Keep a Secret?

Is... Is that really you?

It was a normal Saturday. As I woke up, I saw a note by my bedside. Brandon was still asleep on his bed so I silently grabbed the note from the desk near my bed. Finally getting the note and opening it, I found out that both my parents were already on their way to work. They already made breakfast for us though and all we needed to do was heat it up. I was grateful for that.

Fully waking up, I got out of bed and woke up Mr. Sleepyhead aka. Brandon. "Hmm sis? Can I sleep a bit more?" I giggled at his bed head and messed it up a bit. He yawned as he stretched his arms in the air. "No Brandon. Today is clean up day remember?" He grumbled and eventually got out of the bed.

We went through our daily routine of cleaning our room. Although Brandon was pretty young he already knew how to turn on the vacuum and clean the dishes. We both ate our breakfast and got down to work. The rest of the day was just cleaning, and cleaning, and more cleaning.

When we were done it was already the afternoon and time for lunch! I made both our lunches in the kitchen while Brandon watched TV in the living room. A doorbell caught both our attention and so I answered the door. "Yes?" It was Aaron and Jonah, best friends of Brandon. "Uh can we play with Brandon in the park today?" I looked at Brandon from the living room and he immediately nodded his head.

"Sure you can! Don't play rough though alright?" They all said a 'Yes Ma'am' and left. I sighed with a small smile... Kids will be kids.

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A few hours past and I was watching some anime online. It was getting to the good part! 'Go Mikasa!' (A/N: Shingeki no Kyojin ftw!!) A doorbell rang and also some clicks on the lock. I paused the video and walked to the kitchen, knowing it was Brandon. He has his own spare key that he wore as a necklace. It was a pretty good idea.

I went to the kitchen to make some dinner since he would be hungry from having so much fun. He opened the door and I took the time to check on him. "Welcome home.. BRANDON?!" His nose was bleeding and his face looked bruised. I rushed to him and knelt down to look closer at his wounds.

They weren't as bad as they looked, just scratches here and there. "What happened to you?" I went to get out a wet towel and wiped the blood off his face. "I fell down!" He told me happily. I sighed in relief thinking that it was worse.

"Well he seems to be in good hands. I'll be going now." I looked over to who had said that. There was a man with long dirty blonde hair up to his shoulders, tied up to a half up half down. He had so many piercings on him that it was scary and intimidating, yet his voice was soothing and deep. Calming even. His voice definitely didn't match how he looked.

"Uh. Oh um thanks for bring Brandon home. I stuttered a bit as he went out. "No problem. See you again sometime." He was almost out the door, but before he could completely be gone, Brandon ran to the stranger and pulled him back. "Big bro. Stay!" I chuckled a bit at the strangers confused face while Brandon tried pulling him inside. He looked at me for help.

I shrugged. "Well I would like to properly thank you for bring him back. So please, stay just a bit more." I told him with a smile. He hesitated on the offer but eventually agreed.

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I prepared some iced tea while they sat at the dining table. I poured out a cup for all of us and sat down on the chair in front of him. The stranger was talking a bit with Brandon on how coffee tasted like... Anyway this stranger definitely had a lot of piercings. More than what a normal person should have.

He noticed my staring and gave me a small smile. I smiled back as Brandon sipped on his tea. "So how did you fall Brandon?" Said person sipped his tea while he thought how he would answer. Kindergarteners are just beginners at forming their words into proper sentences.

"I think he got scared by a dog and tripped. That's how I met him and brought him here." Stranger guy answered for him and I nodded understanding why. "So that explains the nosebleed. Sorry to cause you all this trouble." I said a bit embarrassed since I didn't really know him at all.

"No it's fine. Still, it's pretty impressive for you, Alisa, to be able to handle this household on your own. I'm surprised." I waved my hands in the air slightly embarrassed he called me impressive... Wait... Surprised by how he knew my name, I jumped up. "Wh- How- Uh-" he looked at me confused. "You are Alisa from class 1 right?"

Still surprised I answered back to him with a stuttered 'yes'. "Uh h-how do you know me exactly?" He looked at me, eyebrow raised. "We're classmates Alisa. I'm Cole. Cole Anderson." I imagined the Cole I knew with this Cole and compared them.... No... It can't be right? They aren't the same person.... Right?

rIGHT-!!!!

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Hello! So I see you're pretty interested in this story. If you weren't you might've just read the first chap only so I'm pretty happy if you've come here.

I have no questions today hehe

Hope you enjoyed reading!!!