#also no wonder he got fake blood in his eye :'DD HOW CAN HE NOT? ITS EVERYWHERE 😩 rip

[arkarti]

Iron Lung 🩸

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[shadfanfic]

Daddy! Sebastian stan x little,shy! Reader (named “Shad”)

Request: Anonymous asked:

Hi!!! So I never requested before, but I saw you were taking requests! I was wondering if you can do a Sebastian Stan x reader, dd/lg? Also, have the reader being hurt by someone/something else and fluff at end? ☺️

hey thank you so much for ur request,Don’t forget to give me ur opinion 🤍 

warnings: reader got bullied, ddlg theme story, didn’t edit it so sorry if there’s a mistake 🤍

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“ please?”

You begged your daddy for the 10th time this minute and he just shock his head no 

“Doll, you know you can’t skip school” Sebastian said handing you a sandwich 

“i know i know.. it’s just-.. I’m in a little space”You finally confessed the true reason why you wanted to skip school 

“I know but you can handle it, i know my baby well be fine” He giggled and removed your hair from your face so you can start eating 

“tsk-.. no I can’t”You tsked and sigh start eating getting upset 

“hey, miss grumpy face you want chocolate milk with lunch box or strawberry milk”Sebastian asked leaning so close to your face hiding his smile

“I’m not miss grumpy face”You said and he giggle 

“No you are, you look like that!” He said and start mocking your grumpy face 

Both of you start giggling, you giggled at how funny he looked and he giggled with you cause you were too adorable in his eyes

“You can take your tiny stuffie” He said and smiled when your eyes lit up with happiness 

“Look i well hang it with your lunch box bag okay?” He told you and you immediately nod

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“Why you talking so quietly? The teacher asked you so answer !” That teacher pet you found in every single class decided to talk making everyone giggle

“Hey! hey! everyone be quiet!” The teacher yelled and looked at you

“Shad, you okay?”The teacher asked and you just nod 

“Ugh, I swear to god she’s acting like baby sometimes, all what she want is her stuffies” The girl whisper to her friends making them giggle

“ may i go to the bathroom please? ”You started talking really quietly and the teacher nod and smiled gently at you

The moment you stand up everyone gasped and start giggling, you looked at them confused and you looked back too your chair finding a small blood stain in your chair, you glup and start running away trying to find the perfect place too finally cry 

You entered the bathroom to do what you had to do,  now you understood why you were in a little space.. you sat down and start looking for Sebastian name 

“hello?” Sebastian answered the phone and as soon as you heard his voice you couldn’t control your own tears, you wanted to answer so bad but nothing came out beside 

“D-..daddy”You sobbed and start rubbing your red eyes 

“Sweetie!? Hey hey what’s wrong”Sebastian asked and it was clear in his voice that he was walking so fast 

“I-..i w-wanna g-go home”You rubbed your eyes harder trying so hard to control your sobs

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 15 minutes later you were standing in front of the school while the principal is behind you waiting with you not wanting to leave you alone since your so upset, you heard your daddy’s car and immediately look up 

“Hey!”Sebastian said with a sad smile and got out of the car and hug you so tightly 

“so mr. Stan ur-..”The principal wanted to talk but Sebastian shook his no and walk to the door while warping his arms around you

“I don’t have time sorry, email me tho!”He faked a smile and help you get in the car 

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After a quiet few minutes the only thing was heard is you sobbing and Sebastian hushing you gently 

“Easy doll, you gonna have a headache And you hate them no?”Sebastian talked quietly 

“i told you -.. *sob* i-.. didn’t w-wanna go” You talked and start crying more and much louder 

Sebastian sigh and stopped the car at a public barking lot , he got out of the car and open you door 

“Hey hey shh okay I’m here now and I’m sorry I shouldn’t let u go okay? Now tell me what happened?”

He hugged you Immediately and start talking playing with your hair hopping it might calm you down

“I-..I’m bleeding” You sobbed and hold his shirt tight, you were in a little space now

“You got your period?”He cupped your face and you just nod 

“oh baby you got it so early this month I’m so sorry”He hugged you again 

“I hate s-school daddy.. i don’t wanna go anymore i-.. i just want to stay w-with y-you”you said with really broken voice

“I know, i know no more school baby no more I promise” He cupped your cheeks and wiped your soft cheeks “no more crying baby please”He smiled gently and kisses your forehead then your both cheeks then your nose making you relax, after that he hugged you again 

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Both of you stayed in that position until you stopped crying, you felt Sebastian hand going down from your back to your ribs and side which made you squirm and smile a bit 

“Don’t-“You tried to squirm away and he let you 

“okay okay i just wanted to see ur adorable smile”He smiled and stepped back a bit rubbing your shoulder looking at your beautiful smile

“How about we go home and watch your favourite movie and eat your favourite snacks?”He said and lean into the car door looking at you and you nod 

“o-okay”You said and blushes, he was maybe too hot today and your shy about it 

“o-okay let’s go then”He giggle and mocked you, he kissed your lip super fast and close your door 

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You maybe had a rough morning but you indeed forgot about it since your daddy is here 

[anika-ann]

The Troubles Are Lurking in Queens - Pt.2

Of  Not So Funny Billionaires and Terrified Husbands

Pairing: Matt Murdock x reader        Word count: 2960

Type: Two-shot, reader insert

Summary: When an arrogant lawyer demands his paperwork right now or better yet this very moment, you’re a good wife to Matt and decide to deliver the documents yourself – for your husband’s mental health sake (and for the sake of the meeting he’s running to).

The catch is the said lawyer has his office in Queens – and whoever said Hell’s Kitchen was the least safe place in NYC was clearly lying. Also, Tony Stark is... Tony Stark.

Warnings: swearing, mention of attempted assault, mention of past torture, some blood, Tony being a jerk

Part 1

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Spiderman apparently didn’t take no for an answer.

The office wasn’t on the way, but Spiderman delivered the papers anyway; you thought Davidson’s secretary’s face was priceless at least as Spiderman with a woman in his arms knocked on the window of her office, but anyway. Your way included a lot of not exactly secure flying around in the vigilante’s thin and somehow strong arms (enhanced strength?), only holding onto buildings via some sort of a web fibre and it was a fucking wonder you hadn’t either ended up smashed on a side of some building or hadn’t puked by the time you magically landed on the roof of the Avengers Tower.

Also, you were pretty sure some of your blood had rained down on someone and it was an awful idea you couldn’t shake off.

You were clutching your chest trying to catch your breath as the kid let go of you slowly, gentlemanly making sure you wouldn’t faint. Well. Now he was concerned about that?

“Welcome, sweetheart!” Stark’s voice sounded behind you as the billionaire walked in your direction with his arms wide open.

You on the other hand looked at him murderously. Was this really necessary?

“You know Mr. Stark?” the kid asked in awe.

You swallowed the ‘unfortunately’ line and pressed your lips together.

“Tony. What a wonderful surprise. How are you these days?” you wondered with a fake smile and he grinned wider, enveloping you in a hug. You didn’t reciprocate the gesture too happily, but you… tried.

“On a first name basis with Mr. Stark and hugging him? Holy hell!”

You rolled her eyes and spent a precious second thinking what the kid would say to what was coming next. The moment Tony withdrew, you slapped him, because you really needed to slap someone today. Tony was lucky your dominant hand was cut and you used your weaker one.

He tried to set his jaw right as if it really hurt anyway. The Spiderkid fell into shocked silence.

“That’s for using a poor kid for dragging me where I don’t want to go just for your fun or whatever,” you hissed and Tony licked his lips.

“Yeah, okay, I deserved this one.”

“Glad you acknowledge that.”

You tried not to think too hard about that you slapped a man who had once saved your husband’s life. You sighed, coming for another, this time gentler, hug, still wary of not staining his t-shirt with your blood. You probably failed.

“Sorry I couldn’t make it to the wedding.”

“We were hoping you wouldn’t,” you teased, feeling a bit guilty for a) slapping him and b) being cranky. Tony was a bit of a dick, but a good guy. That was why you had decided to send him an invitation along with the other Avengers, who had saved Matt’s life one of the times he had got over his head and you walked into the Avengers Tower begging for help.

“I bet it was boring without me.”

“Totally,” you laughed, letting go of him.

“So… I understand this is some sort of a reunion, but a) I’m not a kid,” the teenage vigilante defended himself and you bit your cheek to stop yourself from protesting. “And b) shouldn’t her hand be handled? I mean, that’s why I brought her here?”

You smiled at the kid. He was cute. “Yeah, Tony. Shouldn’t my hand be handled?”

It was handled, by doctor Cho, who was usually taking care of bullet wounds, knife-in-liver wounds and stuff like that. She was incredibly nice, especially when you considered the shit she was dealing with.

The doc was just finishing your bandage – you only needed two stiches – when your ringtone cut the air and all four present – you, Doctor Cho, Tony and Spiderman – jumped a little.

“Hand me the phone someone, please?”

“FRIDAY, who’s calling?” Stark called out and you were kinda hoping it was just for show. They wouldn’t know that without looking, right?

“Contact saved as Matt, sir.”

How the fuck the AI could tell that? Also… ah-oh.

“That’s a little boring  I was expecting something more original. Sugar-bear. Bumblebee. FRIDAY, put it on speaker.”

You just gaped. How?! And was he serious?

“Oh, and mute her voice.”

“What?!”

“Are you okay?” Matt’s panicked voice demanded from the speakers in the corners of the room and you breathed in to calm his fright – wherever it came from. “Davidson called there was blood on the papers and-“

Oh crap, learning that must have been terrible. Also, you were sure Davidson had been a dick about it as well, probably complaining about dangerous biological material in his office.

“I’m fine, Matt,” you reassured him.

His terrified voice called out your name. “Are you there? Can you hear me?”

You opened your mouth uselessly. Was this for real? Could he really not hear you somehow? What the fuck?! Why would-

“Hey, buddy!” Tony chipped enthusiastically and your blood ran cold. Oh no. No, no, no, no…

Even through the phone, you could hear your husband’s breath hitch. “Who are you? How did you get this phone?”

You could only imagine Matt’s sightless eyes flickering wildly as he was trying to figure out the worst possible bloody scenario.

“I’m-“ you started, but Tony rolled his eyes at your attempts.

“Relax. I’m just having a little fun-“

Spiderman rose to his feet as he apparently wanted to protest too, but Tony shushed him.

“Who are you? What did you do? What do you want?” Matt’s voice changed dangerously, switching to the Daredevil persona and demanding answers. “I swear if you touch one hair on her head, I’m going to tear your limbs off one after another-“

Spiderman shrieked at the cruel threat and the way it was delivered. You gently pushed away Doctor Cho, standing up and making your way to the billionaire with your blood boiling.

“Tony, stop this right now,” you growled, your voice resembling the one speaking through the phone. He was scaring Matt out of his mind. Couldn’t he see that this wasn’t fun?

“Come on! Light up! I’m just gonna-”

“Don’t you dare to hurt her!” Matt thundered and Tony actually jumped at the sound of Matt’s teeth grinding.

“Alright, alright! Jeez, can’t you recognize an old pal? Jesus, DD,” Tony complained and the room was suddenly very quiet.  

“Tony, let me to talk to him.”

“Let her talk to him, Mr. Stark,” the kid supported you and you were sure he made some sort of puppy eyes behind his mask.

Matt didn’t react to learning the name of your ‘captor’. Which meant he was probably really pissed or too shocked. Or that Stark somehow blocked his voice too.

“Tony-“ you pressed and he sighed in defeat.

“Yeah, yeah, FRIDAY-“

There was a beep.

“Matt, it’s me. Are you there?” you asked softly, hearing his sharp inhale. “I’m okay-“

“She’s injured-“

“Shut up!” you shouted Tony down, spinning to him with your hand raised in warning. He had already said enough.

“Well, you are,” Spiderkid noted carefully and you gritted your teeth.

“I’m okay, Matt. I’m in the Avengers tower-“

“Medical wing,” Tony supplied helpfully and you grabbed the nearest thing – which happened to be a metal platter – and lashed it his direction. He shielded his face, silent ‘ow’ escaping him as the improvised weapon hit his hands.

“I’m on my way,” Matt exclaimed.

“Wait-“

There was only a dialling tone and you whined. You measured to Tony with fire in your eyes.

“I’m sorry?” he offered, shrugging with his palms up.

“You are such a dick! Complete and utter dick! You scared the shit out of him!” you yelled at the man who wore almost genuinely apologetic expression. But you didn’t care if he was sorry. He almost gave Matt a freaking heart attack! He had no idea what had-- you squatted for the platter, fully intending to use it again as the idiot was in your reach. “You fucker, you dickhead! You careless fuck-up!”

Each of the insults was accompanied by a hit with the platter. No one stopped you. Tony wisely covered his head. You were sure you it hurt as hell anyway, but somehow it didn’t sooth your nerves.

“I’m sorry, okay?”

“The last fucking time someone had my phone and talked to Matt was when I was kidnapped by Wilson. Fucking. Fisk! He threatened to break my spine to paralyse me, you. Selfish. Arrogant. Bastard!”

Fuck, you were crying and your hands were shaking, suddenly feeling too weak.

You let go of the platter, overwhelmed by the memory yourself; the knife cutting through your skin when the huge man hadn’t liked your answers to his questions, his threats, Matt’s terrified voice on the other end of the line-

The clatter of the platter on the floor snapped you back into reality, but the images didn’t disappear. You brought your hands to your mouth to muffle the scream that drew to your lips.

“Madam?” sounded hesitantly behind you and you tried to blink away the freaking tears and chase away the nasty memory, unable to respond to the kid. It’s gone now, it’s in the past, I’m okay, I’m okay, Matt’s okay— just give me a fucking minute dammit. “Madam, can I hug you?”

You burst out laughing at the request; hysterical laugh during an emotionally heavy situation, the first sign of insanity.

“Oh my god. Yeah, yeah, you can, kid.”

The vigilante obediently wrapped his strong but toothpicks-like arms around your shoulders, embracing you tightly yet gently. He avoided applying a pressure against your belly with surprising grace. He didn’t even call you out on the ‘kid’ addressing. You were really starting to like him.

Maybe it was the costume – the armour – but it was kinda soothing. Maybe it was the knowledge he had to deal with Tony too often, so it felt like he was an ally of yours. You leaned into the hug gratefully and he caressed your back.

“You’re good at this,” you mumbled into the strange material of his suit.

“Thanks, madam.”

You chuckled at the addressing and asked him to call you your first name.

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Tony bullied you into a check-up; like the periodical check-up all pregnant women had to attend.

“Tony, I was at doctor’s three days ago-“

“But I upset you and stressed you big time. Don’t you think you should have another examination? Just to be sure?” he pressed, trying to make puppy eyes. Vainly – you had enough training at resisting the puppy eyes master Matt Murdock himself, Tony’s attempts were nothing compared to that.

“Tony, honestly, I just want to get the hell out of here ASAP,” you cooled him down. You were still pissed at him. A lot.

“FRIDAY! Call Doctor Cho back!”

And just like that, the poor doc who had silently disappeared during the fight had to come back and examine you again. With USG and everything. You didn’t have the strength to argue anymore and you didn’t want to make Doctor Cho’s job harder than it already was by working for Tony Stark in the first place.

You didn’t expect anything being wrong – yet, you couldn’t supress the relief washing through your body as the doctor told you both you and your baby were fine.

Also, the check-up filled the time, so you didn’t get the opportunity to pace nervously. You were getting dressed again when Matt’s voice entered the room.

“(Y/N)!” he called out and you wordlessly asked the doctor to get rid of the curtain separating your and the rest of the world. Not that it made a difference to Matt – it did to you.

“Matt, hey!” you greeted him, rising from the bed so he could see you were perfectly healthy. The impression was ruined a bit by your head spinning and the need to support yourself onto the bed, but hey, you tried.

Matt was crossing the distance between you two in rapid pace, his cane folded in his hand, his glasses covering too little of his worried expression.

“What happened? Are you okay? I mean, of course you’re not-“

“I’m okay, Matt,” you assured his softly as he threw the cane away carelessly and enclosed you in a bone-crushing hug. He nuzzled his nose in your hair, breathing in deeply. You kissed the side of his neck. “I’m fine, Matt, I swear.”

“I smell blood,” he protested, wounded by the lie. “When I heard someone else on the phone, I— I-“

You wrapped your arms around him gently, one of your hands interweaving in his hair, stroking comfortingly. He squeezed a little tighter.

“Tony is a dick. I’m so sorry he scared you. And… I’m sorry if Davidson was being an asshole about the papers-“

“Do you really think I care about some arrogant self-important asshole right now?” he asked hoarsely and you sighed, your lips caressing his skin again.

“No. But I’m still sorry.”

“ ‘kay. Noted. God, I’m glad you’re okay, sweetheart. I shouldn’t have let you-“

“Don’t even finish that thought,” you warned him, smacking his back a little. He caressed your lower back in return as an apology for trying to make a guilt trip. You knew he would be still blaming himself even when not saying it out loud, but you could work with that better. And later. In private.

“So… this is the guy who threatened to tear your limbs off, Mr. Stark?” the kid asked slowly and you bit your lip, loosening the hug just slightly in favour to glance his direction over Matt’s shoulder.

Yeah, you could see how this was confusing. After all, Matt was blind and right now looking like a cuddly teddy bear. God, you loved him for how caring and loving he was.

“This is the guy who saved me from getting mugged… potentially shot,” you whispered, feeling Matt’s body going tense at the reminder of the danger you had been in. His hand clutched at your shirt before letting go of you, turning in the direction of the young man’s voice.

“Thank you,” Matt said in earnest, extending his hand for the Spiderkid to shake. The vigilante squeaked, but lost his glove and accepted Matt’s hand.

“You’re— you’re welcome, sir. She… she was a great help actually, it was pleasure to save her, though she almost saved herself on her own-” he babbled nervously and Matt covered the back of kid’s hand with his left palm.

“I’m still grateful. And it’s Matt.”

The younger vigilante let out a surprised sound. “No prob, sir— Matt, sir.” The corners of your lips twitched. “I’m Spiderman. But you probably know that… or not. ‘cause you haven’t seen me in the news— oh god, oh frack, I’m really putting my foot in my mouth-“

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Spiderman. Thank you again for saving my wife’s life.”

The two men finally released each other’s hands and Matt immediately turned back to you as you approached him. He wrapped his arm around your waist, kissing your temple lovingly, his thumb stroking your hip.

“So…” Stark started, making you both spun in his direction involuntarily. You couldn’t help but shot him an annoyed and angry look. Matt was significantly better seeing you were okay, but make no mistake, you were still incredibly pissed.

“Mr. Stark-“

“Alright! I’m really sorry, okay? Really, really sorry. It was a dick move!” Tony admitted and you were almost surprised at him acknowledging his mistake so openly. He turned rather to Matt then. “But you don’t need to worry, Murdock, I got her checked up and both of your girls are fine.”

Your heart stopped. Matt froze in the middle of his soothing periodical motions. The room fell into silence. You were afraid to even breathe in.

Did he just… did he-

“Both— both of my girls?” Matt choked out at your side and your slow brain was still processing the information you were just given. Oh my god.

“Yeah, Cho managed to check them up both.”

“Both… my— my-- girls,” Matt stuttered and his posture shifted slightly so he could face you without stopping touching you. “We’re-“

You and Matt had never asked your doctor whether you were having a boy or a girl. You had refused to know when the doctor had offered, because you didn’t want to know before Matt would and then you had talked to Matt, learning he wouldn’t want to know either.

Well.

Hell.

You were… having a girl. You didn’t know which option you had wanted until this moment, you just knew you somehow felt you were having a boy. Apparently, you were wrong.

And it was beautiful. So beautiful you felt tears in your eyes. You were having a girl.

You gulped, reaching out to uncover Matt’s eyes, putting his glasses away before squeezing his hand on you lightly. You raised your face to his; his brown eyes were… shining with gold threads and twinkling with tears just like yours.  

You couldn’t let out a single word. It turned out you didn’t have to.

Matt’s free hand reached for your cheek, cupping it tenderly and his lips met yours in a careful light touch. And another one, And one more.

“…they didn’t know the sex and I just told them, didn’t I?” Tony’s voice sounded from an awfully huge distance and you smiled into the kisses you kept receiving, curling your fingers in Matt’s hair, returning his affection.

“I think so, Mr. Stark. I don’t think they mind too much though,” Spiderman hummed, sounding a bit amused and absolutely moved by the scene in front of him.

“Cover your eyes kid, the adults are having a moment.”  

“Cover your eyes yourself… this is way better than a movie,” the teenage vigilante mumbled and they all pretended they didn’t hear it. You just secretly decided you adored the kid.

But you could never love the kid more than your own; your own babygirl.

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So… this happened? Somehow? Oh no, I made it fluffy… :D

Thank you for reading!

[revengeworld]

The Circus I

Kylo? x Reader Modern/Monster AU

Words: +3.800

Warnings: Annoying Hux, but fluff and a little twist :DD

AN: HAPPY HALLOWEEN LOVELIES!!! I have a little treat for you! <3 Most of this chapter was inspried by my lovely boyfriend <3 I haven´t been this excited to post something in a long time! Feedback is much appreciated <3 EDIT: Cotton Cand Kiss is now “The Circus” - 12.2018

MY MASTERLIST

Part 2

It was supposed to be an exciting evening. It was Halloween and the towns fair was already in high spirit since two days, especially since another circus had decided to lay down next to the fair. So the usual yearly attraction seemed even bigger then usual. Which was even more exciting but the thing that made her the most nervous, was the date she was supposed to have.

Y/Ns friends had set her up with Hux, a very well known young man in this town with a promising and bright future with his lawyer career.

It was clear to her that her friends just wanted the best for her, but as soon as he picked her up at her doorstep, Y/N had a feeling it wouldn´t be such a pleasant experience.

Most of the drive, Hux was only talking about himself or his work, basically letting her know how good he would be as a man and she wondered why he had even agreed to be on the fair, since his opinion towards this activity seemed to be that he thought this kind of behaviour was just childish.

With a deep sighed, she looked outside the fancy cars window, seeing all the colourful lights from the big fair.

As soon as she had stepped out of his car and saw the giant Ferris wheel, the many wild rides and the smell of popcorn, cotton candy and other delicious food made her all nostalgic and excited again. Maybe now he would finally warm up a bit, he could be just as nervous as she was.

But again she was disappointed. He was reluctant to go with her to the shooting booths or ring throwing games, not even the Cotton Candy seemed to lighten his mood and he rather commented how bad this would be for her teeth and weight, so she didn´t even buy one in the first place. With a disappointed mood she looked around. She had already tried to get him into the auto scooters the ferris wheel or the mirror maze, but nothing seemed to suit his taste. Not even the big circus tent and laughter that came from it, changed his mind.

“They are only showing you cheap tricks to get your money. You shouldn´t fall for something like this.” was the only thing he said.

Rolling her eyes while she walked behind him, suddenly the bright lights of a Horror attraction caught her interest.

She always loved spooky stuff, the adrenaline that was rushing through her body when she got scared was something she already enjoyed since a small child. This was the reason she had been so excited about this night in the first place and she would at least have a bit of fun, if her date wanted to or not.

“I´m going in there!” she announced and changed her direction and Hux looked quickly after her.

“Oh Y/N, no.” following her, she already had positioned herself at the end of the line.

Since she wouldn´t let him convince her to go, Hux unwillingly waited with her in line. Y/N noticed how he was biting his lip and nervously tapping with his foot on the ground.

“Are you scared?” she asked a bit too amused.

“Of course not. I just think this is all a waste of time.” right after he said it, Hux regretted his words when she heard Y/Ns scoff.

“I´m not meaning that you are a waste of time, of course!” he tried to rescue the situation but she ignored him and turned her head away.

Letting her eyes wander over the big decorations, she suddenly noticed one of the zombie actors at the entrance, who was weirdly attractive even in his bloody make up, winked at her. With a small smirk, she bit her lip and looked to the ground until it was her and Hux´s turn to enter the horror house.

Throughout the attraction Y/N noticed the zombie boy from before a lot, but since other monsters try to scare her, she was a giggling mess. The complete opposite from Hux, who tried to keep the actors away from him and held Y/N mostly right in front of himself, which didn´t bother her since she was enjoying herself for the first time this evening.

When they were sneaking through the last part of the horror house, she already had shivers run down her spine. It was almost pitch black and quiet creepy noises where coming from all sides. And she needed to admit that even to her this was quite eery, especially when her mind started to play tricks on her.

While she tried to figure out if she saw real movement or not, a sudden bloodcurdling scream came from behind them.

Without thinking the shut her eyes, grabbed the wrist of her date and started to run right to the exit.

When she could feel the cold air on her hot cheeks again, she opened her eyes, only to see Hux running right by her, who she thought she was holding the hand of.

Slowly turning around, she faced a very laughing zombie and immediately screamed before she busted out into laughter with him.

“Oh my… I´m so sorry!! Did I pull you all the way with me? Gosh...” Y/N was so embarrassed that she didn´t even notice that she was still holding onto the zombies hand. Until she realized it was the same guy who had winked at her at the entrance and she had seen throughout the attraction.

“Seems like I ruined your horrible date. He had quite the scream.” rubbing over his ear with his free hand, he grinned down at Y/N who first seemed surprised before she started to laugh again.

She hadn´t even realized that it was indeed Hux´s screams and not one of the actors.

“Are you serious?!” she already had tears in her eyes from all the laughing and tried to carefully brush them away.

“You heard it yourself and it scared you more then anything else.” The zombie boy grinned wide while watching her.

Looking back over her shoulder she saw Hux far away trying to catch his breath.

“Kylo! There you are, geez we still need you here!” a tall blonde woman came through the exit and Y/N turned her attention back to them.

“Ah shoot. You know what?” he suddenly asked Y/N who slightly tilted her head in anticipation. The boy named Kylo, gently pushed the sleeve on her arm back before dipping his finger into the fake blood on his chest before starting to write with it on her skin.

“My shift ends in half an hour. If you let me, I would like to make up for that horrible date.” when she looked in his eyes he winked with a smile and saw how her cheeks turned slightly red.

Slowly letting go of her he was already dragged back into the horror house by the blond woman and Y/Ns eyes fell down on her arm, where she saw a few bloody numbers. Laying her other hand against her hot cheek, Y/N had the sweetest smile on her lips. Maybe this evening could still be saved.

“Wow it really hit you hard huh? You think she is it?” Phasma asked Kylo who was still grinning.

“You can´t deny how fucking cute she is! Besides, that rich bastard Hux really treated her shitty today. Someone needed to step in.” he only shrugged his shoulders.

“Aha and that´s why you specific targeted him through the tour and made him scream like an old lady?” raising an eyebrow, Phasma crossed her arms in front of her chest.

“Hey it´s my job to scare the shit out of people!” he called while walking back to his marked spot, to scare the visitors.

He couldn´t even describe how excited he was and how much he hoped she would be really waiting for him.

Of course it could be that when he would walk out she would be gone or went back to Hux, but still Kylo had a good feeling especially seeing her laugh so much after this horrible evening.

He had already seen her with Hux here and there while they were walking through the fair and how unhappy she was with the situation.

Sitting impatiently in his chair in the make up room, were Phasma was just freeing him from all the blood and prosthetic, Kylos leg was bouncing up and down.

“It would be surprising if she actually waited for you. You looked horrifying.” the taller woman mumbled but also had a small smirk on her lips, while she brushed one last time over his face with a make up wipe.

“I´m just that charming!” jumping from his chair, he quickly threw his leather jacket on and run out of the room.

“Have fun!” she called after him while shaking her head.

Stepping out in the cold autumn air he already saw Y/N standing further away next to the auto scooter while arguing with Hux.

But when she noticed the now unmasked Zombie boy behind Hux, her eyes immediately started to light up. She wouldn´t have expected that he would be this handsome under all that make up. How his dark long hair was framing his pale face so perfectly, made her feel butterflies in her stomach already.

Quickening his steps, he tapped the Ginger on the right shoulder while walking by his left and swiftly laying an arm around Y/Ns waist to pull her with him.

Until the other noticed anything they were already a bit further away and only heard him scream. “Solo!!”

Kylo only smirked and showed him the middle finger over his shoulder.

“K..Kylo, right?” she asked a bit shyer now, since she basically didn´t know him at all.

“Oh yeah, I basically just jumped on you. I´m Kylo. And you´re Y/N right? I heard him call you.” he explained and she nodded.

“So! What would you actually like to do?”just walking through the stalls, Y/N let her eyes wander around until they saw a big fat bat plushy, it was probably half her size.

Following her gaze, he inspected the big stuffed animal.

“Uhm I don´t know… ” since the previous part of the evening was so disappointing, that she was careful to openly state what she would like to do. Scared to be rejected like before with Hux.

But Kylo was completely different. He was polite and actually showed that he cared about her wishes and feelings.

“You want to try the shooting range?” but since he saw how her eyes lit up, Kylo already pulled her to the booth and tossed the worker a violet coin, while she was ready to pull out her purse.

“Oh I would´ve paid...” but Kylo only shook his head.

“Don´t worry about that. Since I work here I have a ton of these and we can use them everywhere except the circus of course.”

“Then let me at least pay for that.” with the sweetest smile she looked up to him and of course he couldn´t say no to that.

“Trying to impress your girl, Ky?”

“Oh shut up Finn.” taking the toy rifle from him Kylo stood close behind Y/N who carefully laid her hands on the smaller version of the weapon.

“I probably miss...” Y/N giggled a little nervous when she could feel his chest against her back.

“Don´t worry I help you.” he whispered, which made the hair in her neck stand. Kylo was now so close that he could smell the sweet perfume on her soft warm skin. He couldn´t resist to nuzzle his face a bit closer against her hair, while helping her to aim.

Laying his hands right onto hers, together they aimed at the target until they pulled the trigger, landing right in the middle!

“Wow!!”

“Just two more.” Kylo grinned at her excited face and she nodded. Having him so close to her, it definitely made her heart beat faster, something that didn´t happen in all these hours with Hux, but Kylo managed to do it in just a few minutes.

Two shots later, Finn needed to climb up a latter to get the big fat bat down and threw it to Kylo who gave it to Y/N who had the happiest smile on her sweet lips.

“Thank you!” standing on her tip toes she pressed a quick kiss on his cheek before squeezing the giant stuff animal tightly.

“Glad you like him.” Kylo patted the animals head and she grinned shy.

“I love him!” swinging lightly from left to right in a happy little dance, she squeezed him tightly again and Kylo couldn´t deny how adorable she was.

“You know what? I´m quite hungry. What do you say we grab some food and walk around after?” he proposed and held his hand out for her to grab.

“Sounds like a good plan.” without hesitant she grabbed his hand and he let his fingers slip between hers before tugging her gently along, while the little bat wings flopped up and down with every of her steps.

Since he worked here, he could tell her a lot of storys that happened behind the scenes of the fair.

Munching on her fries, she watched Kylo take a big bite from his bloody steak.

When he noticed her surprised look, he showed her a little smirk.

“Sorry, but I haven´t eaten much today.” Kylo explained with a full mouth and she nodded slightly.

“No, it´s fine! I didn´t meant to stare, sorry … Do you want some of my fries?” pushing the small paper plate into the middle of the table.

“Oh don´t apologize about that. Guess I looked a bit too hungry. Thanks, I´m good now, don´t worry.” brushing away a little ketchup stain from the corner of her mouth he licked it from his thumb, which made her blush again with a shy smile.

After finishing their meals, they where wandering through the fair, trying every attraction they could get on, which thanks to Kylo was everything, without the need to pay any of it.

“Can we go to the circus now?” Y/N asked while they were walking near the enormous big tent, where ominous music was playing.

“Of course, everything you want...” he whispered in her ear and she started to chuckle. In Kylos presence she was so much more calm and the chemistry between them was something she never had experienced, which would explain why she trusted him so much and could be just herself.

Paying for the tickets, Kylo was grabbing a bag of popcorn from the seller at the entrance, before they entered the circus tent.

From inside it looked even bigger then from the outside and Y/N couldn´t stop staring. Wooden Ranks where around the first half of the tent while in front of them was a wide arena with a small stage at the end.

Sitting down in the first rows Kylo laid his arm behind Y/N on the back of her chair.

Soon the lights in the tent were dimmed, when the ranks were almost full and the amazing show began. It was nothing what she had ever seen before, almost magic and supernatural, which made her question how they could even do some of their tricks which seemed just impossible. Giant animals that just couldn´t be real, so she thought it was probably just costumes or projections, but she just couldn´t stop her wide wondering eyes.

Watching Y/N be so fascinating and at awe with the show, Kylo could only smile and was not able to take his eyes of her until she was suddenly pulled away from him into the arena.

With a growl he leaned back in his chair and looked in suspicion at the scene, while the tall man completely in black, his face hiding in the shadow of his cylinder, put her into a box, that was stacked vertically, where the magician was supposed to make her vanish.

Kylo watched closely when she stepped into the box and the lid was closed over her. The last he saw was her excited little grin and a small wave towards him. The box got spun slowly around before they opened it again and it was completely empty.

Leaning back forward in his chair, Kylo tried to figure out if they just used a hidden compartment until the spotlight was leading behind the audience, where another box was standing who seemed identical to the one on the stage.

When they opened the cover of it, the audience immediately started to clap and cheer, except for Kylo who was just glad when Y/N jumped out of the box, quickly bowed and returned to him.

With her usual adorable chuckle she sat back down in her chair and cuddled up against Kylos side, who laid his arm tightly around her shoulders.

“You good?” nuzzling his head gently against hers, she nodded.

“Yeah, but it was so weird. Suddenly I was on the stage and then I was somewhere else. But it just felt fuzzy and warm.” she explained and switched her attention back to the rest of the show.

Towards the end the lights dimmed down completely until it lit back up again. Holding Y/N close they slowly left the tent with the other audience.

The Fair had calmed down since it was near the closing time.

“Want to finish our evening with Cotton Candy and a ride on the Ferris wheel?”

“Sounds like a good end to this amazing evening.” she agreed, her cheeks flushed from all the excitement.

While they were waiting in line for one of the last rides on the Ferris Wheel, they tried to steal from each others cotton candy and laughed the whole time.

Holding on to her bat when she sat down, Kylo was throwing Poe, the operator of the wheel, two coins before falling next to Y/N.

When Y/N cuddled up against his side again, he noticed her slight shivering and quickly laid his jacket around her shoulders before pulling her closer in his arms.

“This was really a nice evening. Thank you for saving it.” she smiled up to him and he could only smile back.

“You´re very welcome. I´m glad I rescued you.” letting his hand run up and down her back, to keep her warm, Y/N looked over the almost empty fair with all it´s shining lights.

“It´s really beautiful up here ...” she whispered in complete awe.

“It is.” he agreed, not wasting his gaze on the scenery, his eyes were focused completely on her.

“Would you consider … I mean… we could...” she suddenly started to stutter, not really getting a word out, Y/Ns cheeks started to heat up.

“You know I still have some tokens left which are way too much for me alone. How about we use them up tomorrow?” Kylo interrupted her, since he knew exactly what she was trying to say.

Turning her eyes back to him, Kylo could see the excited glim in her eyes and her rosy cheeks before she nodded with a sweet smile.

“I would love nothing more then that..” Y/N admitted and Kylo saw this as his chance to get closer to her.

Gently laying his hand against her warm neck, he slowly leaned down to her and stopped to take a last look into her eyes. Letting her eyes flutter shut, she silently gave him permission and soon his plum lips laid against her soft ones, which tasted like cotton candy.

Kylo could feel her hands on his chest, holding onto him for what seemed to be dear life and he just intensified the kiss.

“I hate to interrupt, but I let you two have three rounds already and we really need to close now.” Poe stood at the exit and held it open for them, but Kylo just showed him his middle finger, while kissing Y/N just for a bit more before they separated.

Her face was completely red and she tried to hide it behind the big bat plush, while Kylo helped her up out of the seat.

“Will you bring her home?” the blonde woman from before was approaching them and Kylo quickly caught the key she threw him.

“That was the plan.”

“Good, otherwise I would´ve kicked your ass.” she winked towards Y/N who started to chuckle.

“Y/N this is Phasma, somewhat of my boss. She is our make up artist.” Kylo explained with a shake of his head.

“Nice to meet you! You really did an incredible job, the make up was amazing.” she already started to gush over the amazing work she had seen in the horror house.

“Oh thank you sweetheart!” already getting pulled into a hug from Phasma, Y/N was glad to have met all these nice people tonight, they seemed all really close.

“Be careful, when he drops you off, he likes to bite.” Phasma suddenly whispered in her ear, which made Y/N giggle.

“Stop telling her some weird kinky shit!” Kylo hissed and quickly pulled Y/N away from the blonde woman.

“Come on I´ll bring you home now.”

Waving everyone goodbye, Y/N soon sat in the passenger seat of an old, black Chevy Impala.

His jacket still around her shoulders, and the big plushy on her lap, she couldn´t stop the smile on her lips.

This horrible night had turned in the best one in her life, she would almost admit. Almost. And she really didn´t want it to end.

After placing her big new plushy friend in the living room, she sneaked quietly back into the hallway were Kylo was waiting.

“Sooo, tomorrow we continue our little adventure?” he whispered excited, not to wake her roommate, while laying his hands onto her hip.

“Well did you think otherwise?” taking of his leather jacket from her own shoulders, she threw it over his before pulling him down to her.

“Definitely not.” he whispered against her lips before kissing her again, this time a bit more sensual then before, but still gentle enough not to make her uncomfortable.

Wrapping her arms slowly around his neck, both of them could feel the smile the other had on their lips until they quickly got interrupted by a tired voice upstairs.

“Y/N? Are you finally home?”

“It´s me, don´t worry. You can go back to sleep.” she called back up the stairs.

Hearing her roommate mumble something in her sleepy state, bot of them started to chuckle.

“I should really go now. I´ll see you later, if we´re lucky I can show you around behind the scenes a bit more.” pressing another quick kiss on her lips he opened the front door.

“That would be so awesome. Tomorrow can´t come sooner.” she smiled honestly and he winked at her a last time before turning around.

Back in his car, he received a new message, which only contained a bat and heart emoji, which let him now that it was Y/N.

Saving her number into his phone he soon started his car, his eyes started to shine yellow in the dark light and his long fangs showing through his smile while he let out an excited growl.

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Blood or Power

A Short Story by MMARS (2015-06225)

Crisanto was 5 when he knew he was a bastard. He was 5 years old when he realized that his playmate – Crisostomo was his half brother. And that his mother was not his father’s wife. It was known to almost all people in San Diego that the infamous prosecutor Crisanto Ibarra was the son of Don Ibarra and the half brother of the most famous man in the town, Crisostomo Ibarra.

 He was 5 and Crisostomo was 8. They were playmates and they lived on the same roof. He was the Yaya’s son and he was playing with the “Young Master”. Until one night, as Crisanto was playing hide and seek with Crisostomo, they heard it from the mouth of his mother. She was talking to his father about how will Crisanto go to school and his father said that he was his son so he should stay in his house. Nothing quite changed in their relationship. Crisostomo still treated him well and continued playing with him.

Crisanto pretty much lived a normal life. He went to elementary and high school with his brother and at the age of 16, he entered the Philippine Military Academy and graduated with honors. Now, he’s working as a prosecutor in the town, not wanting to go to the city and just wanting to live a normal life. He lived a simple life even though he had almost the same money as his brother since Don Ibarra gave him a fair share of his inheritance. He didn’t actually mind if he didn’t have any, given that he was a bastard. However, ever so loving Crisostomo told his father it was okay for them to have 50-50 share.

 His father was a good man. Or so he thought he was. It was the last moments of his father that he realized something was wrong. During his teenage years, he was mostly left alone at the house as Don Ibarra brings Crisostomo to work. “Maybe to teach him,” he thinks. He didn’t actually care with this setup. He and Crisostomo going to school in the morning and their father bringing Crisostomo to work every night. Sometimes he waits for them to arrive at the middle of the night but mostly, he just sleeps without waiting for them.

Crisanto would always wonder why his father had bodyguards around them. He wasn’t even aware of the field his father was working on. He just thought that his father was maybe, that prominent that he needed a bodyguard.

 He was 28 when his father died and that’s when he heard it. His father was laying on his bed and he wanted to visit him and be with him for his final moments. They weren’t very close but he was still his father. He was on his way to his father’s room when he heard murmurs but he still proceeded. As he opened the door, he was welcomed with the sight of his brother and father talking so intently that they haven’t even noticed him. He was about to close the door, not wanting to invade their privacy, “I’ll just come back later,” he says to himself. And that’s when he heard it.

 “You need to lead the gang,” his father says to Crisostomo. What gang? What is his father talking about?

 “You don’t need to worry about that, Father. I grew up with the mafia, I’m sure they’d be glad to have me as their leader,” his brother says.

 At this moment Crisanto was baffled. What were they talking about? A gang? A mafia? Since when did his father, that he looked up to had a mafia? And Crisostomo? He knew about it? Is that where they were going every night for the past years?

 “I know you won’t fail me and I know you won’t get caught. You have the DDS on your side,” his father adds. He left at that moment, not being able to take in everything the he heard. His father and his brother have been doing these behind his back. He surely needs to investigate about this.

 As a prosecutor, Crisanto had the access to secured information and was able to get info from his subordinates and also used his last name and pretended he was his brother. As far as he knows, the gang his father led and now, his brother is leading, is the top drug distributor in the country. He remembered his father saying the Davao Death Squad was on their side? The President’s own? Does the president know about this?

 The president’s war on drugs was bustling in the country and Crisanto was appointed as the leader of the special force the president made to eradicate the drug problem in the country and his brother is the leader of the top drug distributor in the Philippines and now he was his number 1 target.

 It was in the middle of summer when Crisostomo invited the whole town of San Diego to a party at his house. Almost the whole town went to their house. A lot of big personalities, generals and politicians were in the party. It was there when Crisostomo announced the he and Maria Clara, Crisanto’s first and only love, were getting married. He wasn’t surprised at the news. He knew that Don Ibarra and Kapitan Tiago have long arranged both Crisostomo and Maria Clara’s marriage. Even though Crisanto and Maria Clara loved each other so much, it was inevitable. Maria Clara was tied to Crisostomo from the very start.

 “I want to thank all of you for attending this party,” everyone turned their eyes to Crisostomo who was at the top of the staircase holding his glass of wine.

 “Some of you may already know but I invited all of you here today because I have a special announcement,” murmurs can be heard all over the room and Crisanto was also curious what his brother was about to say.

 “Maria Clara and I are getting married,” he says as he extends his left hand for Maria Clara who was at his back the whole time. The room was filled with ‘awws’ and they started cheering for the couple. Crisanto, on the other hand expected the news but he wasn’t ready. He wasn’t ready to let go of his first and only love so he just left the room and went to the garden to breathe.

 After a few minutes, the arrival of the president was announced. He wasn’t surprised since his brother Crisostomo was indeed a well-known man and was really close to the president. “If only the president knew,” Crisanto thinks to himself. He went back to the house silently not wanting to attract attention but right when he stepped inside, the President Duterte noticed him.

“Crisanto! Here!,” the president called and who was he to decline. The president was talking with Crisostomo, Kapitan Tiago and other high-ranking officer, he doesn’t remember the name. “I was just telling your brother about your new appointment in the special force!” Crisanto whipped his head faster than any animal and looked at Crisostomo. Crisostomo just eyed him and raised an eyebrow and Crisostomo just gave a fake smile. “How come you didn’t tell your brother?” the president asks and Crisostomo was the one who answered “Oh, my brother and I haven’t seen each other for the past days. We were just busy. I’m sure he was gonna tell me soon, right?” he looks at Crisanto “Yes, yes we were just busy,” Crisanto says. “I see, well I think both of you should talk. I’m sure Crisostomo here could help you locate the drug lords in the country since he has many connections.” Crisanto smiled at what the president said and looked directly into Crisostomo’s eyes, “Oh Im sure he could, we should discuss it some time, don’t we, brother?” Crisanto just gave him a pensive look and immediately smiled as he nods and says yes. Crisanto was sure his brother got what he meant.

 The night has ended and everyone was leaving. Crisanto wanted to talk to Maria Clara but he can’t find her so he decided to leave the house and just stay at his small apartment for a while. He needs to be alone with all the news he received and with his problem regarding his brother being his number one target. Just as he was about to leave, Crisostomo called him and asked if they could talk in private. Crisostomo led him to his study which was really odd since he never brought anyone inside except their late father and Kapitan Tiago. Crisostomo remained calm as they walked to the study but he was feeling something, something bad that was about to happen but he decided to ignore it. As they went inside, Crisostomo immediately locked the door and tol Crisanto to sit at the chair in front of the table.

 “So you were appointed as leader of the special force?” Crisostomo asked plainly and looks at Crisanto expectantly who just nods at him. Crisanto thinks it’s the time to tell his brother that he knows. He loves his brother, he really does. That’s why it’s hard for him to do his work but he believes on what is right and he will do his best to get his work done.

 “You do know I’ve already done research right?” Crisanto says as he looks questioningly at his brother. “And what did you find?” his brother gives back his questioning look. “Oh just some things that surprised me a lot” he answered his brother. Crisostomo just looked at him with a “Is that so?”

 “If you need my help, you can just ask me. As the president said, I have a lot of connections you know. Just make sure you take care ‘cos when you start targeting those drug lords, your life might be in danger,” Crisostomo said like he was implying something.

 “Oh you should take care too, brother. Since they know that you’re my brother, they might target you too,” Crisanto answered him. “You shouldn’t worry about me, brother. Worry about yourself,” he said with a smile. The brothers talked about a lot of things, they talked about their father and Crisostomo’s wedding, even though it was really hard for Crisanto, he remained smiling throughout the conversation. However, when they started talking about the president’s war on drugs, it seemed like Crisostomo knew that Crisanto already knew but he just ignored it. Hours have passed and Crisanto dedcided to go home, it was getting late after all. They both stand up and but Crisanto tells his brother there’s no need to accompany him outside. Just when he was about to close the door to the study he doesn’t know what comes into him, “Crisostomo, I know your secret,” he says and he closed the door.

 Crisostomo was taken a back by this. He already had a hunch that his brother knew about this but he didn’t expect him to just blurt it out like that. He already had some plans just in case his brother makes a move. However, he still asks himself how his brother knew about his secret since he hired experts to hide their trails. He got mad at this and he was surely gonna fire some of them tomorrow. He was already having a hard time sorting out who are the rats in his gang and it looks like his brother was also making a plan to save the day and attack his gang. It was surely gonna be a bloody fight if that happens.

Days have passed and Crisanto hasn’t made a move against Crisostomo’s gang which was surprising since Crisanto thought his brother would’ve attacked them already. Little did they know that Crisanto was planning intently on how to infiltrate the gang’s headquarters. Especially that the DDS, the president’s own special squad to eradicate drugs, was on his brother’s side and the number of extrajudicial killings were increasing in the country. In just a span of two weeks, 3 people have been killed, and they were students for fuck’s sake! They were students who had dreams and were just killed by unknown people because what? Because they looked like the target? Crisanto really has had enough. He wanted to finish it all. He wanted to remove the top distributor of drugs so the country would be peaceful once again. He and his team has spent sleepless night to plan for their attack on the gang’s headquarters and finally, they are ready – or so they hope they are. They were facing the country’s top gang and the president’s DDS, this would surely be a bloodbath but they are ready to give their lives.

 “Sir, we’re ready to go in 30, our men are surrounding the warehouse and the spies are also ready to open the gates at exactly 3AM, Sir,” one of Crisanto’s men said through his in-ear. There’s a little time left. It’s now life and death. He was going to face his brother who he loves so much, whom he spent his childhood with. He was having a slight panic attack at this He doesn’t know if he would be able to hurt his brother or god forbid – hurt him.  They were already at it for hours. 2 hours of bullets being exchanged, there’s smoke all over the place, a lot of his men have died but there were more from Crisostomo’s side who died. Crisanto knew they could do this and Crisostomo knew they were already losing, more than half of their men are already dead. Crisanto decided he should face his brother now. He looked for him, went to different rooms when finally, he saw a room with two large wooden doors, and he knew, he knew his brother was there.

 “What do you want?” Crisostomo asks him as he enters the room. Crisostomo was sitting as his swiveled his chair to face Crisanto while holding a gun in his hand playing with the nuzzle like it is some toy. “I want you to surrender, brother” Crisanto says plainly. Crisostomo gives out a laugh at what his brother said, “ME? Surrender? No fucking way, brother. I’d rather die,” he said. Crisanto was torn at this point, he was ready but now for this, not for this face-to-face with his own brother. “Surrender,” he says again. But Crisostomo has had enough of it he raises his gun, directing it to his brother Crisanto. “Or what?” he says “Or you’ll kill me? Not before I kill you,” his hand gripped the gun tightly. At that point Crisanto also held his gun up and directed it to Crisostomo, “There’s no hope, brother. You’re surrounded. Even if you kill me now my men are trained to disarm you and get you. There’s no way out, brother,” Crisanto says calmly but Crisostomo takes out a small piece of remote with a button, “I knew you were going to do this. See this remote? One press in this button and Maria Clara will explode along with this whole warehouse, if I’m going down, I’m taking you with me.”

Crisanto’s eyes went wide at the mention of Maria Clara. He didn’t know she was also inside of the warehouse but he acted like it was nothing, like it didn’t affect him at all. “You don’t think I know how you feel about her? You don’t think I didn’t know you were in love with her for so long?,” Crisostomo says while turning the remote in his hand and Crisanto asked him to calm down, “Brother, get a grip. Calm down. We don’t want many casualties do we?” but this had no effect on Crisostomo. “I knew this was gonna happen so I put poor Maria Clara in a chair with a a bomb. You see brother, I’m always a step ahead of you. You could just let me go and no one will die,” He really has the nerve to bargain, Crisanto thinks, but he wasn’t having any of it. He still didn’t know what to do, he didn’t want to kill his brother so he takes a step forward closer to his brother, maybe he can still calm him down. “TAKE ANOTHER STEP OR I WILL SHOOT YOU!” Crisostomo shouts at him but Crisanto wasn’t listening. He was hearing his men in his in-ear telling him to not move or Crisostomo might shoot him. Crisanto, however, did not listen. Crisostomo tightened his grip on the gun once more Crisanto does the same, sweat rolling to their heads and as Crisanto took another step forward, a loud sound of a gunshot echoed through the room.

 Crisanto jolts awake and was welcomed by a blinding light. He adjusts his eyes and sees a white ceiling, he looks around and sees walls painted white. He sees Maria Clara in front of him “He’s awake!”  she says and Crisanto is at her back. He got surprised and moved away at the speed of light from his brother causing his head to hurt. “Brother calm down, it’s just us” says Crisostomo. He was still in shock and confused. What had happened? His brother was a drug lord? All he remembers was his brother being engaged to Maria Clara and hearing his father, wait was his father dead? What happened? He was really confused “What happened to me?” he asks the two. It was Maria Clara who answered “You fell” Crisanto just gives her a questioning look. “You fell on the stairs, you slipped while you were running towards your father’s room,” Maria Clara explains. “What happened to father? Is he dead? He blurts and Crisostomo just laughed “What? Who’s dead? Were you dreaming? That’s why you looked so surprised when you woke up?” his brother asks him. “I relay don’t know what’s up,” he says. “You were in a coma for a month, you hit your head really bad. And Father is okay, he just caught the flu virus but he’s pretty much fine,” his brother tells him. Crisanto just nods, he still can’t believe that everything that happened was a dream. It felt very real. “Your dream must have been so intense that you still look confused, maybe you should rest more.” Crisanto’s head really hurts maybe they are right, maybe he just needs to rest. “Maybe I should” he says as he drifts back to his sleep.