An Ugly Little Rat

"What is she doing here?" 

Kaya slightly shivered at that hoarse tone of his voice. She clutched Damien's hand while hiding herself behind him. Stretching her head a bit, she peeked at that stranger with those icy blue eyes and stone hard voice.

She gulped, witnessing his eyes already on her. She again hid herself completely behind Damien. Zian clenched his jaw at her stupid behaviour. Is she mental or what? Why was she hiding herself from him like he was a damn ugly monster? 

Zian tore his eyes away from her to look at his father, and before he could ask anything further, he heard his father shutting him off.

"Kaya is going to stay here with us from now on,"

So this little rat's name is Kaya, but wait…did he hear his father correctly? Is she going to live with them here, in their own house?

"What? But doesn't she have her family or her own house to live in?" He questioned, without caring how rude he might sound. Kaya felt extremely hurt after hearing his question. She lowered her eyes and this time, she didn't even try to peek at that impolite stranger.

A scowl made its way on Damien's face. He knew his son was ill-mannered, so he did need to teach him a lesson.

"We are her family from now onwards and this is her home too, so try getting used to it, Zian Karlson," Damien spat. Zian scoffed. He still couldn't understand what was happening there. Why was she going to leave with them all of a sudden?

Zian's phone started ringing, halting him from investigating the matter further. He took out his phone and saw his friend John's name flashing on it. Zian decided to drop that topic there for now. He needed to be somewhere else right now.

"Mum, I am going out. I will be a little bit late tonight, so don't wait for me for dinner,"He informed his mother. Zia nodded.

"And where are you going?" Damien asked. Zian had already expected his father to question him about this.

"I am going to my friend, John's house," he answered. Damien didn't question him further.

Zian walked past his head but before leaving, he passed a glance at that tiny figure standing behind his father. She took her afraid golden brown eyes upward to look at him. She looked terrified and immediately downcast her head. Zian watched her dragging her steps silently away from him, like he was a plague. What a crazy being….an ugly little rat.

Zian mentally frowned and then walked away from there.

Zia sighed and looked at Kaya. She was looking extremely tense and afraid. Damien held Kaya's hand and brought her forward.

"He is our son, Zian. You have no need to be afraid of him, Kaya," Damien sent her an assuring smile, but only if he knew.

Kaya gently wagged her head.

"Okay now I will feed something really very tasty to my Kaya. Come with me, dear," Holding Kaya's hand, Zia took her with her, bringing a smile to Kaya's face.

……………

"What's with this face, Zian?" 

John, Zian's best friend, asked, watching that angry scowl on Zian's face. He didn't reply, turning his friends more confused.

"Karlson, are you even listening to us or not?" 

Zian heard his other friend, Austin, uttering. 

"My father has brought a fucking little rat in our home," he finally opened his mouth. His words turned his friend confused.

"Rat? What do you mean?" John asked, perplexed.

"That girl who saved my mother from the accident last week. Dad brought her to our home and now she is going to stay in our home with us," he seethed out, displeased.

"What? But doesn't she have her own home or family?"

"Apparently I asked this same shit to my dad, but he shut me off by saying….she is the damn part of our family now and my home is her home now," the 18 years old looked infuriated. The mere idea of staying with that tiny weird being was not settling well with him.

"Wow…..are you parents planning on adopting her now?" John asked, sending an amused gaze to Zian.

"Yeah….our dear bad boy Zian Karlson is about to get a little sib…."

"Completely that fucking sentence of yours, Austin and I will make sure to bleed that nasty mouth of yours," Zian warned him.

"She doesn't even deserve to be my maid, let alone a part of my damn family. She is a fucking weirdo. After watching me, she was hiding herself behind my dad like I was going to chew her alive," 

Austin chuckled, at his remark.

"She sounds fun. How old is she? I would…."

"Don't even think about it, Austin. She is only 14 or 15, so keep your fucking thoughts to yourself," Zian knew how of a fuckboy his friend Austin was. Well, he himself was no saint but still, he was mature enough to understand the difference between being a playboy and a fucking bastard. Besides, he had a class to maintain.

"You are already sounding protective of her, bro," John spoke.

Zian rolled his eyes at the word 'protective'. If it were in his hand, he wouldn't even let a rat like her even stand under the same roof as him.

"But on a serious note, what are you going to do about her?"

"Firstly I would talk to my mum to know why the heck dad bring her to our home and after that, I will throw her out of my house on my own," Zian uttered, already imagining how good it was going to feel when he would kick that little crazy rat out of his house.

"Okay, enough with her talks. Where is Hedrick? Shouldn't he be here with us?" Zian asked, getting fed up with talking about her.

"No, Hedrick has gone out on a date with our high school diva, Daisy. He was hitting on her from the past couple of weeks and she finally agreed to go on a date with him," Austin broke the news to Zian. He couldn't help but just spin his blue orbs, hearing about it.

"What is so special about her? She moans like a damn cow," Zian laid on the bed while crossing his arms beneath his head.

"She is irritating, both as a person and in person," 

"How do you know about this, Karlson?" Austin gave him a suspicious look which brought a smirk on Zian's face.

"Because I had fucked her last month and trust me, she is awful in bed. Our dear Hedrick is going to get robbed soon," he uttered, bluntly while chuckling.

"You're one heck of a fucker, Karlson. I had heard from Hedrick that she was already in a relationship with Zack last month," 

Zian chortled, hearing John.

"How am I to be blamed for all of this when she approached me herself and was too eager to open her legs for me? And I am no gentleman to say no to a served plate…even if the plate belonged to someone else," his smirk turned more wicked.

"I was bored and had nothing to do, so…."

"So you ended up fucking someone else's girlfriend. Wow, Karlson," Austin stated, grinning.

"Correction, a fucking whore who didn't think twice before cheating on her boyfriend for getting my dick," Zian corrected him, a bit vexed. He hates the betrayer more than the betrayal itself, and for him, there's no forgivenesses for the betrayer. The person who would dare to betray him, he will make sure to turn it into that person's last mistake.

"By the way, you are coming tomorrow to the party, right?" Zian dipped his head to John. His high school classmates and friends had planned to celebrate a party as they all had just completed their high school.

"I think I should leave now," Zian glanced at his wrist watch.

"Mum must be waiting for me. Besides, I need to talk to her about this new disaster hanging over my head," his entire mood again turned spoiled just with the thought of seeing that little maniac in his home. But he knew he had no choice, at least for now.

He had to see that little ugly rat and then he would decide how to remove her, not only out of his eyesight but from his life too, for the rest of their lives.

………….

"My Kaya is looking so beautiful. Just like a princess," Zia spoke, smiling while looking at that 15 year old girl twirling around in front of the mirror. A big smile was playing on her baby pink lips. Her slightly chubby cheeks had a natural tint. Her golden brown eyes were twinkling like stars as she was staring at her reflection in the mirror.

Kaya had worn a beautiful light white frock which was covering her below her knees. Damien and Zia had taken her out for shopping after Zia fed her some delicious food. The couple had bought her dozens of beautiful dresses and outfits, including shoes, toys, and other stuff. Damien had practically bought her every single thing which she had just put her eyes and hands on. After that, they took her to a restaurant and made her eat some tasty tasty ice cream of her favourite flavour. Kaya still couldn't believe that she was getting so much love, care and warmth. It was still feeling like a dream to her. A dream which was going to vanish as soon as she opened her eyes.

"Beautiful," Zia pecked the side of Kaya's face, making the little girl blush. Zia chuckled. After dropping Zia and Kaya back home, Damien had to leave for his important work.

"Okay wait, I will take some pictures of our beautiful Kaya in this beautiful dress," 

Kaya smiled, hearing Zia. Zia searched for her phone but couldn't find it.

"I guess I have left my phone in the kitchen. Wait here, I will get it," Zia left the room. 

Turning her head, Kaya looked at herself again in the mirror. Her eyes twitched in happiness by staring at herself. Kaya was gazing at herself in the mirror when her eyes fell on a phone which was hidden behind the flower jar. Probably aunty Zia might have left it here. 

Kaya clutched it. She opened her mouth to call Zia but realisation hit her like a truck when nothing came out of her mouth but just a broken gasp. Her happiness completely faded. For a moment, she had forgotten that she had lost a very important and relevant part of her existence…that was her voice.

She sighed and decided to go out and give the phone to Zia. She might be searching for it in the kitchen.

With her slow steps, Kaya walked out of the room. She was striding towards the kitchen but her feet halted whereas her terror washed over her, witnessing that blue eyes impolite stranger blocking her way. The way he was glaring at her, she was sure he was going to chop her into tiny pieces and won't even let anyone get even its evidence.

After coming back home, Zian was striding towards his room but he had to stop when that specific person came in front of him. His gaze turned into a glare, terrifying the life out of that poor girl…..this little ugly rat was about to get slaughtered today for crossing his way.