"I guessed it right, Macky!" he exclaimed.
I looked at him confusedly, "Y-you guess what? Are we thinking the same thing?" we wiggled our eyebrows and made our faces close.
"Uno is cheating on you."
"That girl is Gracey."
Instead of crying, we just ordered some food. We even gave each other a high-five without minding what we lost that night. We looked like a crazy clown laughing as our fart went out.
Realizing that I've compared them to fart made me laugh more. I even slapped Markian's shoulder.
He also laughed, looking like he guessed what I just said in my mind.
"What should we do now?" I said while plastered walking on the road and holding my shoes. Markian on the other side, was also a little bit tipsy but managed to walk normally while holding his suit, hat and fake mustache. We literally broke up with them and got drunk.
"I'll walk you home." he obliged and held my hand to assist me.
I felt the current that traveled down my whole body. I flinched and so I stumbled.
"You're drunk, Macky. Let me hold you." he said and held my hand again to help me balance my body. I thought he'll just assist me but my mouth went agape as he carried me like I'm his bride.
I looked at his face. Nothing much changed. His tan skin still suits him. His pointed nose and curved well jawline still hits differently, for me.
"You know what, I thought a doctor would heal my heart that you caused for about many years. Pfft." I know what I am saying but I can't control my mouth.
"You caused me a lot of damage, Markian. You hurt me, always. Maybe it's not physical but it's way more hard than physical. You pity me. I'm still...I'm still hurt." I sobbed but I did my best to sound it like a laugh.
"You never wanted me for real. You never loved me. You never begged for me nor like me. It suffocates me, Markian. What did I do to deserve this? My mother never treated me as her daughter but I obey all of her rules. If only my father didn't die that day… maybe...maybe I'm alright now. Maybe I can manage the pain."
He remained silent while walking me to our home. We've been walking for about an hour now. And he never talked since I started talking. Maybe he's seeing it the other way around? Foolish, Mckenzie. He would think that you're overreacting.
"I-I'm sorry, Markian. Maybe I'm just overreacting things, haha. I shouldn't have said—"
"We're here." he said and dropped me gently. He helped me stand and walk until we reached the gate. He called someone and after a minute, I saw my brother opening the gate.
"Thank you, bro." my brother started to learn Markian and appreciate him. Cool.
"That's… totally fine with me. I should go now. It's already half past 11." as I heard that, I protested.
"No! Don't leave. Just stay here, stay with me." I obliged and pulled the sleeves of his suit.
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I was awakened by the sudden noise from my bathroom. Who's here? Does mommy's bathroom isn't work?
"Good morning, mommy. What happened to your bathroom?" I queried and yawned while stretching my arms.
I stood up to fix my bed but I suddenly felt weird. My mouth went agape and I shouted as soon as I discovered that I had different clothes on. I am now wearing pajamas.
"W-what the?!" I shouted hysterically.
"What happened, love?" a voice said and then, Markian stuck his head out of the bathroom.
"You've gotta be kidding me, you moron!" I shouted. Planned to go inside the bathroom and kick him out but he closed the door.
"Easy on me, Macky. I'm not ready for that thing." he said and overreacted.
"Yuck!" I shouted and acted as if I'm going to puke.
MARKIAN'S POINT OF VIEW
"Go inside, Markian. Welcome back!" Aunt Daughty said and hugged me.
"You don't know how much I am to see you with my daughter now."
And so I am… I didn't know I could see her again. It has been 10 months since the accident happened and I've got serious injuries. Not only physically but also with mental.
"Markian…" she whispered while her eyes were still closed.
"I will just change your clothes, Mckenzie." Aunt said and assisted Macky to walk. "Feel at home." she added.
"That woman tried to see you as soon as she woke up." my eyebrows were knitted, no one has told me about that.
"...but Gracey stopped and threatened her that if Macky went to see you again, she would ruin my business. No matter how much threatening Gracey has said, Macky never stopped visiting you with the help of Uno and your mom, Aunt Gian."
"But they ended up having each other, right? I-I never thought that bastard had the courage to hurt a great lady…" I said and clenched my jaw.
"I should've chosen you for my sister if you only don't have her in your life. She is a two-faced dragon." he said and I agreed.
I realized that I lost everything because of her. My life, my freedom, my dream job and my dream… wife, she took them all from me. What could I even do? I'm just a mere puppet.
"Whenever I tried to cut her grip on the threads connected to me, the people around me were getting hurt. When I cut the strings, they're landing tragically on someone I love. Making them shout in pain." I addressed.
"But you'll have freedom if you choose to get out of her grip," Yulo said.
"Freedom will be nothing if I won't have Macky, Yulo. I would choose to get tied and see her laugh than to choose my own freedom and make her cry."
"Learn not to be a coward, Markian. You can cut her hands." he said and started to walk upstairs but as soon as I'm about to lay down on their couch, he shouted, "You can sleep in Macky's room if you don't close the door."
I laughed with that.
Still, I went upstairs and saw Macky, peacefully sleeping. She's already wearing pajamas with cute bear designs. I really wished I had a family like this. Just simple but happy.
"Don't leave, Markian. H-how can I live without you?" I suddenly felt my chest tightened. My heart is beating so fast.
She dreamt about me…
I decided to film her and I will show her this video tomorrow, to let her see that she really thought about me. I was about to stop the video but she talked, again.
"I love you, Markian. I really do."