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Half asleep, I feel someone crawl onto my bed

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Half asleep, I feel someone crawl onto my bed. I slowly reach under my pillow, fingers brushing against my gun, then my dagger, whichever I grab first, until I hear my little sister's voice. Seriously?

"Lev, you awake?" she whispers tugging on my ear,  I squint at her, then at the clock. It's 2 a.m. Why is she up?

"what's wrong?"

"Can I stay here? It's so quiet in my room." Quiet? My room's the most peaceful place in the entire house. But The audacity. I have a sneaking suspicion the signature was just an excuse.

"I need a responsible adult's signature for my excursion," Right, right cause I'm the designated adult now, even though she has a fully grown mother just down the hall which i fucking hate. I can hear everything. I scribble my name on her form, glancing at her as she stares back at me. What now?

"Can I stay here, so quiet in my room?" since when was my room loud? Acc nevermind. before I can respond, she makes herself comfortable, resting her head on my arm, the audacity. I sigh, looking down at her cuddled up next to me. I don't think my choice is relevant.

2 HOURS LATER
I carry her back to her room since I need to head to the gym, but first, I need to refill my water bottle. While changing, I get a call from Sebastian. I stare at the caller ID for aminute before picking up on the last ring.

"Yo, what if tacos had wings and legs, Mondays would, like, disappear, you know? Then the hospital would walk to the injured and set fire to the sea, Then suddenly there's this random dude yelling about pineapples and a cat meowing about state of mind, and honestly, why are clouds even allowed to vibe that high?" Why did I pick up? This isn't even the first time he's called with random nonsense. I hang up and head downstairs. when I notice the bright light in the kitchen I try to turn back but it's too late as my mum notices me and calls me back.

"What are you doing up?" she asks, gesturing for me to sitIt's way too early for a heart-to-heart. "How's life been?"

Not the workout vibe I was going for. "Alessio, at some point you need to talk to me," she says.

"What are you doing up?" she asks gesturing for me to sit. I ignore her, filling up my bottle. it's too early for a friendly conversation "How has life been?" I give her a blank stare, rolling my eyes. I don't even wanna work out anymore "Alessio at some point you need to forgive and forget," I want to say fuck off so bad.

"Its Lev, get it right," I reply with an eye roll and leave, I'll just go for a run instead. My personal guard Malik (Ahmed is Malik), joins me but keeps his distance, I put on my headphones and pick up the pace.

After an hour, we head back. I swear, if Aslan took the last yogurt im breaking his fingers. Also, let's not dwell on the fact that I ran with a fucked leg, I can feel the consequences. I open the fridge nodding in approval seeing a stack of yogurt. While eating, Jordan comes in shamelessly checking me out, she smiles at me and goes about her business. Icl, she's beautiful and I like her name.

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