Ren's POV
I went home last night late and saw my brother waiting up for me.
"Mark Zarren! What the fuck are you trying to do?" He shouted at me and I knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Listen here, Minghao. I know that this wasn't supposed to be my job, but how can I hurt her?" I said but he still seem like he was fuming.
"I can't just not help her. I hate my jo-" I was about to continue when he cut me off.
"Oh don't give me that fuvking excuse. Look at me, I work for McDonald's to spy her and I hate it. Do you think I would like to punish a girl like her?" He said staring at me intently.
I quietly shook my head.
"Exactly, and do you see me complaining? No, because I know that if I get in dad's bad side, we're both dead. And did you that he's going to strike next week? I can't bear seeing you hurt brother. And now you've fallen for her."
"Wait, he's gonna kill her next week?" I asked.
"Yeah, Christmas Eve." He said, that was when I noticed, it was already snowing.
"But, bro, I just can't. I'm gonna protect her no matter what."
He tried to talk me out of it but I went directly to my room.
Her POV
I held out my hand and slowly watched as a tiny snowflake laded on it.
It was almost Christmas and that itself brought a smile to my face.
"Hey, Alex, come on in, I made some hot choco for you." I heard Shane calling.
It was Sunday and I had nothing to do.
I slowly walked in and crossed out December 17 in my calendar.
I walked into the kitchen and saw Shane sipping her cup as she read her favorite novel.
I grabbed my cup and sat beside her.
"Hey, what's today's plan?" I asked.
"Oh nothing, I feel like relaxing." She said, I smiled and went up to my room.
I placed my cup on my table and laid down on my bed.
Everything has been good so far. I once met Drake and Soomi in the mall, but I just ignored them. Ren, Shane, Vernon, and I have been getting along quite nicely. Vernon and I. Sometimes I wonder, what is really my relationship with him? Sometimes I feel attracted to him and he gives me the butterflies that make my heart flutter, but sometimes he becomes my best friend that I just pour out all my worries on.
But there was this one time that I felt like I gave him my tiny precious heart. It was one night when I decided to bring him to my dad.
There he just sat next to me while I rambled everything to my dad's grave.
That night he told me he knew my dad and all his secrets left him and went to me for me to keep.
And that night, I realized, that he was right. I was never alone.
