Haze's POV

I woke up this morning very early with only one thing in my mind, I need to avoid Storm. I didn't go to gym instead, I got ready in that time and when it was time for his shower, I sneaked out of the house.

Why am I fucking sneaking out?!!!

I did not do anything bad. But I can't just look at him after what happened yesterday. I was sad over it the whole night but this morning, it kept replying in my mind to the point I could kept it down.

Spent a lot of time in bathroom, so don't ask.

The memories were so vivid, and knowing my mind, it misinterpreted everything! Every single detail. Playing it in shiny slow-mo.

I shook my head and sat in my car. I was ready to go. I pulled away from the drive way and the guard opened the gate for me to go. It was freaking early!!!! Even the main door was closed.

I mentally slapped myself for behaving like a chicken, but I have no other choice.

It's not like I can just go back and rush into his room and just jump onto him, kiss him till we are completely out of breath and he'll say ' you are great at this'

No freaking way!!!!!

Once away from the mansion, I pulled my car to Kayla's place and called her on the way. I got scolded for waking her early, but she agreed to meet me.

Once I was in front of her house I saw her ready but she had a frown over her face.

"hey. " I greeted and she grumpily walked to the other side of my car and sat in.

"I'm not going to scold you because you look like a zombie. So you better start the car and take us to some diner or cafe. We both need something to eat. " I said without looking at me and then suddenly turned to me. "Drive properly, I'm going to put my make up on. "

"You look better this way, don't put on make up. "

"aww Haze. Thank you. "

"No, I mean you look like an ugly witch already, why do you wanna look even scary. " I earned a slap on my head from her and I shut my mouth and drove to the nearest cafe, slowly.

She's crazy.

The atmosphere was so silent so I decided play some music and I decided on Ghost town.

That helped as we bobbed our head and hummed the song, but us jamming music and not singing is like hell without fire.

"I cannot sleep

I cannot see

It's getting harder and harder to breathe

Six feet buried beneath

And all the dust is following me

And the lights go out

Grit my teeth shut my mouth

When the night come around

I become a ghost now"

"Can anybody hear me

Scream into the empty

Somebody come and get me

Get me

Come on come around

I've been feeling down

Sick and tired of feeling likе I'm living in a ghost town

Come on come around

Lost and nevеr found

Sick and tired of feeling like I'm living in a ghost town

Living in a ghost town. "

Screaming to the top of our lungs we laughed and sang with the music till the next music started. Looking at each other, laughing and starting again. It felt like it's been ages since we acted like this.

Once we reached the cafe I turned off the music.

"young blood!!!

Say you want me!!

Say you want me!!

Out of your life!!

And I'm just a dead man walking tonight!

But you need it, yeah, you need it

All of the time

Yeah, ooh ooh ooh

Young blood!!!!

Say you want me!!

Say you want me!!

Back in your life!!"

I looked at her awkwardly as she kept screaming like a manic, and then looked at me.

"Haze! How's my lipstick? It's looking okay right?"

"yeah. Now come on, I'm hungry. " I told her as she got her stuff packed and we got of the car. Once out she called me and combed my hair to almost perfect from a mess.

"I wish you were my elder sister, you act like one everytime. "

"You can only wish. " she said as she patted my back and started walking to the cafe as I followed her. I remembered her craziness over Storm.

Wait! She hadn't said anything about him these days.

Is she finally over him?

I noticed that I too forgot about him for a while. But remembering him again, all I thought about what's his lips on mine.

Ugh!!!

Once we were inside the cafe, we ordered our coffee and got something to eat as well.

"too much sweetness for today. But it's okay! Fitness day from tomorrow!" she shouted out of the blue scaring me and rolled my eyes at her.

I shook my head as went to sit. She started digging into her cake and I smiled. She really likes but the perfect girl, just don't wanna ruin her figure.

"oh yes!" she exclaimed and looked at me. "why are you looking like a dead guy who just got out of the grave and his wife's behind him to put him into the grave again. "

"something. " I said and began eating only to get kicked by her.

"You woke me up this early for nothing?! Better tell me or I -"

"damn it you-" I winced and sighed seeing her glaring at me. "okay fine. I fought with Storm and cried the whole night. Period. "

"if you cried the whole night, why don't you just let him how you felt? It's better to clear the ground before planting. "she said filling her mouth with cake and I looked at her, surprised.

What she said was right. I should let him him know. But this plan is not okay. He's my brother. It's wrong to have these feeling for him.

"What if I can't?"

"forget about it. Pretend nothing happened, but this option will only leave scars that are hard to remove. " she said as she was looking behind me at someone and waved.

I turned to see a guy, who waved back. I can tell they don't know each other because of the way the guy was acting, he looked surprised.

"Stop hinting strangers to jump at you. " I said completely annoyed. She should just settle down in relationship.

"I'm just saying hello. "

"You know him?"

"No. "

"any of these days, some guy's gonna start stalking you. " I warned her but she she shrugged it off.

"they can't. Everyone think that you're my boyfriend and who's gonna annoy you. The great Haze, who beat up a seniors when he was only 15, just because they said I'm a bitch. "

"who's your boyfriend? "

"No one. It's what they say. "

"that thing is still around. " I groaned at rumor and she laughed.

*

Storm's POV

I walked the length of my office, beating myself to shit and thinking about that went wrong. I don't know what came over me yesterday, I was just so angry and being irrational, I was.. I don't know, scared?

When I came home, Haze wasn't here. I tried falling him and he didn't pick up, I left him tons and tons of messages calls over calls but I got no reply and that got me on edge. I can't justify my action, the only thing I come to was, I was jealous and alcohol got the best of me. Though I don't regret kissing him, but his expressions told me he was hurt.

I heard q knock on the door and I stop rushing in the office room, Marcus entered and looked at me strangely. He knows about my feelings for Haze and he was never freaked out by it, which I'm glad of.

"I ruined it. I ruined everything. "

"what?" Marcus asked confused as he looked at me with questioning eyes and I told him, everything I did.

"You are crazy! Are you insane?! Why did you do that?!!" His voice echoed in the room as he groaned and he turned to back to me.

"I know I messed up! Don't remind me of it. " I shouted at him to which he groaned and let out a loud sigh in frustration. He walked around my office and sat on the chair, looking at me, but thinking something.

"I didn't mean it that way but yes, you messed up. You told me he likes you and you said sorry after kissing him, so of course any sane person would tell you to get out. He wasn't angry because you kissed him, he was devastated because he thinks you didn't meant it. " Marcus said making me groan as I sat on my chair and laid my head on my desk and think about it.

What he said is true. I shouldn't have said that but he looked so sad and it must be because of my actions. Because I kissed him.

"or maybe he's really mad at me-"

"yes, he's mad, but not for what you think. Storm, you know he likes you, don't doubt it. You have nothing to fear. "

"he thinks we are siblings, I'm his brother."

"then tell him the truth. Don't hide it from him. He's not a kid now. He'll understand. One day or another, this secret is gonna come out, it'll hurt him more if he gets to know about this from somebody else. " he suggested as he stood up and straighten his suit jacket.

"where are you going?"

"Grandpa wants to walk around this city. I don't even know what's going in his mind these days. "

"should I come with you?"

"No. But you should get you shitty ass to his room. Apologize for leaving and tell him everything. If he hates you because you kissed him, pretend nothing happened, say it was a drunken mistake. And if he reciprocate your feelings, tell him everything and everything will be okay, no? Get done with it, all at once and go back to him. You look a shit right now." he said as he scolded me for making a fool out of myself and mocking Haze's feelings for me.

It was really strange. Getting tips on relationship from a person who has never been in a solid relationship with anyone.

But I decided to listen to him as his theory raised hope and I went to Haze's room.

I knocked on the door but no reply. I looked at my watch to see it was time for his school and I went downstairs.

I will tell him today.

Jan 19 2021