I stretch my limbs and open my eyes only to be met with darkness. I'm still sleeping on Adrian and it's almost 3am. My body's reliable as ever, wake up by 3am, think about my shitty life and go back to sleep.
I struggle for quite a while before I'm able to escape Adrian's sleeping form. I replace myself with a pillow so he'll have something to hug to death. Downstairs, I see the sleeping form of Joseph slightly snoring and curled up into himself. Fuck I'm a terrible person, he's probably cold. I remove his face cap setting his pitch black hair free. I cover him in a blanket because I'm not strong enough to carry him upstairs to a guest room at 3am.
I lean closer to his face observing every little feature. I gently remove some hair in his face when the last person I expected walks through the front door.
"You have got to be shitting me."
"Hello sweet heart. I'm back."
"Father?"
"You know what? It's too early to deal with this shit, it's fucking 3 in the morning. When I actually wake up, when the sun's up, we'll talk about everything including the boy on the couch and your failure as a parent." At the last statement he flinches but I've brought my self not to care, after all he didn't give two shits about me for the past twelve years.
Not even a week in and I'm already going to start skipping school. Typical.
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I wake up alone in my bed this time dreading the conversation I am sure to have when I go down stairs. I shower and get dressed in short shorts and Adrian's huge grey hoodie. I think I wear his clothes more than I wear mine.
When I get down, I see Joseph still knocked out on the couch, my father sitting waiting for me and something that irks me.
"Adrian. You can sit down." He gives me a small smile signifying he's ok but I know he's not.
"Adrian, please sit down." I half beg then my father interjects his input.
"The staff shouldn't be sitting on the furniture. He's doing the right thing" My eye twitches at his utterance.
"Adrian is more than just staff to me. He is fucking family." He visibly grimaces.
"Watch your language young lady. That boy is just an employed servant, as I said staff."
"This staff has done more for me than you ever did." I mumble.
"Do not mumble, it's a sign of weakness. If you're not confident enough to say something out loud then don't say it at all. Also--" he takes a look at my outfit.
"Why are you dressed in such clothes? Do those belong to the staff?" I give no response in no mood to deal with his bullshit. If he doesn't like what I'm wearing then fucking choke.
He looks in the direction of Joseph who's beginning to wake up thanks to our noise.
"Who is this boy?"
He spits the word boy like its vinegar in his mouth.
"This is--"
"I sincerely hope you haven't been acting like a sexually loose adolescent."
"No I ha--"
"You have a reputation to uphold as the heiress of Garcia Global." I roll my eyes. Of course, he only cares about his heiress not his daughter.
"I kno--"
"It would be an enormous disgrace if scandal about you made it to the tabloids."
"SHUT UP AND LET ME TALK ALREADY!" I've finally reached my limit.
"Hello father I haven't seen for the past month. Your welcome of criticism is highly appreciated. And that boy's life was put in danger because Pierre got bored and decided to have someone kill me, now he's a possible target. Be happy the 'staff' kept us both alive. Good morning and fuck you." I storm off to my room and leave the three males on their own.
"What'd I miss?"
Yanyan's POV
I come to school and see neither Joseph nor.................Kaelynn. It makes my sour mood even worse.
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It's nearing lunch and they still haven't shown up to school. My paranoia gets the best of me and I start imagining the worst scenarios.
It's nothing, they're probably had something come up.
Just then, the thought of Joseph and Kae being absent at the same time and probably together makes something bitter hit me.
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School's ended and I'm making my way home. Don't feel like taking the bus, a walk seems like a good idea.
*Five minutes later*
"I am so tired. Who's idea was it to walk home?"
Yours dumb fuck
Oh yeah. I shouldn't be allowed to make decisions. I look up and see an interesting cloud.
"That's cloud's shaped like a d--"
Before I can complete my out loud thought, a hand holding a handkerchief covers my nose from behind. I try to fight back but I feel myself getting drowsy and disoriented until all I see is black.
