately.. I'm wor-.. What happened to your face?" She asked, walking over quickly, cupping her son's cheeks, looking the the bruise that was still prominent on his cheek, along with a few others that had been added during his time home.

Tenya grabbed her hands, gently pulling them away from himself. "Training at school was a bit rough, but I have been healing well, Mother." He said in a gentle tone.

"Tenya, it's almost been two weeks since you've been in school. Those should be healed by now." His mother said in a stern, yet worried, tone.

"It got pretty rough, so they're taking longer to heal then expected. I'm fine though. I promise." He muttered in a not so loud tone, not how his voice usually is.

".. Okay Tenya, if you don't want to tell me that's fine.. Just.. Talk to me when you're ready." His mom said, seeming defeated.

Tenya chuckled. "Mother, I assure you, there's nothing to talk about." Iida said, doing surprisingly well to fake how he was truly feeling.

His mother sighed and shut her eyes before nodding slowly. "Alright.. Just know that I love you." She said before leaving the room, shutting the door behind her.

Iida stared at the door before sighing. "I love you too, mother.." He whispered.

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Five days later, one week before they had to go back to dorms, Iida felt surprisingly better. His father hadn't come in his room at all the past two days.

In fact, his father hadn't been home, so Iida was able to leave his room freely. He talked to his mom, and felt better overall. He was actually starting to enjoy his 'Holiday Vacation'.

That was until...

[CRASH]

Iida tensed when he heard the crash from downstairs, he jumped out of bed and quickly made his way down.

His breath hitched when he saw the scene before him. It was something straight out of a nightmare to him.

His mother was laying on the ground, unconscious, bleeding out of her head. His father was standing above her, holding a broken vase.

His father clearly wasn't done, he walked over to her unconscious body and raised his leg, preparing to stomp on her head with his boot.

Iida used his engines, grabbing her and carrying her out of harm's way before his dad could hurt her further.

Iida glared at his father. "What the hell is wrong with you?! You're a monster!" Iida shouted, his voice shaking

His father turned to Iida and smiled at him. "Tenya. You bring that bitch back over here."

Iida's body tensed as he realized, his father wasn't drunk this time. He was just hurting her. He was completely sober. "No.. I won't." Iida said, holding his mother in his arms.

"Tenya. It's either her, or you. Understand..?" His father asked.

Iida took a deep breath. "Then.. Then hurt me.. Please.." Iida mumbled, nearly in audible.

"You seriously wanna protect that cheater of a mother?" He asked

"Cheater?" Iida questioned, holding his mother closer to his chest

"Yeah. That bitch has been talking to another guy since Tensei died." His father shouted, holding up the phone to show Tenya that his mother had 3 missed calls from an unknown man.

".. There must be some sort of explanation.. Did you even talk to her?"

"Who gives a damn if there's an explanation?!" Tenya's father asked, starting to walk closer to him.

Iida tensed and backed away, he backed up to the stairs before doing a 180 and running up them and into his room, he sat his mother on his bed and took a deep breath before leaving his room.

Tenya's father was standing outside. "I guess you've made your choice. Fine then."

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Tenya's father had left him on the ground. He went down stairs to drink.

Iida was laying on the ground. His body was trembling and tears were falling down his face. His nose was likely broken, his entire body was littered with bruises and he felt nauseous due to his father stomping on his stomach. It doesn't matter.

Iida needs to stop being so weak. This is why he couldn't kill Stain, why he couldn't avenge his brother. He needs to get stronger. He needs to. He has no other choice now.

Iida stood up slowly and made his way to the bathroom, he gently began to clean his wounds and patch himself up in the areas that needed it. He stared in the mirror for a bit.

He slowly reached his hands up before snapping his nose back into place, realigning it. Iida winced from the pain, but at least it was relatively okay now.

Iida made his way downstairs and walked to the freezer, grabbing an ice pack and putting it on his nose, he made his way back up to his room and looked at his mother who was still resting in his bed.

Iida sat down in a chair by his desk, he stared at his desk, just trying to think of what he would do when the next holiday rolled around.