Ray's mother cleaned him off, changed his diaper, and sent him to sleep once again. He slept calmly after working hard.
…
Ray looks down at the ground, which is far below him. He lifts his head to look at the person who had lifted him.
'what…' Before he could see the person who had lifted him or talked to the outer, he began moving at a dangerous speed. It might have felt like when he first sat on a roller coaster.
The only thing he knew was that he was moving at a dangerous speed. He kept spinning like a riot -doll until he stopped. But in his eyes, he felt like the world was still moving.
Baron held him closer to his face to take a better look at his son's face. "Wake up buddy," He speaks before forcing a wide smile on his face.
But to Thomas, it was a devious, menacing smile of a demon who was enjoying after torturing him. Ray gulps as he widens his eyes before vomiting everything he has taken so far.
"Cedric!" Baroness shouts before walking towards Baron with a sharp gaze. "What the hell are you doing?"
Baron looks at his wife with concern. "I'm sorry, it was my fault"
She snatches away her son from his father. "He isn't even a year old yet."
"But he isn't even a month old yet"
"So what, you don't get to do that until he turns 10-years-old"
"But you just said he wasn't even 1 year, for a moment, I thought I could do this after he turns 1-year-old"
"I don't know, but you don't get to do that" She turns her head towards the baby, who seems to be still sitting on his roller coaster.
"Now my son will get hungry again" She held her son closer to her chest, trying to comfort him. "first we will take a bath and then mum mum"
Father kept watching while she took him away to another room.
By the time Thomas came to his senses, he found himself in the water, and the water was barely below his shoulder. 'Where am I?' Thomas thinks he tries to see how far the water has stretched. 'a white wall? Titan?'
He then gets the sensation of a soft, big hand touching his neck; the hand was always there, 'ohh, the side effects of missing the ball,' He thinks before closing his eyes again.
Thomas feels someone putting their hand under his arm, picking him up from the water. He opens his eyes and gets welcomed by a bright smile. "Common, lemme wash you up."
The little boy stays silent with his eyelids half closed until a cold breeze flows through his body. His eyes widen in sudden realisation before he sees a soap approaching him. His eyes widen further before he screamed.
Even though he wasn't crying, his mom could tell by his expression that he hates soap. But as a good mother, she must do things that her kids don't want for their sake, just so that they won't face any problems in the future, even if it means making them hate her.
She washed her son, his every corner, every body part, making sure no germs remained, as the child kept screaming.
After cleaning him, she laid him inside the crib. Thomas didn't have any expression on his face; he looked as if something horrible had happened to him...…..
The dude was traumatized.
"Honey, the meal is ready," a man announced.
"Ooh, what did you make?"
…..
Although voices were entering his ear, he wasn't in a condition to process them all.
….
1 month later.
Ray was inside the crib, eyelids half closed, with no particular expression on his face, while his dad kept poking his fingers at his chicks. "What's up buddy, what are you doing"
"Cedric," Baron turns his head as he hears his name. "don't call him my baby, start using his name, so that he will become familiar with it sooner when he grows up"
"Oh, oh ma ray, are you feeling sleepy?"
Thomas kept staring at him just like before, 'Once a wise man said — omare'
His eyes came back to normal before it widened. 'Ooh, my name is Ray? That's not a bad name, actually; I wonder who gave it to me? Baron or baroness' Thomas was wondering as he saw Siena's hand approaching him. 'ooh, it's protein time, huh?'
Thomas lifts his hand towards Seina; he accepted his fate long ago. He follows the rule - protein is everything, no matter the source.
Ray's eyes narrowed as he looked at the air; 'you think I enjoy all this? I have to work hard, it's called discipline, haven't you heard gogin? Do what you hate doing the most; it's the thing that I hate doing the most, but I do it like I love it'
'no you bastard, I just do it like I love it'
Thomas stares at the air with a narrowed gaze before began greeting his teeth….. oh… he doesn't have teeth. "Are you full?, let's go to bed", Mom says as she turns off the light and turns on the lamp beside their bed; "It's story time" She takes out a book from beside the bed.
Thomas narrows his eyebrows as he looks at the book. 'she had been telling me stories of little kids that hadn't even happened in the past or some kind of myth in the world. I want to read some real shit about this world,'
"maic, maic," Thomas murmurs as he points his finger at another book besides the one his mother brought.
A radiant smile appears as she hears Ray. "Which baby can talk before 1 month? Are you serious" Her eyes widened with a thought. She held the child's shoulder and stared into his eyes. "Try saying mama, ma…. Ma, try it"
Looking at Seina's wide eyes, his eyes widen, then he opens his mouth. "O Shi"
Hearing a weird word from her son, she looks at him with narrowed eyes, head slightly tilted. "Oh shi? What is that?" she widens her eyes and leans closer. "Try saying ma maaaaaa maaaaaa"
'no, she isn't; she is 15 years younger than me; she wasn't even born when I got my first kiss,' Thomas says, looking at the horrific face In Front of him.
<.... why would you have to... you are a monster>
'what?.. What did I say? Forget it; I have to focus on my current situation right now.' Ray turned to another book and cried, pointing at it.
"Ohk, I will tell you that story, but promise me that, when you grow up, you won't go around fighting random people"
She looks at her son with concern.
Ray stays silent, then says. "Mm"
"Alright, we will read the story, but first let me wipe that runny nose of yours." Thomas has almost killed his pride and shame In Front of his new parents. Now he just accepts everything with an open heart.