Overwatch high (gency)

Fourteen

Genji bursts awake from the terrible dream he just had. His breathing was intense and the memory was still fresh.
The door to his room bursts open and Reyes runs in. " Genji! What's wrong!?"
Genji quickly shakes his head, trying to forget the horrors he witnessed in his dream.
" Genji talk to me..." Reyes sits down onto the edge of Genji's bed and gently puts both his arms onto Genji's shoulders. He tried to calm down, but the dream had felt so real... every detail of it... Hanzo... it had felt so real...
" I..I'm fine.." he managed to reply after taking a deep breath.
Reyes watched him closely, knowing this wasn't just a nightmare, it was a lot more... it had to be memory.. he just re-lived the day he lost everything...
" it was just a dream alright..?" Genji spoje, his body shaking like crazy. It had been a while since he had nightmares like this.. he thought they had left him forever... but he was wrong...
" Genji..." Reyes begins but Genji cuts him off.
" no.. seriously. I'm alright.. I know I'm safe, I know you care.. it was just a very bad dream.." He was starting to calm down a bit, but it was still effecting him. It had been so long...
" alright... " Reyes replies and gives Genji a hug before standing up.
" wait..." Genji bursts out. He was still scared... and honestly... he didn't want to be left alone...
" p...please stay .." he mumbled, not looking him in the eyes. Reyes could almost not believe it. Was Genji actually asking him to ... stay? Of course he was going to stay if that's what he wanted... of course Genji wouldn't be able to sleep alone after a nightmare...
Without another word, Reyes walks over to his bed again and sits down next to his son, leaning against the wall. Tears almost filled his eyes as he felt Genji's head lean against his shoulder. He allowed himself to warp his arm around him and in a matter of minutes, his eyes were closed.
" I will protect you... no matter what.." Reyes whispers. He wasn't sure if Genji was still awake, but he truly meant it. He wasn't going to allow anyone to hurt his son. Never.

The very next morning, Genji woke up to the bright sun outside his window. He slowly moved his head to check the time. Early. He still had an hour to sleep if he wanted, but he decided to get up anyway. Reyes was no where to be found. He must have left at some point witch was totally okay. Without another word he pulled off his shirt and grabbed some clothes from his closet that seemed clean enough and headed towards the bathroom to take a shower. Usually, he would shower right before bed, but now that he had an extra hour to spend, he didn't see the harm in taking a morning shower.
After showering, he grabs a pair of black jeans and a green hoodie, witch matched his hair. There wasn't much color left... most of his natural dark hair had grown out witch only left his hair tips with the green color. Didn't badger him much tho, it still looked awesome, and if his fathers agents happened to be around, they wouldn't have recognized him right away. Or at least that's what he hoped for...
He gently grabs his backpack to put in some textbooks when he suddenly noticed the water color kit Angela had given him on his first day of school. A blush crossed his face as he pulled it out. The quality on this thing was amazing... such an expensive gift..
Since he still had more time to kill, he pulled out his sketch book as well and began to do what he loved most, drawing. Becoming an cartoonist had been his dream for ages. He fell in love with art the fits second he laid his hands on a pen. Another thing his old teacher complained about, was all the drawings he made in her classes instead of listening. Even the test papers she received from him were usually full of sketches instead of answers.
This drew his dad furious and he would get punished for being careless, but his mother had always been amazed by his work... just like Angela...
He wasn't sure what to draw when he suddenly got an idea! Since Angela had given him this rare and beautiful gift, perhaps he should give something to her in return? He didn't have much money, but he knew she wouldn't want anything like shoes or clothes. She was so different from the other girls... but when he had given her the drawing of the dragon, she was so happy, so perhaps a drawing?
A smile crossed his lips as he knew exactly what to draw. Yesterday at school, she had told him that she wasn't good enough, that she wasn't someone special, but to him, she was everything, therefore he was going to draw her. This would probably take more than just 40 minutes to finish, but he would at least start. He couldn't wait to give it to her.

Just like everyday, Genji managed to reach the bus just in time. The bus was full of students like usual. Luckily, he found an empty seat and sat down. In about 3 minutes, Angela would enter the bus and he could hand over the gift! He couldn't wait to see the expression on her face when he handed it to her. Amazingly, he had actually managed to finish off the pice of art just in time to reach the bus. He had used the watercolor set she had given him to color the painting of her. On the bottom of the painting he had written her a very short message. You are perfect
He couldn't help but feel a bit proud of it. This had to cheer her up right..?
The minutes was passing by quickly and when the buss reached her usual spot, Genji felt his heart sink.
She wasn't there.....
Akande, Jamison and Roadhog, were the only ones standing there... where was Angela?
The tree of them enters the buss and when the trio passes Genji, Akande couldn't help but give him a look. Genji didn't return it. He noticed the disappointment in his eyes as he was still staring out the window, in hope to see Angela run towards them.
But she did show up. Even though Akande had also noticed the absence of Angela, his mind was on Genji. He had quickly left his father's office after looking through the files that had contained lots of pictures of Genji, witch he couldn't fully understand. According to the papers, Genji wasn't Genji Reyes... but could Genji possibly be the same boy in the photo's? Asian people tends to look alike... people from outside Asia may even have trouble spotting the difference, was this happening to him?
But the boy in the files was also named Genji... but had a different surname.. and Shimada was a well known name.
Come to think of it, the boy in most of the pictures was younger... but the surveillance cameras had caught an older boy...
Akande quickly shook his head. There was no doubt... Genji was in those files... and he wanted to know why..
" Ey mate! What's up with you!?" Jamison pokes Akande in the face, gaining his attention.
" w..what?" Akande mumbles confused as he had been lost in his thoughts.
" you're staring at that new kid... are you up to something? A prank? Beat him up after school?" A grin crosses Jamison's face as he was hoping fore the last suggestion.
" what!? No, I'm just tired... you know... didn't get much sleep last night" he replies as this kinda was the truth. But the whole truth was that he couldn't fall asleep because thousands of questions kept popping up into his head after he had gone through the Shimada files...
" sureeeee! I bet that blonde Angela girl was on your mind the whole night" Jamison laughs and Akande just keeps his mouth shut. It was better to let Jamison believe that he was thinking of Angela rather than knowing it had been Genji who had kept him awake through the night.
As the buss finally arrived school, all of the students grabbed their backpacks and got off the bus. For some strange reason, Akande allowed everyone to exist the buss first as he was keeping his eyes on Genji who also was waiting for everyone to get off before he himself would get off.
His father had no idea where Genji was... what would happen if he told him...? Would Genji still take the same buss as him to school? Would he be alive the very next day...?