Cringy Chapter

"I am back!"

I skipped school and the time went by so fast. My dad got home at night and he brought a guy that looks almost the same age as me. I know this guy very well and I do not like where this is going.

"...Who is this?" My mom took the lead and interview both of them.

"A-ah. Well…This kid…"

"Dad. Cut to the chase."

Yes, my dad is shaking as he should. Ain't no way you brought a child into the house without your family feeling suspicious. I also wonder how my father decided to adopt this guy. I am also furious at the fact that I am supposed to be a love interest.

"Well. He was an orphan and he saved me…from an accident at the site. I thought I could support him academically until he graduated. So…Think of it like I am adopting him for a few years?"

Hell…

My mother agreed as she had no problem with it but…

I had to agree for now. I show him the way to his room and choose some clothes from my closet for him to wear for tonight. Hm…I hate this t-shirt so this one should be good. Now, shorts or tracksuit?

Skirt.

"No actually. A tracksuit is good."

I went to his room and knocked on it. A lot of noises you can hear. Seems like he trips on something. He opens the door and gives a shy glance. Are you a child or are you the same age as me?

"I am Charles. Your brother for now. Take a bath and wear this for now. Dad's probably gonna bring you out to buy clothes tomorrow."

"Mr Charles-"

"AAH–! HELENA! A WARNING WOULD BE NICE!"

She appears out of nowhere and is holding a pair of uniforms. Seems like my school uniform. Where did she get that? I thought school is closed at night?

"It's Mister Charles's old uniform. You can wear it for tomorrow."

"T-thank you."

Helena pinches his cheek because of how cute he is but I feel like leaving already. I can tolerate him since he did nothing wrong to be honest. But if I get caught in those cliche scenes with him, he's going to die young.

"Helena. You help him for now. Make sure he doesn't embarrass me at school." Helena nods her head and proceeds to pull Sean inside his room to teach him everything he should know.

In my defence, I just want him to learn some survival skills.

Fast forward to the next school day, with Helena helping him wake up, he's not late for his first day. Me? I woke up by myself, thank you. I lived in a dorm in my previous school anyway. This is easy. I still remember my schedule, waking up at 4 am to wash clothes and study before school at 7 am.

Don't worry, I woke up at 5 am today. I am not crazy anymore.

Both of us went to the kitchen at the same time and Helena had pulled the chair for him to sit down. As my father saw no problem with me and him, he was glad. Relax, I can't murder an innocent child.

"To help you catch up with school, I ask for the school to put you in the same class as Charles. You can ask him if you don't understand."

Who are you to decide- Nevermind. I don't care much. We start eating and I can see Sean watching us eating. My mother saw where I looked and smiled. What the– she smiled?

"Go ahead and eat. You can eat everything. You don't have to pay."

How nice.

"Would you like tea or coffee?" Helena asked him.

He had a hard time deciding. My parents just smiled when they saw how shy he is.

"Damn. Helena, can I have a cup of chocolate milk?"

"Yes sir."

He finally decided to have tea. After breakfast he follows me to the car and the driver smiles at him. Honestly, show me. WHAT IS THERE TO SMILE ABOUT?! Damn– My mood swing is seriously pissing me off.

"To school. And please fetch me at 3 pm. I have some stuff to do at school but Sean is not with me so take him at 1:30pm."

"Yes sir."

Sean just played with his fingers as he sat down quietly next to me. When we reach school, I close the door and walk away. But of course, not so fast. He pulled my sleeves and I had to stop to check on him.

"B-brother? Can I…Um."

"What is it? Talk with confidence."

"Confidence…?"

"??? Yeah."

"I want to go to the toilet."

Oh gosh. Thank god he didn't pee in his pants. What the heck. If he needs to go to the toilet, he should've told me earlier. We went to our class and both James and Franz had their eyes not on me.

NOT ON ME.

I turned to the person who sat on my right and pointed at Sean.

"You. Let this guy sit here. Go sit somewhere else."

"THE F*CK?! WHO DO YOU THINK–!" I put some cash on his table and he's gone.

"Sit there." Sean nodded and took his seat.

"Bro? You have a brother?" James had to be the representative of every love interest to ask that question.

"No."

Hm? I think I heard sniffles. I looked to my right and saw Sean…

CRYING?!

Now what did I do?! James and Franz even look at me as if I was bullying someone!

"A-ah. Hey there. I am James and this is Franz. We're Charles' friends. What's your name?"

"S-Sean. My n-name is Sean."

Oh lord give me mercy.