Chapter 4: Strangeness in the Air of Familiarities
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"Who the hell is Lloyd?" Lucius was mad, no he was beyond that he was furious, who the hell is that fucking Lloyd? Why are you smiling when you were saying his name? Why are you calling him Big brother? Am I not your big brother?
"I...um... he's...." Ark tried to explain fearfully, Ark was confused, how is he not dead? Did he not jumped that high?
"No, don't give me any excuse I want the truth, who the hell is Lloyd and why are you calling him Big brother?" Lucius wasn't mad at Ark, no he isn't, he's mad at that person that had poison Ark's mind and made him think that they are his big brother.....he should find that bastard and make him suffer.
Ark had no choice but to lie to Lucius as he fidget with the bedsheets "he's just someone I saw in a dream....I had dreamt that I had a different brother in a different world" Ark mentally hissed at what he had made up, he wasn't that good at lying but his story wasn't also a lie.... Lloyd was his brother in a different world and he missed him...
Lucius scrutinized Ark for his facial expressions, he can see he was nervous but saw his words that he was telling the truth...but not the whole truth, "Very well, I hope you refrained from calling anyone big brother, Alessio and I are the only one who you should call that"
Lucius was slightly shocked at what he said, he was confused on his own behavior, on one hand he wanted Ark to stay away from him and Alessio, and on the other hand, he was seething with jealousy.... jealousy seeing Ark's loopy and dreamy smile while calling out a different name. That smile shouldn't be given to a different person.
Ark was confused also by Lucius' behavior seeing that he remembered in his first life, both Lucius and Alessio hated him for calling them big brothers and following them like a duckling, he remembered Alessio had locked him in his bedroom closet for calling him Big brother infront of his friends
'Big brother Lessi, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please Let me out! I'm scared!' cried an 8 years old Arkian as he pounded on the door.
'no, this is your punishment for embarrassing me filthy thief! Mother and Father shouldn't have adopted you!' Yelled an 16 years old Alessio as he huffed angrily before leaving him there. It was almost 4 hours before the maids found him, passed out and trembling.
Ark knew that he shouldn't familiarized himself on them, they might do something on him when he will slip up, "okay Duke Lucius"
Lucius frowned slightly at how Ark had address him, it was slightly hurtful but Lucius didn't push him as there was a bigger issue to address "now that's solved, we should address on this incident, why the hell did you try to commit suicide?"
Ark felt himself freeze for a moment as he clenched the bedsheet tightly before looking down, he have to make a believable lie....he can't just straight up say he did it to go back to Lloyd that would cause confusion and conflict more, "I.....I just felt like....I don't belong here....I thought that by dying, I wouldn't bother you and Commander Alessio with taking care of me..."
Lucius knows Ark wasn't saying the truth but he won't push it anymore, knowing that he would shut in more information, what is relieving is that Ark survived the fall miraculously, the doctors were shock at how fast Ark's body healed....but safe to say it was a miracle for them also. "Alright, I'll leave you to rest....later Alessio will be visiting you.... don't do anything.... Stay and rest"
Lucius then left Ark's room making him sigh in relief as he look at himself
'everything hurts'
Everything hurts in his tiny body, every movement he made would make him hiss in pain and tears well up in his eyes 'it hurts, it hurts so much'
Ark was confused, he knew he should be dead, his room is on the third floor of the manor, no one should be able to survived it and yet he did.... miraculously....
Tears welled up in his baby silver doe eyes as he curled up in a ball and sobbed softly
'maybe it is a punishment for him by the gods'
Ark doesn't want to be here and yet something is keeping him alive and he doesn't know how..... Lloyd must be worried now or worst, he might have already heard of his death
No
He'll go back
He'll do it again
He'll find a way to go back even if means dying again and again.
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Alessio had come to Ark's room, he stood there for a bit as he took a deep breath before he knocked gently and waited for a few seconds but no one answered, he did it again but still nothing...he then took it for himself to opened the door gently, "Arkian? Are you awake?" When he entered the room, he then saw something that made his heart slightly beat and melt at the same time.
It was Ark, sleeping softly while curled up, he was still full of bandages and gauzes but that doesn't hide how frail looking he was. He didn't even look like fourteen and more younger like he was still ten years old, Alessio noticed he still have baby fats making his cheeks look cute and doll like, Alessio also noticed that he had fallen asleep crying as Alessio gently wiped the tears that had piled up in his puffy eyes before stopping his actions.
'what the hell am I doing?'
He then shook his head before looking at Arkian, he can't believe how this brat had survived but deep inside his heart, he was also glad....Arkian was never close to them...but the thought of him dying made him feel suffocated and pain that he had never felt before, even when he went to war.
He look at Ark for a bit before hesitantly ruffling their hair, shocking him on how fluffy and soft it is...'it feels like touching a cloud' Alessio liked it and had realized why the other servants like ruffling his baby brother's ha-....
Wait...baby brother?
When did I saw him as their brother?
He never did, all the time that Ark had stayed with them, none of them had refer to him as such other than brat or filthy thief.. But, he thought to himself, what did Arkian do wrong to them?
Absolutely nothing
He was an absolute sweetheart, he tried everything to please them but all they did was turn it away and pull a prank on him or better yet torture him while he didn't even fight and just ask for their forgiveness and curry favor again and again with a small scared smile.
He didn't even complained to their parents and kept hidden of their tortures and bullying. At that thought, Alessio felt enormous guilt eating him up as he look at the sleeping boy. He felt punching himself to justify everything they did to him.
He then told himself, never, never again will I repeat my mistake, he then whisper softly to Arkian.
"I'm sorry for all we had done to you, I'll make up to you I swear"
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FanfictionArkian Decroix was tired of living.... In his first world he was the 3rd son of the Archduke that was adopted due to the fact that he resembles the duchess but was hated by his older brothers when a tragic accident occured that killed both the duke...
