On The Cold Night

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"Ugh!!!" Leo groaned when another hit caused his lips to bleed. His uncle had been beating him once he saw him at the door. He is furious when he remembered how he went through a lot of work just to sustain his family's needs since Leo abandoned the job of working for his family. Gambling is his life so when Leo didn't come back home that night, he had also stopped gumbling unintentionally. Another hit landed on Leo's stomach and there he laid like a limp to the floor.

"You shitty brat! You should've told your mother to increase the money that she is sending to you if you're just going to slack off like that! Now look how I am working hard." he yelled at him. Leo widened his eyes. 'So that woman is sending money for me?.....and I didn't know?' Leo thought. Tears resumed to form in his eyes.

"It's you who benefit to it. Why don't you just do it yourself and so you can live with those fucking money?" he yelled back angrily.

"Shut up you son of a bitch!!!" his uncle shouted then hit his head causing him to flop down to the floor with bleeding head. His cousin screamed and run in front of him with her hands stopping her father from beating him any further.

"Appa! Stop! That's enough!" she screamed. Leo's aunty held her husband's arms to also stop him. The man took several deep breaths to calm himself. He also know that he might kill him like before if he won't stop now. He stared at the poor Leo for the last time before retreating to his room. Leo's cousin kneeled on his level and held him on his arm.

"Jeol-hi. Take that brat in his room. I don't know what else your father can do with that dumbheaded if he sees him." Leo's aunty said in a harsh tone then left. The girl helped him to stand up and took him to his old room then closed the door. She sat him on his bed and held him in his arms firmly.

"Just why the hell did you even showed up? Are you stupid? Do you want to die? I let you go the last time eomma saw you at the mall but why did you let her find you again?" she bombarded him with questions but Leo didn't spoke. He just let his tears to continously flow down and stared as small tear drops stained his already soaked pants. He isn't crying out loud anymore. He is tired but his eyes aren't so he just let them. "I can't let you escape now. Not when my parents are this mad. I'm dead if that happen." the girl who is the same age as Ken said worriedly. She sighed when Leo hadn't made any response. "You need to change your clothes or you'll catch a cold. You're things are still here. I'm cleaning this room ever since so it's still okay to use. Now change your clothes." she commanded.

Leo surprisingly, stood up and obeyed like a robot. He opened his dresser and saw his old clothes. He stared at them for a while then pull out a black sweatshirt and sweatpants then headed to his bathroom. The moment he saw a very familiar room, he failed to hold back anymore and fell on his knees with his cries getting louder.

WARNING ⚠ FREAKING THROW BACK

Leo had just got home from the restaurant that he is working after school. He closed the door once he got in and about to got to his room when his uncle stopped him by harshly pulling him on his collar.

"Where's your money? It's your pay day right?" he said. Leo swallowed. He knows his uncle will kill him when he find out that his salary has been touched. He got bullied on his way home and asked for half of his money. "Make it fast, dummy!" his uncle yelled. He nervously took out the envelop and his shaky hands gave it. The man looked at him suspiciously. He grabbed it and Leo decided to escape as he made first step to get to the stairs but his wrist was pulled harshly causing him to whine softly. "Why in fucking hell...are you giving me this shitty amount? Huh!!!" he yelled on his face. Leo looked away knowing what's going to happen next.

He hit him on his jaw and kicked him several times. "Damn you, useless brat!!! No one will ever want to have such worthless person like you. You better fuck off and die!" his uncle shouted at him as he gave him the last blow which is a kick on the chest. Leo spit blood but managed to reach his room upstairs. He locked his room again like usual and went to his drawer. He took out a razor from it and went straight to the bathroom. He took off his shirt and cried hard as he made several cuts. He looked at himself in the bathroom and saw his puffy eyes and tears falling non stop. He throw the object away and started throwing random things that are neatly placed on the cabinet beside the mirror. He ruined everything that he could reach untill he got tired and laid to the ground. He just wanted to die already. He is tired of all the hardship that he is born to have but he can't. He still want to see his mother. He believed that no mother will ever hate her child and he have a strong faith about it which keeps him living.