•Previously•
"Mama? No..."
"We should call the ambulance."
"Don't call the ambulance. Call Josh. He, he can save her. There's still time, right?"
"Her pulse is faint."
"NO!! You're lying! You're fucking lying! Bring her back!!"
"Get out! All of you get out!!"
"What do we do with the body? She doesn't want us to move it."
"Bring the body to the morgue. She might want to see her mother again."
"Go check on Madelaine and convince her to stay with you in your house."
"Don, she fainted."
"Update me on her condition every 3 hours, I'll be expecting texts from you. Don't forget."
"I'll get you back amore, I promise."
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•Now•
°Madelaine's POV°
'This is not real, it's just an illusion.'
'I'm dreaming, none of this is real.'
'Wake up, Madelaine!'
'Wake the fuck up! Mama's waiting for you.' 'Please, wake up!'
No matter how much I yelled at myself to wake up. I couldn't. I was stuck in this nightmare.
"Mads? Breakfast is ready." Rin has been a sweetheart to me, I've been staying with her for 2 days now. She has helped me a lot.
'How do I continue from where I left? When do I start living independently? How do I pay the bills? Do we have debt? Or maybe debts?'
"Thank you, Rin, but I'm not hungry." I stayed inside the guest room Rin has provided for me for the past few days. I couldn't move, couldn't eat nor drink. I lost motivation and energy to do anything at all. So I just do what people usually do. Stay in bed and sleep. But even so, the sleep doesn't come. Instead, I just stayed in bed and looked up at the ceiling, and wished for my mama to come back to me. She didn't deserve this. Nobody deserves this.
I missed her.
"At least take a bite sweetie, I'll bring something for you okay?" Rin didn't give up, she never did. She will try to convince me to eat something every time.
Like the other day, she brought me some food and knocked on the door before pushing it open.
She placed the food on the bedside table and stayed for a few seconds just to check up on me. She would try to make small talk and be the one to do all the talking, while I just stared off onto space and listened when I wanted to.
"I'll be in the kitchen if you need me." And with that, she closed the door and went about her day.
I wanted to go home. I'm sure mama's waiting for me. She must be worried.
I was in denial, ever since I saw her lifeless body, my mind couldn't comprehend what happened. I was stuck in this phase for months. I couldn't find the voice in me to say more than 1 word.
I'm tired of everyone asking me the same thing over and over again. Am I okay?
No, I'm not.
I wanted to say that to their faces. I didn't, because if I did, they will talk even more and I couldn't be bothered to hear their annoying voices again.
A few days passed by or a week even. I think it was Wednesday. I'm not sure. They said if I wanted to, they could help arrange a funeral for mama.
I was so confused, suddenly nothing made sense anymore.
I refused their help. I didn't need help, I needed my mama. She could always fix everything.
Why aren't they bringing her to me?
Rin was always with me, but I got tired of her too, I got mad at her for no reason. Actually at everybody that approached me.
I decided it was time to see my mother at the morgue. I got up from the bed and took a step, but I fell. My knees gave up on me. I need my mama. She used to help me when I got injured. Won't she help me now?
I cried for hours on the floor, she didn't help me this time.
'Where is she? I need her.'
"Hey, hey, hey. Did you fall? Why didn't you call me?" Rin extended her hands to help me but I swatted them away.
"You can't help me, nobody can. Get out!" I was a bitch that time. I just couldn't help it, everything and everybody was annoying me. Whenever they speak, they sounded like the buzzing of the flies.
*2 months later*
"Please, teach me how to fight." I begged Nik.
In case you're wondering, I got a grip of myself and decided it was time to be stronger than ever, I apologized to everybody for my unexpected outbursts. And brought them gifts to thank them for taking care of me. I let Nik in again because I realized it wasn't even his fault, to begin with, he was just trying to help but I was being a bitch about it. He helped me with everything, from our debts to my school fee to everything. He wasn't even my legal guardian but he pulled some strings and *boom* he was now my guardian. So I stayed in his house with him and his men.
My mama was buried a month ago, I could've kept her in the morgue, but I know she deserved better and it wouldn't do her justice if I let her body stay in the morgue. therefore she had a decent funeral and they all helped me with it. I was so grateful for every single one of them.
"If that's what you want." Nik shrugged.
"Yes!"
We practiced for months, it was tiring, first day of learning how to fight I almost died because of my sore body. But Nik let me off and told me to take a rest for the week. I got better the next week so Nik continued teaching me the right way to fight if I was going on a battlefield, how to use weapons, such as guns, archery, knives, and other stuff like that.
It was hard but soon I got used to it and it became a piece of cake to me.
Oh, I also insisted that he let me go to missions. He refused at first but after much convincing, he agreed.
"I'll do anything you want if you let me go, pretty please?"
"Ugh Laine, you can't, I won't let you. It's fucking dangerous and this is serious, not a child play anymore."
"Who says I'm not serious?"
"Laine."
"Nik."
"I won't let you."
I drew the gun to my own forehead. "You won't?"
"Put the fucking gun down, now!"
"Not until you say it."
"Fine, you can go but I'm gonna be your partner."
"Fine!" I put the gun down on the table and walked away sulking. I hated being his partner.
At fighting, I was his partner but he took all the opponents down by himself, and thought leaving me there standing with nothing and nobody to fight was a good idea.
He got too overprotective sometimes.
But I'd be lying if I said I did not like it.
We grew closer after each mission.
"I'm ready." Nik just got out of the shower wearing nothing but a towel on his waist, water droplets dripping from his hair and chest and everywhere. He looked... yummy.
"For what?"
"I want to do it." He raised his eyebrows so high that I thought they might run away.
"We don't have to, you know, have sex." He scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"I want to have sex with you, I am ready." I looked up at him from my height. I swear if he refused me, I'll have to sleep somewhere else tonight.
He wanted to confirm my words so he looked at me in the eyes to see if I have any doubts. I'm sure he couldn't find any, hence why he grabbed my face and kissed me slowly.
We moved in sync, his lips devoured mine, and mine his.
Nik groaned when I pushed him to the wall and started rubbing myself on him. Soon enough I felt his bulge poking my covered vagina.
I moaned into his mouth when he started rubbing his middle finger on my folds.
I took off my shirt and pants, leaving me in my underwear and bra, we kept kissing each other like there's no tomorrow. Our tongues fought each other, and at some point, we fell on the bed.
"I hope you're ready for a long sleepless night baby," Nik whispered seductively in my ear making me grin wider.
"You bet I am." I chuckled in his ear and licked it, he tensed before kissing my neck harshly, leaving hickeys all over my body.