We're trapped with a Demon

Chapter 4: A new encountered smile

Raine
Theo led me to a door which he didn't show me at the tour.

"New place, isn't it? We seldom let others here because it's where the orphans meet their new families."

I nodded. "Then, where's mine?"

"It looks like you think I'm leading you to your doom." He chuckled

"Aren't you?"
I asked

"If you think I am, then why aren't you running? Or is it that you want to...yeah you know." He gave me a sort of worried expression.

"You think I want to die?" I wasn't sure of what he meant but, "I've thought of it before but, what's the poin-"I can't kill you, you know."
I looked at him confused. "I know you heard what my brother said earlier, and understood it pretty well too."
I nodded in agreement, his brother seemed serious as an angry Gordon Ramsay. Yet for some reason I didn't feel afraid, like those words were a fraud.

"What happens if you kill me?" He didn't answer me, instead he opened a door exposing a family of three sitting in a elegant room that looked like they were waiting for something. And I knew that that something was me.

"Mom, look." A well postured boy gestured at me informing his mother of my arrival. "Ahh, she's here. She's prettier than what I've imagined." Said his mother. His mother was beautiful, silky black hair tied up with a loose ponytail. She was wearing a white lace dress, it was simple but clearly suits her well. And then the father, he looked at me as if I was a goddess, I peered at Theo and we shared an embarrassed expression.

"Nice to meet you." The son stood up and walked towards me. Then he slightly bowed and made me more confused. "Um..." I turned my head facing Theo, I tiptoed to reach his ear and said "Do these people exist? I thought they left earth like dinosaurs." I started to fiddle with my frilly top.

"Shh, stop talking to me and give a good first expression or else you'll live here with me and Leo FOREVER." Those words sounded dangerous, so I obliged. What I didn't notice at the moment was the boy, when I finally noticed him, his facial expression was unexpected. He gave me a surprisingly glad and accepting aura, so did the parents. Unlike others, which would be embarrassed, I doubted that these people existed much more than earlier. He reached his hand out to me and smiled, and that smile made my hand shake his almost instantly. It didn't feel like a spell, I made me feel assured, he was someone I could and wanted to trust. I needed someone like him, I've never thought he would exist.

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Erin
I left Nixon speechless, not only he went silent even the elders did. They couldn't have expected that their goody-goody Nixon was not who he actually is. I'm still worried about Raine, being with demons and all. I was headed to room.I have a roommate named Nyles Novel Valliant. He was pretty good at technology and gadgets so I'm going to ask him a favor. I knock on the door and said "Hey, novel can I go in?" Entering that room without his permission is somewhat dangerous, I've done it once and never repeated the same mistake again.

"Ye ye Erin."

Once I've gotten inside the room he says "How unusual for you to come back this early, something happened?" His face turned to me but his hands were still busy typing something in his laptop.

"How can you possibly type without looking at the keyboard?"

"How come not? Aren't you informed that I'm doing this for twelve whole years my dear erin?~" He retorted in a seductive tone.

"Don't "dear" me. It makes me feel sick."

"But you are my dear.~
Do you need of my assistance?" Novel asks.

I nodded.

"Ohh, what is it this time? Wanna ruin your sisters' day again?" I shook my head.

"Hmm..." He stopped typing, crossed his arms and faced down. " Could it be that, you found a way to extinguish them?" Yes, he was one of us, that would most likely explain the fact that he was good at electronics like he was born with it.

"I do have a plan, let's do it. In fast."

I could see the confusion in his face, he said to me, "Why?" I told him the whole story regarding to Raine and her connection to the siblings. I was surprised when just after I finished telling the story he pouted. "What's with you?" I was getting concerned. Then he started to sob....well fake sobs.

"Aww, *sob* Erin's replacing me *sob* with someone *sob* new..."  

My brain repeated 'Shut the f*ck up Novel' but I knew I couldn't tell him that.

"I'm not,Novel, now let's go."

After some small arguments and explanations about the plan, we were ready to go. We searched all around the orphanage for her but we couldn't find her, then I heard crying. It was a girl, I don't know how Raine cried...still it's worth to try.

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We were face to face with a stiff oak door with elegant designs carved in it. I creaked open a part of it, in a space where we can both fit. I slid through easily. So did Novel, both of us had frail bodies and it was a perfect fit for the space on the door.

We saw Raine sitting in a well made table along with a brunet haired man wearing a suit, a woman with a white dress and a boy about twelve years old with charming red hair. Their appearances makes them hard to say if they were relatives, but their personality shows the opposite.

And....there was Raine, she was the one crying. While the guests were busy calming her down and asking questions regarding to the scene she just made, Raine and I exchanged glances. It was obvious that she was surprised that I was there, and other than that...I brought someone with me. Both me and Novel stood silently. We crept sideways, parallel to the wall, still keeping an eye on Raine which was entertaining the guests and Theo. Novel and I was already getting near them in ease, but then....

.....we got caught.

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Theo
I heard a bit of creaking on my east side and took a look on what it was, what it actually was shocked me.          I saw Erin and Novel.

They both stared at me with both shocked and worried expressions, I turned around and gave them a smirk.

"Hello, boys.~"

That was the distorted message that escaped from my mouth. And  before I knew it, I attracted the attention of the guest we had. That included Raine. The sweet looking mother stood up, walked towards the silent and a bit trembling boys.

"Hello, nice to meet you."
She said.

"Um...h-hello, it's nice meeting you too...miss?" Erin responded. "..by any case....are you raine's adopters?

"What charming words, well...yes we are. And I'm not a miss, not anymore." She smiled at them. Even I could say that interacting with her was lovely. "Are you her friends?" She asked both boys.

"Of course not! Who would be!" Novel rose from the shadows. Almost immediately Erin shifted his view to him, "W-what? What did you...." He said to Novel. "Don't fight boys...." The father walked towards us. "Can we just say sorr- "I would hate to interrupt your sentence sir, but I think I should have a say." The brunet gave way to the girl, "Hi Erin!" She greeted him in a joyful voice. "Hi...what's up?" She coughed a bit before saying something, and then.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT'S UP?!  YOU JUST CAME HERE AND TO JUST SAY WHAT'S UP!? ANSWER ME YOU RITARD!!"

The room fell silent, all of us stared at Raine surprised on what she just said.

"Wow....that the worst scolding I've ever experienced hahahaha." Erin chuckled trying to make the mood lighter. "Huh?" Raine tilted her head dumbfounded. "Well, were here to stop you getting adopted....alone! Tadaa!!" Erin said full of positivity

"Alone..that means you're coming with?" The red hair joins the conversation.....at last. "Exactly." Novel answered his question. The boy turns to his mother, she nodded. Then he said...

    "Welp, the more the merrier."