Chapter 21

"Ello." I greeted the 5-year-old girl who still loved to draw 24/7.

She stopped her hand movement for awhile -in a sign of she accepts my presence- and continued to draw.

I suddenly grimaced when I thought of Jace and sighed.

Chloe felt the tension and raised an eyebrow, which I immediately get the sign. She was worried.

"Well," I started. "There is this new guy in my school. He is all hot and stuffs, but he is mysterious. Like he is drawn to me even by the time he laid eyes on me. I wanted to feel happy, but I have a feeling I am going to be hurt at the same time."

I sighed and messed up my hair. Why am I so bothered by these things? And of all people, I asked a 5-year-old child.

I didn't hear any answer, which is suspected, but she stopped her draw and took an extra piece of paper and started drawing faster.

I furrowed my eyebrows, suspecting her weird sudden shifts. I tried to get near her and glance at her drawing, but she snatched her paper away and shook her head, a sign for me to wait.

Once she was done, she went to my face without looking at me in the eye and gave me her drawing paper.

It was mostly a drawing me abusing a man who is tied up to a chair. I smiled at the view but immediately scowled when I saw a guy peeping through the door of the room the man and I were in. There was an arrow pointing to the guy peeping and name him ~the new guy~

Took me a while to review her drawing.

"So you're saying that this guy is suspecting me for being that?" I asked her. She didn't nod or shook her head, just shrugged, a sign of 'just guessing, I don't know yet.'

I wanted to think this is a lie, but at the same time, my brain is starting to believe it.

What if he does? What if he is a hired undercover detective to spy on me so I can be jailed once they get solid prove? What if he is working with the police? What if-

Uggh, you're thinking too much Mon. Snap out of it.

I started to hit my head hard. Then I heard a voice.

"Dear, are you alri-"

I slapped a hand away when it made its way to my shoulder. I turned back with a frightened face.

"Stay away from me!" I screamed.

The person took back her arm and looked at me with wide eyes.

Oh, it was just the orphanage lady.

Then I realized my mistake.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. I was thinking too much, and you just scared me to death." I started to reason.

The lady giggled. "No worries, kid. You seem to be having a bad time. Even Ms Kenner is worried about you," I turned my head towards Chloe, and she threw her head away and blushed. "I thought you might need to have some tea? It can help you worry a bit less." She offered, and I accepted it.

Once the tea was ready, I thanked her and drank a little.

"If you don't mind," The orphanage lady started. "Tell me what is wrong, and I am here to listen, it is healthy to share your stress with other people, it will make you relax a bit."

I rejected her offer. I have dealt with things much worse than this on my own. But this time, my brain hurt so much this is a first time I seem to be so stressed about something so simple.

Feels like I am in a cringe, ordinary dramas people always wrote, thinking it must be a fairytale with all they dreamt of.

A ha

What kind of fairytale has a psychopath falling in love at first sight and now is stressed over her fictionist theories since she believed in 5-year-old guesses?

My kind of fairytale.

I sighed for the 12686528947378492682 times and head out of the orphanage after bidding goodbye to my fellow friend.

//THE NEXT DAY//

"AHA!"

Those words managed to make one of my souls leave my body.

"What the muffin?!" I shouted.

Coraline laughed.

"Muffin?" Cody asked and Coraline crushed into another laugh and I rolled my eyes.

"I don't feel like the urge to swear right now," I mumbled. "But hey, muffin is a cute word as an exchange."

(A/N: If y'all know what I meant for swearing with the word muffin, then you guys are legendary people. I mean, all of you guys are but- you know what I mean- Bye-)

"Okay, okay. Leave the unimportant things alone, we have other problems to deal with," Cody said, then Coraline shoved her notebook to my face.

_MONIKKA AND JACE SITTING IN A TREE_

_K-I-S-S-I-N-G_

"Oh, please, O'Shea," I rolled my eyes again. "You ship me with literally every guy who tried to even make eye contact with me."

"Even me?" Cody asked.

"Ask her yourself," I said dryly and saw Coraline trying not to laugh anymore.

_Making eye contact with the dark aura will be one big deal to the school yanno? It is as hard as trying to pat a lion._

"Stop making metaphors. I am not that bad," I said unsurely.

"For us? We are used to you. For them? You're like an evil ghost to them," Cody said casually, I shot him a look and he just shrugged, looking away. "But seriously, my guts have a bad feeling about him. Like he will mean something bad to you."

And for somehow, my rage went up.

"What?" I asked sharply.

"Well, he looked like he went to this school just for you, and he has these eyes like he wanted something from you," Cody explained. "I suggest you stay away from him, Mon."

"And why the muffin should I listen to you?" I asked, becoming salty. "Look man, I never had these kinds of feeling before in my life and for somehow I liked it, and I also feel like you are trying to bring me away from all those nice things. Starting from you rejecting my heart until you telling me to back off from someone I am interested in." I said, then I realized my error. All I have said had no relation to what Cody had just said.

"Look, Monikka, you know that is not what I mean-"

"Just go away, Cody. I have already helped you get what you wanted, and if you can't do the same thing to me, I suggest you to just stay away." I said and walked away.

My brain is literally trying to stop my feet but my heart can't take it anymore.

This is so confusing.

I went up to my locker and took a deep breath before I do something ridiculous.

Once I opened my locker, something splashed to my face.

What.

The.

Muffin.

The splash lasted for 10 seconds and I heard gasps and laughs.

I froze on spot, too shocked to do anything. Not even choking or going loony.

I heard my name being called from what it seemed to be the voice of Cody. It took me a while to realize the smell of the liquid splashed to my face is actually cheese.

I uncovered the cheese from my eyes to look clearly, and once I turned my body, another liquid splashed from my head, causing gasps to be louder.

I stood there frozen again, too shocked for everything.

I cleared the area around my eyes again and looked at my hands to see the colour of yellow and chocolate.

I looked up to see a crowd forming around me, co-couples staring with me with wide-feared eyes, some are also scared, some are trying to hold their laughs. Then I saw a girl holding something in her hands, mouthing 'bitch' before splashing me with what it seemed to be milk.

That was where I lost control.

I walked forward and threw the thing away from her hands and started wrestling her, pulling us down to the floor together.

I sat on top of her, examine her face before realizing that she was the leader of the mean girls. My rage just got higher.

I started punching the girl on the face so hard her face started bleeding whilst swearing to her face.

Then I heard teachers shouting.

I felt a pair of strong arms pulling me. I started shouting and kicking the air.

"STOP HOLDING ME BACK. I AM NOT FINISHED WITH THIS BITCH. YOU FUCKING ARSEHOLE, YOU DIPSHIT, YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE, YOU HEAR ME? YOUR LIFE IS TOTALLY FUCKED UP."

I started screaming nonsense. When the teachers are trying to lift the dumb girl, I got close enough and kicked her so hard in the face she passed out.

The crowd gasped, and I laughed hysterically.

That was when I passed out too.