Did Time Stop?

15. HEMERA?

Mattia's POV
Me and Kai watched movies, ate snacks, and just talked. Talking to him was so easy, fun and he was an awesome listener. He even gave some really good advice, this boy is perfect in every single way. The way his heart is so big and he is so accepting, I don't see a single flaw on him even if he does.
"Kai?" I say looking at the time on my phone. Me and him were in the same position, no matter how many times we moved over the night we ended up with me holding him in my arms.
10:45 P.M.
I didn't get a response, so I looked down at him and immediately my heart bursts. He had his head nuzzled into my chest while holding my waist and he was sleeping. Absent minded I start playing in his hair and I hear him sigh, is he awake?
"Angel? Are you up?" I ask with a slight whisper in his ear. He doesn't move, he's not awake which makes my mind run wild. It was like he melted at my touch or he felt relief, I know I know long shot. Since he's asleep and I don't want to wake him up, I carefully yet effortlessly pick him up (super strength tingz) and lay him in his bed and cover him with the weighted blanket. He's had that thing attached to him ever since I gave it to him. He REALLY wanted one, it came up while we were talking. He told me the story of how his friend back home had one and it always gave him comfort. While I'm walking away I can't help but see something on his neck, it's not very visible and it's right behind his ear.
"What the fuck?" I whisper moving his hair to get a closer look and I immediately recognize the symbol and gasp rather loudly which woke him up. Why would I gasp that close to his ear? I don't fucking know I didn't say I was smart.
"Tia?" He says wiping his eyes yawning.
"Yeah, it's just me." I respond slightly still in shock, did he know? Does he?
"Kai, do you have a birthmark?" I add.
"A birthma- no?" He says with evident confusion on his face.
"What does me having a birthmark matter?"
"No reason, I need you to do something for me okay? It'll make sense in the end if I'm right." I say sitting in front of him now.
"O-okay? What is it?" He questions.
I'm going to hold your hand and I want you to tell me what you feel after I cut my hand okay? It won't be a big cut just a small scratch sized one." I say adding on the last part seeing his eyes widen in shock.
"No." He simply states but he looks different, his eyes are blue now very bright. Like a light was shining from the inside. I was right, every single thing I thought was right. His mom must be talking to me.
"Kai?" I ask.
"No you foolish boy, I'm Hemera. The goddess of daytime, his mother." She says making it known that she wasn't here for small talk.
"Listen, whatever you think you're about to do isn't gonna happen okay? Don't forget I know all of your secrets Mattia, or should I say Ceyx?" She adds on with so much venom laced in her voice.
" I know who you are and I know who your da-
"So does he? What are you trying to accomplish with this "threat"." I say adding quotation marks, and cutting her off with just as much venom getting slightly agitated. I hate when people try and use my dad against me, he made bad choices yes but he isn't like that anymore and I'm not him. I'm my own person and deserve to be treated better.
"I've been honest with Kairi ever since I've met him, anything and everything I said was the truth, with all due respect you're starting to piss me off."
"Who said I was here to be nice?" She lets out a laugh. (Okay kais mom did NOT come to play)
"All I have to say is DONT tell him anything, if you do he'll be lost. Scared even, he wouldn't know what to do and once he knows all memories will come flooding back. We don't need that, because once they do he'll feel all pain, sadness, loneliness that he felt before. Life was good for him before the fight, but it wasn't as easy for him during. We got separated and he went through a lot. He's better now, only because he doesn't know. I didn't want him to remember, not yet." She explains. Wow, not gonna lie I kind of feel bad for being rude. It all makes sense, I never thought about that. So it turns out that he didn't know and I see why, even though his mom didn't tell me I knew what she did. She blocked his memory, she put a wall up to block out his past.
"I didn't think of it that way, I didn't know and I just want to say I am sorry for being rude and over stepping. I say knowing I was wrong, and I see her slightly shocked but happy.
"Thank you Mattia, and I apologize too. I shouldn't have been so mean to start with, I can see you care for him which is amazing. He needs that, someone who truly cares and will protect him. I know everything about you, and I can see you're different. I'm sorry for the things I almost said about your dad and when I compared you to him. You're different, and I read your mind when you said you were your own person. You are because no one has ever talked to me like that, they were to scared or just not brave enough, but even better you're good for my baby. You're growing on me." She says, and she is calm now and her voice is so soft and kinda like Kai's. I take in everything she said and I can tell you right now it's going to stick with me, I nod my head in response.
"Thank you, and I want to be that person for him. For me." I say calmly.
"Listen to me son, I can't tell you it'll be easy with him. He's not sensitive but he's fragile, he'll shut you out and push you away but stay. When he ignores you or is mean to you he doesn't mean it, he's closed off and he'll think he's being a burden." She says and I listen taking every word in, even her calling me son and it makes me feel better that I'm back in her good side and she accepts me.
"Thank you, I will do everything I can to keep him happy and whole." I say sincerely and I know she knows by the smile and nod I get back.
"I'm going to have him forget this and fall back asleep, but you'll remember and I will contact you soon if anything changes okay? Go to sleep you guys have class tomorrow." She says as I'm walking off to my bed.
"Oh and Mattia, go to class this time?" She says with a soft smile, I know she knows why we didn't go which is why she isn't upset about it.
"Yes ma'am, goodnight." I say watching his eyes dim and she nods letting his body fall back and going back to bed. I have to much on my mind now with all of this information, the boy I was falling madly and quickly for was an.....

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Hey guys I'm back and I actually like this chapter, I'm going to start updating more and just to warn you a LOT is about to go down. I love you and you're all beautiful, worth it, special, and overall you're pretty damn amazing!

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