Alright, I'm telling you all outright, this chapter is bullchiser.
It's mental gymnastics on the Olympic level, but I tried my best to make it somewhat believable.
read on if your eyes aren't bleeding already.
He didn´t enjoy that. Simply put.
Too many questions, egos, and arguments for him to like.
He arrived at his room with his takeout, he was still hungry. But everyone started moving away once their food was done.
Laura moved away with Charles? They seemed to be in a quiet conversation with one another.
Eh, she´ll tell him later.
What Cecelia did was… nice. Their interaction somehow made the entire ordeal a bit more bearable, even if she did push him into some directions he didn´t like.
A genius level of manipulation the operator side of him thought, but he´d be lying to himself if he said it was calculated.
He just saw those hungry eyes with distrust and anger boiled inside them and saw Monika in her.
Even if he could enjoy her company a lot more than cecelia.
He frowned slightly at the thought of misusing Lingyin´s kind gesture of recollection for his gains, including making her PAY for the people everyone decided to invite.
Why didn´t she make everyone pay for themselves? Everyone seemed rich enough.
She loved to dig her heels into the ground and not back down. Even if no one knows about it.
Well, he still was really hungry… the burger was good but had not quite satiated the hunger he kept.
He walked to the small balcony looking out to the city, it was one of the small luxuries he enjoyed.
The steam from the box made the fries mushier but they tasted as good as ever.
Just as he was about to finally take a savory bite of his burger he was rudely interrupted by Laura´s loud door shut.
Something happened between her and Charles? He sadly set down his burger to check up on her.
At the sight of him she unleashed a loud tirade of swearing in German. Before angrily storming to him.
¨WHY DID YOU CALL HER THAT!?¨ she was a decent foot shorter than him, so it was like seeing an angry chipmunk yell but her anger slightly spoiled the humor.
¨Was this about Charles? Thought I had already apologized for that¨ The dumbfounded look from her quickly led to more anger.
¨You don´t know? Oh my god…your sister is going to be so mad at me… this is my fault…¨ she slowly went down to the floor muttering more incomprehensible German.
¨Are you doing alright?¨ he already knew he messed up in some way.
She stared at him for a bitter second with her one eye before revealing the truth.
¨As your sister's confidant around the school she sometimes trusts me with key pieces of information about certain students and who I should be on ¨good terms¨ with.¨ she looked more depressed by the second.
¨ I admire her.¨ She stood up ¨she is my hero.¨ she walked to him. ¨and I would do anything for her do you understand.¨ she grabbed his shoulders in a menacing grip.
¨ANYTHING.¨ she emphasized this and he could see a slight bit of delusion in her eye. He could physically see the crazy running in her mind. It felt very nostalgic.
Suddenly the situation was taking a turn for the worse.
¨Look, just tell me what happened and I might be able to make her go easier on you¨ Could he Realistically? It made her calm down a slight notch and lessen the death grip she had on him.
¨do you promise?¨ she looked at him with genuine worry.
He took in a small breath. ¨i give my word.¨
She looked distrustful, but she decided to talk anyway.
¨ I sometimes… ¨find¨ knowledge that I know I shouldn´t be given usually by accident. I DON´T look for it intentionally¨ she stressed the last words.
¨And? Get to the point.¨ The groveling was unsettling coming from her, he disliked seeing what was usually such a strong person in such a state.
¨Chifuyu was talking to another person over the phone and mentioned Charlotte Dubios and how she was coming over. And that they´d keep a close eye on her.¨
¨ i DID NOT LISTEN IN I HEARD.¨ she was starting to break down bit by bit.
When I heard your partner was Dubois I was a bit skeptical, I decided to warn you about her.¨
¨so?¨
¨I didn´t read the first part of her name, as you know is difficult to understand. It was Charles.¨ she was stepping over herself.¨
¨Ï don´t need excuses.¨ he said coldly.
¨ To cut it short, she´s a girl and very much wants to hide that fact. And I found that out the second you called her that. It wasn´t you that girl called him, it was Charlotte.¨ she sputtered out in fragments.
¨ And your conversation?¨ a brutal way of blitzing through it.
¨" All the brutal things she could do and ruin if the public found out.¨ she shuddered.
Fragile is how he´d describe her in her current state. Far away from the fearsome soldier he encountered, diplomacy was not her strong suit.
¨chifuyu knows you well enough to be able to forgive you, she might even like you. But… look…¨ he was thinking about the harsh predicament.
He put one hand on her shoulder.
¨ She doesn´t seem to be as powerful as she said she was, I think? She seems to even dislike her role as a data collector. Just keep a watchful eye on her from now on and tell Chifuyu and I'll- ¨ his firm statement was interrupted by the newfound knocking at the door.
Laura looked like a little girl lost alone. Who was it? Was it Charlotte? No one else would visit at such an hour.
He looked through the door window to see his sister.
¨ May I come in?"