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==== Chapter 9 [ Part 2 ] ====

It has been four days— Four days since that crazy mall incident with Ashes and your dad. Four days since you visited Peach in her house. And four days since you are able to befriend Dante(?) Oh yes; that's kinda shocking. Even you don't believe before that you would be able to engage in a nice conversation with him.

But it happened. Saturday happened.

Everything's been going great for you. Although there is still Ashes existing in your life and clinging to you and your dad, you still manage to enjoy life with your new-found friends.

Kielle remains sadly silent, but his health is progressing fine. Now the young man can finally feed himself. It's a great relief for you. Now you don't exactly have to go to their own house to spoon-feed that babyish teenager. But sometimes you would go to their house to— of course— visit him because you might have also viewed Kielle as a friend now.

And another reason, Dante and Peach force you to. Well, you would sometimes allow them to drag you because of some specific person. You don't really have to think hard anymore. It's obvious that Ashes is the answer. Dad may have gotten so attached to him; Dad would stupidly send out Ashes to fetch you home.

"You're going home with me now."

Ashes grabs you in the arm and tries to harshly pull you along with him. You shake your head. "I don't want to." You puff out your cheeks and try to be stubborn, hoping that Peach or Dante would appear in time and save you from Ashes. Alessio would be fine too, but you aren't so close to him yet.

He's just so mysterious and quiet.

Actually, it is honestly rather insane that this guy thinks he's your own boyfriend or something just because Dad seemingly approved him into your family. A scoff badly wants to leave your lips.. You do not really like it when people force themselves into you.

Ashes smirks, pressing his finger in your adorable puffy cheeks. "Oh, (Y/N). You don't really have a choice. Our daddy wants me to fetch you home." He chuckles, later squishing those pinkish cheeks.

"And also — maybe I can watch an {anime} marathon with you later? I'm very willing to sacrifice my sleep in order to spend time with you." The red-haired teen even delivers you a wink!! The nerve of that guy. But hearing {anime} from his lips perks your attention, but he surely isn't watching anime because Ashes cannot pronounce it right. Or maybe your assumption is wrong since you just judged him from his pronounciation?

Well, you don't really care.

You blush, slapping his hand away.

Ugh, Dad must have told him that I'm an {anime} addict. (Change the word if you aren't) You then also manage to pull away from his grasp. After that, you cross your arms while you roll your eyes, quite sassily in a way.

"Well, for your information, I only watch {anime} if it's weekend because usually when I start watching, I won't stop until I finish the series."

Ashes's looks at your pose, just wanting to grab you and carry you away from all these trashes. So sassy, yet very adorable. Ashes's heart softly flutters as he listens to you. "Is {anime} really that amazing?"

You stop from doing that unlikely pose as you bring out that huge smile with bright eyes. "Yes!!!" you squeal in delight, causing the young man's heart to flutter again... Noting your happy aura, he definitely is going to try and watch this anime.

Anyways, your chat with Ashes is halted because Peach and Dante finally arrives. Alessio isn't nowhere in sight. But you immediately conclude that he's with her mother and father. Peach did tell her earlier that the young man's going to have a family dinner at a restaurant. Anyways... upon seeing Ashes with you again, they are quick to rush towards you.

"You again!" Dante angrily glares at Ashes.

"Didn't she tell you that she doesn't want to go be fetched by you, motherfucker?"

You see Ashes rolls his choco eyes; he doesn't really care about this trash. But he's just confused. Why are you now close friends with this trash when you both do not appear really so friendly before?

Are you really picking this trash over him?

"Well, our Dad wants me to." He lets out a cocky smirk. "He's the one who asked me anyways." Peach lets out a surprised gasp before she gets closer to the guy, shoving him quite bravely. "What the heck are you saying? Your dad? Why would you call (Y/N)'s dad your dad? Did he even allow you to call him that?"

"Good question."

Ashes chuckles as he mockingly pats Peach on her head. "And my answer for that is a yes. He's the one who even asked me to call him 'Dad.' "

Impossible! Peach thinks.

Dante sneaks a glimpse at you, and you quickly notice it. You sigh and scratch the back of his neck. "It's true. Dad. My stupid dad met Ashes last Saturday, and then that just happened."

"And now, he would always hang out at my house, and I hate it," you bitterly say. But you might also exaggerated that too. Actually, his presence is not really that terrible..

It's just that you know that he likes you. Ashes would also usually express his love for you so openly...but only when Dad's not around.

So you tend to stick to your dad when he is there, so that you would not get showered by his affectionate gestures and crazy advances.

"Did you tell your Dad that already?" Dante asks, acting serious and mature for once. Peach almost applauds to it. Well, she barely sees the man giving a brilling idea. Now wow! This is the very second time Dante is able to be so useful to them. First is when Dante saved you from being abducted by Ashes.

"Didn't," you say, settling your gaze on Ashes.

"Ashes still needs to have a fatherly figure in his life, so I will let him borrow Dad." Upon hearing your words, that pertained man feels his heart getting so touched. You — how can you still be so kind to him even when he is just annoying you? And yes, Ashes knows. But Ashes doesn't stop trying. He would make you see that he is the one for you

(but is he really the one?)

"Only for awhile," you add once more when you see him giving that small smile to you. It's cute, but no! He's still your dad. You aren't that willing, but Ashes looks so sad and pathetic when he told you of his family before. "He's still my dad." You pout as you give him a glare. The man chuckles and nods.

"He's yours, alright."

"But sharing can be a thing," Ashes tells you with a wink. That cocky wink again. Ahh!!  "It won't be long anyways before I own you and be wed to you."  Your cheeks flame red at his childish words. Peach gasps at his rather stupid statement and points at him in anger.

"What the hell are you saying?!"

"Motherfucker? Do you want to get punch?!!" The blonde haired teenager raises up his fist to show to that stupid Ashes.. "Want me to repair that head of yours with a punch." A sweat drop. You sweat drop, but hey! It's actually better than Dante pointing a gun at him again.

"You won't really punch him, right?" You ask him.

"I want to." Dante gives you a look, softening it once his eyes are once on you. "But you would not like it when he gets send to the clinic again, right?" You nod. The blonde haired girl scowls. "You still are asking (Y/N) that?!! Of course, she would like to see Ashes badly beaten again... She's just too kind to say it."

"Shut up, noisy bitch."

"Why don't you shut up, bitch?!"

Dante and Ashes shout at Peach, causing her to instantly zip her lips up. You laugh, and Peach pouts at you. Well, Peach just wants to speak for your desires. Well, back to the boys again. Ashes isn't really that threatened by that fucking Dante. In fact, he's very welcoming towards his fist.

"Go do it." Ashes laughs. "Do it!" he laughs again. You give him a strange look as you place a hand on Dante's arm, seeing that Dante's patience's slowly thinning. "..I think we should better go. He's just trying to get you to punch him, so he'll get you suspended for the next two days," you try to calm the man down.

"We wouldn't like that, right?"

You ask him as Dante gives you a long stare, suppressing his anger for that damn bastard. Dante doesn't really give some fuck for suspensions. He hates schools after all, but then he realizes that you will be left alone with that creep for two days if he decides to punch him. And..

Also... Alessio.

"Fine, let's go," Dante says, finally composed. You smile. Then you walk away, leaving Ashes alone.Staring at your form with eyes void of any emotions. He just stare at you. And you left him again. Thrice now this week. He guess.. that he has to wait for you at your house once more, only hoping that you'll come as soon as you can.

But then there's kIElLe, another trash.

He will also waste your time like always. Ashes curls his own hands into fists as he exits the room, looking for any trash cunts of his that might do the job for him. You want. You want to steal her away from me?!! Then you'd better face him first. He smirks. But no one can defeat him. No one would ever can.

She'll be mine. She and dad would be forever his. This is the only ones he wants now. He just wants a family, your family, to be his too.