First Steps

"Just like that ! Come on !" His mother cheered while looking at him with an excited gaze.

Bonk

"Oh my, oh my ! You just have to try it over and over again !" She said as she lifted him up again.

What the fuck do you think I am trying to do ?!

Levin thought to himself with a burning rage building up inside him. Even though he is just a few months old, he already found out how to stand on his feet.

But he can't walk yet. His muscle memory can barely help, if his body is this undeveloped.

His mother sat him down at the table and hugged him. All the anger inside Levin is instantly gone.

"Your mother will always believe in you." She whispered with a calm voice.

If Levin would be able to sigh, this would be the perfect moment for it. Instead of sighing, a rumble left his tiny body.

"Oh ! Is my little boy hungry ? !"

I am not ! Let me try to walk again !

He starts to cry. His loud exhales fill the entire room.

I hate it...

"Such a hungry boy..." His mother said.

Within seconds, she pushed a bottle filled with white liquid into his mouth. With her free hand, she gently stroke his head.

"See ? Mommy always knows when her boy is hungry." She said with a lovely voice.

"Gugu gaga"

Gugu gaga

The calm vibe that spread throughout the room was ruined within seconds, as his father stormed through the door.

His armor was covered in dirt and a gigantic animal hung dead upon his shoulders while dripping blood on the wooden floor.

"I've slaughtered the beast !" He shouted proudly.

"Oh honey ! Don't scare us like that !" His mother argued and gave his father a gentle slap on his neck.

"Argh ! Sorry ! It was just that..." He slammed the strange animal on the table.

It looked like a mixture of a pig and a cow. Nothing Levin has seen before and now that it's bleeding corpse layed directly in front of him, he wasn't sure if he ever wanted to see it again.

"A whole pig-cow ? Oh darling, that is amazing !" His mother said in an impressed tone.

His father put his strong hand around the waist of his mother and kissed her in a very sensual way.

"R-Right here darling?" She asked with a quiet moan that escapes her lips.

"You are right." He said mumbling and lifted her up.

He carried her to their bedroom upstairs. Levin was left with nothing but the dead animal that stared blankly at him.

"Gugu...Gaga ?"

Why am I even trying to talk at this point ?

Oh darling ! Harder !

Donk

Donk

Yes ! That's the spot !

Liam sighed. Or he tried to. It's not like he could do much with a newborn body like his. Some flies landed on the bloody corpse.

Minutes passed and a rotten smell emerged from the corpse. The once clean room smelled like the insides of a rotting cadaver.

"Gugu..."

I fucking hate it here

Oh yes !

The sounds his parents made stopped instantly. They both walked downstairs with their messy hair and loose clothing.

"God ! The smell ! By the gods, the cow-pig must've been sick !" His father said and dragged the corpse outside.

"I open the window." His mother said and opened the two huge windows that provided a breathtaking view over some mountains.

Bad enough for Levin, since he can't take a loot at this view even if he wanted to...and even if he needed to.

With a loud grunt, his father opened the door again. He looked at his mother with a sultry and proud smile.

"It's amazing what your mouth can do." He said in an relaxing voice.

"D-Dont say that in front of Levin !" She said.

Levin eh ? So my name is really the same...how boring

"Pah ! He doesn't understand us anyways ! He will be a man when he is 13 years old, but for now, he is still a baby." He said in a strict voice.

If Levin could, he would grimace at his father. But besides opening his eyes and mouth a bit, he can't do any facial expressions.

"See ? Maybe my sweetheart wants some motherly love." She said and couped his body with her loving hands.

Please don't

She smiles warmly and then moves her head closer to his – she wants to give him a kiss.

Oh God no ! Not after you -

"Look how exited he is !" She said proudly and slightly threw him the air.

I am not excited at all !

"Gaga gugu"

But his tragic fate remains unchanged. After multiple kisses from his mother, he layed in his tiny bed while looking at a plushy next to him.

A stuffed pig-cow – how ironic – made out of yarn with buttons as eyes that stared at him. Levin instantly remembers the bleeding corpse that rotted away right in front of him.

I know you don't understand me

But I hate you with every fiber of my body

"Gaga"

"Gugu"

His mother glimpsed at him shortly, as she got changed.

Please don't kiss me ever again !

He closed his eyes. He doesn't want to see her like that and more importantly, Levin has a new goal; he wants to run away as fast as possible.

...

He woke up the next morning as some early sunbeams shone on his tiny bed. The warm light was quite wholesome and fulfilled him with a feeling of safety.

But the sunlight was too bright for his eyes.

"Bright..."

Loud vibrations fill the room. Both of his parent looked down at him with a shocked expression. His father even teared up a little.

"Did you hear that ?"

"Yes ! He said something !"

Ah, this moment. I am supposed to say 'Mother' or 'Father'...

The small Levin chuckled with a mischievous grin. His plan is unstoppable and powerful.

The power of the first word will leave an remaining mark on both of his parents. Countless words circle in his head.

But the more he stared at the excited faces of his parents, the less he wanted to ruin that moment.

After all, they weren't bad people and really did a good job at comforting him. He could've been born into way worse families than this one.

...

Ah, fuck it

"Ah, fuck it."

...

"Honey ? Did you hear the same words ?"