“Are you sure you want to go to school?” Yuan asked for the nth time. He’s standing at my doorway, wearing his baby blue long sleeves and fitted trousers that make him look more of a model than a doctor. He looks a hell of handsome but his eyes tell it that he haven’t slept since my revelation yesterday.
“I want a life, Yu. I’m suffocating in my own room already. I’m good, okay?” I am if you’re going to ignore the fact that I'm NOT.
He heaved a sigh and took my bag from me as we both navigate our way to his car.
The trip to the school is awkward. He didn’t say a word but I know there’s a lot of things he wants to ask. I never saw him break down like yesterday. He’s the cool one yet he cried for me and I know he would take away my pain if he could.
Luna texted me that she’s in the Principal’s office, having a meeting with her Mom. Yuan walked
"What's taking you so long?" Yuan barged into my room while I'm putting my laptop in my bag. I glanced at him and check the time on the digital clock on my table. It's only 6:00 in the morning and our class starts at 8:00 am. My brows creased and gave him an annoyed glare. "As far as I remember, my class starts in two hours. I have plenty of time." I continue packing my things and putting everything I can put in my bag. "Ah-huh." he nodded in agreement and rest his shoulder at the door frame, "I'm well aware of that, genius. Someone's waiting for you downstairs so might as well hurry up, yes?" Before I can even compre
KirianLuna threw one of her fries at me. It hit my nose and dunk straight to the glass of iced tea I’m sipping.“The heck?” I pushed away from the glass and took her yet untouched Slurpee. Lucas is busy consuming his giant burger to care about his girlfriend’s upcoming death. Luna smiled maliciously at me.“You like her. Admit it already.” she probed.“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I sip noisily at the Slurpee intending to annoy her.“Eww, where're your manners, Sadoche?” she rolled her eyes, “Don’t pretend you don’t know. You always look at Roux like she’s one of your greatest possession.”I pick lettuce in my burger and waved it in front of her. She backed away, shielding herself with her small hands, too afraid for me to throw it to her. Lucas, being the pig-like he is, took the lettuce
I’ve been seeing a black car in our neighborhood. I haven’t mentioned it to anyone yet because I might be just being paranoid. I found Kirian standing by my locker when I decided to dispose of my books. He’s casually leaning on it, with his hands in his pocket. His coat is hanging on his shoulders while his long sleeves were rolled over his elbow. “Are you okay?” he asked when I opened my locker and arranged my books on the shelf I put in there. This is the first time he speaks to me after three days. Well, we stayed at Lucas' place a few days ago but we didn't actually have a proper conversation. He reached for my hand which surprised me—not because I’ll freak out but because I feel safe when he’s around. He rolled my hoody up to my arm and I instinctively flinched. He touched my scars like their work of art. His touch is hot, sending butterflies into my stomach. Without saying another word, he pulled me for a hug. I should be fighting against
Kirian“What got you so riled up?” Kori asked while removing the bandage on his hand.I ignored him and continued punching and kicking the punching bag until I collapsed on the floor. He threw me a Gatorade which I immediately catch.The conversation I had with Ronan flashed back to my mind.“Isn’t it weird?” I asked but Ronan didn’t even spare me a glance.He put the beer in front of me as he drinks his. He brought me to a pub and when we entered, they didn’t even look for my ID. Of course, I’m with a Politician.“How are you sure about your assumptions, kid?” he probed.“I heard it from his own mouth the night my brother went missing. He’s very gritty about removing us from the world. But what I can’t understand is the fact that Roux’s there, too.”I&
Kirian “Hey, boys!” Mom smiled as soon as she saw Aki and me walking towards the car in the school parking lot. “Why so sulky again, Kir?” Mom asked when he saw me walking behind Aki. Aki turned his head and stopped so we can walk together. He wrapped his arm around me and giggles. “Stop it,” I warned but he only made him burst out laughing. Mom and Dad looked gave us a confused look. “What happened? What did you do to your brother, Aki?” Dad asked as soon as we got into the car. “Huh? Why do you always think that I did something to Kir whenever he gets sulky?” Aki’s betrayed voice filled the car. Mom and Dad laughed, “Shall we do counting of how many times you pulled a prank to your brother?” Dad asked, Aki giggled and waved his hand in the air to dismiss Dad’s thought, “Nope. Let’s pretend I didn’t ask that,” he then sc
One thing I noticed in my two years at Southshire Academy, they don’t take foundation day lightly. Lucas’s grandfather’s monument in front of the main building is newly painted. “It feels weird staring at that,” Luna mumbled beside me. We’re sitting on the bench in front of the main building. I followed where she’s looking and just like me, she’s staring at the monument of Lucian Southshire, the founder of the school. “Why?” I asked in confusion. “It looks like I’m looking at Lucas and it makes me cringe.” She caressed her arms like she really is having goosebumps. I didn’t mean to but I laughed out loud at what she said. Luna is wearing a yellow sundress like she’s just going to the beach, while I settled for a yellow turtle neck and black dress that flows down my ankle. “Why yellow?” I asked her, “We look like bunches of baby ducks.” “I don’t know. I’m just disseminating memos. Better than when we’re sophomores.” She s
Kirian The whole world stopped spinning. My damn heart stopped fucking beating. I always wonder how it feels if things in the past didn’t happen. I always dream about having my brother with me. Akira is five minutes older than me. When we were young, he used to be the protective one. He might be cunning sometimes and the one who is most likely to get in trouble, but he’s sure the best brother anyone can wish for. He’s the cool city kid while I was the cold one. He got more friends because he’s easy to be with but he never treated me as an outcast. He won’t even play with other kids our age if I’m not included. I always crave a brother. We’re supposed to be best friends until we grow old. We dreamed of managing our businesses and become one of the most influential people in the business industry. But everything has changed when he was kidnapped. All this time I thought he’s dead. I fucking grieve for him until now but what the actual f
Hearing that voice again sends memories I tried to forget rushing back to me. The boy we all thought dead is alive all this time—and my dad was the one who helped him.Dad and Mom stay in New Zealand most of the time and we never talked about what happened in that warehouse after I was discharged from the hospital. We all tried to live a new life.Just when I decided to finally move on from the ugly past, why does it has to happen again right now?I have a lot of questions and I don’t even know who to ask them. It feels like I’m in a loop. Why are they after me? Why did Dad help Aki and why didn’t he tell us?We all gathered in the dining area. Dad has left a while ago, telling Mom has no company at home, while Yuan stayed with us.Luna has finally calmed down when she was able to talk to her Mom. While Lucas’s parents assured him that they’re fine. They had to close the school for a while, though. There are no c