Micah Gustavo Avak'yan Montevecchi
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Since Chian is Cleo's best friend, and he's been going out with Kento, who's bi, when we saw the two leaving together after being humiliated by Chione, that evil bitch, we decided to make a surprise to them and pop in Cleo's dorm to have a couples night together. We prepared some sweet caramelized and some salty buttered popcorn and got some coca-cola for us, and then, when I used my magic to focus on my girlfriend's location, and found her in her tower with Chian, I grabbed Kento's hand and teleported us to her dorm.
But they weren't there, the dorm was empty, and we heard Cleo and Chian discussing about something on the hall, between her dorm and gods-damned Chione's. We got closer to hear it better, without giving up that we're here, thinking they could be talking about the demons situation, but they... weren't.
"That bastard, I'm going to break all of her fucking bones when she gets back. I've ordered her not to vanish like this when she does shit, to avoid punishment. Fuck, I can't handle her disrespect, brother," she growled, and I didn't recognize her voice, it was angry and... vicious, but Cleo isn't vicious. "I'm going to wipe this floor with her slutty face. If I knew where she runs to every time, hah, I would go there and bring her back by her hair. She's luck mom prohibited us to use magic to harm her."
Kento frown deepended, ["Mom? Wasn't Cleo an orphan of both parents? And didn't she say she had no siblings?"] He questioned into my mind, using our bond to talk to me in a way no one will hear us.
["I have no idea, mate,"] I bit my bottom lip.
"Calm down, Cleo, mom told us to stay put for now. There's too much on the line, remember what dad said, that if Tara snaps right now, and tells anyone what we have been doing, even if most wouldn't believe her, it would be bad, and we can't afford our ascension to be like that, sister. We have to stay put, because she almost said too much about her back then."
My eyes widened, ["Cleo and Chian are siblings?"]
He shared my shock, ["Who the fuck is Tara?"]
"What would she do?" Cleo laughed maniacally in a way it made me feel sick, it made it all feel wrong. "No one will believe in her, they will think she's scheming against me, and they will defend me. I have the little hybrid head over heels for me, he'll kill her if she fucks with me, brother, I just need to ask. Wouldn't it be poetic for her to die at the hands of the guy she's in love with?" That made both of them burst out laughing.
"Oh, my, as if that fool hybrid would ever give Tara a chance. She's a low born bastard, a half breed, half mamba and half human, she's a disgrace. No wonder our mom tried to abort her, she knew she had made a mistake having that one night stand with the human little after you were born. It's a pity she didn't manage to successfully abort her, everything would be better if Tara hadn't been born at all."
["What the hell?"] We both exclaimed, and I saw my dismay and anger mirrored in his eyes.
["I have no idea who this dam Tara is, Micah, but this two-faced bitch played us like a fool. She and Chian lied to us all, and she's fucking using you,"] he cursed a very horrible curse in ancient Japanese. ["I can't believe we fell for her shit, that we,"]
He froze and so did I when a third person joined, popping into the hall out of nowhere, and she didn't had to say a word for us to know who it is. My body knew it was her before my mind did.
["Chione,"] we said together and looked at each other, wondering if we should show ourselves to avoid a problem from happening, given how Chione and Cleo in the same room is a recipe for disaster.
That is, until Chian spoke.
"Where in the bloody fucking pits of hell, have you been, Tara?" Chian nearly screamed.
["Did he just call Chione... Tara?"] Kento asked, fear burning in his eyes, and I felt the same. No, I felt worse, I felt sick, nauseous.
"You don't get to call me that," she hissed at him.
"It's your name," he snapped angry.
"A name you're not worthy of calling," she snapped back. "I do not owe any of you explanations, you are not my parents, and may I remind you we only share a mother, thanks to her infidelity to your father, the King, and nothing more. I am also older than you, Chititi. But it's not like we consider each other siblings. The only obligation I have with you and your family is to play my part, and hand you the spotlight and give Cleopatra the assignments so she can achieve top 2. That only goes as far as there's people around, there is no one in here, so, I'm not going to have your shit," she exploded.
"I am your Crowned Princess," Cleo yelled, "not just your half-sister, you little bastard. And you will take our shit until I say so, and,"
"I will not!" she yelled back, angrily firm.
["No, cunty, way!"] We covered our mouths at the same instant, not to make a sound. ["What the devil's cunt is happening?"]
"You are under my mother, so, you are under me, because I am the Crowned Princess, Tara Crowther. Or have you let your role go over your head, uh? Do I need to refresh your mind a bit? You are a bastard who was only born because our mother failed in aborting your disgraceful life, you are unwanted, your father is dead, you have no family to take after you, no friends, I'm dating the guy you're in love with, who hates you, everyone in the academy hates you, you have nothing of your own, and you are worthless aside from the little job you have to do until we come back from winter break. We were extremely generous to offer a beggar from the streets like you a chance, Tara Crowther, you should bow down and kiss our feet with gratitude."
She is in love... with me?