Aveline
I was still hugging her.
My sister. My shield. My walking headache.
Mom had already stormed off, heels clicking like thunder down the hall.
Mireline looked down at me and chuckled.
I pouted dramatically and whispered,
"No one loves me. No one. I'm all alone, sis…"
She blinked. Then, with zero mercy, she grabbed my ear and twisted it.
Hard.
"That's why I protect you, you idiot," she said.
"Oh? No one loves you? You're all alone? Haa~?"
"Ow ow ow! But sis—!"
"But what, Aveline?"
"I was just out with my friends… Alia was there too!"
"Yeah, and Alia told me you nearly died, standing in front of a freaking Lamborghini like some dramatic statue."
She had her arms crossed now, full rage mode activated.
I huffed. "It wasn't that serious. That idiot was driving too fast. I just… showed up. She stopped in time."
"Ohhh? Is that so?"
She leaned in, tone suddenly way too sweet for comfort.
"Tell me, what did she look like?"
"…What?" I blinked.
She smiled, eyes twinkling like a gremlin.
"I'm just curious."
I narrowed my eyes.
"Why did you ask that?"
The words came out like bullets.
Mireline raised her hands innocently. "What? I was just asking~"
(Yeah right. I know that smirk. She's up to something.)
"Hmmph. Whatever. Now go. You promised me cocoa cake with a triple-choco shake and marshmallows.
Like, the works. Go make it."
She sighed like a tragic maid.
"Ugh… you manipulative little creature."
But she left anyway. She always does.
---
And finally…
Peace.
I flopped onto my bed like a defeated anime character.
White sheets. Stuffed toys around me like sleepy guards.
I closed my eyes.
But her face crept in.
That hot, annoying, emotionally unavailable girl.
Her hair was wild. Wolf-cut, like a rebellion.
Her glare? Sharp.
Her energy? Rude.
Her aura? Ugh... kinda addictive.
Wait. WAIT.
Why the hell am I thinking about her?!
Get it together, Aveline.
I shook my head, hugged my giant strawberry plushie, and pulled the blanket over me.
My heart was too loud.
My brain too messy.
I whispered into the pillow,
"I'm such an idiot,"
and slipped into dreams I won't admit to remembering.