Genesis sat at the dining room table alone. There was a plate of food in front of him,which he'd cooked himself.
Ryan was working late. He knew that. If Ryan wasn't home by 7:45,Genesis knew he'd be working late. It was now 8:30.
Genesis picked at his food with his fork,moving it around the plate.
A single tear dripped down onto the table as he threw the fork down and buried his face into his hands.
He was tired of feeling like he lived on his own.
Ryan left for work at seven o'clock every morning,and more times than not worked late;straight through to midnight. Genesis had a backwards sleeping schedule,so he slept in the day.
But he was awake all night.
Night. The most beautiful thing about Mother Nature. Genesis would sit on the roof of the house every night and just stare at the moon,with his long red hair down and blowing in the wind.
During the day,he hid from the sun. The light hurt his eyes.
Genesis had other problems with daytime,though.
If he was awake during the day,he'd find himself sitting on the floor in front of the door waiting for Ryan,who never showed up until midnight.
Ryan and Genesis had set in an agreement for the nights he worked late;Genesis would leave his bedroom door unlocked,and Ryan would open the door when he got home and say hi.
But,even though the agreement was set in place,Ryan still had yet,in the 9 years that he'd been living with him,to open the door.
Genesis closed his eyes and focused on the memory of the day Ryan and Horatio had an all out fight,which ended with Ryan throwing Horatio out of the house permanently.
But as for who Horatio was,Genesis couldn't remember. He couldn't remember what he looked or sounded like,either.
''Ryan,you need to spend more time with your son. He never sees you!''
''Hey,I'm working. I bring home money like you do and help put food on the table!''
''You never pay any attention to him!''
Genesis's ears picked up the sound of his parents fighting,and he curiously stepped into the living room.
''Has it ever occurred to you that I come home tired?''
''Has it ever occurred to you that we have a child who needs the attention?''
''Lemme tell ya somethin',Horatio. Teach him be independent and grow up on his own without any help. I did.''
''Yeah. And look at you now. Your OCD is through the fucking roof.''
''Get out.''
''What?''
''Get out! Now!''
''What about Genesis?!''
''He'll be fine. He'll be a lot better off without you,anyway.''
Genesis watched Ryan throw Horatio's car keys at him,along with his house keys.
Horatio caught them,and when he tried to reason with Ryan,Ryan said otherwise and slammed his fist into Horatio's face,breaking his nose.
Horatio staggered back,his head turned away from the younger. When he looked back up at Ryan,his nose was bleeding rapidly,and the blood was smeared all over his face.
''Fine.''
''Great. You'll find all your stuff in the trunk. Now get movin'!''
Genesis watched his redheaded father open the door and leave.
He swore he could almost hear the redhead crying.
But Genesis didn't know that Horatio was leaving and never coming back. He didn't know what it meant to be thrown out of a house.
Shortly after Horatio was thrown out of the house,Genesis was involved in an accident that caused some memory loss.
And because of the memory loss,Genesis knew there was someone missing from his life,but he just didn't know who.
Now Genesis was sitting alone at a table with a plate of food that he'd cooked himself,no one to sit with,except for Whiskers and Smokey,his cats.
He'd brought them home from a shelter with money that he earned himself.
At 17,Genesis had a job,and he used the money to buy his own clothes since Ryan was never around,and he bought his own food. He would buy his own laundry soap,and he paid for the cat food and cat litter.
Genesis didn't have a girlfriend;he really wasn't into girls. He was also a high school dropout.
But for a high school dropout,the redhead was very intelligent. It was his level of intelligence (and his ability to forge high school diplomas and hack into school computers) that got him his job.
Sighing heavily,Genesis ate his food,did his dishes,and,from the kitchen window,climbed onto the roof.
He sat down so he could see the moon and removed the braid from his red hair. When he did this,his hair draped down to the middle of his spine,but his bangs,which were tied into the braid,draped down over half of his face.
The wind began to blow,and Genesis moaned at the comfort the cool breeze gave.
He looked up at the moon,like he did every night,and smiled softly. The roof was the only place he could go to and feel at peace.
Two and a half hours went by before Genesis saw Ryan's car come around the corner.
Now,Genesis was wearing a loose white t-shirt and blue jeans.
He was in plain sight of Ryan.
He desperately waited for the get-your-ass-down-from-there!-are-you-crazy? command,but it never came.
Ryan went into the house,dropped his stuff in the living room,and went to bed. Not even bothering to check the boy's room.
Genesis felt like someone had stabbed him in the heart...again.
It was the same thing every night.
He'd be in plain sight,but Ryan wouldn't even begin to try and notice him.
Genesis buried his face in his hands and let the tears fall.
He wanted someone to yell at him.
He wanted to be grounded and punished.
He wanted to feel ashamed of himself and be disciplined.
He wanted to be told to get back into school.
He wanted his eardrums to be blown when someone yelled at him.
But most of all,he wanted to feel the warmth of a hug from a parent.
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