Harem Sisters x Male Reader

Chapter 12: Falling apart

"So... back in here again," the muscular guy said without looking at you as you got thrown back inside of the jail cell. "Normally, the case would have been settled easily. What did you do?"

"Ow...." you rubbed the back of your head as you slowly sat up. The two policemen who brought you back to your cell locked the doors after throwing you into it and left. You glanced at the man next to your cell, who seemed to have a habit of staring at walls, and sighed. "Well, let's just say that was my own mistake for pointing the middle finger at the judge and scolding multiple f-words when answering questions."

".... You're too rush," the man sighed and stood up. Walking towards the metal bed, he sat down on it and glanced at you. "So?"

"So.... I am forced to stay in jail for 5 days because of that," you shrugged like it was nothing. "I'm not that worried, they were just being pussies for not being able to tolerate a few bad words and manners when I don't even deserve to be here in the first place. Besides, skipping school once in a while is not that bad"

"... What about your family?" The guy asked you.

"Oh, them?" You gulped a little as he mentioned about your family. "They... were happy to see me, but weren't too happy when I landed myself in jail again."

"Hm, of course they wouldn't be too happy," the guy lie on the bed and stared at the ceiling with his arms crossed behind his head to act as a pillow for him.

"You... talk like you had a family," you asked him, now feeling not too scared to talk with a total random stranger whom you would spend the next few days with.

".... I once had one, you can say," the man sighed and glanced at you. "You already told me about your family, want to hear mine?"

"Um... okay... if you don't mind telling me," you said, leaning against the railings that separated the two of you and sat down on the floor with you hugging your legs to your chest.

"... It had been years since I last saw them," he said, seemingly beginning to talk about the past. "I had a wife and two kids, living like a normal family. I would work hard to support all of us. We weren't exactly a peaceful family, but at least we were contended."

Saying so, you were reminded of the past yourself. Before your original dad went off, you, your triplet sisters and your mom would live like it was a normal life. Of course, everything changed since he left you all and you were only dependent on your mom to support the four of you. Sure, she acted cold and rash towards you lot, but at least she didn't leave you all like it wasn't her business, and that shows her feeling of responsibility for looking after you all.

"... And one day, my family got threatened because I owed some guys a debt before I got married," the man continued his story although you were daydreaming when you thought about the past, and this part caught your attention. "So, in order to keep them safe from harm, I had to quit my job and work for that guys."

"... That explains the muscle and..." you trailed off, not wanting to mention how he trained to get muscles like those and the scars.

"... We were a gang of thugs who chased after people who owed us debts. They either suffered a horrible fate or had to repay us by stealing. Since I was close to one of the members of the group, they let me join them in return for the favour of my family being safe, so I was considered very lucky." The man told you as he took a short pause to remember the rest of the story. "... By the time the debt was cleared, they would not even let me go. They continued to threaten me, saying that I was a good asset for them due to my body size. I got this body size by training daily so I wouldn't get injured, but they were using it for something else, especially for threatening people."