Chapter 29

𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑢𝑚

Will she come? I really want Noelle to come to this party. I want to apologise to her for my constant erratic behaviour. I shouldn't have let out all my anger on her. The timing of the events in my life was just- so so wrong. And my approach towards them was even worse. How stupid of a reputation would I have in her eyes? I just want to clear up things with her so she and I, both feel better. I bet she must have questioned my sanity.

"Who are you waiting for, bro?", Reece comes in, biting on a strawberry and sits on the window stool.

"You know very well, then why ask?"

He laughs and gets off the window. "Bro, are you like into her?" He says in a pervy kind of tone.

"Into her?", I make a gaze at him and he shakes his head as if he fears me. Am I scary?

"No, I mean like, I mean like 'Noelle'- he emphasises- she's a very good girl".

𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑒

Did I say anything that I wasn't supposed to say ? Bro is staring at me with his fiery hazel eyes as if he's about to shoot me or something which happens often when I speak nonsense. But am I though? Am I speaking nonsense? I don't think so. Should I like defend my statement or something?

"She's quite intelligent you know, very hardworking umm and pretty, of course-

"-did I say otherwise?" Audum interrupts.

"No, I mean, it's all chill you know what I'm saying?" Oh god stuttering. Why do I embarrass myself infront of brother like this? I want him to see me as a reliable, smart, efficient man and here I am, unable to form sentences properly to make my point. God. Damn. It.

"She's a good woman, if you think about it" I shrug.

"Sure thing", he agrees in his usual monotone but I bet he does mean it. Cause she's a nice woman for real.

"May I have a word with you, son?", a familiar voice interrupts and we both turn around.

"Sure", brother replies to who seems to be Mr. Doberman's brother in law and we leave alongside him and I know exactly what we have coming from this dude.

All issues aside, let's be honest for a hot second, if bro and Noelle the bunny start hanging out, it'd make me happy okay? It would lighten up my world before anyone else's, bitch and that's on period. My bro with good people equates to higher chances of him being happy and lower chances of him being surrounded by the negative thoughts of his past. And happy brother equates to happy me. Mic drop.

———————— 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑚

𝑁𝑜𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒

"Girl, you about to win the 'misinterpretation' award of the year" throws Zeroni after what felt like her centuries long laugh.

"Eh?"

"Audum and I are siblings!!! HALF SIBLINGS!!" Exclaims Zeroni and my jaw drops.

Wow Noelle, you were really brewing incest in your head.

"Hey, I'm sorry-

"-Stoppp, Zeroni points her hand at me, still laughing hard.

"Oh god" she wipes off her tears from laughing real hard.

I really look like an egg right now. What sorcery even, Noelle? What sorcery even?! Smh.

"Really though?" She sits next to me.

"Well...." I shrug and she continues laughing whilst wrapping her hands around me and I crack and this moment too.