"Young master, it's time to wake up"
Smith knocked William's bedroom door gracefully before opening the door slowly only to see William already on his feet looking at window.
Smith stopped beside William
"Another sleepless night I suppose"
William smile at Smith question
"Yeah I hardly get enough sleep for the last few days, maybe I should take the medicine again"
Smith shook his head
"You know that the medicine wouldn't brought anything good to you, you almot overdosed last year young master"
Smith make his way to William's bed and as a butler he is doing his job, trying to make up William's bed before a hand stopped him from doing it.
"You don't have to do it Smith"
William smiled at the man beside him, Smith let out a sigh
"Young master you can't ask me to do that, this is my job not yours and I've been doing this since you 7 years old".
William just stood there leaving the man doing his job,
"You should sleep more often young master, your father is worried, hearing you did not get some sleep will make him worried about you especially when you didn't sleep for days"
That statement only leaving a sneer on William's face
"Stop lying, my father never even care about me. He just wanted an heir, that's it"
Smith look at William's face, a dark eyebags under his eyes
"You know that is not true young master, master care about you so much"
"Smith you've been with me for 10 years, saying things like that not going to help me anymore"
William unbuttoned his pyjama and Smith handing him a towel and a pair of clothes
"Well if you are going to think like that, I worried about you young master, not sleeping is not going to help you one way or another you should try to sleep or maybe counts the lambs"
Smith words make William smile, sometimes he ask himself what if Smith is his father? Can he finally felt the love that he wanted from a father.
"I know Smith and I'm sorry but its just hard to get sleep sometimes even when I wanted too, and how many time should I told you to stop calling me 'young master' just call me William"
Smith shook his head and smile
"I can't do that young master, now you go and have a shower, master have something he wanted to tell you later"
William pinch his nose bridge, he couldn't get enough sleep these days and already stressed out for it and suddenly his father wanted to talk with him. Couldn't this get any worst than it is?
"I wonder what did he wanted to talk about this time, don't worry I will go down in a minute"
Smith bowed his head and excuse himself from William's bedroom leaving him half naked and a towel at his neck. William is tired, he just wanted to sleep after showering and his father never even tried to call him to have breakfast together because its always Smith who will be doing it.
After William finished showering he took the clothes that Smith gave him and put it on before making his way to the dining room, on his way there he met a lot of butler and all of them greeted him with a smile and bowing their head as they see him walking towards them. He seriously don't want to have breakfast right now, not when his father is going to be in front of him when he started to eat and that thought make him shudder.
As soon as William arrived at the dining room he could see his father sitting at the table with a book on his hand and why did he had to wear those suit when he literally will only sit at home doing nothing in his office all day long, well maybe because he is a ' perfectionist' that is why he would wear those stuffy clothes that will maybe make William gasped for air
"What are you doing standing there, aren't you going to join me on breakfast?"
His father spoke with his eyes still fixated on the book, doesn't even bother to look at HIS OWN SON!
William took a deep breath and continued walking
"Father"
William sat across his and greeted him and to his suprise his father nodded his head back, now that is unexpected, he thought that maybe his father going to ignored him for sure, well maybe he wanted to change for good right? Smith gave a plate full of breakfast to William and then standing at the entrance of the dining room and all of sudden, William's father or should be call Lewis clearing his throat as a sign so that Smith will make his way out of the dining room.
Smith bowed his head and make his way, Lewis look at William who is currently eating rather fast so that he could leave the dining room.
"I want you to replace my place as the head of this house and my business"
William choked as his supposedly father let out that statement, he took whatever he said before back.
"What? No I don't want to"
William replied after he drank some water
"You don't have the right to say no"
Mr. Lewis without looking at his son continued reading the book in his hands, William is shocked by how his father seems calm at the moment, well yeah! The one who have to give an answer is him not his father
"No! I don't want to"
William smacked his hand on the table and get up from his seat glaring at his father.
Mr. Lewis looked up at his son and put his book beside him
"William sit back at your chair this instant, this kind of behaviour is unacceptable in this household"
Mr. Lewis glared back at his son, what can William do? Stormed out, in your imaginations, not when your house is full of dangerous accessories, not when you literally want to die in your father's hand, actually he is not shocked if his father actually shot him it's possible. He sat back down looking at his father
"This is well I can say after a few months since you finally eating breakfast with me and the first thing you asked me is to become your heir, this is not fair father"
William looked at his father hoping he will take it back
"No, once I make a decision I will stand by it"
William is astonished by his own father, seriously? did he just said that? Wow what an airheaded man is he, William look at his father trying to find his eyes although they were still on the book
"Father I just turned 17 years old, asking me to be your heir is not fair, I don't want it, this is just not fair try thinks about me for once, your own son"
William looked at his father, he tone down his voice as softer than he could, still his father doesn't really care much about his decision right?
"I do this because I was thinking about you"
His father said that, maybe in other people's eyes they will see his father as a good figure because he was making a 'good' desicion for his son, but not in William's eyes, not when his father doesn't even looked at his eyes while talking.
It hurts him enough when he grew up with the love that he get from Smith and his late mother, his father was never there when he was asleep nor getting up from sleep. The only things that he ever sees from his father is when he got back to home with blood covering his body and his mother tried as much as she could not to act surprised because she knew what his husband was doing for living and she had to live with that and the fact that she died actually relief William a bit, at least his mother cab escape from this cruel household. Without any warning William quickly get up from his seat determined that this time there's no way he is going to sit back, instead he walked away from the table, he is not hungry anymore
"Whether you want it or not you going to become my heir and there is no, and I will not tolerate any bad behavior coming from you"
William stopped and turned his head to his father
"This is my life not yours, and tell me what behaviour I could do when you literally killed people for living father"
William wanted to shout but instead his voice cracked and he felt like he could cry at this moment, without he even noticed it his feet already running on his own to his room. His father get on his feet put his book on the table with a bang
"William Wright I swear if you don't stop from walking out of this room you will regret everything!"
William could hear his father's voice when he was running
"No!"
That is the only word he said before he arrived at his room
Lewis looked as his son slowly or rather quickly disappeared from his sight, he sighed and called for Smith
"Yes master what favour can I do for you right now?"
Smith bowed his head as he talked to Lewis with his eyes still at the floor
"Take William's room key and locked it, and open it only when I wanted too"
Smith looked at Lewis, a little bit shocked when his master ask him to do something he never even do before
"Locked young master's bedroom door?"
Smith looked at Lewis trying to find the joke, sadly he knew that Lewis would never joke and that he is serious
"Yes, I think you hear me right, aren't you?"
Smith nodded his head and excuse himself from the dining room
"Lily"
Smith called for a girl that is currently trying to wipe the dust off from a flower pot, the girl turned her head to Smith and quickly get up and bowed her head to Smith
"What can I help you with today, Head Butler Smith"
Smith smile at her
"Starting tomorrow you will bring young master's breakfast to his room and please call me Smith I would prefer that actually"
Lily shook her head
"You know I can't do that Head Butler Smith"
Smith chuckled when he heard Lily response, it reminded him of William kind of like a déjà vu actually
"You will start tomorrow remember"
Lily nodded her head and Smith make his way to William's bedroom with the key in his hand. Smith doesn't like this idea very much, he doesn't like it when he had to do this kind of thing but deep down he knew his position in this, only a butler nothing more nothing less.
With a loud bang William shut the door and locked it, rummaging his hair, he don't know what to do anymore, he knew that his father also grew up to be a Mafia and it's not his fault but the only things that make William pissed with his father is when he doesn't even think twice on what William wanted, William kept rummaging through his hair and finally when he actually able to let his anger out William make a havoc in his room.
Throwing the pillow everywhere, the book at his desk was pushed to the floor and finally William sat down at the corner of his room, putting both of his knees tightly at his chest and he cried. Finally after 2 hours crying, when William could thinking straight again he get up on his feet trying to get up with a wobbly feet because of the crying and how exhausted his emotions is right now. William still get up with one determination in his mind
"I'm going to leave this place"