"She's behind it all..."
"Yes. She is."
"The chains you wear are the strings she pulls to control you."
My thoughts were blurry as I paced back and forth. Wall to wall, I was unnerved and worried.
"Why won't he listen to me?"
"He trusts her, he doesn't know he can trust you."
"Strings tie him, he doesn't understand that he's a puppet and nothing more."
The voices were right...
Right, you may not know them... Or even about them. There's... Not a lack of voices, I always have their company. But only two of them do I really listen to. It sometimes feels like they're pulling my strings, or chains. But they also helped me a lot. They're what brings me sanity and keeps me grounded, even if I know that the simple fact that I hear them means I'm insane, they keep it from getting worse. And when I am faced with a hard decision or need to talk about something, the voices help me. Well, these two do. I seem insane, from my head. But no one else seems to think that. Maybe it's because I'm good at hiding what I hear... But I don't know that it will be so simple now... Other than the voices, I'm pretty sane. I think... I picked up my phone and dialed a number.
"Hello?" Hyde's voice rose up from the other end.
"Hyde, it's me." I said.
"How did you get my phone number?" Hyde asked.
"I'll explain that later, Hyde. You have to listen to me. I wasn't playing around last night when I said that-" I started.
"Just stop there. I don't know what's wrong with you, or why you're acting strange, but I am not going to act on the whispers of a person who I can't even trust. Especially after said person somehow gets my phone number when I didn't give it to him." Hyde said.
"I overheard you give it to someone else." I spoke.
"So you're eavesdropping on my conversations?" Hyde asked.
"Our senses as In-Births are better. Including hearing. I wasn't eavesdropping I was close enough to hear, and I have an eidetic memory so I didn't forget it." I explained.
"Alright, but I still can't trust you. Especially when you order me to kill the girl who saved my life." Hyde said.
"She saved you because she needs her puppets. I realized that that was all we were to her, Hyde you need to realize this as well." I told him.
"You've lost it!" Hyde stated and hung up.
I sighed and put my phone away.
"Pointless..." I said quietly.
I flopped back onto my bed, wrapping up in the comforter. I yawned and let myself fall asleep...
I awoke to a knock at the door, and went to answer it.
"Hey, did you sleep at all last night?" Kei asked.
He smiled lightly as he stood there, sometimes I wonder if he's planning on adopting me... He keeps doing this, appearing at my door to check on me and such. Gordeau made a joke about him adopting me and having me move into his house, and then he suddenly had work done to add a new room so I think that might actually be in his plan. But he is nice and I don't mind at all.
"Yeah. I was actually just sleeping." I said.
"Oh, Seth I didn't mean to wake you up." Kei spoke.
I met him in the Hollow Night, he was the one who gave me the Eliminators and he asked for my assistance in dealing with issues for Amnesia. But he started checking on me when I came to the Hollow Night despite having a cold. He flipped out and refused to leave me alone. Finally he convinced me to leave the Night for then and he took me back home himself. The next day he started making a habit of checking on me, and before the Hollow Night he'd come and check if I had a fever, he brings a thermometer every time and checks my temperature that way. And if I sneeze one time, or if I yawn he will not let me leave to go to the Hollow Night. I thought it was annoying at first but I got used to it.
"Its alright. I needed to get up soon." I said.
He kind of forced me to make a habit out of taking care of myself. If I don't Kei wouldn't let me go to the Hollow Night. And he always figured out if I was lying about eating, so I have to make sure I do that as well. He's pretty protective of me...
"Are you sure?" Kei asked.
"Yeah. I don't really know how long I've been asleep, but it's been a while." I told him.
I glanced at the clock, longer than I thought... It was 3 O clock, and I fell asleep at 8:30. That's nice.
"What brings you by?" I asked.
"I thought it'd be good to check on you today. I don't know why, but I felt it neccessary." Kei answered.
"Huh... Today has been stressful I suppose." I spoke.
"Then I was right to check on you." Kei said.
"I guess so." I answered.
Kei nodded.
"Oh hey, you remember Gordeau's joke awhile back?" Kei asked.
"Which one? Gordeau makes millions of jokes." I answered.
"The one about me adopting you." Kei said.
"Yeah." I answered.
"Would you... Would you actually mind that? If I adopted you?" Kei asked.
Okay, how did I know he was going to ask that?
"I... Guess I wouldn't mind..." I said.
.
"Would you like it if I adopted you?" Kei asked.
I at first didn't know how to answer, he'd already been acting like a father to me, and I had been alone for a long time, yet here he was, pushing to help me.
"I think I would." I said.
Kei smiled and hugged me.
"Alright then, we're gonna have to make it official. And it will be a long process. But I already consider you my son, Seth." Kei said.
I didn't actually expect that, but I was actually happy and couldn't keep myself from smiling.
"The puppet is breaking the string-like chains that bind him... How annoying."
And yeah. It was short but the beginning of this story will end up having short chapters until things start building up. Keeping in mind, this isn't just one story. This is three. Follow along for updates!