𝐀 𝐊𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐀'𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 ── ( ray )

Chapter 7: Trickery and Exposure

A breezy Wednesday morning started with Norman, Emma and Y/n helping with drying clean clothes and blankets. As a smiling Emma readjusted a mattress cover before she hung it, she said, "I really so much better now that we've come clean."

"I told you we should've told them the truth in the first place," Y/n held back a grin as she shot a look at Norman, "Would've saved you that punch."

The albino merely smiled, "Yeah." Norman was deep in thought as he went on autopilot mode, ultimately, I think that was the perfect time for them to find out about the truth. 1 week until we finally execute our plan. Everything is going well, and there's practically nothing else that can go wrong to screw us over. We can definitely make this escape a success!

"— Brother!"

"Huh?"

The white haired male glanced over to Y/n, who had a blank face and was pouting childishly. "Were you listening to me at all?" she questioned, staring at him in mock disappointment. Emma was also looking at him curiously.

The older male decided to laugh it off nervously, "Oh sorry, what did you say?"

She sighed, saying, "Emma and I were thinking... on how we're supposed to escape along with everyone else." The tangerine head nodded for confirmation, "It is risky... but I still think that it isn't impossible for us to catch Mama completely off guard. I also think that this is the most possible for us all to escape."

Norman nodded with a soft smile, "Yeah."

"And brother." Y/n voiced out, catching said male's attention. "If you don't mind," she muttered, "I'll need to talk to you in a bit." 

The 11 year old male reluctantly nodded as a response.

『••✎••』

"Alright, what is it that you wanted to talk about?" smiled Norman. Y/n stared into his blue hues before firmly stating, "I'm sure you've been itching to ask about me and my opinions, haven't you?" The white haired male was taken aback at those words.

They had gone back to inside the House, Norman and Y/n were in her little corner of the library. There was no one there, so it was quite the perfect environment to discuss what they wanted to.

It took Norman only mere seconds to regain his composure, the smile never leaving his face, he nodded, "It's either you're exceptional at stalking, or you have a sixth sense."

The H/C-nette grinned, "You'd want to know if I want to bring everyone with me." The albino nodded in response. She took a deep breath and answered, "I do want to save everyone, but I know it'd be risky too. My solution is that we bring everyone except for the kids below the age of 4. You gotta listen to me on this." 

Norman nodded, urging her to continue. "Emma's selfless decisions often makes me wonder if she could make it to the age of 12, that was what I thought, since I used to think the same as Ray." Y/n sighed as she smiled at the memory, "But I realized that she meant good, she didn't want any of our siblings to have die like that.

"I clearly didn't want that either, but I couldn't see how we could escape with everyone. Seeing as we have children that are toddlers, they can't even speak. Bringing them along would slow us down heavily, and if we revealed the truth to the younger kids, we wouldn't know if they'll go and blabber us off to Mama or Sister.

"That's why we should only bring kids 5 years and older." she concluded.

Norman had been thinking about this suggestion hard, his brows were knitted in tight frowns. Y/n could hear her heartbeat nervously as she awaited his response.