𝓒𝓱𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮 {𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚞𝚢𝚊𝚡𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛}

Chapter 13

We walked more around the mall. We went inside another store. It was an ice cream store.

"She is so going to be hyper once I give her back to Mori.." I mumbled and watched Elise look at all the ice cream flavors.

"It's fine. I'm sure she'll run around the mall and get tired." Chuuya walked and stopped beside me.

I nodded. I then walked to the register and noticed she ordered cookies and cream. I opened my wallet and pulled out my debit card.

Before I could do anything, Chuuya swiped his card.

"What?!" I looked at him. "But I was going to."

"Too late. I beat you to it." He said and put his card in his wallet.

Why is he paying? I could have.. He already did this back at the sweets shop..

~Time Skip~
We walked out of the mall. We found a bench and sat down.

Elise saw pigeons and chased them. She was running where I could see her.

Chuuya grabbed a cigarette packet and grabbed a cigarette. He was about to light it.

I snatched it from his hands and dropped it on the ground. I stepped on it.

"Are you serious?!" He looked at me.

"Lung cancer." I mumbled. "Besides, a kid's around. I usually got annoyed by people who blew smoke in my face when I was little."

"Elise isn't even near us."

"Still bad for you."

"Aren't you from Texas? Wasn't it normal for people to be smoking? Like at bars?"

"Pfft. I didn't see anyone smoking in there. They usually just get in flannel, cowboy hats, and boots and dance. Usually ended up driving home drunk."

"Give me an example then. Who?"

I was caught by surprise whenever he asked me that.

{Flashback}
"D/n! You can't just come home drunk like this!" My mom yelled.

I was in my room hiding under a blanket. My parents were in the living room arguing.

"Why the hell do you give a shit, M/n?!"

"Think about Y/n! She's only 8!"

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT Y/N!"

"SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER!"

I felt tears forming in my eyes.

"YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST TREAT HER THE SAME WAY I TREATED YOU LAST NIGHT?! DO YOU WANT THAT?!"

"W-WAIT! D/N! PLEASE!"

My eyes widened and I got off my bed. I realized what was going to happen. I noticed my window was open. I crawled out of my window, onto the roof. I gently closed the window and kept my knees to my chest. It was so cold outside.

I heard the door slam open.

"WHERE IS SHE?!" I heard my dad yell.

"I-I don't know!" My mom said nervously.

My mom secretly knew I'd hide over on the roof time to time.

I heard loud banging and screaming. I covered my ears and began crying quietly.

{Flashback Over}
"...I don't know. Anyone. A lot of people got drunk." I said and looked at Elise.

We were watching Elise playing with the pigeons. Actually it was more like she'd jump on one and try to steal it, but it'd fly away.