chapter 6

"Let the sunshine find us"

"Tell me your lying." She finally whispered. I stay silent, scared of her outburst.

"Tell me. You. Are Fucking lying!" Her eyes blazed with fire, the gold around her blue eyes shining brighter than ever until that was the only visible colour.

She snaps back from her anger induced state and, quickly lets go of me. I fall to the ground, coughing for air. I could feel my neck burning by the sheer pressure of her fingertips around them. I struggle to stand up, but I somehow manage to do so.

"Did Davien really kill my boys?" She asked me again, her eyes lightening up with fire once again. I instinctively take a step back. I nod my head at her.

"I want you to help me avenge our sons," I tell her after a while, taking full advantage of the anger within her.

"You don't have to ask me twice. I am ready to do whatever you ask me to. I am not going to let anyone who was involved get out of it, without paying for the bloodshed of my sons." I wanted to smile at that, but I held myself back.

"I will do anything for you, my love." She cups my face in her hands, and I genuinely smile at her.

"When do we start?" She asked me.

I had to now make sure that she wouldn't ever find the truth. I mean I didn't really lie to her, I just exaggerated a little for my own benefit.

"I will see you then." She replies. She looked really happy, now that she was finally free from this place after 10 whole years. I couldn't wait for tomorrow to begin.

"What do you mean, I can't come home?" Scarlet asked through the other end of the call.

"Um-uh- my mother is sick." Is the first thing that I blurt out.

"Uh-No, you can't," I say quickly.

"She has a viral fever, and it's very contagious. You will get sick too if you come over." I reply finally thinking of a reasonable excuse to give.

"No, it's alright. Besides someone needs to take care of her too, right?" I reply, hoping that she would buy the lies.

Especially when she was actually concerned.

I let out a breath of relief. This whole thing was getting a little exhausting. My eyes fell on today's date. Tomorrow the whole random inspection would start. God knows what lay ahead of us. I just hoped that everything would be alright.

"Are you alright?" He questioned.

"You look stressed and worried." He had concern all over his face.

"Yeah, me too. Let's just pray that everything goes fine. Okay?" I nodded at that. I just hoped that fate would be on our side.

We made our way into the basement and unlocked the bolted storeroom. It was well hidden in the darkness. I swung the door open only to end up having a coughing fit. The dust swirled all around us, and I had to cover my mouth with my shirt sleeve until the cloud of dust dissipated.

"This is going to take forever to clean." I mused, looking at the state of the mess the room was in."

We both got to work, moving things to one side of the room. We left a small space for three people to sit, on one end of the room. It was well hidden and obscure from the human eye.

"I was just thinking about my childhood days," I reply, with a smile.

"No. I used to pretend that this was my house." I correct him. He laughs at that, clearly amused.

"Tell me one thing. You didn't feel scared to play in the basement, in a room this dark?" He questioned. I had to admit that the room was quite dark.

"It's not working now." I finally say, after quite a few tries of making it work.

"I was a weird kid." I shrug.

"I will take it as a compliment. Normal is boring." I reply back.

"Are you going to ride it now?" Rafael asks me, not moving from his place on the floor. He getting quite cosy there.

I hear a plastic bag rustling, and for a second my heart lurched out from my chest. I turned towards Rafael, to see that he was pulling a plastic bag out from somewhere.

"It's funny how you are scared of rats, and not of the dark." He replies.

"Awwww." Rafael cooed looking at something. I went closer to him, curious about what he was looking at.

He raises his eyebrows at me.

"Now I am curious. I demand to see that album." He replies, deepening his voice.

He tried getting it out from my hands, but I held it closer to my chest.

"Please?" He pleads. I shake my head no.

"Okay fine!" He finally agrees and I let out a breath of relief. I quickly keep it back in the plastic bag.

I turn back after locking the room and my feet trip over something, and I nearly fall. I find two strong arms holding me, keeping me steady.

"What?" Rafael questions me and I look up, finally gathering my footing. My eyes meet his and my breath hitches.

"Uh- Thanks-" Rafael stutters. His hands were still on my arms, holding me close. I wanted to stay that way for a little longer. My mind replayed the moments of the almost-kiss weeks ago. I was hoping that this one would no longer be almost.

His eyes flicked towards mine, in search of consent and I leaned closer as a form of an answer. A small smile played on his lips. My whole body was tingling and my heart craved to conquer the distance. His lips brush against mine and an electric shock travels down my spine. It felt like he was teasing me and I was getting frustrated.

Adrien stops as soon as he reaches us and his eyes jump from me to Rafael and back again to me.

"No, you didn't." I manage to say before walking out of the basement not sparing them a second glance.

I wanted to strangle my twin. I thought that maybe this was it, and it looked like it too.

"Were you guys just about to-kiss?" Adrien asked, guilt written all over his face.

Just as I was about to reach the door of the basement, I hear loud bangs on the front door. Adrien and I give each other a worried look. We don't move from our place, waiting in anticipation.

That's when we hear the code word for the first time.

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