Cinderella's Lullaby (IVE Rei x Male Reader)

Chapter 6

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"Oooh! We having a feast Y/N-Kun?"

"Preety much Yeah. It's a job well done for today."

"Ooohhh! Your so kind Y/N-Kun"

Hearing the praise coming from her mouth only boosted your ego as a proud smirk appeared on your face. Even though you were her boss, in her eyes you were someone who was becoming a very nice person to her.

"Hehehe Yeah that's just me~"

"Mmhhh? Mhwat. Nhwer myou mhsaying?"
(Mhh? What were you saying?)

As much as you were soaking in the praise you heard earlier, it all came crashing down seeing her munch on all the food as if she hasn't eaten on a whole week. But what suprised you is seeing her eat like a vaccum just taking anything inside her mouth with no probelm oar all.

"Hey, slow down will ya. You're gonna choke yourself."

"Oh? Ah. My mistake hehe."

"You mean My Bad."

"That's Yeah."

You furrowed her eyebrows a bit hearing her mistake. Despite her being quite fluent in English that was the first time you heard her have a wrong grammar. Then it hit you, you really know nothing about her so perhaps this was your opportunity to know about your maid. It was only right since she'll be staying at your house for god knows when.

"Anyway Beside from your name. Your from Japan right?"

"Hai!"

"Where in Japan in exactly?"

"Errr... Ah! Nagoya."

You took in her time to answer as you clearly saw the hesitation on her voice. This in turn made you suspicios of her once again. The fact that she hasn't look at your eyes made you think she's avoiding something from you. Although you weren't sure if she was hiding something, you continue to act nonchalant about it.

"Ahh I see. So how did you end up here in the States?"

Rei was silence as she stared at nothing but she knows that the painful memories flooded her mind about this. To this day, it's still haunting her whenever she talks about her past so hearing you talk about her origin already made her anxious, add in your stare, it made her feel so uncomfortable.

"Umm.. Errr... I-I can't Remember. Hehe.."

She awkwardly laugh off your question only increasing your suspicions about her. But you decided to ask her further Inorder to feed your curiosity and background of her.

"What about your parents?"

"Umm.. They... Died.."

"Oh.. I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's fine."

You saw a hint of sadness on her eyes for a brief second before they returned to being anxious. You didn't expect her parents to die just like that but considering she was homeless, that was a possibility you couldn't have out looked. But well you did. You just thought she was kicked out of the family or something like that but you didn't know it was much more sadder than that.

"Since when were you homeless? Like what age?"

"Umm... 8 years old."

"I'm sorry what?"

You must have heard things because there was no way that she was homeless since she was 8 years old. There was no way that someone didn't even try to adopt her to even take her in a shelter to stay at. This blew your mind that she's been trying to survive the harsh grasp of life at the age of 8.