𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐡 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 33

It was a start of yet another winter day, the cold air circled around the cracking branches of the sleeping trees, as the girl slowly blinked one more time, inhaling deeply, pulling the blanket over her mouth.

It is now three hundred ninety fifth minute of me failing to fall asleep and get some rest. I've been thinking about the possibility of that monster somehow sneaking into my room, even though my brain tells me that the possibility of that happening is very low...my gut feeling can't stop reminding me of it.

Turning towards the wall, now laying on her right hip, she stared at the whiteness before her, recalling yet another reason for her unsuccessful attempt to fall asleep.

Kuroo...why did he have to go home so soon? Did something bad happen for him to go so suddenly, without even saying goodbye to me or even Kenma? I should talk to him at school today...

The realization suddenly hit her, as her eyes widened, her soft yet dry lips now slightly dividing.

„Oh, right, school! I have to get ready for school.”

She muttered, rising up from her bed clumsily and falling yet again, her face almost colliding with the firmness of the laminate.

„Ouch...again? How many damn times am I going to fall like this?”

She steadily got up, fixing her bed and then finally taking her winter school uniform, heading to the bathroom soon afterward.

As she finished up her morning hygiene, Y/n headed downstairs, but the fact that her father and aunt were nowhere to be seen made her stop in her tracks, nervously clenching her fists.

„D-dad? Aunt? Are you there?”

Where are they at this time? It's only 7 in the morning.

Unanticipated sound of the doors opening startled her, as she hid behind the kitchen table with the trepidation filling her entire body.

Her gaze pointed at the living room, Y/n waited to see the source of the sound, the person who opened the door.

Is it him? Could it be that he knows that I am home alone at the moment, and he decided to pay me a visit now?! Please, let it be anyone else, just not him, just not that monster...

Bland sound of the footsteps agitated her, as her heart kept racing even faster than just a moment before.

„Do you think she's up yet? I don't think it'd be a good idea to let her go to school today...what do you think sister?”

„I don't know D/n, you do whatever you want to do...but I also have a feeling that letting her go to school would only make things worse. She might become paranoid over everything just like she used to be ten years ago.”

Her father loudly exhaled, placing his left hand on top of his forehead, then massaging it nervously for a few seconds as he spoke.

„I know but...I don't want to isolate her so much. That wouldn't be a good thing for Y/n. Maybe being in school, around her friends, would make her feel safer...I really only want to do what's best for her.”

The woman smiled blandly, hanging her jacket on the hat stand, turning in her older brother's direction.

„Y/n is no longer seven years old, D/n. She can make choices herself. All you have to do is ask her if she has decided on anything yet.”

The man sighed yet again, feeling as if he could start crying any second now.

„I know...and I also know that moving away should be her choice too, but I don't want her to stay here any longer, to be so close to that monster while I'm away for work...”