"Are you coming here?" KR jumped in front of the camera with horror filled in his eyes and started to read the comments while Vin was peaking on the comments section from behind KR's wide shoulders. 'We are at the Aglos border but the defense team isn't letting us enter Aglos.' 'Defense team aren't letting people go.' 'Borders are sealed.' These were the comments they noticed and read.
"Thank god, But we request you to stay away and be in your home for your own safety." Vin requested his fans again with concern. "Yes, Don't make it hard for the defense team because it may already be hard enough to hold back those zombies away." KR agreed with Vin and warned their fans to stay away from the borders of Aglos. "Just stay at your home for your own sake, Can't you?" Sam screamed at the lifeless phone in a rage that was filled with worries. "I wonder how those Souls managed to get inside Aglos then." JJ wondered about the fans who turned into zombies and got viral. "Just go back to your homes if you are on the borders." Sam commanded their fans.
"Uhm… I think I am going to end the live because it's becoming chaotic…" Vin said with a little hesitation after looking at Joy's crying state. They ended the live stream and looked at each other before their gazes fell on Sam who was trying to calm down Joy in his embrace.
The food was almost ready. "I am going to call them to eat." Tiara said cheerfully trying to go back to them to look what was going on there. "No, You are not going anywhere, Kiddo." Ezra stopped her from going because he knew she didn't understand what was going on inside TR-X's mind and didn't know how to handle this thing softly. "I told you, I am not a kid! Stop calling me that!" She yelled at him in frustration. "You stay here. I am going to call them." Nolan said while he dusted off his clothes to go out and Tiara puffed her checkers because they ignored her plea of not calling her kid.
Nolan was going to the terrace at the slowest pace to buy time for TR-X to have some time for themselves. "Just act normal in front of them, okay?" Jose suggested to her with his soft voice. "But shouldn't we comfort them with good words?" Tiara asked him like a kid. "I don't think so. The more we talk about it the more they will accuse themselves and won't be able to overcome it." Jose explained to her and then she nodded in defeat and accept his suggestion.
Soon, TR-X came down with Nolan while Tiara tried to avoid talking to them and everyone ate food in silence other than Velvet Brothers who were trying to break the silence again and again but they didn't have any topic to talk about. "The food is good, though." Ian said and tried to break the silence one last time but he ended up getting only hmm. Tiara felt weird about their trying to break the silence and decided to help them at the end when she noticed they were giving up.
"By the way, It's our day 2, right?" Tiara asked getting ignored by TR-X again while Velvet Brothers agreed with her. "So, Does it mean they will come to get us tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? How will we know when are they coming exactly?" Tiara asked the questions and peaked at KR from the corner of her eyes. "I don't know." Ezra replied to her. "Hey, Tell us, KR." Tiara called out to him getting his attention successfully. "I think they will call?" KR told her doubtfully. "So, They are coming tomorrow, right?" Tiara asked again with a grin plastered on her face. "Yes, Maybe in the afternoon." KR informed her. "That's awesome!" Tiara said excitedly.
"Aren't you happy here with us?" Jose asked her teasingly. "Uhmm.. I-I mean… yeah." Tiara said struggling to take a breath while avoiding his gaze. "Don't tell me that you don't want to go back as well." Tiara collected her flustered state and made a comeback with the question with the same teasing sound. Velvet Brothers chuckled at her cuteness and the seriousness which was in the air before faded away like it was never there in the first place. "Of course, We want to." Jose replied to her with a wide smile while Vin and JJ were boiling in anger as they realized the flirting has become two-sided now which made them forget about their sadness.
They finished their food but Tiara was the last one who was still eating her food slowly. "Is it not good?" Ezra asked her after he noticed she was eating very slowly. "No, It's good. Why?" Tiara questioned him back. "You are eating very slowly." Ezra told her. "Ahh, I always eat slow." Tiara exclaimed while she shoved another bite in her mouth. "But you finished your food before everyone else yesterday." Nolan reminded her of the time when she wanted to check the CCTV cameras in order to know how many zombies are left in the mall. "Because I needed to finish it in a hurry." Tiara made the reason clear to them. "Let me eat peacefully now." Tiara shook her head aggressively not wanting to listen to them anymore. "You are such a slow eater." KR commented in a low voice and ended his silent treatment.
"Done, Go and do the dishes now." Tiara finished her food and held her used dirty dish in front of Ezra and Ian and gave them a big innocent smile. "You surely know how to boss around while being cute." Ezra commented sarcastically and took her dishes away from her. "I am not bossing around." Tiara said with a pout and denied his comment. "Yeah yeah." Ezra said and went out of the room followed by Ian, Nolan, and Sam.
'Ahh, What should I do now? Why it's so boring here? No one talks to me if necessary.' Tiara was lost in her thoughts, there was an empty space in her chest indicating that she was missing something, Missing her safe place, Missing her family, Missing her comfort zone, Missing her ex-boyfriend, and missing her comfy bed. She couldn't figure out what was bothering her but all she could do was entertain herself with something or get busy with something.
'We will leave tomorrow with nothing but just bitter-sweet memories.' She sighed at her thought and looked at everyone else talking to each other in their own mother language. 'I wish someone from my country was here with me as well. I am like a loner between them.' She cried internally. 'Wait, We don't need to go with empty hands, right?' Tiara go an idea that clearly wasn't an angelic one. 'I even lost my drone in this dumb situation which I bought with my own money that I earned with hard work for an ePhone.' Tiara remembered her drone and puffed her cheeks with regret and annoyance. 'Hmm… I think I saw an e-store. I can take the ePhone I wanted for a long time from there. I mean it won't matter if I take something from here since everything will be blown with the bombs. Will it count as theft?' Tiara was wondering what should she do or not. She was struggling to choose whether she should take what she wanted for a long time or just leave it.
She stood up and took her bag. "Where are you going?" Vin questioned her and she turned back to look at him. "I just wanted to take something before going." She answered him. "Can I go with you?" He questioned her again. "Why?" She raised her eyebrow at his sudden question. "I am bored." He replied to her and stood up quickly. 'And here I thought that their English wasn't good.' She thought and rolled her eyes but then she saw KR and JJ getting up as well while Joy and Jose were busy doing something on their phones. "What?" She asked looking at KR and JJ. "We are coming too." KR answered her shortly. "And why's that?" She questioned him with irritation. "Same reason as Vin." He replied to her and walked toward her with Vin and JJ. She turned to go out and sigh heavily trying to figure out what was going on inside these men's minds.
She was going to the E-store she saw earlier on the 3rd floor. "Where are we going?" KR asked her while following her. Tiara didn't reply to him, sighed, and rolled her eyes trying to understand why were they even following her. She ignored them and kept moving to her destination.
She stood in front of the store and took a deep breath to think about it again. "What do you want to get from here?" KR asked her curiously while looking at the store in front of them. "You want a phone?" JJ asked her innocently. "Yeah, I wanted one." She answered him and reached for the glass door open. "But you already have one." KR spilled the fact that she was already aware of it. "I know, I wanted an ePhone for a while now." Tiara informed them and looked around for the phone model she wanted. "Wait, won't it be considered theft?" KR still asked her, knowing well about the laws and regulations.
She was looking around to find the latest model and grabbed it with a big smile on her face and glitters in her eyes. "It's not theft." She scoffed at him while she started unboxing the phone. "I spent all the money just to get stuck in this mad thing that I was saving for an ePhone, you know?" She said with a slightly loud voice with irritation, regret, and rage in her voice. "But it's still a theft." KR protested again which made Tiara's blood boil, she never liked when people don't agree with her or stop her from doing something.
"We have been taking and eating food, using soap, shampoo, and other things from here as well. You know?" She spilled the fact on his face and gave him a glare to continue their argument from the side of her eyes. KR was speechless when he realized what they have been doing and couldn't argue with her more but he continued to do so ignoring her glares. "That's because we need food to survive." KR continued their argument and she pulled the phone out of the box holding it in her hands. "Bro, Stop. Let her." Vin tried to stop KR to continue their little fight. "Yeah, She wants that phone." JJ agreed with Vin and tried to stop him as well.
"So, You wanna argue with me? Okay, let's do it then." Tiara said getting enough of this while she turned on the phone. "First, I wasted my money to buy those flight tickets to get here without any will. Second, I spent the rest of the money on that drone which I sacrificed too which I just bought a few days ago! I don't have anything now." She started to debate with him in a loud voice. "Plus, Aglos should give us a composition for the mess they created around us." Tiara didn't stop for him to say anything and continue as soon as she collected her breath. "Not to mention, Everything will be destroyed here by the bombs. Don't you think it will be a waste of resources? Why does it matter even if I take something from here which will be destroyed anyways?" She spilled the facts while he was shocked by everything she said and couldn't bring himself to say anything now, somewhere he started to think that she was right.
"You wouldn't understand because you can buy an ePhone once a week without thinking twice." She lowered her voice, rage replaced with embarassment. Vin and JJ's eyes knitted while they remembered their past. KR remembered his past as well when they couldn't afford expensive things and always wished that they could have what everyone else had. They knew what it felt like struggling to get something, what was it like to crave for something, to imagine things that were out of their reach.
He took a deep breath trying not to think about his past. "Okay, You got lots of points there. Take anything you like, okay?" KR finally agreed with her and gave her a reassuring smile. "I know." She looked at him blankly and ignored his smile not forgetting that he was trying to stop her.
"Why only one phone?" Vin said grinning at her and she looked at him confused by his words. "What do you mean?" She asked him. "Yes, You can take a laptop and another one of the latest models too." JJ suggested to her after he looked at Vin and got what he meant. She looked at him trying to process and think if she should do it or not. "I think I can take an ePad as well. I have heard we can do digital art in it. I wanted to try it." She replied to him hesitantly while Vin and JJ started to look around for the best for her and KR sighed at their actions.
Vin handed her a laptop set with the best quality, memory, camera, and ram after reading it's features properly and JJ gave her the best ePad after looking around making her smile at their childish behavior and thoughtful, understanding, and supportive nature. "Thank you." She thanked them for finding the best for her. "Always the best for you." Vin replied to her with his deepest manly voice getting her off guard but she shyly smiled at him.
They moved to the room again and Vin opened the gate while Tiara straightly went inside the room happily just to find her phone ringing. She put her bag on the floor and walked toward the phone to check the caller id but the call rang stopped indicating that she missed the call.
She grabbed her phone and looked at her phone's locked screen with more than a hundred messages, around 30 missed calls, and her social media blasted with followers, new comments, and likes on her posts. The lock screen was filled with all the notifications which was empty when she stepped out of the room earlier. 'What the hell is going on!' She started to panic and tried to figure out what was going on. 'No, I can't pick up my parent's calls yet. I should know what's the matter first.' She thought and started to look at everything inside her phone to find out what's the new mess while sweat started forming on her forehead and her heartbeats fastened crazily.