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Yasuo's past was not cheerful and fun, not only did he abandon his duty that cost his master's life, but he also killed someone he loved, his brother Yone.
But before that happened, his childhood wasn't fun either.
Children always made fun of him, some children made fun of him for not having a father and other children made fun of him for being too mature even though he was young.
"You are a being who should not have been born"
"Why are you still alive?"
"No wonder your father left you"
Those words were so heavy for him when he was young, the only way to get kids to be quiet, in Yasuo way, was to hit them.
But his brother was always there for his brother.
In return, Yasuo slashes him with his blade on his brother, his brother's blood on his blade and his hands.
"No, what did I do!?"
Yasuo wakes up and gets up quickly, all sweaty and desperate to catch his breath, after a few minutes he calmed down and looked at Ahri was on his side, lying down and sleeping.
Yasuo looked between his legs and tightened the blanket as he remembered his past/dream, he really hated himself for doing that.
"Yasuo?" Yasuo is startled to hear Ahri calling him, and looked at Ahri who is staring at him with a tired but also worried look "Are you okay?" Ahri asked as she got up to stand beside Yasuo.
"Yes, I'm fine" Yasuo lies but Ahri knew it was a lie but she gives a soft smile and hugs Yasuo's arm "You know you can talk to me if something bothers you, right?"
Yasuo gives a dull laugh, he trusted Ahri a lot to tell him what was bothering him but he also didn't want her to worry too much about him.
Yasuo took a breath and sighed, then said "I dreamed, or rather I remembered my past".
Ahri kept quiet and waited for Yasuo to finish what he had to say..
"People hated me, from when I was young until I was an adult and became a wanderer, but when I was young people didn't like me anymore even I have nothing wrong" Yasuo looked at the wall, not wanting to look directly at Ahri as he would cry looking directly into the eyes of the person he loves and is afraid of losing her too.
"And one of the memories was..." Yasuo closes his eyes and clenches his fists as he remembers his brother.
Ahri already knew what the memory was and she tenderly makes Yasuo lie down again and she hugs him, putting his head close to her neck and stroking her loose hair from Yasuo.
They are silent for a while until Ahri breaks the silence "Yasuo, I may not know how horrible your past was but I can feel your pain" she gives him a kiss on the forehead.
Yasuo hugs her tightly, even though she can't see, Ahri knew Yasuo was crying but she continued to stroke Yasuo's hair and then moved to his cheek, with beard, to wipe his tears.
And she continued to say "You and I went through the same pain but now that's in the past and we have to focus on the future together, we have a child, remember?".
Yasuo nods and then lifts his head, meeting Ahri's beautiful eyes and he smiles.
Ahri gives a light laugh and hugs Yasuo, she was about to say more but they hear the door open, they get up quickly, thinking it was an enemy but it was just their little 4 year old son, Yoshi.
"Yoshi, why are you up so late?" Yasuo asks when he sees his son.
Yoshi uses his free arm to rub his eyes and the other arm was holding the fox plush his mother gave him, then he replied in a tired voice. "Sorry Papa, but I had a bad dream and I wanted to know if I could sleep with you and Mama, can I?"
They talked about him sleeping alone to be independent but both Ahri and Yasuo wanted their son to sleep with them, taking advantage of Yasuo and Yoshi having nightmares and can to reveal too.
" Of course my baby, come here" Ahri sits on the edge of the bed and stretches out her arms, Yoshi approaches her mother and she picks him up and kisses him on the forehead.
Ahri puts Yoshi in the middle between her and Yasuo, then she lays down and hugs Yoshi, Yasuo lays down too and puts his hand on Ahri's waist and he brings her closer to him.
"So my baby wants to talk about the bad dream ?" Ahri says while stroking her son's ear.
Yoshi was silent and continued to hug the plush and then he speaks "There were some bad guys trying to get me, I called for you guys but you didn't show up and I got caught by the bad guys" Yoshi counted on as he closed his eyes and shivered as he remembered the dream.
Yasuo was shocked by his son's dream but he smiled and kissed his forehead and said "It was just a bad dream, that would never happen".
Yoshi looked at his father and asked "But what if it happens?" Then Ahri replies too smiling at her son "And if that happens, me and your papa will be there to protect you from these bad guys."
Yoshi then looked back at his mother and then at his father again and then asks again "Promise?"
And Ahri and Yasuo looked at each other and then looked at their son and said still smiling "We promise"
Yoshi smiles at his parents and then says with a yawn "Thank you mom and dad I love you" and then sleeps, Ahri is touched by her son's confession, it wasn't the first time Yoshi had said that but for Ahri, it was a first.
"We love you too Yoshi" Ahri gives her last kiss on Yoshi's forehead and looks at Yasuo and says "See? Even with these difficulties, we are still moving forward and we will not give up."
Yasuo reaches the hand that was on Ahri's waist to her cheek and says "You're right, thank you" they then kiss and then go back to sleep.