TWINSIES stayed up until the sun rose above the horizon.
Hussey was busy preparing for her cereal while she was trying to call her uncle, Sofronio.
She already called him for the third time and he’s still not picking up the phone.
“Morning, Fionntan!” she greeted when she saw a still sleepy teenage boy going down from the stairs.
The boy awkwardly waved at her before joining her in the dining table. “Want some?” she smiled when the boy nodded his head to her. “I’ll prepare your cereal for you, wait a second.”
The young lady saw how the boy shyly shook his head, “No! it’s okay, I’ll do it myself.” He gestured through his hand.
“It’s okay, Fio. I know you’re two years older than me but I want to treat you as my younger brother—if that’s okay with you. Alazne wouldn’t let me baby him so let me baby you instead. If it’s fine with you?” she asked for his consent.
Fionntan doesn’t know what to answer her so he just sheepishly nodded at her that made Hussey smile wider.
“I hope it’s not making you feel uncomfortable,” she stated while grabbing a bowl and spilled the cereal before the milk. “I’ve always wished to have a brother and now you and Azne are here! Though all of you are older than us.”
He gave her a thumbs up after she gave him his cereal. Thank you, he mouthed.
“I’ll leave for a minute, Fio! Just gonna talk to Unkee Sof,” she informed.
Bringing the phone closer to her ear, she greeted Sofronio. “Unkee!” calling him ‘unkee’ instead of uncle.
On the other side of the line, Sofronio flinched to her high-pitched voice. “Honey, you know it’s still six in the morning. Your uncle needs his sleep before he shoved himself to work, right?” he sounded sweet but it’s just his monotone voice speaking.
“I know!” she chirped.
While Sofronio sighed. “What is it, Hussey?”
Gently massaging her chin, she told what she needed at the moment, “I want a sleuth please!”
“Honey…” she waited for him to continue. “You should have told your stupid father instead of me.”
“But, Unkee!” she faked wail. “He’ll never shut up if I asked one.”
Again, he heaved a deep sigh. This kid seriously… Like her mother and father, what a menace…
Massaging his temple, he asked her, “Why do you even need one?”
“So I can track this guy, just wanted to know he’s safe and sound…” she faintly revealed.
Sofronio hummed. “And who’s this guy in your life?”
“Uhm… My crush?”
The tired man felt disturbed by her answer. “You’re sixteen.”
“And in love.”
A vein popped out in is temple. “Again, you’re sixteen.”
“Unkee~ I’m worried sick! The first time I met him he was getting beat up, they seriously can kill him if his body is weak enough!”
“And you’re endangering yourself in his business?”
She scrunched up her face. “They can’t even put up a good fight and I know Nue already reported this to the administrators so please! Unkee, please!”
When he didn’t spoke Hussey kept persuading him to agree. “If you are in my place you’ll do the same, please! Give me a sleuth! It’s not that they have to be beside me, the sleuth can text me when I asked him what his location. You’re a director, you can pull this one for me!”
“Fine, your sleuth will inform you his number later, don’t cause trouble.”
“Yehey! Thank you, Unkee! You’re the best!”
After hanging up, a random number popped out in her screen, she immediately named the number as her sleuth before walking up to the stairs.
While heading to her room, she saw a glimpse of Fionntan and Eiassey playing something in her twin’s room.
She quietly snickered at the sight before going in her bathroom to clean herself.
It’s weekend so they don’t have to go to their school and it’s also a mission week for the managers so they won’t have time to train the cadets as they have to manage their combatants in their mission.
The lassie doesn’t have anything to do that day so she just busied herself knowing where Aeschylus was located.
Not until afternoon came, Aeschylus departed in his home and headed to the movie theatre.
Seems like nothing was threatening his entertainment inside of the movie theatre.
Well, that’s what she thought.
Posthaste, she grabbed her phone and kept her eyes glued on the screen.
Hussey doesn’t care if she’s in her oversized shirt and shorts, she just badly need to be there for the young guy.
Instead of her car, she used a motorcycle to lessen the hassle and drove like a bat out of hell.
When she returned to theatre, her feet began to move towards the back side of the place.
She’s certain one of the delinquents dragged him there as it shown in her screen.
After reaching his location, she recognized Aeschylus’ back figure, the bastard was grabbing him to the collar.
“Hey, miss me?” she clasped her hand to the notorious looking guy and twisted his arm around, not minding if it will get sore or break. “Told you, you have to keep up with me before you can touch him—well, if I would let you do that of course.”
The young lady wore her scheming smirk while the guy cried in pain while her hand ran to Aeschylus’ fingers to intertwine it.
Fury invaded her eyes as the guy knelt down the ground, he wasn’t even trying to escape from her grasp. He just kept begging to let her go.
The thought of Hussey breaking his arm sent shivers down his spine as he just stood there, feet was nailed on the ground.
There’s no way stopping Hussey from snapping his arm out of his body if Aeschylus just didn’t squeeze her hand.
Reason why she snapped out of it and let go of the bastard.
“Hussey…” Hussey was hasty and closed their distance.
She cupped his face, concern was evident on her face as she inspected his face and body.
Just making sure if he wasn’t hurt or anything.
Relieved sigh got away from her lips when she saw no wounds, her orbs followed the trail of the guy who bullied Aeschylus.
If the young man wasn’t there he could have already thrown something at the bastard but she mercifully didn’t do that, she might scare away Aeschylus.
“Let’s get you out of here, Sky…” she rubbed her thumb on his palm.
After he nodded, she swiftly pulled him out of the place until she reached her motorcycle.
Instead of wearing the helmet, she put it on his head instead as there’s only one helmet she brought and she would rather give it to him so she’s sure he’s safe behind her.
“Do you want me to get you home? Or you have other plans?”
He shook his head to her. “I know it’s a bothersome but c-can you take me anywhere? Just don’t drop me in our home…”
Her eyes narrowed at him. “Can I ask why?”
The young man lowered his head reason why she titled her head to peek on his face. As of now, he’s giving off a rancid smell. . . .
“I’m just alone in our house, it’s okay if you’ll drop me anywhere…”
When she sensed he was telling the truth she placed her fingers to his chin to lift his head. “Okay, just know I’ll be accompanying you and please don’t look down when you talk to me.”
He felt all his hair raised when she showed her soft smile on him. “You aren’t talking to an almighty so don’t look down, it’s just me—Hussey.”
“O-Okay…”
“And also don’t stutter, do I scare you?”
He gulped as he shook his head, trying to level his gaze to hers. “No, I’m just—I’m not used to have someone around me, you see . . . I’m always alone. . . .”
She giggled at him that made him become invigorated, he just like how amused she was to him.
“I’m not ‘someone’ to you now, remembered the time I told you that you will not get rid of me?”