ASCLEPIUS

52

"What can I say? You got me at homicide."
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--------------------14 years ago-------------------

"Hey! You can't touch that! That's mine!" The little boy yelled before taking away his favourite car toy from you.

It had been a week since you moved in to your deceased father's doctor's home while your mother went to get help for her condition.

You were already so confused as to why your dad left you, not sure how death worked at such a young age and your mother not being around for awhile was also scary for you.

The doctor who had kindly accepted to look after you had a son around your age. Too bad, his son wasn't as kind as him.

"I just wanted to play..." your squeaky voice whispered out while looking down in despair.

The kid simply scowled at you, as if to say he saw right through your act to be innocent.

He knew how much of a troublesome child you could be. Afterall, he was always told to babysit you while you played around the hospital.

You were always so curious about your surroundings and you saw no harm in looking and trying everything you saw.

But a hospital could be a dangerous especially for adventurous children like you.

"That's all you ever say. 'I just wanted to play', do you know how many times you have nearly got yourself hurt?" Your head hung even lower than before, instantly feeling guilty at his words. Your confidence levels dropped significantly after your father's death and the absence of your mother.

This was the crucial time in your life to go out and experience the world with your parents yet, here you are with neither of them nearby.

You have asked many times where they were and many times you got the same answer.

'They'll come back for you, don't worry'

When?
Why did they leave in the first place?

The older looked at you sitting in the middle of his now shared room and couldn't help but remember his father's words.

'Please, look after her. She has no one and right now, she needs someone'

The boy too didn't understand about your situation that much. He knew your father had died but the location of your mother was still unknown to him.

Sighing to himself, he was about to leave you alone until his heart twinged in guilt.

You had no one.

And there was a possibility that he could be someone.

Suddenly, you watched as the car toy rolled towards you on the floor, thus making you look up at the raven haired in confusion.

He was currently holding up another car which clearly more beaten up than the one in front of you.

"Wanna race?" You furrowed your brows at his strange behaviour.

"But, yours is broken" you stated as a matter of fact. The boy shrugged his shoulders before placing down his car on the floor and giving it a slight push to see if it would even have a chance in a race.

Unfortunately, it couldn't go far since it was missing a wheel.

The boy pouted, knowing that it would be useless to play if the race wasn't fair.

However, the sound of something being pulled off caught his attention as he turned his head towards you to see that you had ripped off one of the wheels.

"Now it will be a fair race!" You cheered, feeling proud at your smart thinking.

The other stood there in shock as he watched you ruin his favourite car toy right in front of him.

Surprising, he held in his anger as soon as he saw your gleaming expression. It was very rare to see it.

Instead, he lined himself beside you and placed his car down and gestured for you to put yours down too.

It wasn't long for the boy to start the countdown once you lined your car with his.

"3...2...1!" The both of you pushed the cars with great force and watched as they zoomed off across the room.

Usually, they would have gone straight but with a wheel missing, they both curved and hit each other instead.

Silence enveloped the both of you and it wasn't long until you let out a chuckle.

The other looked over at you to see you finding the situation funny and it wasn't long until he too joined you in laughing.

Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad having you around.

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A/n: I wonder who you guys think it is 🤔