Tobio and his family arrived back home. Tobio was silent throughout the ride, surprised to find out his parents were looking for him. They all sat in the kitchen, with his parents facing Tobio. Tobio couldn't bare to look at their eyes, knowing that he purposely messed up so he could get away with their neglect.
"You have school tomorrow," His father said. "Why didn't you listen to your mother when she said to not leave the house?"
Tobio was too scared to say anything. The atmosphere in the kitchen felt so tense, that he couldn't say a word.
"And why were you with that man!?" His mother shouted. "We told you to not get into contact with him, and what did you do!?"
Tobio had thoughts of fighting back, but he was worried about what he would say. His neglective parents are giving him rules he doesn't want to follow—rules that restrict's Tobio's freedom. Why would my parents give me rules when they haven't been around for most of my life, Tobio thought to himself. Was there nothing to fight back with? No words at all?
"Answer us Tobio," his mother started to become furious. "Why did you break the rules?"
At this point, Tobio couldn't hold in his anger in any longer. He wanted to yell at them, or maybe throw a chair at them. However, he knew what his parents would do if he tried to argue back. He got slapped when he didn't want to block and delete Chris from his contacts. He was worried the same thing might happen again, but before he was about to say anything...
"Answer the question, or we'll take your phone for good," his mother threatened.
Tobio quickly changed his thoughts and replied, "no."
"Excuse me?" His mother angrily said to Tobio.
"Why would I answer your question if you hadn't done anything to me!?" Tobio yelled, got his mother had slapped him in the face once again.
"WHY DID YOU FIND ME!?" Tobio screamed at his mother. "HOW DID YOU FIND ME WHEN I TURNED OFF MY LOCATION!?!?"
"You must have noticed, right?" His father butted in. "We turned on your location while you were sleeping so we could keep track of you. We don't want you to run away."
"You went through my phone...?" Tobio started to worry.
"We're your parents, Tobio." His father replied, trying to get Tobio to understand.
Tobio started to cry and felt enraged with what his father told him. He did end up throwing a chair at both of his parents, leaving them shocked and stood back before the chat was able to hit them.
"CHRIS WAS MUCH MORE OF A PARENT THAN YOU WERE!!" Tobio cried.
"CHRIS WAS JUST YOUR BABYSITTER, TOBIO!!!" His mother angrily stated.
"AND HE TREATED ME LIKE A PARENT MORE THAN YOU GUYS EVER DID!! YOU WEREN'T THERE FOR ME WHEN I REALLY NEEDED IT!!!"
"DON'T YOU EVER SAY THOSE WORDS TO YOUR PARENTS. UNDER THIS ROOF, YOU FOLLOW OUR RULES!!!"
"I—!"
Before Tobio was able to finish his sentence, he got slapped once again by his mother. The look in her eyes was furious and the slap was much more painful than the last time. Terrified, Tobio tried to find the right words to counter their argument, but due the the tense atmosphere, he couldn't. The only thing he had to suffer through, was his own mother's scolding.
"I don't want to say it again, Tobio. We've told you not to go outside past 7 p.m. and what did you do? Go outside without us knowing. Not to mention you were talking with the person we told you NOT to talk to."
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A Hero I Look Up To
General FictionTobio was a boy that would be a little different from everyone else. This was because during his childhood, his parents were facing financial struggles and never let him out of the house for quite some time, which led to Tobio being a shy kid throug...
