I haven't updated in a while. But i'm back with a slightly sad and slightly angsty story.
Cosmo and Wanda get into a fight and Cosmo wonder's if he's becoming like his father.
You're not like him
"Shut the hell up!" Cosmo exclaimed.
Wanda pushed him back. "Don't talk to me that way Cosmo! Where do you get off yelling at me like that!"
"You're the one yelling at me!" He said coming closer to her.
She backed up and hit the wall behind her. "Cosmo stop yelling. Poof and Kei are downstairs."
"You were yelling at me first Wanda." He was so mad at her his fist raised.
Wanda's eyes got wide. She tried to back away but the wall was behind her. Was he going to hit her? Her mind quickly flashed back to all the other times she'd been hit by a man. It was Juandissimo that did it each time. But not Cosmo. He would never hit her. But his hand didn't lower. She covered her face and shrunk down giving a small yelp of fear.
Cosmo froze realizing what he was about to do. All of his anger towards her melted away and his hand lowered. He felt ashamed of himself for what he had been about to do. His wife had tears in her eyes looking afraid of him. He felt like crying himself. He truly didn't mean to do this to her. "W-Wanda I…"
She got up and pushed past him. "Get away from me Cosmo."
"Wanda wait!"
She flew out of the room with tears streaming down her face. She went to the top of the stairs but stopped. She didn't want her sons to see her crying. They were probably hungry and wanted dinner, but if they saw her, they would question why she was so sad. She flew into the bathroom and locked the door behind her and cried.
Why would her husband do this? She was still in utter disbelief. In the thousands of years they'd been together, Cosmo had never once attempted to lay his hands on her that way. He had always been gentle and caring, and whenever he touched her it was always with love. When he found out Juandissimo had hit her he all but murdered the guy. He'd always been so protective of her in that way. Whenever someone tried to hurt her, he was always there to step in and defend her. She didn't understand.
Even though he hadn't touched her, the fact that he was about to brought oceans of tears to her eyes. She still didn't understand why he had done it, but it broke her heart that he did.
Finally, when she had pulled herself together, she wiped her face and flew downstairs to Poof and Kei. She found them in the living room where Poof was teaching his 3 year old brother how to play a video game. He turned around. "Hi mom."
"Hi sweetie," she said.
Kei flew over to her. "Mommy!"
"Kei, you have to finish the game!" Poof exclaimed.
Kei flew into Wanda's arms and she hugged him trying to keep herself from crying. "Are you two ready for dinner?"
"Yeah, I'm starving," Poof said.
Wanda put Kei down. "Go play with your brother. Dinner will be ready soon." She flew into the kitchen and started their dinner. They came in to eat.
"Where's dad?" Poof asked.
Wanda shrugged. "I don't know."
"Did he go somewhere?"
Wanda really didn't know where Cosmo was. She hadn't seen him since their fight and she didn't even know if he was still here. "Just eat your dinner. He'll be back soon." She flew out of the kitchen and sat in the living room. She wondered where Cosmo was and if he really was gone, she wanted him to come back soon. She wanted their fight to be over. She wanted to apologize.
Cosmo sat on the back porch swing with his chin resting on his knees. He'd been out here for hours but couldn't bring himself to go back inside. He felt so guilty and ashamed of what he'd done to Wanda. He was afraid she was really mad at him or afraid of him and didn't want to see him again. Maybe she thought he was abusive now and wanted to leave him. And he wouldn't blame her.
He was worried and afraid himself. He was afraid that maybe he was turning into his father. When he thought about him over the years, he was afraid he'd end up being like him. He ran his finger across the small white scar under his right eye. When he was 4, his father had come home in a drunken rage and threw a vase against the wall. One of the glass pieces bounced off and cut his eye.
He didn't have many fond memories of his dad. He spent a lot of time at the bars and when he came home, he'd hurt him and his mother. He wasn't always like this; he remembered when his dad took him to get ice cream from Fairy Fro-Yo. And he taught him how to play baseball which was why he loved the game so much.
But close to when he left, the memories started to go very sour. He'd hurt him many other times. He had another scar on his jaw close to his ear but he didn't remember how it happened. All he knew it was from him. He remembered sitting in his room at night hearing his mother's cries of pain. She made him stay in his room on nights when his dad was particularly drunk but sometimes he couldn't help going downstairs to find out what was going on.
He remembered the day he left like it was yesterday. He was 6 years old. His father came home from the bar in another one of his drunken rages and the first person he took it out on was his mother. He had tried to defend her but his father pushed him aside and he hit the wall. After that Mama Cosma poofed up his things and forced him to leave threatening to call the police. After that he left and Cosmo never saw him again. At the time he didn't understand. He thought his dad would come back one day and take him to that baseball game he promised. But he didn't come back. He got a birthday card from him in the mail for his 7th and 8th birthdays but over 9,000 years later he hadn't heard from him. He didn't know if he was even alive, he probably drank himself to death. If he ever did return he didn't know how he would feel about it. A big part of him was still mad at him for what he did to him and his mother and for leaving him.
But now he worried that after he tried to hurt Wanda that he was turning into that guy. How long would it be before he really did start hitting her and then he'd start hurting his boys? He'd put permanent scars on their faces and soon they'd hate him. He couldn't imagine ever doing that to them. They were his babies, if he ever hurt them, he couldn't forgive himself. And Wanda! He'd die if he ever hurt her and put the same bruises on her that Juandissimo put on her.
He didn't want to hurt his family. He didn't want to be that guy. Maybe he should leave before things got really bad. The thought of leaving Wanda alone to take care of Poof and Kei made his heart ache. He'd told them he'd take them to the football game next week at Fairy Stadium and he wouldn't get to play baseball with them anymore. But it had to be done. If he stayed, he'd only end up hurting them and he didn't want to do that. Maybe he should go say good bye first, but then that would make it harder.
Just as he was about to fly away Wanda came outside. "There you are," she said. "We were starting to get worried." She sat down next to him and noticed how upset he looked. "What's the matter?"
"I tried to hurt you Wanda. I'm supposed to love you but I almost hit you."
She rubbed his back comfortingly. She was no longer angry with him. "It doesn't matter anymore. You didn't mean to."
"But what if I do it again? What if I really hurt you next time? And what about Poof and Kei? What if I hurt them? I-I think that maybe I should just go to save you three from any pain."
Wanda's eyes got wide. "You're leaving?"
He nodded. "Yes. I can't stay here anymore if I'm just going to be like my father and hurt my family."
She hugged him tightly. "Cosmo you're not going anywhere, you hear me?" She looked at him and saw that he was about to cry. "Listen to me Cosmo, you're not like him. You'll never be like him."
"But what if I hurt you again?"
She kissed him. "Honey I know you won't."
"How do you know?"
"Because you're the sweetest kindest man in the world and I know you wouldn't have the heart to hurt me or our kids." She kissed him again. "Are you going to stay?"
He smiled and kissed her. "Yeah, I'll stay."
So yeah, that's my little take on what happened to Cosmo's father. It's a little clue about why Mama Cosma is so protective of him all the time. But Cosmo could never be like that. He's too sweet and innocent. That's why we all love him so much.