Prologue
Silent tears cascaded down alabaster cheeks, shoulders were hunched forward and white long fingers were intertwined with two family members.
Ur looked up at her two sons who both held grim expressions, expressions that should not be marring their youthful faces. They were tainted, interiorly and exteriorly, not once experiencing the happiness each child deserved, the innocence, the carefree character, neither were blessed by it and it was all her fault.
The pale mother squeezed the hands of her two adolescent sons. "Lyon…Gray…let's run away" she whispered.
Both boys lifted their heads simultaneously in shock and disbelief. Ur smiled sadly, but cringed as the pain erupted through her head from the small act. She watched as both her boys looked away in shame. Their mother, their precious, lovable mother and they were unable to protect her. Lyon reached over the table and took hold of his younger brother's hand. Gray looked at him questionably, his eyes filled with unsureness.
Lyon gazed at his brother's pale face, decorated by a mosaic of ugly bruises, blue, black and red. Fresh, old and in between. He gazed at the weak form of his mother, her sunken shoulders, her hollow cheeks and her faint smile. He knew they had to do this.
"Let's do it." He said with conviction.
"Lyon?" Gray called out in disbelief.
Lyon gave a weak smile and winced at the action as his face began to burn. He too, like his mother and brother received quite a generous number of blows. But not as bad as Gray, never as bad as Gray. Gray always had it worse. Lyon nodded and squeezed his younger brother's frail hand, one that was as cold as his. He had to protect them, he had too. Enough pain, no more. This had to end.
"Don't worry mom, little brother. I will protect you guys from now on."
Gray lowered his head, his bangs falling into his eyes, an action Lyon knew he did when he tried to mask his emotions. Lyon smiled as Gray squeezed back.
"Idiot, it's not your job alone. I'll protect you guys too…you're my family." Gray said softly.
Lyon chuckled weakly and turned to his mother with an encouraging smile. "Let's run away mom."
Ur nodded, drawing both her sons forward and encasing them into a warm embrace. She chuckled softly as they squeezed her back equally as tight. She patted her younger son on the head as she felt his tears sink into her thin shirt.
Lyon drew back and sat down in his squeaky chair. "Mom, where? And how do we do this?"
Ur slowly moved from Gray and sat back down as her son mimicked her actions. She smiled wearily but her eyes were bright with determination, a look both her children hadn't seen on her face in a while.
"I've actually been planning this for a while…" she confessed softly. "I just never had the courage…anyways, there is this town, its far from here, he won't find us. And both of you will enrol in a high-school i looked up over there…I already found a basement apartment…it's not much but…" She trailed off, looking unsure and fearful.
Lyon smiled and shook his head. "it's great mom, we have to start somewhere."
Ur smiled softly and nodded.
Gray looked nervous but nodded alongside his brother. "We can do this."
Lyon grinned and threw an arm around his younger brother's shoulder. "Don't worry little brother, I'll be there with you in every step." He said casually but Gray could see the protective flare in his eyes and he nodded, allowing himself to sink into his brother's comforting hold.
"So mom, where are we headed?"
Ur smiled.
"Magnolia."
A/N: So this is still in planning, but warning this contains a lot of cliches and fluff! Eventual smut ofc ;) Review?