Chapter 8 (UNEDITED)
-Leatham Series-
Tristan's POV
"Hey, cousin." I stopped in my track as I just got at my mansion. He immediately approached to me. "Where have you been, bro? I've waited you for two hours."
"What is your bussines to looking for me?" I asked while walking into the mansion. "I'm not in the mood to listen to your stories."
He chuckled. "So, how was your date going today?"
I stopped my stride, turning my body to face him. "How did you know?"
"I knew it from Auntie Daisy but err... I'm a little bit confused. Who was your date if you were not dating Dani?"
I gaped a little as he talked about Dani. Oh. I see.
"So you called her?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"Ya. I called her and err... she said she wasn't your date and she told me if she would meet you." He answered lightly. "Have you met her?"
I instantly punched him on the face and made him felling down on the floor. My bloods boiled of angriness. He was the person who had made Keira cried.
"What the fuck are you doing?!" Brandon yelled while touching his jaw.
"You hurt my girl!" I yelled back at him. "And you deserve for get that!"
He instantly stood up, pushing my chest. "Who's bitch that you're talking, huh?"
"She's not bitch!" I said firmly, pointing my forefinger at him. "Watch your words or I'll rip your fucking mouth!"
"Just do it if you can, fucking cousin." He punched me back on the face. I could feel the corner of my lips was bloody just because of his punched.
When I was about to rip his mouth, Dad's and Mom's voice stopped me.
"What's going on here?!" Mom approached to me while Dad approached to him. "Oh-my-God." She turned her eyes at me and Brandon alternately.
"What were you doing?" Dad asked to us shockingly.
"He punched me first, Uncle." Brandon said.
"I punched him because he was impolite, Dad." I defended myself. "She made my girl crying!"
"Your girl?" Mom replied quizzically. "You meant, your girlfriend?"
"His one night stand, Auntie." Brandon butted in mockingly.
"No!" I yelled at him. "She's not my one night stand. I don't ever kiss her yet."
"So, who is she, huh?" Brandon put his hands on his waist as if he challenged me. "If you're brave, just tell or shout to us your girlfriend's name."
"KEIRA!" I shouted angrily. Brandon instantly gaped at me in disbelief and surprised at once. "Is it still less loud for you? Huh?!"
"Why did you date the mute and freaky girl?" He asked in disbelief tone. "Are you already insane? Or your type drop down already, huh?"
"She's not a mute or freaky girl!" I pointed my forefinger at him. "If you said like that again, I'll kill you!"
"STOP!" Mom interrupted, shouting to us. I could feel my breath was up and down like I was at marathon area. "You two are family. That was so inappropriate for—"
"Not anymore." I cut her off and then left.
"Bye, Uncle and Auntie." Brandon said and then left too.
I slammed my bedroom door, crawling my body onto the bed. I still did not believe if Brandon who had made Keira crying. I meant, Dani. My ex annoying and materialistic girlfriend.
I took out my phone from my pocket, dialing Keira's phone number but the answered was still same. She still turned off her phone.
I sat up, slamming my iPhone onto the floor angrily. I put my elbows on my knees and ran my hand through my hair frustratedly.
"May I come in?" Mom's voice was not even distracted my angriness. I heard her footsteps toward me, sitting down next to me. "Do you want to tell me?"
"I don't even know what should I tell you." I said, covering my face with my palms. "She doesn't want to meet me and she left me just like that."
"So, her name is Keira?" I opened my palms, turning my head to her. "I don't meet her yet, but I think... she's a good girl for you."
"Why are you so sure?" I asked in disbelief tone. "What do you think if she's really a mute and freaky girl?"
"It doesn't matter for me." She shrugged, turning her head to me. "She's the first girl that has made you're so mad like this. Now, I know why you denied me when I wanted to move you to a private school." I let out a soft chuckled. "Just take her to here. I want to see your real girl."
"I'll effort it for you."
"Come on." Mom got up from the bed. "I'm going to treat your bruise."
"It's okay, Mom. I've already used to be like this." I gave her a small smiled. "Thanks before though, Mom."
"You're welcome." She kissed on top of my head then looked down at the floor. "Oh-my-God. Did you slam your new phone?" She looked up at me.
"Can I get a new phone?" I asked playfully. She rolled her eyes to upward, making me chuckled. "I'm just kidding, Mom."
***
On Monday, I instantly looked for her at school. I had to meet her. No matter what.
I had rounded all of the school from canteen, toilet, library, biology class or anywhere that she was used to go. Where the hell was she. I could be crazy if I could not find her out.
At this time I wore a white Adidas t-shirt and long denim jeans matched with a black Converse as usual. I also used my black Jansport backpack over my shoulder. And there was a leather black bracelet around my right wrist.
I narrowed my eyes as I saw a girl who wore a long sleeves blush flannel shirt and long jeans matched with her sneakers and backpack as usual. Also, she just let her chest length brown hair dropped down on her chest. She was so pretty.
"Keira!" I called her out loudly. She jerked up and instantly ran away from me. I followed her from behind, blocking her way quickly. "Why do you always avoid me?"
She was about to run away from me for twice but I immediately pulled her wrist.
"Ouch!" She groaned of hurt and it made me instantly released her wrist.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean." I said frantically. "Did you still hurt?"
"Please," she looked up at me with fear. Her voice sounded a little. "stay away from me."
"No." I replied quickly. "I'll never to do that." I immediately picked her up with a bridal style so that she could not run away from me anymore.
"Put me down, please." She kept hitting on my chest but I did not care about it.
I could see from the corner of my eyes if there lots of people eyes' were staring at us in disbelief and surprised.
I put her down onto the passenger seat and I instantly got into the car, sitting down on the driver seat.
I turned on the engine car and drove straight away to outside school.
"Where do you want to take me?" She asked with fear. "This isn't time to go home yet."
I stopped my car on the side road, turning my body to face her.
"Why did you cry?" I asked seriously, staring at her beautiful dark brown eyes. "You have avoided me for three days and I won't let it happen anymore."
"It doesn't relate to you." She answered, looking down at her lap.
"Of course it is. You suddenly left me just like that. I've been waiting you for many hours and you did not come back." I paused. "What happened?"
Her tears starting to pool in her eyes. Slowly, the tears fell down on her cheeks. My heart so hurt as I saw her crying.
"Your world is different with me, Tristan." She said in her lower voice with still looking down at her lap.
"What do you mean?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"I'm just an orphan kid." My eyes widened disbelief. "I don't even know who are my parents. I've lived at orphan since I was baby until right now."
"And why did you leave me yesterday suddenly?"
"There was a girl who name was Dani said," She stopped a moment to think.
"Please continue, Kei." I kept staring at her eyes, trying to convice her.
"She said... I'm a trash child." Her tears was getting heavier. "She said, my Mom put me to inside a trash bin because she doesn't want to have a child like me. She also said if my Mom is... a whore."
"How did she know about this?" I asked curiously. "Have you known about this before her knew?"
"I had known if I was found out inside a trash bin but I've just found out if my Mom is a whore from her and she knew about this from her Dad's employees. My orphan parents never told me about my mother yet."
"Is that your reason to run away from me very often?"
"I always did that because I knew you're Brandon's cousin. I'm so afraid that you'll become me your bullying target too."
I felt my blood was boiled as I heard Brandon's name. I was supposed to kill him yesterday.
"He's not my cousin anymore." She lifted her gaze up from her lap to me, furrowing her eyebrows as she looked at my bruises.
"Don't tell me if you both... fought?"
"I had to do that because he bullied you in front of me lightly."
"Why? I mean, why did you do that?"
"Because I like you."
I could see her face was tensed as I told her about that. She gulped her down and asked. "Since when?"
"I don't know. The feeling comes to me suddenly. My head and heart are always fullfilled about you."
"You must be kidding me."
"No, I'm not." I tried to convice her. "I like you who you are. No matter what."
I held her hand so tightly. "Listen to me, Kei. I'll never ever bully you. I'll protect you and you don't need to be afraid with me anymore. Right now, your world is my world and my world is your world. Okay?" She nodded as her answered and I wiped her tears gently.
"So..." I drove back my car. "Where do you want to go today, hm?"
"I want to go back to school." She said briefly.
"Ugh, please don't, sweetheart." I groaned irritatedly. "I don't want to go back to hell. We've left for thirty minutes then why do we have to go back to there?"
"I don't want to disappoint a kind donate who always gave his or her money for me and the others kids."
"A kind donate?" I glimpsed at her.
"We can go to school because there's a kind donate gave a scholarship program for us. She or he didn't only give a scholarship but also she or he always gave his or her lots of money in every month. Even, he or she already renovated our orphan."
"So you don't ever meet him or her yet?"
"Not yet." She leaned her back against the seat. "And I want to see him or her."
"What will you do if only you meet him or her?"
"If she's a woman and she has a baby, I will be her babysitter with no salary. And if he's a man and he has a kid, I will be his teacher with no salary."
"Sounds good." I commented. "Is that your dream? To be a teacher?"
"No." She said. "I... want to be a pharmacist so I can make the best medication if only my orphan parents or one of orphan kids are sick."
"I only need you for my medication." I turned my head to her, smiling. She looked blushing and nervous suddenly.
I was so happy that we could be so close like this. She is not as quiet as I thought. She is only shy. She is a cheerful person if you already know her.