Chapter 6: The First Day
David walks inside the house.
Hilda: Let me introduce you to the house, David. So you know where everything is when you're gonna stay.
David: Sure. But can you help me with my baggage fir-
Hilda grabs David's arm and walks around the house while Hilda tells David each room around the house except the attic.
Hilda: So what do you say about the house?
David: Very normal, but there are so many plants all over the house.
Hilda: Oh, my mum just wants to plant around here.
Dagger comes out of Hilda's bedroom and immediately rushes to David.
David: Oh, hi Dagger. How are you?
Despite what happened to him that is because of his provocation on Hilda, he's fine with petting Dagger in the head.
David: You're more friendly than I thought.
Hilda: Yeah, he's very clingy when you're gone.
David: Anyways, are you gonna help with my-
Before David could finish his sentence, Johanna calls from downstairs to call them to lunch.
Johanna: Hilda,David! Lunch is ready!
Hilda: Coming mum!
David: Hilda,wait! My baggage isn't finished yet.
David is forced to walk downstairs and drag his baggage into Hilda's bedroom and unpack there before walking downstairs to eat with them.
David: So,Hilda? What do you guys eat at lunch?
Hilda: David,why did you ask?
David: Just curious.
Johanna: Come on,guys. The meat pies are ready.
David: You guys just eat meat pies?
Hilda: Any problem with it?
David: Nothing! It's just that I seem to think that the meal today is just meat pies.
Before Hilda could scream at him, Johanna placed the meat pie at the center of the table and set up the plates.
Hilda set up her plate while David set up his.
Hilda: David, that's not how you cut a meat pie. Here,let me show you.
Hilda walks up to David and then orchestrates a slipping with David's plate in her hands,spilling the meat pie at the floor,with some bits of it now in her head.
Johanna: Hilda! Are you okay?
David: How did you slip?
Hilda: Ow! This hurts, I may need to brush these meat pie bits off my head first before I eat.
Johanna: Sure, go upstairs and then come back to eat. David, I think you need to be careful with your hands.
David: Yes ma'am.
Hilda walks upstairs to brush up the meat pies spilt from David's plate, she reaches to her bedroom and sees David's luggage and now thinks of a bigger plan. She reaches to the luggage and sees David's shoes, she now hides them under her drawer so David doesn't see it and plans to wet it with a garden hose and then have them look around the house until Hilda can show them the shoes.
She now hides the shoes under the drawer and then brushes off the meat pie at her head and now walks downstairs and sees Johanna cleaning the spilled meat pie from the floor.
Hilda: I'm done.
Johanna: Oh,you're done. Ok,now just eat.
Hilda: Ok mum.
Hilda walks back to her seat and starts eating her meat pie while David waits for his meat pie and now eats his and Johanna now prepares her plate.
Johanna: So what happened between you and David back there?
Hilda: I slipped because…… I was kinda clumsy with myself.
Johanna: Why the long pause?
Hilda: I was thinking about how it happened.
Johanna: Ok,suit yourself.
Johanna now eats her meat pies and everyone is finished with their meals.
Johanna: Both of you can wash the dishes. I am gonna go and wash the laundry,do it or both of you are doing the laundry.
They both know laundry is harder than washing the dishes and so listened to Johanna's command.
Hilda: Ok David, here's how we do it. You wash the dishes while I collect the plates,utensils and cups. I'll teach you how.
David: How?
Hilda then teaches David how cleaning the dishes and the table and they've done this for 2 hours and after that,everyone is now exhausted.
David: Hilda, do you wanna rest in your room?
Hilda: Maybe it's best to be there for now.
Hilda and David walked upstairs to rest in her room and they both laud at her bed.
David: Tiring day,huh?
Hilda: Yeah.
They rested there all afternoon until Johanna called them from downstairs,informing them that dinner's ready.
Johanna: Guys! Dinner's ready!
This made them wake up quickly in surprise and they both got up fine. They walked downstairs and saw beef steaks and porkchop in the table.
Hilda: This is gonna be a good dinner.
David: Yeah. The food smells good.
They went to get their plates and ate their dinner normally. After that, they went up to dress up for bed.
Johanna: Hilda, let David sleep in your room! There's no more room down here.
Hilda: Sure.
Hilda went to her room and now sees David searching for his shoes.
David: Hilda, where did my shoes go?
Hilda: I don't know, check the house?
David: Yeah, I think I wore in downstairs. Hold on, I'll be right back.
David goes downstairs to find his shoes that were supposedly to be lost. Hilda now hides a few bags that she sees and hides them under the bed and pulls out David's shoes from under the cabinet to show it to him when he comes back.
David: It's not downstairs.
Hilda: Actually, I found your shoes. They're just under the bed.
David: Oh, thank you!
Hilda: No problem.
After David finds his shoes,he places them near his bags and then he grabs his bedroom clothes from his bag and goes off to the bathroom to change while Hilda changes to her nightgown in her room. David comes back from the bathroom to see Hilda in her nightgown.
David: Hey Hilda, nice nightgown by the way.
Hilda was surprised at his reaction and couldn't help but blush at his compliment.
Hilda: Let me just prepare the bed for us.
David: Ok.
Hilda prepares the blankets and the bed sheets and when she's done,she carries Dagger with her and sleeps on the side facing the wall while placing Dagger in the middle of the bed so she is separated from David when sleeping.
It's midnight and both of them are sleeping soundly and Johanna walks in to check on the two but Dagger wakes up and looks at her in curiosity. Johanna is worried at Dagger's position in between them and walks in to take Dagger downstairs.
It's now morning and Hilda moves her arm to pet Dagger in the head,instead she landed on David's chest and is mindlessly petting it like a wolf which made David chuckle from being tickled at the chest. Hilda immediately notices the difference and wakes up to see Dagger is gone from his position and she just petted David in the chest,which infuriated Hilda.
Hilda got up from her bed and walked downstairs to get Dagger but she can't find him downstairs.
Johanna: Hello Hilda,what are you looking for?
Hilda: Where's Dagger?
Johanna: I don't know where he went.
Hilda: Well maybe you moved him.
Johanna: Tell me how is it me?
Hilda: Well it wasn't me or David and Dagger can't move around on his own around the house so it's obviously you.
Johanna couldn't say anything against her and so she just admits that she moved Dagger downstairs.
Hilda: Why would you do that?!
Johanna: Because I know how much you hate being with David but I want you to know him more than just a friend.
Hilda: But why?!
Johanna: Because you need to learn how to be a proper lady! And you are gonna listen or else you're locked in the basement.
Hilda: Fine. I'll stay quiet.
Hilda walks upstairs and wakes David up by washing her hands and splashing him with water.
David: Huh?! Who Is splashing me?
Hilda: Hey sleepyhead. Wake up!
It's already 8 in the morning. Now go change your clothes and get out, I'm also changing.
David got up and grabbed his clothes before walking to the bathroom,closing the door on the way out. They both changed their clothes to their normal clothes and walked downstairs to eat breakfast.
Johanna: Hey David. How's your sleep?
David: It's fine, but I do got a little tickled at the chest.
Hilda knows what it is and is now being looked at by Johanna who is smiling at her. She ignores it for now and eats her pancakes.
Hilda: Mum, can we go to the park after we rest?
Johanna: Oh sure. Maybe you will be able to know more about each other.
David: Maybe we can prepare while we rest.
Hilda: Sure,David.
Hilda walks upstairs to get David's shoes and then walks to the bathroom to wet it in the bathtub and then cover the water with soap so the shoes aren't seen in the bathtub.
Johanna: Hilda? What's with the water?
Hilda: Just washing my hands.
Johanna: Ok.
Hilda then grabs the liquid soap and then stops the running faucet and then pours liquid soap on the water before shaking her hands underwater to bubble up the water and cover the shoes. Hilda now rushes to her room to dry her hands and then walk downstairs.
Hilda: Done.
Johanna: Very subtle, why are there wet parts on you?
Hilda: Oh, I'm just very messy with washing my hands.
Johanna: Okay. Let me go get David.
David is now searching for his shoes around the living room and the backyard.
David: Johanna, I can't find my shoes!
Johanna: It's probably upstairs. Check it.
David: Ok, Johanna.
David went upstairs and checked the bathroom first. He sees a bathtub full of bubbles but he dismisses it and goes to look in Hilda's bedroom.
Hilda then walks back into the bathroom and carefully grabs the shoes out of the bathtub and hides it behind the sink.
Hilda: David, I think you should check the bathroom. Just in case.
David: Sure.
David checks the bathroom and checks behind the sink first and found his shoes. David reaches his hand and grabs both shoes out of the sink.
David: Johanna, I found my shoes.
Johanna: Perfect, now you guys can go to the park.
David: Hilda, why is it wet?
Hilda: I don't know. Maybe it's just the pipes that lead to the sewers.
David: Could be.
Hilda and David wore their shoes and then went downstairs.
Johanna: David, why are your shoes wet?
David: I found them behind the sink. It was the pipes behind it that made it wet.
Johanna: Alright, good luck out there. And maybe please hold hands. It'll make you learn how to be compassionate to each other.
David,in an honest voice: Sure.
Hilda,in a hidden sarcastic voice:
Sure.
Hilda and David walked out the door and held hands as a tip from Johanna.
As they were walking,Hilda pulled David towards her and whispered something to him.
Hilda, whispering to David: David, you'll never know what mess you'll end up in.
David,whispering back to Hilda: Hilda, why were you mad on me? Aren't you supposed to be mad at your mum?
Hilda was flustered at David's questions and she let go of his hand and made him trip to the ground. Thankfully David is okay and got up on his own.
David: Hilda! Why were you mad at me?! What caused this? Because I just mentioned that Twig is a better pet? You're delusional.
Hilda: David,please quiet down. You're making a scene.
David: Then explain what youu did.
Hilda: Fine.
Hilda and David held hands again and talked about what happened between them and why Hilda lets him trip to the ground. While they were walking,they actually went to the park while talking nonstop to each other.
Chapter 6: The First of Many
Hilda: Looks like we actually made it.
David: Yeah, never expected us to go directly to it.
Hilda: Isn't that Frida?
David: That is her! Let's greet her hello.
Hilda: Sure.
Hilda and David walked together to greet Frida hello.
Hilda: Hey Frida.
Frida: Hey Hilda. Wait,why are you holding hands with David?
Hilda: It's arranged.
David: Yeah, our parents agreed.
Hilda: And my mum is so desperate for grandchildren that she arranged me for David and we're below the legal age required.
Frida: That sounds illegal.
David: Guys, why are you so against arrangements? We are arranged so that we wouldn't have to deal with toxic relationships.
Hilda is so livid with David's exemplary treatment of life so she goes to David,grabs his collar and drags him to the fountain, then she dunks his head into the freezing fountain and then pulls it back up and tosses him aside.
Hilda: If you can't shut up,then stop talking. You're making it seem less menacing than it is.
David: Well it's because it is not as menacing as it sounds. You're saying it as you're being controlled by your mum.
Hilda: Well I don't have to be forced into a relationship with my friend.
Frida: Hilda,just stop. You're actually hurting him.
Hilda: If it takes to end this stupid arrangement between us, then this is the way.
Frida: But is it? You could've join up with him to end the arrangement or just live with it.
Hilda has had enough and pulls Frida from her hair while screaming slavery references on her and then she pushes her to a tree.
Hilda: Stay there.
David: Hilda, please stop. You're actually hurting us. Think about your actions!
Hilda: Won't you be able to shut up?!
Hilda grabs some rope on the ground and slapped it in David's face while walking to Frida in the tree.
Hilda: Now you're gonna act like the person that you are.
Hilda ties Frida to the tree while Hilda finds another patch of ropes.
Hilda found another patch of ropes near the flagpole and made a whip but made the whip a little lighter so as to not actually hurt her.
David: Hilda! Please think before you act. You're actually making things worse than it already is.
Hilda then stops walking to Frida and then focuses on David. Hilda grabs his collar again and pulls him to the fountain and dunks him to the water again,this time she's letting him drown. David is struggling very hard due to Hilda's hand pressure on his head but he used his arms and circled around Hilda's arms and then pulled her down while lifting himself up,now gasping for breath.
Hilda seems to be annoyed that she didn't drown him and just pushed him to the fountain and then walks to Frida still tied to the tree, now is about to whip her with the mock whip.
Thankfully, she thought about this and calmed down and started to untie the knot from Frida's hands and started to get David out of the ground.
Frida: Thanks,kinda.
David: Frida, she almost drowned me. Hilda, please explain. Why are you mad at the wrong people?
Hilda: David, my dad and Twig just died and now I'm forced into a life that I didn't wish. Isn't that a little harsh?
Frida and David doesn't have anything to say, they feel pity for her but they also feel remorse for their friend who had just abused them out in the open.
Frida: Let's just go home,alright?
David: Sure,let's do that.
Hilda: I agree.
They went their separate ways and went home after a good or bad afternoon. David,even though in a bad mood, still has to walk home with Hilda and then follows her home. Hilda,now feeling this isn't going anywhere, whispered to David's ear while they were walking.
Hilda,whispering to David: This isn't the end. I have more ideas on how to do it again.
David felt fear stung in his spine and started to walk in sync but Hilda didn't notice. They both arrive but Johanna isn't there, she left a note in the fridge, telling them that she has left to get some food for the family.
They were now weirded,now that they realized it's just them in the house and so entered the house.
David: It feels empty whenever she's gone.
Hilda: Yeah, it does feel empty.