Drowning /droun/

verb gerund or present participle: drowning die through submersion in and inhalation of water. "she drowned in the pond" synonyms: suffocate in water, inhale water;  go to a watery grave "he nearly drowned" deliberately kill (a person or animal) by submerging in water. "he killed his wife then drowned himself in a fit of despair" submerge or flood (an area). "when the ice melted, the valleys were drowned" synonyms: flood, submerge, immerse, inundate, deluge, swamp, engulf "the valleys were drowned"

 

Suho hated the nighttime.

Suho hated the dark.

Suho hated the dreams.

Most of all, Suho hated the memories that came with the dreams.

Tears, bathtubs, and his father.

Suho hated the memories of them all.

He could forget them during the day, but once the lights went out, they all came back.

The chase him.

He can't out run them.

They pull him down.

Pull him under.

Push him under.

Just like his father did.

He remembers it with perfectly clarity, because that's what his dreams are.

That event, over and over.

Everynight, he relives his worst nightmare.

His father was crushed at the loss of Suho's mother.

She died when he was 5, a few days after they discovered their son was an Anomaly.

He doesn't remember how she died.

He was only 5.

His father turned his sadness to hatred, and aimed it at Junmyun Suho.

The beating hurt.

The yelling was scary.

He was only 5.

He didn't kill his mother, did he?

He doesn't remember.

He was only 5.

He dreams about that one day.

His father had been beating him less.

He thought everything was going to be okay.

Maybe his father would start carrying him on his shoulders again.

It was that day.

His father took his hand.

He lead him into the bathroom, where the t