~June 1st, 2575
*7:30am
*Silver
I woke up to a lot of pain and my limbs were wrapped tightly in bandages. The one that hurt the most was my left arm.
"*groan Augh!"
"Silver?"
I turned to see my wife sitting in a chair looking like she hardly slept at all.
"Eve. Where are the kids?"
"They're sleeping over there."
I fought to sit up and it only made me hurt me a lot. I reluctantly laid back down feeling slightly relieved our kids were alright.
"Are you okay my love?"
She sighed and moved her ribbons forward to show me they were wrapped in bandages along with her front paws.
"I burned myself trying to save you."
The memories of the fire in our apartment hit me like a rocket and I trembled at the thought of how close I was to losing my entire family and my own life.
"Eve please don't do that again. You scared me and I cannot ever live in a world without you in it."
"I'd do it 1000 times over again just to see you open your eyes. And when I saw you all burnt and then you passed out it terrified me. I knew it was my fault you got hurt because I failed to get myself and Vivi to safety instead of hiding away in the closet."
"Eve this is in no way your fault. You reacted the best way you knew how. Nobody expects you to know what to do in that situation. You stayed safe and protected our daughter. That means more to me than anything. Don't you ever blame yourself for this. I would get burned over and over if it meant you two were alive and safe."
Eve sobbed quietly and gently wrapped her arms around me and cried into my chest.
"Silver if you died and it was my fault I would never forgive myself..."
"Eve..."
I smiled at her weakly and wrapped my good arm around her.
"I love you Silver..."
"I love you too Eve..."
I cried quietly with her as we held each other closely, relieved that we were alive and together. I kissed her as many times as I could before I had to rest because I started to feel agonizing pain.
The bastard that caused all this was arrested and sent to an insane asylum for being both a pyromaniac and a psychopath. I am happy to say that is the last time I ever heard him being mentioned. I will never forgive him for what he did to my family. His actions traumatized my family and I can finally move on and forget he ever existed.
Only some of our belongings we're recovered from the fire but a majority of them burned from the flames. We moved into my mother's place for a month while Eve and I searched for a new house and I could slowly recover from the burns.
Yuna and Yin were even more inseparable after that day and they spoke to each other for comfort more often. Vivi would most likely not remember much of the fire but doctors say she could develop a phobia of fire in the future they just can't predict when. But Eve and I will be prepared for when that day comes and help our daughter in the best way we can. As for my wife, mentioning it terrifies her and I'd be lying if I said that night didn't scare me either. We both have been through a lot together even more terrifying than this but it just affected us more than anything because our children we're involved.
I have nightmares sometimes about the fire to this day but it was at its worst the first week after. I was woken up on the first night after I dreamt about burning to death in the flames, my entire body covered in sweat. I woke Eve up and she embraced me as I cried quietly in her arms. My tears didn't last long when I heard the screeching of our door open to reveal Yuna and Yin behind it with Vivi.
"Dad can we umm..."
"Honey you don't need to ask. Of course you can spend the night with us."
Yuna and Yin happily climbed into bed and Vivi slid into Eve's arms. She kissed her forehead and held her close. That night we all slept peacefully the nightmare vanishing into our time as family, alive and together.