Chapter 7 : A Fake Girlfriend
Road's POV
Allen came home crying comically today.
It was hilarious watching the tears stream down his pale face. He was sprinting, and he crashed through the door, panting. He ran up the stairs, and bolted into our room, shutting the door. Thank goodness that door was the only one that didn't have a lock.
I carefully opened the door, and saw Allen sobbing into his pillow. He turned and saw me, and lunged for me.
"GAAAHHH!" was the thing that erupted from my mouth. Allen was holding onto my legs, and he looked up at me with big, tearful, puppy-dog eyes. It cost me everything to not look at it.
"Rooaaadddd, please help me!"
"Uhhh, how?"
"Lenalee wants to be my girlfriend, and I keep on rejecting her, but she keeps on pestering me! Other guys in my grade are getting jealous, and Lavi said the only way to solve this problem is to actually get a girlfriend that isn't Lenalee! So can you be my fake girlfriend?"
"WHAT?! But, I can't! We're pretty much legal siblings!"
"But nobody except Lavi and Kanda know that."
"Fine, but for how long?" I sighed.
"I'm not sure, maybe until Lenalee stops pestering me."
"Okay."
I stepped out of the room.
Then realization took over.
Wait, WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! So now, I'm technically Allen's girlfriend? This is way too quick! AAAAHHHHHH!
I went to the kitchen, and calmed myself down with, eh, approximately a gallon of ice cream. I felt much better afterwards, and went into the room again, to do my homework.
Allen was still moaning on his bed when I got back. I walked over to him… and slapped him on the back.
"OWWW! What was that for?!"
"Why are you still grumbling on the bed? Do your homework! Your problem is solved, right?"
"Well, I was wondering if making you my fake girlfriend was the right choice! Right? I mean, people might spread rumors if they see us exit from the same house!"
"I don't care! So get your stupid ass off your bed and get to work!"
Allen held a bewildered expression on his face from hearing Road cuss at him. He swung his legs of the bed, stood up, and cautiously walked towards his desk where his bag was.
I sighed, sat down at my desk, and got to work.
The next day was an absolute mayhem.
All girls were shocked, and the infirmary was full - because they fainted from hearing that their prince, Allen, had supposedly gotten a girlfriend. They were quite angry too, because of the fact that this girl Allen had chosen was quite plain, and had no sexual appeal whatsoever.
At the end of school, I found myself in a mess. It was raining, and I brought an umbrella but it was torn. I could run home, but my shoes were trashed. But why would I even think of going out in public when Lenalee's group tore my skirt, trashed my bag, stole my phone, and shut me in the janitor's closet (They did that so the janitor would see me in my horrible state and make fun of me)? UGH.
It's okay Road, no need to panic, you've experienced things worse than this before.
And then it all came back. Life in the slums, begging for food everyday. Getting kicked around by stall owners. NO. NO. NO. NO.
I curled up and cried silently so no one outside would hear me and see that Allen Walker's "girlfriend" was so weak. I cried for who knows how long until he pulled me out of the darkness again…
Normal POV
Allen burst through the janitor's closet door and saw Road shivering with fear. She was nearly stripped and the clothing that was left on her was in rags. She slowly looked up at the light, and whimpered, "Allen?"
Anger rushed through Allen like never before. The blood rushing up to his head before he could stop it. He turned on his heel and sprinted towards the nearest girl he saw.
"DO YOU KNOW WHERE LENALEE IS?!"
The girl was very surprised at the fact that the prince of the school, Allen was talking to her, but he wasn't wearing the calm face he always had.
"Ummmm…. I think that she goes to tennis practice after school today."
Without even muttering a thanks, Allen sprinted towards the tennis club room and slammed open the gate to the courts. Heads turned this way and that to see what the commotion was all about. Allen looked around and saw Lenalee laughing with her friends. He stormed over to her, and Lenalee greeted Allen with a smile.
"ALLEN! What are you doing here? Are you here to watch me-"
*Slap*
The whole team that was watching went silent, stunned. Lenalee was clutching her face with a look of disbelief. She thought, could this be the Allen I knew?
Allen looked down on Lenalee that was sitting on the ground and felt a feeling of immense satisfaction. For a better measure, he kicked her in the side which led girls to gasp and rush over.
He growled, "Never, ever, hurt my loved ones EVER AGAIN!"
Lenalee flinched at his loud voice, and whimpered.
Allen quickly rushed back towards Road, where he then helped her up silently and lent her his PE clothes for her to wear. They headed back home, where Tiki looked up from his newspaper, stunned to see Road in such a condition. Road said nothing, and Tiki silently comforted her while she then burst into tears and started sobbing in his arms. Allen couldn't bear to watch the scene in front of him and trudged back to his rooms. He sat onto his bed and looked the Road's in front of him. He felt a weight on his heart and realized that he regretted everything that happened yesterday. He wished that he didn't have to bring Road into his problems. Was he just too selfish that he didn't think of Road's feelings and would could have happened to her? Allen sat on his bed with his head in his hands feeling extremely guilty.
