Gods Sinners

Chapter 8: Truth

Ray's POV

"Now, I will return the favor by telling my past," he says as he smiles. I sit back a little, showing a sign that I'm ready to listen too.

"When I was 5, my dad left to fight in a war. He didn't survive, was killed by a bomb, set off in his resting area. My mom grieved for years every time she saw something that reminded him. It got harder for her to pay taxes and stuff for my education. At some point, she wasn't able to pay for my education anymore and I had to stop going to school. My mom then decided that she needed to move on, so she started dating this guy who was an alcoholic. When my mom wasn't around, he would beat me up because I wasn't his son," my eyes widen after he said that.

"I was forced to lie to my mom and had to hide my bruises and cuts. But then one day, he decided he was tired of me. I was around the age of 10, my stepdad decided to burn me, hence why I was covered in bandages. I was able to hurt him a little. But after I survived, my mom left me at an orphanage wrapped in bandages, I guess I scared her, heh.  This orphanage was a horrible one, the adults let the kids just starve and die, leaving their bodies to rot. One day, I decided to kill the adults and run away. I then became addicted to killing people but wasn't able to continue the life of killing and living in the streets. So I hid in Eboshi orphanage, acting like I was somewhat innocent, but Eboshi knew something was wrong with me and decided to lock me up to kill people so he wouldn't seem like the bad guy. Now where here" he says with a smile. I felt water falling down my face. Zack immediately reacted.

"RAY,... why are you crying?!" he asks me. I then realize I was.
"I-I just feel really sorry and- and hurt that you had to go through that, and now that you had to put up with my stupidity!!!"I say as I cry. I hide my face with my hands.

But then, I feel Zack pull me into a hug and wraps his hands around my waist.

"Ray, you showed me a lot of things and.... showed me how to care," he tells me. I then look at him, with confusion. "Because of you, I figured that I'm really lost and I want to learn many things, all thanks to you".  All I did is, my eyes widened. I continue to cry a little, and Zack then gets closer and k-kisses my forehead.

I felt my heart race, my stomach twist, and my body heat rise. I was ready to faint.

"Let's go back, okay," he says with a smile on his face. I then couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah"

Once, we get back to the cabin. We both decided that we both needed to take a shower.
"I will go first, "I say as I walk inside and close the door. Strip my clothes and take a quick shower. After I am done, I get out and put the clothes that I washed on me. Once I finished doing that, I walked out and lie on the bed.

Zack then comes over and stands next to the bed.
"Hey, can you help me with something?" he asks me.
"What's up?"
"Can you, help me remove my bandages p-please..." I then sit up and face him.

"Uh, yeah..sure" I then start helping him take off his bandages.
"You never told me who Cathy was"I mention.
"Oh, she was with me during the years at was at Eboshi's ugly ass orphanage" he starts, "she was found at the store step of the orphanage, left around the age of 8. She's about two-three years younger than me. I was ten, about turn 11. I knew from the beginning there was something wrong with her because she would draw pictures of people being tortured, for some lucky ass reason she was never caught. But then one day, her best friend was caught sneaky out in the night, but not to Eboshi's knowing, Cathy was also sneaking out with her but wasn't caught. So one morning they gathered everyone and on spot, they grabbed her best friend and injected poison in her.", I could feel my stomach uneasy. I didn't make it a big deal and kept on slowly taking off Zack's bandages.

"Screaming in agony, her friend fell to the floor choking and shaking all over till she died. Next to me was Cathy and you could see her sad face but she held back her tears. She didn't speak to anyone and hid away for a week till someone found one of the Nuns lying died on the floor. It was obvious that poison was injected into her, and it made sense who did it. By the time we all found out who did it, Cathy had run away. And that's pretty much it.", he tells me.

"Well, hopefully, they're in a better place now, "I say.
"Yeah, whatever...really I don't care"he says as he laughs a little.

"Done"I tell him. He then stands up and my eyes scan his body, you can see his skin all burned and scarred from the fire. I felt really sad but didn't say anything.

"Thanks, Ray," he says. He then walks away and goes into the shower. I lie back on the bed and decide to rest. Being able to tell Zack about my past a little, wasn't as bad. I really wonder how my mom is doing....and hope she's doing well...

"-sigh"

"You okay?", Zack asks me. I turn to find him beside me, laying down. His hair soaking wet and his skin more clear.

"Yeah I'm fine, let me look at your wound" I sit up and look at his wound.
"From the piercing, it will leave a little scar on you but you should fine," I tell him.

"That's good because we will be leaving soon," he says.
"To where?"

"Back home, to the village where my friend is expecting us," he says with a smile.
"Who?"
"My old man, Gray"

~End of Chapter 8~
Few more chapters to go, see you guys soon and hope you like it.