under the apple tree (Robin arellano x reader) (enimes to lovers)

family issues

A/n: In this chapter, it mentions self-harm and alcohol abuse, so if this triggers you, please skip this chapter

Y/n's pov:

I look up to robin

He wasn't acting like he didn't know what happened, unlike everyone else did

From a young age, I found out what a harsh world we live in

My dad was a run away

My mum with all sorts of mental health issues

Which just left me and my older brother vance

We looked after each other

It was him and me against the world

And then, about a year ago, he started changing

He was drunk most of the time

And the time he wasn't, he was passed out in his room

I started to look after myself

It wasn't easy seeing him how he was

One day, I came into his room to check on him

And I found him on the floor covered in blood

I panicked and ran to the phone to call an ambulance

They drove him away with my mum

And when she came back home, vance had not returned

She told me that was being taken care of, and we might not see him for a while

I realised that he was put into rehab and wouldn't be back till he was better

When I went back to school , I had already known that everyone heard about it

With all of the eyes on me when I walked down the hall

I didn't care that they knew, but what pissed me off is people acting like it didn't happen

The only person who wasn't quiet about it was donna

"Hey, I heard what happened with vance, are you ok?" She had asked me

I told her everything

It was nice to talk about it

She told me that whatever happened, she would be by my side, and I knew that was the truth

I wrote letters to vance, and I found out that he was coming back soon

I have missed him so much

I wonder if he looks different

Or if he looked the same

But I'm so excited to see him tomorrow

* Time skip to next day*

I didn't sleep last night

I couldn't

I didn't know what time vance would arrive so my nerves kept me up

It's around 12.20 right now, and I hear a knock on my door

Before my mum could move an inch, I was running down the stairs

I get to the door and stop

I take a big breath before opening the door

There he was

Vance

My brother was finally back

I pull him into a tight hug

"Haha, y/n, I can't breathe!" He squeezed out

"Oh, sorry!" I apologise as I let him go

"Eh, it's alright, I missed you too." He chuckles

I smile and let him through the door

"Oh, hello." Mum smiles warmly

Vance smiles back and pulls her into a hug

"Ohh, I've missed this." Mum says

"Yeah, so have I."

"I am sorry I couldn't visit if I had the time, and -"

"Ma, it's fine,I know it's hard. I had letters from y/n, that's enough." Vance says, sincerely

Mum looks at me with a confused expression on her face.

"You didn't tell me, you wrote to vance?" She says, Puzzled

"Uh yeah, I didn't want to remind you about everything."

"Oh, right, ok." She goes back upstairs into her room

I plop myself onto the sofa and vance does to

"So how have you been y/n?"

"Eh, it's been ok. Nothing much happened."

"Oh ok, well I have something for you." He says, pulling something out of his Jean pocket

It was in a box

He gave it to me and I opened it

"Wow, this real pretty!" I say amused

It was a silver buterfly necklace

"Yeah, I got it before I went to rehab. Forgot to give to you."

"Aww, well, it's lovely." I smile bright

Later that day, I went to finney's baseball game

He'd won

When I came home, I heard vance and my mum arguing

I didn't listen and just went to my room and read a book, trying to block out their arguing

But that was useless

I made out some of the words and found out what they were arguing about

Vance told Mum that he wasn't going back to the school as he still had a year to do

He wanted to get a job instead, and Mum told him that he would be ruining his life

I didn't want to listen to the rest, so I left and walked to Robins house

Robin opens the door and shoots me a surprised look

"Y/n, you all right?"

"Yeah,I guess, can I come in?" I ask

"Uh yeah."

He opens the door fully and lets me in

He walks me up to his room, where I plant myself on his bed

His room was messy but not a total shit hole

We joked for a while, which was making me feel happier

I made a joke, and robin went silent

"What, am I not funny?" I pout

"No, no, you are. I'm just wondering why you're here."

"Oh am I not aloud to say hi to a friend." I chuckle

"Not at 9:30 pm."

"Uh, ok, well, as you know, vance is back,"

He nods

"Well, it was all ok before I got back from the game. They're already arguing, and he literally just got back." My voice cracks

"Hey, hey, don't worry, they will get over it,"

I give robin a small side smile

"Do you want to stay the night?"

"Hmm, yeah, ok."

We talked, and then when we got tired, he went and slept on the sofa

I felt bad for taking his bed, but he insisted that he didn't mind

And it was nice to get away from the family issues