Hear Me Now
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'When are they gonna stop?' Kousei thought miserably to himself.
Both parents had assumed that he was sound asleep. Tucked up safely in his bed and protected by a nest of pillows and blankets. Not able to hear their shouts, that actually echoed through out the entire house. No, instead amongst a pile of royal blue, flaming red and snow-white duvet a tiny tuft of raven hair peeked out. A whole head of raven spikes soon emerged from the cotton sanctuary. Revealing a child that was very much awake.
With dewy ebony eyes, that were as dark as the night sky, he cautiously glanced around the room. It looked safe enough, although not totally convinced he quickly dived back under the covers of his blanket. Re-emerging with his faithful dinosaur companion.
Satisfied that he was that little bit safer, Kousei began to wriggle himself free of the blankets until he was sitting complete upright on the sound of his bed. Not making any noise, just like Otou-chan had taught him, he slowly slid out of bed and crept his way across the room.
Standing in front of his door, Kousei winced at just how much louder the shouting had become. He winced at the tone of each bellow from his Otou-san and then the high-pitched shriek of his Kaa-chan in return. He quickly forced himself to swallow down the sobs that threatened to escape his throat. It did no good. Kousei had to raise his hands to cover his mouth in order to smother the sound. Kousei continued to hiccup with overflowing sadness and his whole body began to shake under the force of his crying.
Kousei turned his head to nuzzle the head of his dinosaur, trying to calm down. Even through his sniffling nose, he was able to smell his favourite smell on the toy: cherries and cookies. Burrowing his head even further into the dinosaur toy and sniffing in as much of the scent as possible, Kousei began to imagine.
There was warmth surrounding him and a soft voiced that cooed into his ear, promising him like always, everything was going to be okay. Next, he added colours: pink and green. Colours that Kousei had automatically come to associate with love and safety.
Kaa-chan.
Kousei flicked his eyes open and his hopes were dashed. His Kaa-chan was not there.
His little heart broke.
All Kousei wanted was his Kaa-chan. Nothing else. Just to have her hold him. At the thought, more tears begun to pool into his eyes.
"Kaa-chan," he cried, voice broken and so soft, he barely heard himself. "Kaa-chan, please," he sobbed, clutching his dinosaur with all his might, "please stop fighting with Otou-san."
Kousei knew that there was no chance that she would actually hear him. Not with the all the noise. Not with all that screaming, cussing and threats in the background. No, there was no way that she would have heard him.
Hunching up into a little ball, Kousei buried his face into the soft toy and uttered a soft prayer. "Kami-sama, please help. I don't want Kaa-chan to leave. Please let the fighting stop." He inhaled a shaky breath before whispering his last request to the spirits. "Please, let everything be alright."