Short chapter is short. Because I'm trying to finish this story and it's getting a little too hard
Arthur's name for this one was: Rock bottom with staircase ahead
6. Free fall
Arthur's POV
There's something about lying that it's far too appealing, too easy, not to try and the bad thing is that when you start lying you can't stop you just add more making the fire bigger, unless... unless you find someone who would stop the consuming trail of your lies by pouring some truths into the flames [i], luckily I had one
Now as to why I wanted to lie, or rather who I wanted to lie to, it's pretty simple; after a few words passed Camila had looked at me worriedly and let her most honest self out
"I'm kind of worried you know?" said Camila
"What do you mean?" I asked
"You're trapped inside such a dark and crumpled space, if you don't get out quickly you might die" said Camila [ii] not really listening to my question
Sadly it took quite a while for me to figure the truth behind those words, Camila does like to mess with people's head when it comes to this sort of things. Though I could understand her all things considered, she had been trough some pretty terrible things so she has a harder time trusting other people than most, though it wouldn't take long to win her trust if you knew how... but this story is not about her, as interesting as that would be, and right now she's glaring at me from over my shoulder while I write... I should really get back to the story
To put it short, as I really dislike having to do detailed explanations, I got out of the metaphorical closet [iii] and with my exit problem arrived. I had now the impossible task of explaining my current situation to my family, or I considered it impossible
"You have to tell them" said Camila
"No way" I said
"But if you don't tell them yourself they'll find out the worst way" said Camila
"I don't care, I'm not telling them" I said
"Why are you being so terk?" said Camila
"Do you have any idea of how my brothers will treat me if they figure it out?!" I asked
"Oh for crying out loud!" said Camila
She threw her hands away to empathise the phrase, then she glared at me and I froze [iii] in place, I knew better than to pull her strings too tight, things could get a bit bloody and not in the sence that I use the word [u]
"Now listen up, I'm done with your tsundereness, we're past the point where it's not cute anymore" said Camila
When Camila got pissed off two things could happen, if you knew her well and she liked you as a person then she'll just throw the truth in your face without any warning and add made-up words to it; if you weren't close to her, or were on her bad side, then... run away while you still can
"You know me well Arthur, I can take care of your brothers easily " said Camila
"I know" I said
"Then what are you afraid of? Besides, they're your family, they'll love you regardless" said Camila
"I guess" I said sighing
She then put a hand on my shoulder and gave me an encouraging smile, I knew then that I had her support and that I'd never hear the end of it if I chickened out. I smiled, at least one thing in life had stayed the same
And so I told my family, it was like I expected it to be, my brothers bothered me about it but to every comment, every slight remark, there was a voice that countered, Camila stood by me as a friend should and scolded my brothers like only she would. In the end they stopped and accepted it, she had been right and I couldn't be mor glad that I had taken the time to try and befriend her
However all good things come to an end, for me that was when I found out who in particular had my attention...
When I finally told Camila she raised an eyebrow at me in disbelief ans pretty much laughed in my face, not the reaction I was expecting but I wasn't complaining, she did notice my confusion though
"Just because I hate his guts doesn't mean I will be angry at you, one doesn't choose who to fall for" said Camila [o]
Sometimes i really thought she wasn't human, she was far to good, but then we crossed paths with someone that she didn't like much and she would get angry and I would remember what a temper she could have, at least she liked me as a friend
All in all that was just the easy part of the story, falling down is always easy, the hard part, now that I'd hit rock bottom, was climbing back up, luckily I wouldn't be alone. That week Camila decided to introduce me to her italian friends, I was more than curious about the guy who got her attention as Camila was a very complicated person, so I accepted and all things considered I'm very glad I did
[i] I like this metaphor
[ii] That's a very odd way to tell someone they're gay, then again this is CABA so it's normal~
[iii] Camila used Glare... it's super effective!
[u] Confused? Well here the word 'bloody' is used in the meaning of tons of bloods but Arthur uses the same word as a curse (ex: Bloody Hell)
[o] Can you guess who Arthur fell in love with? I'm not saying, and neither is Arthur, but I'll give you a hint... It's not Gil or Camila's brother ((I made it way to easy))