Never Alone

Ch. 4

When Dirk walked me home I had to stop him from meeting my adoptive parents. I didn't want him to be manipulated by them or live in fear for me. I was however more concerned with how our older brother would react. This was a really bad set up. Very very bad. Not to mention that Karkat is my neighbor. I walked into the house and noticed a note. They left these around with chores listed on them fuckers. Dammit. They have the money, get a maid or die, shit. I sighed and just decided to go with it. It took practically forever to even do it all and most of it was just utter small crap.

By the time I finished it was already time for me to sleep. I changed into my pajamas, brushed my teeth and made sure to turn the lights off everywhere before going to bed. Since the dumb couple were gone I was hoping that they wouldn't arrive til morning. Turns out they did, but that morning was not as good as I had hoped it would be.

It's four in the morning and my alarm is quiet waiting to go off. I'm sound asleep dreaming of Apple Juice and Doritos. Next thing I know..Bam! Here comes the damn man of the hour! Barging straight into my room drunk with a bottle of wine. I hear his wife yelling at him to get back down the stairs.

"What the hell...!?" I got up and back into the wall. "You're fucking drunk again..."

"T..that's no way! Tuh speak! Tuh me! And you aren't wearin your shades! You disgust me! Damn demon!" There he goes on a screaming rant over me.

"Says the one piss drunk unable to even spout a sentence of intelligence," I hissed pissed off at being woken up so god damn early.

"Wat did you say punk?!" He throws the bottle at me. I raise my arms to protect my face, but this allowed him to grab my arms and shove me down to the floor. He grabs a piece of glass trying to cut me but I hold his arms up struggling.

"Get off of me!" I shouted. He only growled but then his wife comes in and starts catering to him making him calm down and dropping the glass shard.

"Clean up this mess," she says and walks out closing the door. I sat up and cringed at my wrist and arm seeing as how a few shards had already cut me. I sighed and went to the bathroom to clean up any cuts and bandage them up.

"This is some bullshit...." I whispered and cleaned everything up. I sighed.

That morning at school during gym I was questioned head on by everyone and all I did was deny everything. Dirk was concerned and I felt like shit having to lie to him. This lie was going to catch up with me one day.

That afternoon Dirk offered for me to visit his house and see Bro. I called my so called guardians, and luckily since the man was hung over and didn't care I got permission to spend the night. I smiled as I told Dirk the answer. He smiled and patted my back to which I cringed.

"Hey are you okay?" He asked.

"Y..yeah just fell our of bed this morning is all," I said. When we got to his house he knocked and there was Bro.

"Welcome....lil man," he says to me and ruffles up my hair. I had to smile because I got to see my real family. Spend time with them. And laugh with them. And cry. However, Bro almost caught me. Dirk is preparing some food and I'm sitting with Bro watching an anime.

"Hey lil man,"

"Yeah?"

"Are you okay? I mean where you live now?"

I gulped and tried to answer with a straight face. As straight as possible.

"Yeah it's cool," I said without looking at him.

"You're lying," he says.

Shit.

"What are you not telling me?" He asks. Just as I was about to say something my phone rings.

'Thank god,' I thought and answered the call while leaving the room. It was my adoptive father telling me to go home and get ready for a meeting tonight. I sighed and hung up on him. Not another meeting. I grabbed my things.

"Sorry guys I have to go....got to take care of a few chores," I lied.

"Damn..well I'll see you tomorrow alright bro?" Dirk says and fist bumps me.

"Right," I look to Bro and he stares at me.

"Take care of yourself Dave. If something is wrong come to us got it you little shit?" He says with a smirk. I nodded.

On the way home I thought over how lucky I was. But at the same time how unlucky I am most of the time.

"What a close call,"
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