THIS IS NOT PART OF THE STORY. It doesn't fit in, just some flashback from the past.

Happy Mother's Day, everyone! Wish your mom a good day! 

So, for this special day I suppose I wanted to do a special chapter. 

And who other to focus on than our sweet, angsty Aquarius, right? 

This will basically be the story of how he met Taurus and came out of his little turtle shell.

TW: MENTIONS OF SUICIDE AND ABUSE

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Aquarius POV (first time writing his POV, wish me luck!!)

Ten years ago...

Aquarius: age, 7.

I don't remember the day clearly. 

The day when she killed herself. 

It was all sorrow and tears and shock, all around me. 

But none for me. 

No tears came, because I was so shocked, so angry, and so utterly confused. 

Why? 

Why? 

Why had Mother decided to leap in front of that train? 

From then on things spiraled out of control. 

I don't, I can't, I don't want to remember. 

The scars that slowly started creeping up my skin said otherwise. 

I was afraid. So afraid. So that even school, which was usually my escape into another world, became unbearable. 

And so I closed myself off. I sealed away my heart. 

Was there any other way? 

No. There wasn't. 

Not when dealing with the monster that was my father. 

Not when dealing with the countless words, the knives, the cuts. 

This life... 

Was doomed... 

The moment I was born.

That was why I was so surprised when he approached me.

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It was a normal day. Sunny, blue sky, and I was once again going to school. 

There wasn't even anything particularily special about the weather. Or what we did in school. 

I was, as usual, extraordinarily bored during classes. I knew it all already. 

That was probably why I didn't notice. 

Things really started after school. 

I waiting on the school bench outside of the school gates, legs tucked up to my chest, face to my knees, hoodie up, waiting for the father I knew would never come. 

He never did, and never would, and I didn't care, as far as I was concerned. He could rot away in his office for all I cared. 

A slight tap, tap, tapping sound soon came nearer. 

As usual, I paid the sound no attention. It was probably just another kid, trying to annoy me with their loud shoes. 

I flinched violently when I felt a hand tap me on the shoulder. "Hi."

It took about all of my self-concentration to restrain my reaction to a slow turn of my head. I expected a teacher or something, but what greeted me was shocking. 

It was a boy. 

He looked about my age, with messy brown hair and a green backpack over his back, and immediately something in my heart knew that I could trust him. His face was open and honest, eyes warm and... was that concern? 

He smiled when he saw that I had his attention. "Hi," he repeated. "I'm Taurus. Do you want some company? You look lonely." 

It was only then that I noticed he had a crutch. It was a modern-style type, but nevertheless it contrasted with his entire body. "Why do you have a crutch?" I said, softly because I wasn't used to being approached. 

Taurus smiled and sat down next to me. "My knees are weak," he said, swinging his legs. "At least that was what the doctor told me mom. Something happened when I was a kid, and now I need this crutch to help me walk." He looked at me. "What's your name?" 

"Aquarius," I whispered, even softer than before. 

"Are you okay?" Taurus asked.

I flinched again and didn't answer. 

"Why are you scared?" he continued. "I see you every day and you always look scared when someone calls you out or-" 

"It's none of your business," I said coldly, turning away. 

To my immense surprise Taurus touched my shoulder and tugged me back towards him. "Do you want to be.. friends?" 

In that moment something warm blossomed in my chest. 

Friends. 

What a warm, warm word. 

"I don't... I don't know what that means," I managed to say. 

Taurus looked surprised. "Well, being friends means that we stick together." He lifted his arms upward and turned towards the sun. "Being friends means a lot of other things that I can't put into words." 

"Why?" I blurted out. "Why me, among all the other kids? They're probably nicer and..." 

And they don't have my life. 

Taurus blinked, then smiled gently again. "You looked lonely." 

A bitter laugh forced its way out of my throat. "What makes you think that?" 

"You're always alone at school," he said. "And you always wear bandages over your hand." 

I flinched once more. I had clenched my fists to many times in pain, in frustration, in anger that my fingernails had left a permanent line of crescent-shaped scars in a line across my palm that bled nearly constantly since I reopened them nearly every night. 

"Tell me," He said softly. "Why do you wear bandages?" 

"Scars," I blurted. "Scars." 

Stupid, he won't want to know about that! I cursed myself in my head. 

To my surprise, the worry in his eyes deepened even more. "Scars? Show me." 

Before I could say anything he had taken my hand and started unwrapping the layers of bandages I'd wrapped around them. I would have to change them tonight-I'd been wearing for a good amount of time and blood had seeped into most of the cloth. 

I heard Taurus gasp softly when he saw the scars. "Oh." The tip of his finger brushed against the deepest one and I hissed in pain. 

"I'm sorry," he said softly. "Are your parents coming soon? If not then I can take you to my house and wrap it up properly." 

I opened my mouth. Then closed it. What should I say? Yes? No? A part of me wanted to stay, to stay closer to this source of warmth, but a part of me was too well-trained and too scared to stay. 

"No. I can... go with you." 

Taurus rewarded me with a bright smile. "Great! My house is just down the street, so I like to walk here and back. Just follow me." 

And that was the start of something new. 

From then on, I was no longer alone. 

I had found my light. 

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Was that too short? 

I really enjoyed writing that, though... 

Chapter 5 will be out as soon as I can write it! 

Hope you guys enjoyed! 

With love, 

-awakened-angel-chan