☆Kenneth
"Kenneth leave her alone! She did nothing." Where the hell did Andrew come from?
"Jeiel answer me or I'll be merciless." I pulled on her hair harder and she cried. Unfortunately for her, I wasn't moved by her tears. "Fucking answer me! That's your handwriting. You were part of this."
"I didn't- I swear. Alec please... Help me."
"Back off." I barked at Alec who tried to come to her rescue. The guys were surrounding us, trying to get me away from her. I couldn''t count how many punches Dev had received from me. Now he was restraining Andrew. "If you didn't Jeiel, who did? Who hates Vivian that much?"
"Everyone!" She screamed at me and I pushed her face down. "Why wouldn't she be hated? Since she came, you've been with her. You scolded me because of her. All your fangirls hate her because she's a threat! Vivian Vivian Vivian, who the fuck is she? A nobody!" That word irked me.
"Fuck you Jeiel!"
"Kenneth!"
"So it was you?" She shook her head. "Explain the fucking letter then."
"That was me." I pinched her jaw. "But Evelyn planned the rest. She instigated everything. She was crying saying you had ended your engagement because of the new girl. We pitied her.
And you also hurt me because of her. We had to show her her place." My eyes darkened. I let her go.
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Stupid engagement! Fiancee my foot. As far as I knew, only Grandma wanted this engagement. Mom was tolerant because she had no female child. Dad disliked Evelyn as much. And since my parents said no, there was no need putting up with her.
Vivian cried. And somehow, it hurt. It hurt more because it was my fault. She was right, by I did not want to let go. I liked her. I liked her presence. I took a drag of my cigarettes. I was determined to keep her and I'd eliminate anyone who tried to harm her. Fuck that! I'd send them straight to hell. I marched out of my room, going downstairs to the entrance of the dorm.
I ran a distance to the "titleless kids" section. The thought reminded me of Vivian. But something wasn't right. Her twin was a Royal. Her other brother was an Imperial. Then why isn't she one? I shook the thought off and walked down the hallway. Room 747. Great. I rapped on the door twice and waited.
"Theodore." I brought out my phone. "I need some." The door opened.
"Your Highness. Oh my. Come in. Come in." I entered the room. Very clean. How could someone keep clean on their own. Without any help? Cleaners visited my dorm every three days to clean up. He gave me a chair to sit on.
"A full pack."
"That'll be 10k pounds."
"I'll transfer." He threw me a black satchel. "Account number."
"Thank you for patronising, my Prince. I have pills you might like. Molly and Meth." He said as I walked out. Molly had no effect on me anymore. Tch. I walked back to my room, locking the door. I switched off my phone. I didn't need anymore disturbing me.
***
The pain kept coming. Who the fuck was hitting me? "Kenneth, wake up. Fucking wake up, it's the weekend." The weekend? How. What the? I opened my eyes. Yesterday was Thursday. "And it's Saturday afternoon. How come you slept this long?"
I tried to clear my head. "Water." I croaked.
"Here." I heard a familiar voice.
"Vivian?" It was her. Her face was in front of me. "You're pretty." I heard myself say. "One of the prettiest girls I've seen." I heard coughing. "You have beautiful eyes too." I reached out to touch her.
"Kenneth, just drink water. I have somewhere to be." My eyes finally cleared. I saw Dev, Alec and... Andrew. Then Vivian. She was probably the only one I wanted to see right now.
"Kenneth how could-" Dev cut Andrew off. I rolled my eyes.
"Are you alright, Kenneth? You slept too long. We were worried."
"You were? Vivian water." She put the glass close to my lips. Nice.
"Your phone was switched off. We even called your mom."
"You what?!" Dev's face was grim. "Vivian."
"He's awake now. I can leave, right?"
"Sure sure." Alec said. "Sure. Thank you so much for coming." he smiled at her. She returned it.
"Vivian please sta-" he shut the door. I got off my bed feeling hungover and sick. As hungry. I remembered something and looked around. The black satchel wasn't here so I must have put it away. "I want to wash up."
"Sure. We'll wait for you. Alec, go to the apartment and wait for us will you?" Andrew threw him some keys. I went to the bathroom and washed up while trying to remember where I kept that satchel. I couldn't risk those guys finding out.
They were still on my bed when I came out. I ignored Andrew's angry face and faced Dev. His calmness was off. Something was off. "Do you have anything to tell us?" I was confused.
"No...Like what?"
"Kenneth, I'm giving you ten seconds to fess up." What the fuck? My head hurt. "Seven." What was going on? "Four, calm down Andrew. He'll talk. Maybe." I think I finally realised what it was about. "One." I saw Andrew's punch coming and I had enough time to dodge. But Dev's hurt like a bitch. The two of them attacked me and all forms of defence were useless.
"Kenneth how dare you? How dare you?" Andrew yelled battering my body. "After everything. You took Cocaine. Again? I thought we had gone past this stage. I thought... I thought you- Argh!" My stomach was empty thank goodness.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for your fucking self." Dev spat. "Do you even value this friendship? Are you willing to choose drugs over us? Over me." God my body hurt. "I sacrificed one year. One year for you Kenneth. I missed a whole academic year so I could be there for you. So we could support you yet what do you do? Run back to that thing that almost destroyed you. Do fifteen years of friendship mean absolutely nothing to you? Do you take our bond for granted? Do you take us for granted?"
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry? You're fucking sorry? Will you be sorry when you go back to rehab? Will you be sorry when you die? Will you be sorry if your mom falls sick because of your stupidity?" Andrew hit a sore spot. "Will you be sorry when you lose everything?"
"I said I'm sorry! I'm sorry."
"You swore on our friendship. You swore you'd never touch drugs again. You swore. Kenneth how could you?" He was on the verge of breaking down.
"Dev I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Please stop. Please."
"Fuck you."
"Dev. Ouch." This was going to bruise. "Dev I-"
"Save whatever you want to say and reflect. Till then, keep fucking yourself. Bastard." Andrew cursed and left with Dev.
Mehn, I was fucked...
New update!!!
Kenneth took coke and it made his friends really angry. They beat him up. I think we all need friends who'd give us one or two slaps to put us on the right path.
And mehhn, he's fucked.
There'll a double update.
Maybe I should leave it for new year. Abi?