Darkness...
That was the only thing he could see , no light , no color , nothing ... But he could still hear his father yelling and shouting all types of insults .
" TRASH ! "
" FAILURE ! ""
YOUR MOTHER SHOULD'VE ABORTED YOU !! "
The poor brown haired boy was laying on the ground bruises all over his body along with a swollen eye , he just stayed there and slowly opened his other eye , he could see his father still shouting but that didn't matter anymore what mattered is the fact that his mother was just standing by the door with a neutral expression , there was no sadness , no fear for her son's life . He felt tears trying to escape but he kept them at bay the last thing he needed was another black eye .
" ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME HAROLD ?!! "
With that , the older man gave a powerful kick to his son's stomach not caring about the consequences or if it would kill the young boy , if he could murder him he would , but he couldn't risk to go to jail , not again . Seeing that he punished Harold enough , he thought that it was a good time to get a drink .
" NEXT TIME BE MORE OBEDIENT ! GOT IT ?! "
Then the man stormed out of the room , when the green eyed boy tried to get up , he saw his mother giving a dissapointed look saying.
" What have I done to get such a disgrace ? "
Once she got out of the room , the poor kid broke down almost immediatly , letting out all the tears he kept throughout the day . He never get it , he simply couldn't understand why his parents treated him the way they did , everyday he kept hoping that it would be different but it never changed . Althought his life was a living nightmare he won't lose hope , he would always have the will to live .
Always.
" Hal ... HAL !!! "
Hal's memories were inturrepted by his friend's calls Jessica , the male green lantern quickly shook his head and gave her his usual smug face .
" Sup Jess . "
" You've been daydreaming for almost ten minutes . Are you okay ? "
He shrugged " Pff , I'm still as handsome as ever ."
Jess rolled her eyes at his attitude .
" Ugh ! You're impossible ."
" I know , I'm pretty great people find it impossible to be like me ."
Annoyed , the latina girl decided it was time to leave .
" Whatever . See you later ."
When he was sure Jess left . Hal's smile faded and he put his hands on his face in attempt to hide a few tears trying to break free.
" No . It'll be fine , everything will get better . I'll just make sure that no one will know ... Absolutely no one .."
THE END .
