I FEEL THE CHEMICALS KICKING IN || Maple's Storage

[MysteriouslyMaple]

//Small trigger warning for a small amount of gore in the first paragraph and mentions of abuse in the second

"You gave up the right to be my father the day you decided I was some toy to you rather than a child."

Horizon's teeth were bared as he stared down at Caesar, his claws digging into the feline's shoulders. Caesar didn't fight back, which was strange for him, but Horizon didn't care. All that mattered now was that Caesar seemed to be listening for once and actually seemed to be tired from the fight. His father's pelt was battered with scratches, and Horizon was half-tempted to just bite his father, to sink his teeth into his father's body and let the venom in his fangs take care of the rest. Caesar would burn from the inside, the venom attacking the demon's blood cells and leaving them to rot. Caesar would writhe beneath him, screaming for mercy as the venom burned his body from the inside. But that... wouldn't be as satisfactory as it sounded, if Horizon was honest. Horizon didn't want to kill his father, but he did want Caesar to know the hell he put him through. Even if Caesar could just possess another body, the mere idea of having to deal with the fact that he killed one of his father's bodies would shake him to the core. He knew that's what would happen. He would be happy at first, but one the fact hit him that he killed his own father, that feeling of pride would disappear.

"Don't you dare ever say I owe you anything, ever again!" Horizon spat at Caesar's face, and the demon recoiled, scrunching up his face. He was tired of his father saying that he owed him things. That just because Caesar gave him life, he owed him everything. Caesar had said that his entire life, even though Horizon treated him like shit. Ever since he became six moons, Caesar had prepared him for the Arena and set him against 'prisoners' to kill. And if he didn't succeed or did it in a way that Caesar wanted to, the demon ended up beating Horizon for it. He smacked Horizon, leaving him with a few claw marks that bleed, or hit the little devil so hard he ended up knocking against the wall. He constantly yelled about how pathetic Horizon was, how he wished Horizon had never been born, how he was so disappointed in him.

Horizon inhaled, trying to force those memories away. No matter how much mistreatment he went through, he still couldn't bring himself to kill Caesar. He knew that Caesar just wanted power and fame, and although the demon's ways of doing so were fucked, he still couldn't bring himself to kill him. Horizon did love Caesar, as much as he could, but even so, that didn't excuse the feline. Caesar was still a fucked up person, no matter how much Horizon wanted to believe he was a good person. That person was gone by now. But Horizon wasn't going to be the one to kill him. He couldn't make himself do it. Horizon released Caesar, letting out the breath that he been holding. He turned his back on the demon, head hanging low.

Before he could react, the demon got up and launched himself at him, and Horizon felt claws digging into his neck. Panic began to flare in his chest as he stared at Caesar as much as he could through the corner of his eye. His father's lips were curled back in a snarl, blood dripping from his nose. Horizon tried to open his mouth, but Caesar pressed against his neck harder, cutting off the circulation so Horizon could get air. Horizon didn't know why Caesar didn't just kill him, since he was clearly so pissed, and he didn't get a chance to even ask the demon before his vision started to fade to black.

//Prompt inspiration: https://corvidprompts.tumblr.com/post/17...nt-the-day