Vincent Clarisse Von Gillérion

[Vincent's POV]

I sat down in the classroom at my desk. I looked around the room to see all the other kids in uniforms, facing the front of the classroom. The classroom had plain vanilla-colored walls that looked old and had no style to them. They made the desks of wood that looked like it would break if you put too much pressure on them. I disliked how sad this room made me feel. Suddenly a boy, much taller than I came over "Why are your eyes so red?" he asked. This was the new boy at our school and he gave me a bad feeling. I shrugged "I-I don't know... I-i was born like this.." I said while fixing my golden glasses since they kept tilting. The boy took my glasses and held them up to his face. I glanced over at the now blurry boy "G-give them back please" I tried to say, but I was too quiet.

The blurry boy leaned down towards my face, making me jump and back away. I ended up falling out of my chair and onto the ground. I stood until a girl came along and placed her foot on my stomach "Wow, you look like a demon. No normal person has white hair" she commented. Another girl came along "You're right. I wonder if it's all fake" she bent down and pulled on my hair. I yelped and then stuttered, "P-please stop..." I still wasn't able to get up with the pressure of the girl's foot on me. "Woah, it's really real," she said in shock. Another boy came along and bent down "I bet he is wearing something on his eyes to make his eyes red. No one can have real red eyes" he stated. I was so scared, everyone around me was completely blurry and hard to see without my glasses. I didn't know what they were doing or what facial expressions they were making.

Then I felt someone hold my eyelids open, and I panicked. "Don't worry, we just want to see if your eyes are fake." a voice said. I could hear the evil laughs of the other children as one inched his finger towards my eye. I wasn't able to blink or close them. Out of panic, I screamed, but someone covered my mouth. I could feel my eye burning as I touched gently it. Their finger in my eye, unable to move, to blink, to scream. I couldn't do anything and the pain kept going. I felt like they were going to pull my eye out until the teacher came in yelling at the children.

They all quickly left me alone and threw my glasses at my stomach. I was shaking and crying as I covered my burning eye from their touch. The teacher came over and moved my hand to look at my eye but it has healed so quickly and fast that it looked like nothing happened.

After school, I walked home feeling upset... No one wanted to be my friend and the other kids kept calling me a monster throughout the day. Was I really a monster...? I started crying to myself all the way home. My mother waited outside the door for me every day. I saw her and ran to her quickly, hugging her tightly "Mommy!" I cried and buried my face into her neck. She smelled so nice, like she always does. I loved it when she gave me tight hugs. She rubbed my back softly "Baby, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Did it happy again?"

My mother already knew about the bullying, but she told me to ignore it. But it was hard. I don't know why, but I am so sensitive when people yell at me. I nodded and rubbed my eyes "Y-yes... I tried to do what you said, mommy, but it was hard... They wouldn't leave me alone... T-they pulled my hair a-a-and" I could barely finish my sentence without choking on every word that came out.

"Shhh," she said in her sweet voice, "Calm down... why don't you go say hi to your father while I go to the school to get everything settled.

I sniffed and nodded in agreement. I made my way up the stairs and to my father's office. I knocked on the door and heard a deep yet calm voice from the other side "Come in"

I walked into the room and smiled at the man, running towards him "Father!" I jumped onto his lap. He held me close with a smile "There's my amazingly talented son. How was school?" he asked. I laid my head down on his shoulder "Terrible father... They pulled my hair, called me names, took my glasses and tried to pull my eye out... Please don't make me go back to school father.." I begged him. He took and deep breath and looked at me "I and your mother already agreed that if you come home crying again, we will homeschool you ourselves" he smiled. A huge grin came across my face and I hugged my father tightly. I loved both my parents so much, they mean the world to me. Most children go against their parents, but I could never do such a thing. My father placed his hand on my cheek softly "Dear son, one day you will take control of this mansion and take care of us once we are old. I want you to grow up, get a wife, and have a baby in this mansion. I want you to keep this place and everything it holds, okay?" he asked. I nodded "Of course, father. I promise to keep this mansion the way it is and live in it until I depart from life" I promised.

My father smiled and hugged me once more "I'm so happy to hear you say that. Here, I have a gift for you. Open your hands" he told me. I held out my hands, which were so much smaller compared to my fathers. He placed a necklace in my hands "I made it the best I could. If you open it, it has a hand-painted picture of your mother and me with you. It even has all three of our birthstones" he explained. My eyes light up in join and I held it close "I promise to take excellent care of it" I replied quickly. He chuckled and pinched my nose "Oh my little ruby, I know you will" I couldn't help but laugh when my nose was pinched. Then, there was a knock on the door "Come in" my father said. A doctor was holding his bag of supplies with him. I quickly squeezed my father tightly and looked at him in a panic "No again, father. Please, I'm fine. I'm not sick, I swear!" I begged him. I hated shots, I hated check-ups, I hated the pills, I hated it all. My father held me close "Please son.. we are just trying to help you. Don't you want to look normal like the other children?" he asked. I suddenly felt a sting in my heart "But... D-don't you like me the way I am..?" I asked, but he went quiet. He didn't reply to my question.

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