Thess Hero

Chapter 23

Meanwhile Leon, sitting on his bed, started crying thinking Artemis would stop talking to him because he harms himself. "I shouldn't try to tell her! It's gonna end up with us never talking again, just like with everyone! I can't seek help from anyone...! Everyone at first said they wouldn't leave but the future proved that to be wrong!...". These were all his thought for the whole time after what happened, even after Artemis texted him. For his bad luck, his unsupportive mother happened to get into his room at the time he was crying.

-Crying again? You're such a wimp, you will never grow...

Leon just kept his head down looking at the floor and replied

-What did you come in here anyway...

-ARE YOU TALKING BACK TO ME?

His mother yelled at him. Leon jumped back in fear, while his mother was coming closer to him.

-If you really wanna know, I came here to remind you to clean all that mess! What is this! And don't start with your "depression" shit again!

-But...I-

His mother didn't even try to listen and just went off and slapped him in the face.

-Now clean this mess, don't make me hit you again. And be a little less of a mess yourself too.

She said and walked out of his room. When she walked out and closed the door, Leon could hear her saying "What a disappointment". Then his hand leaned towards a blade

-How can I stop loving you...

He took the blade and stared at it for a second and continued

-...when everyday is like this?...

And then he proceeded to hurt himself once again...

Leon's family was always like this, ever since he was born. His mom always pressured him with useless stuff, yelled at him for no reason and was hitting him for the smallest things. Leon was an only-child but when he turned 6 years old, his mother gave birth to his baby sister. It was a huge thing for him, something that finally made him happy. He thought they'd be very close and maybe make their mom loosen up and chill a little bit. He didn't think about his dad because all he did was sit in a couch and do nothing anyways, never cared if Leon was being abused. As his sister got older though, she developed the personality of her mother. She was abusing him both physically and mentally too, always telling him that if he was more like their mom he wouldn't be like this. Even if he was older, he never dared to lift his hand on his sister because he knew it was wrong and would regret it if he'd do it and also knew that his sister would tell their mom he hit her if he did and things would just get even worse, so he just kept accepting everything. Eventually, all this trauma turned into depression in his teenage years and he started cutting at his 13, as a way of escape. The friends he made always kept leaving him after he'd seek for help, or if they'd accidentally see his scars on his arms.

Some years later, when he was 16, he was given the chance to become the hero of his town. This is how it went.

-...So, do you accept?

Angela had asked him after explaining everything to him.

-Will it be dangerous?

He asked

-Not always, but yes there will probably or maybe even definitely be some times where the fight could be dangerous. Are you scared?

-No, not at all...

He paused for a moment and thought about it. Angela and Lucy thought he was worried about getting hurt or damaged. But that wasn't what was on Leon's mind.

-Yes, I accept.

He said and smiled at them and when he left, his thought was " A fight will maybe be dangerous enough to end up with me dying. Since I am too much of a coward to do it myself, I will at least die a hero...".