Chapter 3

Affinity

Noire came in the living room after awhile, her face red with embarrassment. Having her guest, Brady sees her mother acting like this- and bare-chested! The horror that is her life; she put her face in her hands, obviously upset. Brady looked over to her, he felt bad that she was like this but he didn't want to coddle her; it might upset her more. He started to look around the room, trying to find something to distract them. Everywhere he looked he saw sculptures, paintings and some novelty items all depicting the same thing; Naga, the Divine dragon. He was getting the notion that her father was some religious fanatic of some sort. He chuckled as he started thinking back to horror movies he watched with Morgan and Lucina about religious fanatics.

He cleared his throat. "So, I noticed that ya guys are religious I take it?"

Noire peered up from her hands. "Oh, um just my dad and me- my mother doesn't believe in Naga."

He cocked his brow, staring at her confused. "Huh, strange I thought that since-"

"I know, the neighbours thought so too for awhile until she started farming herbs and poisonous plants, started wearing less then appropriate clothes in public, and of course slamming the door on witnesses of Naga." Noire sighed.

"Oh, wow um so how is it that yer parents are together?" Brady asked but then realized the nature of his question. "Oh, no offense of course! Just- want to know how yer parents are complete opposites and still together."

Noire giggled. "Its fine, I get asked that a lot as well. Truth is? I don't know my mother is completely different from my dad. She eats like a pig, she leaves her laundry all over the place and she refuses to do chores or cook unless she wants too. My dad on the other hand is very clean; he does a lot around the house asides from being very busy with work."

She smiled and sighs. "Though, despite this, they still very much love each other. I see the way my mother looks at my father when he leaves for work and- I can see the longing in her eyes. They may be different but they are just right for each other."

Brady smiled. He was glad she was happy with her parents, despite them being so different from each other. Thinking about it now, his parents are not so different from hers; his mother was born into a wealthy family as an heiress that owns one of the largest trading companies Ylisse. She was to inherit it but instead chose to run away with his father- a struggling college student too indebt to even take care of himself. He remembered how they met- she was taking a few business classes when she bumped into his father, he remembered his mother telling him when their eyes met- they knew they wanted each other. It was scandalous, a wealthy heiress with a lowly college student but they didn't care. They were in love, a few years later his mother became pregnant with him, they were scared of what was going to happen when her parents found out. Then when her parents were throwing a party, her and his father had one last dance before he proposed to her- they ran away that night. Skipping several towns and cities over, until they finally settled down. It was romantic because his mother gave up everything to be with his father and to start a family. He had always wondered how his grandparents would think of him and Morgan. Would they accept them or reject them? He would never know his mother refuses to contact them for reasons she would not reveal.

"Brady?" Noire snapped her fingers in front of his face.

He quickly snapped out of his little daydream. "Oh sorry, were ya saying something?"

"No, you kind of spaced out there, thinking about something?" Noire raised her brow.

"Yeah, it's not important." He shrugged.

"Oh, okay." Noire nodded.

Brady sighed. "So, how did yer parents meet?" he cleared his throat. "If you don't mind me asking of course."

Noire went silent, biting her lip. "I..I rather not talk about it."

Brady went silent; he must have hit a nerve. "Sorry if I offended ya, ya don't need ta talk about it if ya don't want too."

"Its fine, I just don't think I want to talk about it right now."

Before Brady could respond, her father walked in on them. He sighed with mild frustration.

"Sorry about that, my wife has a mind of her own. But she agreed to dress properly... for tonight. Dinner is served, would you like to join us?" Noire's father asked.

"Um sure, you gotta phone?" Brady asked with a nervous smile.

"Yes, it's in the front hall. We'll just be in the dining room when you're ready to eat." He bows his head.

Noire and her father slipped off to the dining room while Brady went to the front hall, he grabbed the phone and started punching in a number on the keypad. He picked up the receiver and heard the first ring. It rang two more times before someone answered.

"Hello, robin residents." A very feminine voice greeted.

"Hey ma, it's me." "Brady sighed.

"Brady!?" his mother's voice cracked. "Where on earth are you? Why didn't you come home with your sister? This isn't a payphone number-"

Brady quickly answered before she could ask any more questions. "I know I'm at a friend's house eating dinner."

She huffed. "Brady you have to tell me these things, your father and I was worried sick. Your sister was stuck at the school waiting too."

He scratched the back of his neck and sighed. "I know I'm sorry, I'll make it up to her somehow."

"You can do that by doing chores around the house. Have a good rest of the evening dear, stay safe."

"I will, don't ya worry. Love ya." He blows a kiss into the phone and hung up.


Hey guys, sorry for the very long delay but I had to go through a lot of issues in my life so far. I'm still going through a few but I am capable of writing.

next chapter will be up soon-ish, I promise.

comment about any mistakes and I will fix them to my best ability.