Astro Boy x Reader Concepts

✮ Toby x Abused Reader // What Really Matters

I let out countless sobs as the sound of roars echoed under the door of my icolated bathroom. It was like the circus, they would yell and shout, not bothering to act their age.

Often I would imagine myself coming between their argument, most of the imaginary scenarios would end in me getting injured at the hand of my parents. Other times, something so horrific would happen that I would be broken.

They would fight consistently. I would lock myself in my bathroom consistently. I would find myself drifting off to sleep in my isolation. My tears, a wet, hot blanket.

At school, I would sew my mouth shut. I was not one to talk, I had taught myself how to shut down about my feelings when I was young. There was one boy, Toby, who knew little about my situation, but understood. We were so very different, but we had the strongest relationship out of all our friends. He talked about his issues only to me because he trusted me. As for me, I couldn't mutter a sentence about my problems.

In his stories, he was emotionless but out of his troubles, he was as emotional as anyone could be, always laughing and being energetic. I was the opposite, during my issues, I was an emotional wreck, but out of them I was cold and hard.

We always conversed about getting away from our bloodline. The word 'Holiday' soon became something just out of reach for us, that was until one of our friends parents saved up enough to send us on a holiday.

I gripped my backpack and sighed, the sparkling sun was just rising over the blue, salty water. I smiled slightly and turned to look at my companions who were getting their bags out of our caretaker's car. I turned back to the stunning view and sighed, listening to the waves brush up against the dock and the distant noise of seagulls conversing. Their squarks reminded me of yelling and fighting.

I breathed in the fresh, moist air. I then breathed out. There was a slight salty aftertaste to the fresh air that stained the back on my throat. My eyes moved away from the horizon and turned to look at the large boat. It's size alone gave me a rush of excitement. The navy blue clashed with the gold embroidered pattern on the ship's sides. The belly of the ship was a dark blue, it would've matched the water at night.

"Everyone ready?" Toby asked, stepping up behind me, looking back at the others. They all shouted 'yes' in their own characteristic ways. I smiled and gave Toby a small 'yes sir'

"The docking area should be open in ten or twenty minutes." One of my friends said, placing on his scruffy leather hat. "You all should board the boat soon."

I beamed in excitement, leaving the grassy land and all it's worries behind made my heart pounce in my chest. I would soon be floating on the water, away from the hard land. I would no longer be here, sitting on the edge of where the two worlds collide. I would totally immerse myself in the aqua world I had never been so close to before.

Toby and I stared at the ocean and the sun rising. I glanced over to him and flashed him a smile. He returned it, but didn't say anything. He knew starting a conversation would remove us both from the trance of the extraordinary scenery.

After unpacking the ute, the ship let out a loud burst of noise. Telling everyone that it was time to go. My friend, Toby, frowned and looked back to the land. He would miss it, I would not. I was happy to leave my earthly stress behind.

The others began boarding, while Toby hesitated. "I'm going to miss home."

I frowned at him. "You won't miss it at all, I promise." I gently took his hand.

"Are you sure?" He questioned. I squeezed his hand.

"A Holiday is what we both need, don't look back. Right now, this is what matters."

Sorry for the depressing theme, I haven't written a oneshot like this in a while. Come to think of it, I haven't even written any oneshot in a while. Sorry about that folks! There isn't much I can do about it though. Again, sorry!