He listened to them all in turn. Cassandra's words had stung him, but they were true. The other two just wanted everything smoothed out, which was nice. But this apology wasn't for just Cassandra, it was for them all. "Guys, look, I'm not saying you have to forgive me for this. I just want you to know why I acted this way, and to let you know I'll try my best to make up for it. You're all my friends, something that was extremely rare to me before. I don't want to lose you all. Just let me explain." This conversation was a lot harder than expected. He choked up, and paused a few moments to catch his breath. "I did go behind your backs, because in all honesty, I was terrified." He looked down from them, partly from shame, the rest from the memories that entered his head. It'll be okay Ren, I promise. That same sweet voice, emerged in his head, pushing aside the hurtful memories. Just tell them how you feel. He needed to do this.
He looked up, shifting his eyesight to each friend in turn before he spoke,"The only demon I knew of before I came here was my dad. He wasn't a real demon or anything, but he was as close as it got. My mom and I, we were terrified of him. Every night, the same thing would happen. He'd drink, and drink, and drink, until he'd lose himself, then he'd come after one of us." Tears welled up in Ren's eyes as he recalled his past, the memories were painful, but he pushed on. "My mom took most of it, she didn't want to see me get hurt. She was always so kind to me, even with this happening. She'd just tell me to go to my room and play, but I could hear it. It was horrifying. Every night it was the same, until one afternoon, I came home from school and I found her. She was hanging from the ceiling, the cops ruled it suicide. She'd probably had enough of everything. I was honestly glad she got away from the hell we were put through, because when he got home, and he found her. He came at me, with that same look I saw in your eyes today." He said glancing at Lorenzo. "That same rage, that same hatred. He took everything out on me after that. It wasn't too long before protective services took me away from him. I ended up living with my uncle after that. He was still pretty harsh, but no where near my real dad's level. So, that's why I acted so rashly, 'm sorry for comparing you to that, but it just shocked me. I've been trying to forget for so long, and it just got drug back up. I don't expect you to do anything like that at all or anything, it was just so sudden and all that just hit me like a brick. I just didn't know how to react." He looked down again. "Please don't take that the wrong way."