Break me free | Kenji kishimoto

Chapter thirteen

Aurora's pov

Kenji and I are currently sitting on the floor, conveniently being a couch for the kids. Junie knocked out a while ago whilst we were running, and James soon after we got here.

The silence in the room is awkward, no one knows what to say or what not to say, therefore we sit here until we come up with some kind of conversation starter.

Out of the corner of my eye I see Kenji staring at me, I finally turn to him and ask. "What?"

He looks like a child that has just been caught stealing chocolate.

"No- no, uhh— nothing, nothing." He clears his throat.

I huff out a quiet laugh through my nose. "Okay."

A few minutes pass by and he speaks up again. "So how does it feel to have the same blood as Warner?"

I scoff. "I don't have the same blood as him."

Kenji makes a face, "Wait, what? I thought you guys were siblings."

"I'm adopted."

"Wow, I didn't think they were nice enough to adopt someone." He says, astonished.

"Well here we are."

"I mean, creds to you for escaping, takes a lot of courage, but like what was in there that made you want to leave so much?"

I hesitate for a second, I can't trust him fully to unravel all of my secrets so I stick with a simple answer.

"It wasn't safe anymore."

Again. It never was.

Kenji looks at me suspiciously, "yeah I mean you say that but what was the real reason."

"It wasn't safe." I reply

"It wasn't safe from what?" He pushes.

I sigh and look down at Junie, stroking her hair. "From— from the soldiers."

Yes I decided to lie. Was it smart? I don't know. Was it me avoiding awkward conversations in the future? Yes.

"From Paris." Junie mumbled, her still being half asleep. I immediately froze. She hadn't known about that, I had never told her. So how did she find out?

Kenji furrowed his eyebrows, "Paris? What, like the city?"

My heart starts beating rapidly. "I don't know what she's talking about. Must be some book she read or something." I huff out a laugh.

Kenji just nods and chuckles.

I wince, suddenly get the twisting feeling in my stomach, someone is coming.

"Hey you okay?"

"Someone is coming."

"Wha—"

Just as I utter those words Juliette comes bursting through the door, panting heavily.

"Do any of you know how to drive?"

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A/n

Hii sorry this is a short chap, I've been busy with other stuff, like I'm in a total different country and severely jet lagged 😭

But I'm writing more as we speak!!