Yorick:
It was always a task to go visit my parents when I was at the academy. I felt like I had finally escaped it. I was so happy to be there.
Then I found out Clementine was there. I thought maybe that was another task I had to bear, watching someone who had cheated on me, right in front of me. I had mixed emotions, but soon they faded. My mind felt clear, and I realized it was all a lie. She was innocent.
Regardless, I was never going to go back home. But sadly, they created this messed-up system where they sent us back to meet our families.
And just as I had expected, the retreat they chose for me was nothing but a tiny cabin where I could feel suffocated with my family.
I sighed as I walked along the trail, reaching the cabin. It was small, but very pretty. I mean small because not many people would be coming to stay with us. My parents would never allow that.
And just as always, as if they had heard me arrive, the door swung open and my mother came out wearing her white overalls she was so proud of. Opening her arms as wide as possible, she wore the white hairband she always wore, with her black hair tossed to the side.
"My pride," she said, rushing over for a hug.
However, I never returned the hug. I never did. She hugged me tight and patted my back while I just held my bag. I felt like my throat was going to close and I was going to die. That’s how I felt around them.
"Babe, come over. See, our proud little boy is here," she called to my father, making me clench my fist at the way she referred to me. This was their way of reminding me. I was still bound to them. And forever I would be.
"Look, Yorick looks even more handsome now," she said proudly, blinking her green eyes at me.
My father rushed out, bald and wearing a lab coat just like my mother’s, looking so proud of himself. The dark circles and bags under his eyes were even more prominent now. If I had to compare, I would say he looked like he belonged to the Addams family. More specifically, Uncle Fester.
And then there was my mother. She was a beautiful woman, but that didn’t change the fact that she was just as crazy as my father.
"Come on, come inside." My father patted my back, making me walk into the cabin. Just like I had expected, it smelled like a hospital, like their research facility, and I hated it.
"You guys have turned it into—oh my gosh," I complained, not even finishing my words as I threw my bag onto the ground.
"Don’t be rude. Your father was just trying to finish his work. What’s wrong with that?" My mother defended him.
"I just need to take a shower. Can I please have a moment for myself?" I excused myself, almost begging them. It didn’t look like they were happy that I wasn’t sharing their excitement, but they had no choice. They stepped aside so I could go into my room and take a quick shower.
I closed the door, washed up, and when I came out, my mother was already outside, knocking.
"Rimi, tell him the food is ready," my father called, and I rolled my eyes. I hated it. Why didn’t they send me to the north?


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