Omg??? Chapter fifty? We've been here for a minute now. 🥹
Enjoy. I know I didn't.
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Miami, Florida. October 17th, 2024. The Alsina Residence. Unedited.
Phoenix sat with her back against the headboard, listening to the soft chirps of the birds soaring through the morning skies. The sun beamed down into the room through the sheer, white curtains, making a soft smile spread across her face as she rubbed her hand on the back of Ares' head soothingly as he soundly slept.
His head was on her stomach with his hand clinging on to her free one, snoring softly. Phe hummed softly in his ears, mumbling a few words of the song that always made her think of her baby brother, her first baby.
"My little love, I see your eyes widen like an ocean... when you look at me, so full of my emotions." She closed her eyes and swayed her head gently back and forth, feeling herself get emotional when his hand gripped hers tighter in his sleep. "I'm so far gone, and you're the only one that can save me." She continued.
It's been days since Ares packed up and left the Volkan residence and though he portrayed himself as not caring and as aloof as possible, she knew that it broke his heart into a million pieces.
When Ares didn't have his brothers, he had Onyx. When he thought that he'd never get another father figure in his life, Onyx came in and saved the day, he saved his life for years on end and the fact that they were no longer on speaking terms made the feeling of despair cloud over all of his emotions.
Reese felt so strongly about what happened to them all. From Onyx and Amir not even giving him a heads up, from them spazzing out on him randomly whenever he brought the twins up, to them suddenly being opps in his life, down to Onyx snapping Mazi's neck in cold blood.
He thought that going to another school would help him escape his past, help him escape the person that he used to be but no matter how hard he tried.. it always came back to haunt him. Everyone, though they didn't feel the same, thought Ares had the absolute right to dislike Amir right now, it was like everything he touched in their lives crumbled and disintegrated into dust.
Going back to school was all Ares could think about, he wanted so badly to finish but it just seemed like going to school wasn't in the stars for him. Though he didn't speak to two out of three of his brothers, he still had Amon and he knew he had to push himself to make him proud.
If nobody was, Amon was Ares' number one fan and supporter. Of course he was hard on Ares and sometimes he had to be, but there was nobody on the planet he loved more than he loved his baby boy, and Ares felt the same exact way.
There were so many sleepless nights, even after Jabari came home and settled back in. Especially due to the fact that Jabari didn't want to be anywhere where Onyx wasn't. He was so attached to Onyx and it was the same way for O too. Ares didn't have it in him to force Jabari away from his brother but it bothered him that Jabari didn't even care about what happened to him.
