Is This my World? Nope.. (Reader x Harlequin ((King)))

Chapter Eight

12:39 a.m. is when the power went out. The cause of the power outage is the storm that's now in casing the house. The house is quiet, as far as I can tell. The rain and wind that's pounding the outer layer of the house are the main sounds that can be heard. Before I went to my room, I made sure that I left light sources, like candles, flashlights, and oil lamps in every room. I opened or knock on the bedroom doors to put the item(s) in there. (5th Oldest Sis/N) and Harlequin were the only ones other than me that were awake when I did that. She gladly took a flashlight because she knows what I was doing, while Harlequin didn't. He was confused when I knocked on his door to give him an oil lamp because I had a feeling that he would be needing it.

Which he did need when we lost the power. Why I know this is because I checked the house to see if anyone was awake. Which my fifth oldest sister and Harlequin are still the only ones other than myself awake at this hour. I could see a consistent faint light coming from her room and the sound of tapping of keys on her laptop, which she is most likely typing to her friends while she's here. While Harlequin's door shows a flickering light of the said oil lamp. There weren't any sounds coming from the room. I know that he's still at work on the clothing he's making, he's hard at work.

I then walk down the staircases to the first room to the porch. Once there, I sat down on the wooden floor of said porch looking out at the darkness of the outside world. I'm doing this because I'm still awake, but I didn't wake to bug either of the two in case they were about to go to sleep of still busy with what they're doing. But this is fine, it's very calming to me, even though I can feel the mist of the raindrops hitting the hard surface of the porch. The feeling of the mist feels good. Just toning into the raindrops, the wind, and the calming mist is finally relaxing me. Relaxing my stress that I had yesterday evening because of my mother. That stress is now going away by said relaxation which is causing me to fall asleep on the wooden porch.

"(Y/N), you're going to get sick sitting there." A voice told me, which made me break out of my daze and jumped a little, I turned around to see Harlequin in his pj's and a glass of water in his hands. " Also, why are you up this late? Shouldn't you be sleeping already?"

Awe, He's worried about me, I could pinch his cheeks right now. " Well, thank you for being worried about me, Harlequin." I stood up from my spot, I could feel droplets of water sliding down my face. I guess I was out of it enough to not notice this. I clean off my face with the sleeve of my nightgown. "I wasn't tired earlier because I was a little bit stressed out by my mother. So I came out here to relax, I guess I was too relaxed to notice your footsteps."

"I could see that." He smiles as he lets out a chuckle. " Well, you should go to sleep, there are only a few hours left before the sun comes up."

"Roger that!" I smiled and give him a salute, and walk back into the dark house with Harlequin right behind me. Once we're both in I locked the door, so nothing can come in without breaking in.

We walk up the stairs without talking, it's a calm type of quiet. Both of us are holding our oil lamps which help us walk through that darkness. Reaching our rooms, we wish each other a goodnight before heading inside to sleep after we blow out the flame in the lamps.

I woke up startled by my brother who slammed the door open screaming 'Gooooood Morning!!!' from the top of his lungs and jumping on me, which causes me to cough.

"Time to get up! Sleepy Bones! It's noontime and you still haven't come downstairs to eat or anything!" He says all worried and pouting. Getting up he put his hand on his hips. He's now acting like a girl. " Now it's time to get changed and put something in your belly! You're still a growing girl, which means food will make you strong and healthy!"

"(B/N), I didn't sleep until 1:43 am. So, give me a break on acting like a girl. Like don't put your hands on your hips like that, it might make your girlfriend laugh, but others would think of it like that." I told him as I sit up leaning on my pillows. "So, is everyone awake and here roaming the house or land?"

"Well, you should have gone to bed early. Well, I don't care about what others think of me." He puffed out his cheeks. "And yes they are, even Harley is awake. But he's in his room working on whatever he is on. He didn't let me see what it is, which isn't fair!!"

"That means you have to wait a little bit longer." I laugh a bit, (B/n)'s now acting like a child. "So did mother leave yet?"

"Not yet, she's on her laptop like always. In the living room too. We can't play games there, because they're too loud for her."

"Well, you guys are loud, not the games. And the power is out, so her laptop will die soon and when that happens, she will leave."

"That's true. So, You're going to hide from her or stay in here?"

"I will get changed and hide from her. I don't feel like being stuck in here today, with power off though."

"Okay! Well, lunch will be done in fifteen minutes from now." He says as he walks over to the door, opening it, looks back to get me. " You better get there fast before the others start to pile in the kitchen."

"Sure thing." With that, he left the room and closed the door behind him.

I got ready for the day and headed downstairs to the kitchen, where ten of my siblings and Harlequin is at. "Yo." I said as I did a peace sign when I walk in the room, which I got some 'yo's' and 'good mornings'. "So, is breakfast almost done?"

"In a fer minutesh!" The twins say at the same time with big smiles on their faces. "You made ith in thime!"

"Okay, do you need me to do anything?"

"No, I finished getting the table ready a little while ago," Harlequin tells me, which I nod my head. "So, did you sleep well?"

"Yes, until (B/n) slammed my door open and yelled to wake me up," I told him. "Also, he has a nickname for you."

"A nickname?" He looks confused.

"Yep, it's Harley. It's pretty girly if you ask me." I wave my right hand a bit as I say that.

My siblings laugh a bit after I told him the nickname, he blushes a bit to this.

We all chat for a bit until (B/n) told us that the food is done. So, we all pile in the dining room and start to dig in the food. Mother didn't come in to eat with us, (B/n) alright handed her food to her right before he called us in to eat. I had figured that was going to happen when (B/n) told me that she's on her laptop. She's glued to it.

"Hey, Harlequin," I say his name, which in turn made him look over to me.

"Yes, (Y/n)?" He wipes his face with a napkin.

"Do you want to take a walk after breakfast?"

"Sure."

"Okay." With that, we went on eating before our walk. Maybe I could get him to open up to me a little during it? Well, I hope so.