I gasped "Excuse you all but that habit has died down recently and I've lost weight!" I exclaimed crossing my legs and arms together

"So I was right that you were heavy when I purposely dragged you to the next homeroom back then" Cloud realized which resulted in him getting a kick at the knee by me

Cloud groaned in pain "What the hell is your feet made of? METAL!?" He asked me loudly as he soothes the pain on his knee that he brought closer to him on the couch

"Hmph, you didn't see me complain that loudly about your jerk ass attitude" I retorted, Mason held his laugh and Oliver covered his face trying to not show his reaction as he leaned at the wall on one arm

Cloud looks offended "There's a difference in attitude and violence Angel" he grabbed candy from the bowl next to him, I took the candy from his hand and ate it in front of him

I chewed it and continued talking "I know but here we are bickering about it"

He gave me the look "That was the last grape flavoured candy!"

Mason took an orange flavoured candy from the bowl and ripped open the wrapper "C'mon Cloud we know that you hate grapes"

Cloud hates grapes?

We heard Cloud's phone ring and he looked at the notification "Pizza's here" he went on the elevator and it might take him a few minutes to get back since he has to meet the delivery guy at the lobby

Oliver changed the late-night show and turned on Netflix "I don't wanna go back home, Dad is there" Mason complained out loud to Oliver and he agreed

"He's like a walking blizzard, makes me wonder how Mom even got to marry him" Oliver ate the tortellini that was in a lunchbox

I think that was leftovers from the visit to the twins' house, better not tell Oliver

I put both of my legs on the armrest and rested my head on a pillow "I thought you ate mac and cheese at home?"

Mason was playing with my hair and braiding it "He loves pasta"

"Just let me be Penelope, I doubt anybody would beat me and my love for pasta" Oliver talked while chewing

When the elevator doors opened wide the scent of heavenly pizza hit my nostrils, Cloud put the pizza box on the island while the twins snagged one piece of pizza for themselves before leaving the penthouse. I took a pizza and a hot sauce packet to pour it all over

"You bathed your pizza in hot sauce" Cloud was speechless at what I did, the pizza slice is now red like blood and the spicy scent can make anyone cry. I ate the pizza happily in front of Cloud who was eating a meat lovers pizza

Cloud shakes his head a bit "How the heck can I forget that spice is your favourite word, you put red hot chilli peppers even in chicken noodle soup"

"Not only chicken noodle soup, but I also add spice to whatever food suites the spiciness of my chilli peppers"

"So technically any food" he ended my sentence and I nodded

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I wandered back into the room where the grand piano is located and every time I keep playing the piano my eyes always landed on that Hazel coloured door

What could be inside that room?

I was startled when Cloud's face suddenly come into my view and he was close "You're planning to peek aren't you?" He asked me

"N-no" I answered then cleared my throat

There was a soft sound of rain falling from outside, the droplets were on the window as it slowly slides down to the bottom. My first instinct was to see the news on my phone and it turns out that a strong storm is coming here by Friday

"A storm is brewing outside, we better be careful" I said as I stepped close to the large window

Cloud didn't answer so I turn to look at him but he was not there anymore

Well that was rude

I searched for him to find out that he was looking at his small sketchbook like a notebook that he brings around, his face was troubled and cold sweat was coming down at the side of his face

Why do I feel like he is distracting himself?

My hand touched his shoulder and he flinched which was the first time for me to see him flinch, he looked up at me and forced himself to make a grin "We should sleep"

My hand went up to my face to look at my wrist and it was 10:38

Yeah, we should sleep

He was still looking at his notebook and I sat in from of him, my hand slowly reached for his that was holding the notebook so I could close it. His forest green eyes were always full of pride or sometimes become dark when he is unhappy is now showing softness and sadness with a hint of fear

I don't know how the hell I can tell but I just assumed it is

I slowly took the notebook from his hands while his eyes were glued to looking at mine, the notebook that was now in my hands I lay it in the bedside drawer. Cloud closed his eyes as his hands combed his hair back

"We should brush our teeth before we go to bed, I doubt you would be happy that your model smile would be ruined" I cracked the joke in front of him to uplift his mood but it didn't change a thing, he was still sullen but he listened so he stood up and went to the bathroom

He was brushing his teeth when I stepped into the bathroom and I grabbed my toothbrush along with toothpaste, the bubbles from the toothpaste were now covering my mouth and I looked like I have a beard. Cloud looked at me funny and I gave him my cheeky grin at the reflection from the mirror

It scares me a bit that he isn't acting like his usual self that always annoys me

He put up a small smile for me before he washed his mouth and face, I followed him and we dried our faces together with a towel. We were still standing in front of the mirror-like we are waiting on something

"Aren't you gonna do something like adding some ointment or something to your face before going to bed?" He asked me with a raised brow

I walked out of the bathroom and my feet stepped on the cold floor of the bedroom because the AC was on "No, not really, I only washed my face but never add any ointment or any other products other than soap. I'm too lazy for that"

My body felt relaxed as my back got the ever so soft mattress, Cloud followed me and we relaxed in that starfish position on the bed looking up at the ceiling the rain seems to have passed and it was all quiet

"You can't sleep?" I asked him

"Yup"

I sighed and sat up to look down at him beside me

Relaxing helps me sleep but that requires self-care, A LOT of self-care

My eyes landed at the bedroom door

Looks like I gotta use it, too bad I was saving that for a special occasion

Leaving Cloud behind in the bedroom, I walked to the front of the fridge and pulled out my facial mask and some cream before closing the fridge. Cloud has his eyes closed but still hasn't fallen asleep yet so I ripped the packet open and put one on at his face which made his eyes widen in surprise

"Angel, what did you put on my face?" He asked as his hands touched the edge of the facial mask, I put one on my face too and massaged it a bit

"Facial mask, you ask me if there is anything I put on my face before bedtime, I usually do this if I wanted to"

Cloud's mask was not put on properly so I have to get close to him just to fix it properly on his face "There we go, all fixed" I mumbled to myself

He chuckled "Are you sure this is gonna work?"

I stopped massaging my cheeks when he said that "You don't do facial masks? But you're a model!?" I was bewildered at that fact

There is no way that he doesn't do facial masks and still look so damn hot