MWB CHAPTER 5: Breakdown

　　"It says in Dad's letter that I need to take care of you. Any idea what in the hell does that mean?"

　　I decided to just ask questions that will be at least useful to me. If he doesn't want to tell me about him, then so be it! I don't give a damn!

　　"Oh, well." He bit his lower lip and looked at the ground. Is he embarrassed? "About that, I think he meant that you need to, like, teach me how to live in a city."

　　Teach him how to live in a city?

　　My eyebrow raised at his last sentence. His answer made me more confused. What kind of punishment is this?!

　　"You see, I'm not from here." He continued and pointed at the ground

　　"You're not from earth? So are you an alien or something?" I asked questions with an obvious sarcasm

　　"I am from earth, and I don't think that there are such things as aliens." He answered seriously

　　Ever heard of sarcasm, dude? I bet not.

　　"You can say that I'm just a different kind of person." He cleared his throat and continued speaking. "My sister and I, together with our kind of people, don't live in a city."

　　"So you live in a province or am I missing something?" I was still confused with his answers

　　"I'm not gonna tell you where we live." He said and flashed his smirk. "Earn my trust first before you ask questions like that."

　　Great. Now he's back with that kind of attitude. He was okay for a minute there!

　　"Well, whatever. At least now I know that all I have to do is to teach you how to live in a city." Which is really a weird task. And how am I gonna do that, exactly? "Hmm, I guess all I can say for now is, just follow my lead?"

　　"How can I follow your lead when you say that with uncertainty?" His voice was full of doubt

　　"It's the only choice you have." I simply answered

　　"And I pity myself for that."

　　Oh how I badly want to shout at him. But I need treat him good so that he'll report positive things to Mom and then this punishment will be over. It's the only way to get rid of him!

　　"Wait a minute." I suddenly had a realization. "If you're not from here, then where do you live now?"

　　"My room is just next door."

　　"R-room? Don't you mean apartment?" I stuttered in nervousness

　　"What exactly is apartment, Thea?" He asked

　　I ignored his stupid question and walked out of my temporary room.

　　Horrifying. The walls are so pale that this apartment looks haunted. In front of my room is an old-looking kitchen and dining area. On my left side, there seems to be a really small comfort room. And the worst part, there really is another bedroom on my right side.

　　I shouted my frustrations.

　　How could my parents set me up like this?! They really trusted their only daughter, their only child to a stranger! I could be raped! I could even be killed!

　　"Your screams sound awful! Stop doing that!" I heard Axel complained

　　"Life is awful, Axel."

　　I felt my knees getting weak. I feel so down that I fell on the ground.

　　"Are you okay?"

　　"Even this apartment is awful. It doesn't even have a living room!"

　　I was slowly breaking down.

　　"Oh, so you mean that this place is the apartment?"

　　His stupid questions are making me breakdown even more. And to think that I'll have to deal with for a while..

　　"Theo!" I helplessly called out to my best friend, as if he would hear me

　　I cried my heart out, not minding if Axel is watching or not.

　　And unexpectedly, I felt a blanket getting wrapped around me. My sobbings stopped, but my tears continued falling.

　　"Whenever I feel like my life is not so good, my sister would always tell me that it will get better. I just need to face tomorrow, because tomorrow is not yesterday." Axel said and sat beside me. "That means that if things are not going your way, then get over it and keep going forward. Some things are really out of our control and we can't do anything about it, but we can keep on living our life."

　　I scoffed. "So you can act matured."

　　"What?" He was flustered. "What do you mean?"

　　I didn't answer him and just looked at him. I guess I really have no choice but to live with this guy.

　　"You're staring again." And he's sulking again. I chuckled. "What's so funny?"

　　"Nothing. I'm sorry." I said. "And I'm sincere about my apology."

　　Now it was him who chuckled.

　　It won't be that bad, right? Living with him. It would be just like having a roommate. It can't be that bad. My roommate is just.. different.

　　I scanned him from head to toe again and I realized that his clothes are all brand new. I recognized from Theo's wardrobe.

　　"You're not from here, but you're wearing branded clothes that are from here." I commented

　　"Your father bought me this set." He answered. "Speaking of, this is the only set of clothing that I have."

　　"Eh?"

　　"Yup." He nodded. "Your father said that you can just accompany me to buy clothes since it's weekend anyways. He also gave me a black card and he told me that you know how to use it, but he also told me to not give it to you."

　　Why the hell does it seem like he's the boss? He's just supposed to be a bodyguard!

　　"Aish, fine!" I just agreed. "Wait, how about my clothes?"

　　"Your clothes are already on your closet." He said and pointed at the closet inside the room. "Oh, and before you think of going to the mansion, you are not welcome there for now and so, no one will let you in. But if you forced it, your parents will sue you for trespassing."

　　What in the actual hell?!