Warning: blood

Remi giggled, practically bouncing on his feet, waiting for his cousin to come over. They met every weekend since they were real little. It has been a long week, or really past few months. He kept quiet to his parents about it. Neither of them had many friends, Remi didn't really like his, so they had each other. He was waiting for the much needed distraction all week. Remi's mom had told him to stay up in his room to wait for his cousin to come in hopes to distract him, otherwise he'd be sitting by the door for hours. He peeked into the playroom, the room's door open a jar, hardly ever used unless his cousin was here. Remi heard a faint knock on the front door and Remi practically bolted out of his room. His mom managed to snag him before he tackled his younger and smaller cousin to the ground. His little cousin grinned and rushed upstairs without a word, Remi's mom sighing and letting him follow. Remi almost instantly caught up with his longer legs, letting out a peel of laughter when the younger tried to shove past him. They took off into the playroom Remi taking the lead before the younger tackled him, hoping onto his back and causing Remi to fall. The tussled for a few minutes, the younger using his oversized hoodie to his advantage to playfully hit the other with this loose sleeves. Remi took off onto the counter from what used to be a bar area for adults before the boys took it over. His parents would yell at him if they found out, but the door remained soundly shut. The younger grinned, his hair over his face mocking intimidation as he slowly locked the door. Remi just laughed, using his additional height and taller stature to tower over him. The littler one used a running start and tackled Remi off the counter. Remi's head smacked against the counter, not splitting open but it hurt bad.
"Hey!" Remi hissed in pain, only to have it blown off by the younger one, laughing over Remi. Remi scowled, the frustrations from the past month rising up in his system. His "friends" mockery and coldness, who he only dealt with to keep from being alone. His powers he frantically tried to keep under thumb, trying to avoid his parents worry. All of it burned in the back of his mind. He struggled to push his cousin off him, only to get pushed back. Deep down he knew his cousin just didn't realize he hurt him but it slowly was drowned. The sink behind and above him bubbled to life, going unnoticed by the two of them. Remi continued to struggle to rise, the cousin almost gloating in his victory, somewhat uncharacteristic of him. The water in the sink above him began to hover over their heads as Remi forcefully shoved the other off him
"H-hey!" The younger stuttered out, stunned by Remi's actions. Remi glared and stood tall, water flowing around him through the air. The cousin looked scared, scampering away hastily. Tears of fear pooled in his eyes as water began to surround him, Remi's expression remaining dark.
"P-please stop!" He cried out as Remi slowly walked forward. He had very little control over the water around him, the sheer intensity of it causing a vase near the younger to fall, causing a scared yelp.
"Why should I?" Remi stated calmly "you didn't." The anger, frustration and fear from everything had taken its forceful hold over him, water hovering around the two of them in loose groups. He heard his parents shake the locked door.
"Remi! Remi leave your cousin alone!" They pleaded, and for a brief moment he tore his eyes away and to the door. The cousin lunged at Remi, fueled by panic alone. Something sharp and cold cut over Remi's eye before flooding with red. He let out a short cry of pain
"Vergil? Vergil was that you? Are you ok sweetie?" The parents frantically pulling at the doorknob. Vergil staggered back in panic at what he did, tears streaming down his cheeks at he dropped the shard from the previously broken vase. The parents yanked the door open, stopping briefly at the sight of the floating water before making a worried beeline to Vergil. Remi clutched his eyes and the water fell suddenly to the ground, receiving fearful glances from the adults.
He was a monster.
And now everyone was scared of him.
What has he done?
Time dragged by before Remi was taken to the hospital, by then blood had drenched his face, hands, and shirt. Time passed in a frantic blur, only remembering snipers of situations and conversations. He was tired, scared, and hurting, hardly receiving an ounce of comfort from his parents who now knew of his abilities. He remembered barely understanding the doctors for a long while, only realizing the implications when a sweet nurse kneeled down infront of him and explained he wouldn't be able to see from the now bandaged eye. He remembered his parents talking to his cousin's dad, vowing to keep the two apart from now on. He remembered his partners lying to Vergil, saying it was only a small cut and everything was going to be fine.

Remi woke up with a start, panting and shaking. He whimpered and buried his face in the pillows.