"If it’s all just a dream."

WE ALL HAVE THAT PERSON THAT WE’D DO ANYTHING  FO THEM, FOR YUKHEI IT WAS HIS MOTHER. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO SEE HER SMILE, A SMILE AS BRIGHT AS THE SUN THAT WOULD MAKE THE FLOWERS GROW. HE GREW UP HAVING AN ATTACHMENT TO HER AND LEARNING A LOT FROM HER. SHE ALWAYS TOLD YUKHEI THAT HE WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN HIS LIFE AND THAT SHE WOULD DO EVERYTHING JUST FOR HIM. HE’S ALWAYS SEEN THE WORLD IN THE EYES OF HIS MOTHER BUT THE POOR CHILD DIDN’T KNOW WHAT SHE’S BEEN GOING THROUGH. HE LOVED HER SO MUCH AND THAT’S WHAT MADE HIM WANT TO GET HER OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT SHE WAS IN.

"THEN I DON’T EVER WANT TO WAKE UP."

SHE WAS THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN YUKHEI’S WORLD AND SHE NEVER EVEN KNEW THAT. HE’D WATCH HER LEAVE AND PUT ON MAKE UP AND PRETTY CLOTHES. SHE TOLD YUKHEI THAT IT WAS ALL FOR WORK AND LEFT HIM IN THE HANDS OF HER SISTER. THIS CONTINUED FOR A LONG TIME AND HE HAD LOST TIME WITH HIS MOTHER. HE KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED TO DO THIS FOR THE BOTH OF THEM AND SHE DID IT MOSTLY FOR HIM BUT HE MISSED HER. HE NEVER QUESTIONED THE ABSENCE OF HIS FATHER AND ALWAYS JUST UNDERSTOOD HIS MOTHER’S WORD OF HIM BEING TOO BUSY AND OUT OF REACH TO THEM. IT WASN’T LONG UNTIL HIS MOM GOT MARRIED.

"I THINK I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS LIFE AND.."

A SMILE AS BRIGHT AS THE SUN THAT WOULD MAKE THE FLOWERS GROW. THAT SMILE FADED. EVERYTHING CHANGED BY THE TIME SHE GOT MARRIED. HER HUSBAND WAS ABUSIVE AND MOSTLY TO HER. IT WAS A VERY MESSY RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD BOTH OF THEM ABUSED AND YUKHEI JUST WISHED HE COULD RUNAWAY WITH HER AND LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE BUT THAT WAS TOO DIFFICULT. HE HAD CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD. AND AT SOME DAYS YUKHEI JUST LOCKED HIMSELF IN HIS ROOM OR STAYED OVER A FRIEND’S HOUSE. IT HURT HIM SO MUCH THAT HE HAD TO DO THINGS FOR HIMSELF AND JUST LEFT HIS MOTHER THERE. IT HURT TO COMEBACK HOME AND SEE HER BRUISED BUT SMILING AT HIM. IT WAS LIKE SHE’D RATHER HAVE HIM LEAVE THE PLACE AS SHE TAKES THE BULLETS.

"I COULD LAY HERE WITH YOU AND WATCH THE WORLD TURN."

THE TWO ATTEMPTED TO RUNAWAY. SHE TOLD HIM TO PACK HIS THINGS AND THEY WALKED OUT SLOWLY. IT WAS PARADISE AND ALL YUKHEI HAS EVER WANTED. HE HELD HER HAND THROUGH EVERYTHING AND EVEN IF EVERYTHING GOT HARDER WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF HER HUSBAND’S MONEY, IT WAS PEACEFUL. HIS MOTHER KNEW THAT THEY COULDN’T LAST LONG LIKE THIS AND TOLD YUKHEI THAT IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO KNOW THE TRUTH. HIS FATHER WAS A GOD AND THAT WAS THE REASON HE WAS SO OUT OF REACH, A GOD HAD BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN RAISE A FAMILY. HE NEVER HATED HIS FATHER BUT HE NEVER LIKED HIM EITHER AND WHY WOULD SHE TELL HIM ABOUT HIM NOW? HIS MOM TELLS HIM THAT HE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.

"NEVER SAY A WORD."

SOME BANDITS ATTACKED THE PLACE THEY STAYED IN. EVERYONE PANICKED AND SO DID YUKHEI AND HIS MOTHER. HE DID EVERYTHING TO PROTECT HER AND THAT CAUSED HIM TO UNLEASH UNKNOWN POWER. HE CREATED A SMALL HURRICANE TO ATTACK THEM AND EVEN IF IT WAS A HEROIC THING TO DO, YUKHEI WAS AFRAID OF HIMSELF. EVERYONE THAT STAYED WITH THEM WAS CHEERING FOR HIM AS HE LOOKE D AROUND FOR HIS MOTHER. HE FINDS HIS MOM STABBED EVERYWHERE AND AS SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, A MAN CAME TO YUKHEI. HE DIDN’T SEEM TO BE FROM AROUND HERE AND HE HAD A TRIDENT IN HIS HAND. BEFORE HE COULD SAY ANYTHING, HE WAS BROUGHT TO CAMP HALF-BLOOD AND EVER SINCE THAT DAY HE HASN’T SEEN HIS MOTHER. HE DOESN’T KNOW IF SHE’S OKAY OR EVEN ALIVE BUT HE CONTINUED TO LIVE IN CAMP HALF-BLOOD FOR IT WAS THE ONLY THING HE COULD DO.