Hatred

"What the hell is wrong with you? Crazy bitch!" Uko shouted at me while pulling Rick's arm around his shoulder to bring him to his room.

Uko used his right hand to press the button to the lift. Rick's room was on level 3 and he pressed the silver button with a big 3 on it and it lit up in yellow. Uko opened the door to his bedroom and placed Rick down gently on his bed to get him in a comfortable position.

"There you go Rick. I pity you..." Uko said to himself feeling annoyed by his little sister and sad for his younger brother.

On the way to Freoli's room, Uko came across two of his other younger brothers, Jarel, the 9th oldest, and Saqi, the 10th oldest.

"Hey Jarel, Saqi" Uko greeted with a sad tone.

"What's with the tone and face?" Saqi asked.

"Girl problems?" Jarel added.

"No!... Sorta... *sigh* It's Chloe"

"Chloe, our little sister!" Saqi burst out in confusion while Jarel's face was looking confused too.

"Why, what about her caused you to be sad?" the curious Jarel asked.

"Everything, she kicked Rick and he fell backwards, causing him to hit his head on the ground real hard. He's unconscious now in his bedroom"

"What?" Jarel and Saqi shouted before running to Rick's room to visit him.

Uko continued walking to Freoli's room which was also in level 3, he knocked on the door.

"Who's there?" Freoli asked.

"Uko!"

"Come in!"

Uko opened the door to see Freoli's room filled with books everywhere, he was studying for his doctor's exam this coming Wednesday. It's just 2 more days.

"Wow, working hard huh? Get some rest if you can" Uko said.

"Of course, so what did you come here for?"

"Well, our little sister kicked Rick and he fell down, hitting his head real hard on the ground. Right now, Rick's unconscious in his bedroom"

"What!" Freoli ran out of his room and made a beeline towards Rick's bedroom.

Uko went down to the living room and approached the emotionless beast that sat on the red comfy couch entertained by the TV.

"Chloe, you're grounded" Uko said without showing a sense of anger.

Chloe looked at Uko and got up. She walked to the lift and head up to level 3 to enter her bedroom.

"Did she just listen to me?" He thought to himself, eyes widened.

Chloe laid on her bed, back facing the ceiling and covered herself with a furry purple blanket. "Comfy" she thought to herself.

The next day, everyone gathered at the dining area for breakfast. Chloe changed into clothes that fits the house and headed down to level 1. As Chloe walked to the dining room, she could smell the cooking of her brothers' food.

"The smell, sweet, spicy, and pepperish... is it sweet and sour pork?" I exclaimed in excitement to myself.

I ran towards the kitchen and my face lit up in excitement, "it is!". This dish... I can't even remember when was the last time dad cooked me it, he hasn't been home since I moved in yesterday, where is he?

I pulled the chair and sat down patiently with an emotionless face waiting for the food to come. Every one came except Rick and sat down, some avoiding eye contact with me, and some were giving me angry faces. And we all finally started eating.

The plate of rice looked so good with the steam above it. Was I really that hungry? It's just rice. Anyway, I used a spoon to scoop up the pork that was on another plate, it was glistening from the gravy wrapped around it. I took a little of the rice and placed it next to the pork on the spoon, I ate it.

"This is delicious!" I thought to myself.

After I finished eating, I realised that I'm the only one who was done. So, I stood up and walked off to the elevator to go to level 3 while they stared at me annoyed at my manners.

"I hate them all!" I mumbled softly to myself.

I exited the elevator and knocked on Rick's door to apologize, I felt bad. I wasn't expecting an answer when the door opened, Rick was standing there with a bandage wrapped around his blonde hair, green eyes were not as vibrant as usual, face looking real tired with dark eye bags, spectacles were not on, is he ok?

"Uh, Rick, can I please talk to you inside?" I proposed.

"I should give this little devil a chance i guess, probably a wrong choice though" Rick thought. "Sure" he said.

I was surprised at his answer and walked in confused. His room was dark, curtains closed, messy with clothes unfolded on the floor. He switched on the light and said, " So what is it that you want to talk about?"

"About yesterday, I'm so sorry, I got uncomfortable and thought you would do something to me. I had the same experience before, I didn't want it to happen again" I apologised.

His frown turned upside down and he said smiling to me, "It's ok, I understand you. I will never do anything to you, understand?"

"Yea" I replied.

He patted my head and hugged me, pulling me into his chest. I came to realise, "Dad, he used to hug me this way, and the last time was when I was 7 years old" I thought.

Tears filled my eyes and my chest started hurting. I hugged him back sobbing. He was confused and we didn't say a thing after 3 minutes of me crying in his room. I now trust Rick, the only and first one who I will open up to.

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Yay, I felt motivated to write another chapter so why not?