Milky way; Cai Xukun [✔️]

Twelve

"What's wrong, August? What's fucking wrong?" He was gripping the steering wheel too tightly.

"Tell me what's wrong. Tell me everything, let it out, August. Don't keep it in your heart, letting it burden you,"

"Do you really want to know everything? Even if you might hate me after that?"

"Nothing will make me hate you August,"

"You can't be sure about that," he accused.

"I'm sure of it. You're kind, August. You. Are. Everything you do mist have a reason," I said.

"Alright. Alright. Let's see if you keep to that by the end of this,"

"I'm Cai Xukun, Valarie. Me. Cai Xukun, your childhood love. Remember the fire, 4 years ago? Me and the other 8 were there with you. Leo is Linong, Adam is Cheng Cheng, Justin is Minghao, Evan is Yanjun, Austin is Zhengting, Boogie is Ziyi, Lil' Ghost is Linkai and Azora is Zhangjing. We were lab rats of your parents. They took us, since they hated our parents. They took us to be lab rats. We all were lab rats. And one day, there was a fire in out 'prison' sorta house. All of us escaped, except for you, me, and Cheng Cheng. The three of us were about to be taken back by your parents. But you offered to be their only lab rat, and take all the potions they ask you to. You'll do anything for them. Me and Cheng Cheng refused, but you insisted, begging your parents to do that. They accepted, and let us go. And you know why Adam hates me so much? Because he liked you, Valarie. He liked you when both of us were a couple. And he blamed me for causing you to be taken. Me, for not fighting them. For holding him back when he wanted to throw a punch at them. I mean, if I was him I would blame myself too. He wanted to let all of us be lab rats, all three of us, but I refused. I told him, "no," I told him to not do anything. I am the cause of your sickness. And up til today, he probably still likes you, do you know that?"

"And yeah, we all know that your parents were creating a potion, to kill the world. It was only you that thought they were creating it to kill enemies. We didn't want to ruin your innocent little mind. We lied to you, listened to your stories about how proud you were of your parents for wanting to defeat the bad guys. We laughed with you,"

"That's why we want to know why they created the Thana potion so badly, Valarie. We hate them. Hate them so much. For keeping us. For keeping you. We want to know the reason, and have a proper reason to tell the officials. The officials think it's an accident, the Thana potion, an accident that accidentally got released. But we know it's not, and we're going to proof it to them,"

"They tested it on me. They tested the Thana potion on me. After seeing it worked, they put some in drinks. As it's highly contagious, it spreaded on and on," I mumbled.

August, no, Xukun raised his eyebrows.

"Noted. Now let me continue. Then you know how Ruibin was attacked a month ago? It was probably some from the top 20, who attacked him. I don't know what they wanted to do... I just know they we're doing that because wanted to be in the officials favour, even after the top 9 was chosen. Though I don't know what does kidnapping got to do with anything. Probably for more information about the Thana disease since Ruibin's parents are part of it. Probably,"

"And so. Do you forgive me? Even after I left you behind?"

"I willingly sacrificed myself to my parents, Xukun. And I don't regret it,"

He ignored my statement as he said, "oh, and I forgot to tell you the lost important thing, what Cheng Cheng told me on the call just now,"

"Your parents are alive,"