Ch 11
He took out a kid's water gun??
Seriously it…looks so cheap and like, is this his childhood water gun?
I could see others except for Daniel looking visibly as shocked as me.
As Lioren tilted his head and smirked ,"Ta da an immature gift for an immature piece of shit"
Alex's veins popped out,his eyes bloodshot as he clenched his jaw, suddenly I felt water on my head as I looked up to see Kevin drooling. Ughhh Simp.
We were all still by the wall, no one made a single sound. As Lioren towered over Alex, his eyes crude and voice smooth with mockery ,"Do you like it?" As he pointed the gun right into Alex's forehead.
Alex bursted out in a hyena coded laugh as he spoke between tears ,"Liana dear is this really the brother you were always bluffing about?"
Liana replied obliviously ,"Yes"
Uhhh so naive, look at those innocent eyes she clearly didn't understand anything at all. I clutched my chest as I fought the urge to just grab her and run away.
Advice, never run away from your problems cause they chase you.
"Seriously, I am sick of this crap. Shut up someone's trying to watch", commented the Settings.
I took a deep breath, as I released it. Whatever, the situation before me was escalating very fast as Lioren with no expression whatsoever drenched Alex with water. He just shot Alex all over with his gun…
Legit,this guy is cruel. Imagine being shot by a kid's toy and not being able to do anything about it. As he yammered insults at Lioren, I could almost see the inconspicuous cocky smile on Lioren's face.
He is really a menace. As Liana whined ,"No…No…no…my rug!" Extending her hand as she displayed a gut touching love for her furniture. I put a bucket under Kevin so that he can drool in peace.
As Alex was forced to leave by Lioren's menacing actions. He was obviously not happy about it, as I noticed his resentful glare at Lioren.
Daniel spoke first ,"What about the rabbit?"
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Lioren said ,"I took it"
What!?
I could feel my jaw drop to the ground as I blurted out ," Huh!? Why?"
He shrugged and said ,"Liana doesn't care for it enough it's better off with the old lady next door"
Liana didn't defend herself and only looked down as Kevin gave her a side eye. She said ,"Guys I am a college student! Come on!"
Alright, a good save I will give her that. But something isn't right. Why did it feel like that devil was glaring at me? I didn't do anything this time…right? I just couldn't gather enough courage to actually find out.
Lioren doing a good thing feels off. The old lady must be Karen who loves rabbit stew.
Poor Daniel and Kevin, Lioren dragged them out with him. Liana and I enjoyed the hotpot. I don't even miss them.
She was watching a very weird romcom. I mean a vampire and a human…I had questions.
She and I talked a lot. I could feel her LV penetrating into me. But most importantly it was fun having someone to talk to after a long while, even though I didn't say a word.
She went on ," You know then Adrian, married Elina"
I questioned ,"Who is Adrian?"
She replied ,"Ugh the vampire"
I nodded. As we focused on the show.
I couldn't even look at what was on the tv, I was looking at her at how invested she was in it. I feel like a fool assuming she is innocent,
As I asked mid way through the show ,"Why is he wanting to bite her neck and suck her blood?? Doesn't he love her?"
As she let out an exasperated sigh ,"Gurl it's romance"
I asked ,"Killing someone is romance?"
After a moment of silence,
"I...,mean if he sucks her blood she will die!" I protested again.
As she replied ,"...yeah.."
I face palmed at how she just understood, seriously no wonder she dated Alex.
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As we finished whatever abomination of soap opera that was,
I found something strange as she went to do the dishes. On her coffee table there was a very small but noticeable card.
It didn't click first but then…I realised it's the logo of the mysterious villain.
It's concerning, the mysterious villain has a huge role in most of the deaths that occurred in the novel, by backing up Diana. I gulped as I felt my gut wrench at the thought.
But what is it doing here? From the book I know Liana isn't with the villan…I was right it's Lioren!
"Ughh miss detective, he is the male lead!" defended the Settings
For real there is a thing called double role. I wholeheartedly believe it's Lioren.
"He doesn't even live here, and Liana herself said how little he interacted with her", pointed out the Settings,
…Ugh I know Settings is right, Lioren can't be the main villain, but I do still think he can be connected to them. That leads me to one person highly suspicious, William. Come to think of it , where is he?? When did he leave?
From all I know the mysterious villain is bad news, and if I want to protect Liana I would have to eliminate William. I clasped my hands together as I felt elated but not actually…
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"Dad I am going to college, I will be late today so have dinner beforehand" I said as I put on my shoes. My dad came out as he looked upset but tried to mask it with a warm smile. I felt my heart tug at the sight.
I smiled back as I said ," I will bring some new plants seeds for you to grow"
Yeah, dads are simple. He immediately lit up.
He said gleefully ,"Be safe and come back home before 9"
It always felt…as if something warm and fuzzy was embracing me every time he acted like a dad. Parental love is beautiful…
I responded ,"Thank you" as I hugged him. He sighed as he patted my back.
I am glad I truly have a family now.
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I did my classes as usual as i learnt , our maths teacher had suddenly gotten sick and is bedridden.
As I went ,"Yay! No class!!!"
"Ugh keep it low, don't you know senior Lio is the substitute for the week?" spilled a random classmate.
Huh?
I felt the…world collapse…oh no. A whole week of suffering?
I looked around to see everyone dejected by the news as well. Glad I am not alone, alright all I have to do is avoid getting in trouble with him. He doesn't bother with anyone anyways.
He walked hands in pockets, his face his usual 'I live in a different world where none of you exist'. I watched him as he lazily sat down in the chair. And started teaching, huh?
I don't understand a thing he is saying. Is it just me? As I looked around to see everyone was getting it and even were writing it down. I tried focusing but I just couldn't.
As one boy stood up, his voice shaking with nervousness ,"T..this is not what we were learning-" he had to stop midway.
Lipeen stopped writing as he looked at the boy. His eyes were as dead as possible. The boy slowly sat down. No one wants to be ragged, to be fair, Lioren hardly ever acknowledges other humans. All the people he ragged on were because they somehow pissed him off.
Like me. But nothing justifies his shitty attitude.
As Lioren explained in the most uncaring way possible. All the students nodded and wrote down. I felt extremely uncomfortable. How is anyone understanding? Like am I just dumb?
As he finished he threw the marker away and walked out, as a flood of sighs filled the classroom. We all felt relief as he departed, everyone murmured different things about him… but I couldn't help but wonder
Why doesn't he care about his studies? Why is he in real life different? The book has always described him as capable…do capable people rag other people? Slack off? Well it's 5 months before the main timeline starts and Lioren only shows up in the middle of the book.
Maybe right now he is this way…why do I even care? Whatever.
After that day I skipped maths classes well I didn't understand, and more importantly sir Kilburn will return after a while, and this is college duh. As I just sat on the bench peacefully.
I closed my eyes, as my breathing became steady and slow. As my tranquility was abolished when I heard a very familiar voice ,"What are you doing here junior? Why have you been absent for a week?"
I gulped as I said ,"Oh…well, Senior I have to skip classes…well… "
As I noticed an impatient glint in his eyes. He tapped his foot.
I could guess why he cares, he clearly has something definitely not good in his mind.
I blurted out ,"My uncle's pregnant-"
Wait…did I just say uncle instead of aunty? I bit my lower lip, as sweat formed on my forehead.
He asked ,"Oh is that so? Give him my congratulations"
He is letting me off the hook as he smiled and said ,"keep it up so I can deduct as much as I can"
That bastard!
I am already failing and I can't fail this semester. I objected ," But it's…can you not deduct…it's just for today..and after tha-"
He crossed his arms as he said ," Of course but…"
I fell again. I again fell in his trap.
As he finished ,"You will be my personal assistant for a week"
I was shocked to my core.
Assistant!?
I asked ,"Why!? You can't do that!"
He tilted his head as he responded ," Alright failing it is"
I said ,"of course you can do it! Haha…but why?"
My shoulders sagged as I had asked him with all the pain I carried.
He shrugged as he said ," I learnt from Daniel you can write assignments well."
That…mega phone!
As he continued ," And remember for a whole week you do as I say"
I held back my tongue and I wanted to curse at him nonstop for 2 hours. God knows what he makes me do. As he walked off I dropped to my knees.
[To enhance the experience before reading the next part, turn on your depression music, I recommend spoiler- Crap gotta go, Kia's not happy..]
The rain fell on my face, as I screamed "WHY! GOD WHY!"
He had a record for making people do unconventional things like counting how many tiles there are on a floor for no reason. In no way in hell he will make things easy for me.
He also has the tendency to be unpredictable as fuck.
WaAhhhhhhh! Liana! Yes!
" Sorry, I..can't defy my brother" she said as she looked genuinely terrified as she patted my back.
I felt the rain come back again. The black clouds above my head followed me everywhere I went, everything was going bad today.
I got splashed by a car when walking home.
I lost 2 cents…
And…I forgot to buy the seeds for dad! I never forget shit!!
Ahhhhhhh! It's all Lioren's fault! As I kicked a wall
"Ouch!!" , I yelped as I knew it was also Lioren's fault…he cursed me.I didn't care about the stares I received. All I cared about was my misery.
Why can't I just jump in the sea and become a mermaid instead? Having no legs is better than being his assistant.
I knew the next day was going to be the start of Hell for me…
But little did I knew what level Of hell it was going to be…spoiler..level 7
Bye bye second life part 3~~