Chapter 18
Skylar's eyes fluttered open. He tried to sit up, but Ashton held him down and wrapped his arms tighter around him."Is he dreaming about him hugging a teddy bear or something?" Skylar wondered.
Ashton was.
Skylar looked at the clock and wiggled around until Ashton woke up.
"Cherry, stop," Ashton mumbled. "Wan... sleep..." They both were startled as they heard loud music playing.
We can't go on together
With suspicious minds
And we can't build our dreams
On suspicious min-
Miracle turned it off as she put her hand in front of her mouth to cover her yawn. She glanced at Jumin who was sitting up but was still half asleep. "Jumin is that you?" Miracle asked.
"No, it's your fucking mom. Who else is it supposed to be?" Jumin answered sarcastically.
Parker turned on his stomach to look at the others as Yukine rubbed her eyes. "Was that one of Elvis Presley's songs?" Parker asked. Miracle, Ashton, and Jumin nodded.
"Yeah, Jumin likes to listen to old music to start his day good. But it doesn't look like it started that great," she replied, glaring at Jumin. Jumin closed his eyes and fell back on the bed. Miracle went up to him with a pillow in her hand. She raised her arm to hit him with the pillow.
"Don't even try. I'll let Kyung take control," Jumin warned her, his eyes still closed. "He's itching to come out." She ignored him and threw it in the air and spiked it. The pillow hit his head and she jumped behind Yukine's bed. Miracle peeked from the edge of the bed as Jumin got off the bed.
"I told you to not do it." Jumin glared at her as he loosened his shoulder.
"Kyung?"
"Hell yeah." He looked at the clock and saw that it's 8 AM. "Yo, breakfast is at 9. So hurry up!" Everyone except Skylar and Ashton were hurrying to prepare themselves for breakfast.
"Do you also want to go?" Ashton asked as he uses his fingers to comb Skylar's hair.
"Yes. Miracle said that the breakfast will be very sweet," he replied with a smile. "And I have to keep Parker, Miracle, and Kyung in check," he added, already feeling exhausted.
Ashton scrunched up his face. "I'll be fine with a coffee," he mumbled as he stood up from the bed. He grabbed both his and Skylar's suitcase and put them in front of them. Skylar opened it and his expression was completely blank as Ashton was very concerned about Skylar's next move. He closed it back and dialed his dad's number.
Roy picked up after a few seconds. "Good morning Skylar! How are you? How's Rome? Is Ashton being a dick?" Roy asked.
"Hey!" Ashton yelled and he heard Roy laughing in the background.
"Can I get mom on the phone?" Skylar muttered.
"Alright. I'll go shower quickly. Be right back!" Roy handed the phone to Carla.
"Hi, Skylar! How are you?"
"Don't 'hi Skylar' me mom. What the hell happened to my suitcase?!" Skylar hissed as Ashton picked out some extra clothes for Skylar out of his suitcase.
"Now, now. You can't talk to your mother like that. Don't you like the clothes that I picked out for you?"
"But I checked them before I left," Skylar mumbled and Carla chuckled when she heard that.
"I switched your suitcase before you left. I hope you take pictures in those cute outfits for me!" She chirped.
"I'm not going to wear those clothes." A chill ran up Skylar's spine as he felt her cold glare from kilometers away.
"You're not going to wear those clothes? What is that suppose to mean?" She asked innocently, but Skylar noticed that her voice is getting darker every second. "You better wear them. Or you know what's waiting for you at home."
"Y-yes mom," Skylar replied as his voice trembled a little.
"Alright then! I'll tell Roy to call you later. Love you."
"Y-you too, mom." Skylar hung up. The others were too preoccupied to notice Skylar glaring at his suitcase.
"What did she say?"
Skylar shook his head. "Nothing," Skylar muttered as he opened his suitcase.
"Do you want to wear my clothes?" Skylar was tempted to say yes but shook his head.
"No, I'm fine." He searched for some decent clothes to wear, but couldn't find anything. "That bitch didn't even put some jeans in this suitcase." Miracle ran out of the bathroom to grab the rest of her stuff. She stopped when she saw Skylar staring at the clothes in his hand.
"What's up with your clothes?" She took a better look at them. "Oh."
"Hey Miracle! Are you still coming?" Parker asked at the door.
"I'll be there soon! Leave some food for me!" She yelled back. "Yuki! Can you keep an eye on the two of them?"
"Okay!" Yukine responded.
"You're not my mom!" Parker and Jumin retorted. Yukine pushed them out of the room and closed the door.
Miracle sighed and sat on the floor next to Skylar. "Did your mom do this?" Skylar nodded. "Aren't you going to lend Ash's clothes?" He shook his head. Both Miracle and Ashton could read his face like an open book. They both were thinking that his mom must've threatened him with something.
"Are you sure that you want to wear it?"
"It's fine Ashton," Skylar smiled and started chuckling. "It really is weird to say your actual name." Miracle and Ashton didn't laugh and their faces didn't move an inch.
"Remember that we're here if you need to talk." Ashton kissed Skylar's forehead as Miracle began looking through his clothes.
"Damn. Your mom didn't even pack some jeans or sweatpants. There are only skirts and dresses." She turned to Skylar. "Do you want a skirt or dress?"
Skylar shrugged. "They feel the same to me."
"Skirt it is then." She threw a plaid skirt and a long sleeve, black crop top at his head. Skylar was too preoccupied with his thoughts and let the clothes hit his face. She took out a pair of white converse and grinned.
"Here you go. Basic white girl outfit." Skylar glanced at the outfit and let himself fall on the bed.
"What are we gonna tell Yuki?" Ashton asked.
"I may or may not have told her already," she chuckled nervously. Skylar turned his head to her and glared daggers at her. "Sorry!"
"I don't really give a fuck. The whole class kind of knows that I crossdress, but they don't know the story behind it." He took off Ashton's shirt in one swift move. He went for his pyjama pants, but Ashton stopped him.
"What are you doing? Use the bathroom to change!" Miracle and Skylar frowned.
"You've seen me naked and yet you act like a virgin high school freshman girl when I change in front of you." Miracle ears perked up when she heard 'naked'. Skylar got rid of his pants and chucked it at Ashton's head.
"Oh? Naked?"
Skylar rolled his eyes and slid into the skirt. "Nothing happened, so get your mind out of the gutter, pervert." Miracle's face had shock displayed on it. He adjusted the crop top and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
Miracle nudged Ashton with a smirk "So? Does he look hot or does he look hot?"
Ashton sighed. "He really does. I know that he doesn't like being dressed as a girl, but sometimes he looks so fucking sexy."
"I know right?" Miracle looked at his clothes. "When are you going to change? It's almost 8:45." Ashton groaned and stood up to go to the bathroom. He saw Skylar putting his toothbrush down. Skylar smiled at Ashton and walked back to Miracle, who was on her phone.
"What do you think that the others are doing?"
Miracle shrugged. "They're definitely less hungry than me." 10 minutes later Ashton came out of the bathroom, dressed and ready to go. They put their shoes on and walked out of the room. Skylar locked the door and gave it to Ashton.
10 minutes later
Jumin looked up from his coffee and frowned. He tapped Parker and motioned him to come closer. "Who the fuck is that?" He asked as he pointed to Skylar. "She looks like Skylar's twin sister."
"That is Skylar," he whispered back with furrowed eyebrows. "But I don't know why he's wearing that." They all sat down by the others.
"Why the fuck are you wearing that?" Jumin demanded. "Did that bitch do something to your clothes? I know some people who are not from your job who can assassinate her."
Skylar looked around to see no one from their school. "She did change all my clothes. And don't even think about it," Skylar threatened.
Jumin held his hands up. "Oh my God I am soooo scared," he replied sarcastically.
Miracle hit him on the head. "Stupid bitch. Let Min or Jumin in control. You only cause trouble."
Jumin closed his eyes and after a minute, he opened them again. "Kyung is a fucking idiot," Jumin muttered.
"Definitely," Miracle agreed. "Now everyone hurry up so we can get the show on the road!"
30 minutes later
"No one told me that there's airport security before we can get in here," Miracle muttered. They were standing in the line to enter the Colosseum. Ashton was trying to cover Skylar with his body to avoid more catcalls from Italian men. Skylar ignored all of them because none of them mattered to him except Ashton's. Yukine was listening to Parker who talked about how he's saving money to go to Japan. Jumin let Min take control and he was thinking about the things that he can buy as souvenirs.
"We didn't know either, Miracle. So stop bitching," Skylar replied. He took a step away from Ashton. "And you. Stop being my human shield. I don't need it. I don't care if they stare at me."
"But I do," Ashton mumbled. Skylar smiled and stood in his toes to kiss Ashton. But he was too short.
Ashton chuckled at the attempt and pecked his lips. "Better?" Ashton nodded.
"Better." It was their turn and they all went through the security with no trouble. They went up the stairs and reached the highest floor.
"Look at the view!" Parker and Miracle were taking many pictures. "It's fucking beautiful!"
Skylar noticed a woman at the corner of his eye who was taking pictures of them. "Miracle! Jumin!" They both look at him. "The same crow from yesterday is here too. You can look at it in the corner of your eye." They both turned their heads a little and did what Skylar told them to do.
"That crow has no experience whatsoever. I even know others who are better than it," Miracle commented. Jumin nodded in agreement.
"Ashton, do you want to go on a walk?" Skylar asked. "I want to get a souvenir for my dad."
"Sure." They began walking away from them.
"Ace. When I bump into a woman, I'll hand you something. So keep your hand on my waist, alright?"
"I wasn't planning on removing it," he scoffed. Skylar made sure that he walked next to the woman. He 'accidentally' bumped into her and grabbed the first thing in her pocket and hand it over to Ashton.
"I'm sorry!"
"It's no problem," the woman smiled. Skylar smiled back and they made a detour to their friends. When they got there after 5 minutes, Ashton handed him the item. Miracle noticed that it was a small pocket knife.
"My dad also has one at home. He says that it's pretty rare and that he got it as a gift from a friend of his who works for the mafia or something," she explained as Skylar opened it.
Yukine's face went pale. "M-mafia?" She stuttered.
"Yeah. My dad has some friends from the mafia."
"Really?" She exclaimed.
Miracle covered Yukine's mouth with her hands. "Yes, Yuki."
"So cool," Parker whispered.
"Back to the knife, thank you."
Jumin touched the blade and some blood trickled down his finger. "Sharp," he mumbled and he put his finger in his mouth.
"What are we gonna do with her?"
Skylar thought for a while. "Interrogation?"
Miracle shrugged. "It's the best option. We can lock the door of the lady's bathroom," she suggested. "It would've been helpful if we had Kyung on our side, but he can't enter the bathroom with us."
"What about me?" Yukine asked.
Miracle shook his head. "Definitely not. I don't want you in danger."
"I understand," Yukine mumbled.
Miracle patted her head. "I'll be back soon, okay?" Miracle smiled at her.
"Okay!" Skylar and Miracle walked to the bathroom to see that there wasn't a line. They opened the door. No one was in there. Miracle hid in a stall as Skylar hid by the wall where the entrance was. A few minutes later, they heard the door open. The woman hadn't noticed Skylar yet and Skylar stalked up to her. Her whole body tensed up when she felt a sharp blade against her neck.
Miracle got out of the stall and locked the entrance of the bathroom. "Now let me ask you something." Miracle stood in front of her and took off the woman's sunglasses. "Who the fuck are you and why are you following us?"