In a glamorous looking mansion, a girl with white hair stared at the boy sleeping on her couch in bafflement. She watched her father, who walked into the room with a raised brow and subtle sassiness. The father shared a nervous chuckle and walked over to her slowly.
"Why is he here?"
Her father, Celeste, bit his lip. "I've been following him for a while now, so it's only natural. I eventually brought him here.."
"I just finally spoke with him today, and yet you brought him home. What the hell, dad!"
The boy shifted in his sleep, and the two people zipped their lips immediately.
They proceeded to speak with their eyes, speaking a language only family members could understand.
"I'm home!! Finally, I'm done with those stupid reports!"
A boy who looked to be Alfred's age waltzed in, dancing to a music he alone could hear. He bore a resemblance to Scarlet except that he had white and black hair,and his eyes were an even brighter shade of grey and green. Dimples appeared on his face as he smiled and continued dancing, a melody coming out of his lips.
"Shiro!" The father and daughters duo whisper-shouted at the same time.
Shiro frowned and rolled his eyes. "I come back from a dangerous mission, and this is the welcome I get. You people really don't like me." He muttered, loud enough to be heard.
Scarlet facepalmed at the stupidity of her younger brother who was unaware of everything going on.
He finally walked closer to them, giving both of them a glare till his eyes settled on the sleeping boy.
He flew back and widened his eyes like he had seen a ghost.
"What the fuck!!"
He looked back at the sleeping boy and confirmed what he saw. It was Alfred.
"What the hell is he doing here? Why the hell is Alfred in our home!"
Scarlet pointed to their father with an annoyed look.
Celeste chuckled nervously under the scrutinising gaze of his children.
"Why is Alfred here?"Shiro asked again.
The boy who stood at the center of attention moved and finally snapped his eyes open. He realized he was in a strange room.
It was brightly lit and when he looked up, a huge chandelier with the crystals emitting golden light could be seen. Black couches served as the place where people would sit on, a huge television with two large speakers standing patiently at the side. It looked pretty basic, not as impressive as the chandelier had made it seem.
Portraits of painting littered around the wall, they were mainly paintings on nature and abstract things, but there was a portrait of a family that immediately drew his attention. Inspecting it, he noticed familiar faces. The first face he noticed was a woman with pure white hair who looked like she wasn't a part of this world, very beautiful. The next face he noticed was that of Celeste, his arm was wrapped around the beautiful woman, and as Alfred began to remember that he had been abducted by Celeste and was getting angry, his face fell on the two people left on the portrait. He screamed.
"It's not that deep. I don't understand why my father brought you here but it's not as serious as you think." He heard a masculine voice say.
Slowly, he turned his head and noticed the people staring at him.
"Yeah, life was better when I was asleep."
With those words, Alfred fell back to the chair, losing consciousness immediately.
"He fainted..." Shiro mumbled, unable to believe.
"How do you know him?" Scarlet questioned, turning to her brother.
"He witnessed the assassination of that professor yesterday when he came to change his results. He even saw the deformed face." He stated blankly.
Scarlet hit his arm, wondering how she was stuck with a dumb brother. "And you expect him not to faint?"
"Don't look at me.." he raised his hands, "I'm not the one who brought him here."
Celeste sighed. "Yet again, I'm the one being blamed."
******
Ten minutes later.
Alfred opened his eyes once again to find that he really wasn't dreaming. He was kidnapped, and somehow Shiro was here too.
Shiro and Celeste sat on a couch watching the news, oblivious to the fact that he had woken up.
'Should I try to run away?' He looked around his surroundings and noticed that there were no windows in this room he was in. 'If I try to run away, I know for sure that I'll be lost because I don't even know where I am exactly.
He noticed a door and decided that he would start navigating his way if he could just get to the door.
Subtly, he came down from the couch and tiptoed to the door. It wasn't shut, it wasn't even closed. He thanked his stars for being lucky for once in his life. He finally got to the door and gently pulled it open, but as the door opened, he got the shock of his life.
Scarlet was there, holding a tray of diced fruit.
"Oh, you're awake!" She quipped, smiling at him.
'I'm doomed.'
He looked back and saw the two men staring, smiling at him.
"You know one thing I like about him?" Shiro questioned, "it's the way he thought we didn't notice him."
Celeste nodded, smiling to himself.
Everything suddenly became fuzzy again as Alfred saw his life flash before his eyes. He lost his balance and was about to fall, but Shiro caught him.
"Don't faint again. It's normal, but I still think it's weird."
Alfred pushed Shiro back and stood on his own. 'When did he get here?' He asked himself.
Shiro raised his hands in surrender while Scarlet guided him back to the couch and handed him a bunny shaped apple.
He stared at the apple and Scarlet and began to cry. "I'm too young to die, and I have no money, I promise.
The family had a confused look on their faces.
"What's he talking about?"
"I'm so broke. I'm in debt, I told Scarlet of my situation today. I've lived my whole life paying a debt I had no part in. I'm turning twenty tomorrow after surviving a gunshot from a psychopath. My whole body hurts like hell because I just decided to start gyming so I can become a little bit stronger." He paused, so he could cry and then continued.
"I just got a family member, my cat. Zeus is too young to be orphaned. If I am not able to go home today, he will starve to death." He turned to Shiro and swallowed.
"I swear, I don't even remember what happened that night. The only thing I know is that the window was opened, and I was able to change my results. Please don't kill me." He broke down sobbing.
"Why would we kill you?" Celeste suddenly asked. "I only brought you here because I want you to work for me.."
"Eh?"
A screen suddenly materialized in front of Alfred.
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"What the heck!"