#and she’ll be damned if she lets that pest of a brother ruin this for her

[caitlynmeow]

Despite her daughters’ countless attempts, Alcina’s answer towards having any pet at home is “no”.

She tells her daughters that it’s a lot of work to look after a pet. She is busy with work and her three bug spawns, the maids are busy with their duties around the castle, and the three daughters are a tad too spoiled to actually care for a living being.

This is partially the truth. But there is another reason that she hasn’t disclosed to her daughters. Her babies are sensitive and they have a lot of feelings. Once they form an emotional bond with anything or anyone it is hard to break from it.

Pets die, short and simple. Whether it’s a cat or a dog, the poor creatures have a short lifespan and she knows that losing a beloved pet will devastate her daughters and she going to prevent this heartbreak from happening in the first place.

Of course, her daughters will not know about this fact. For now, she is content dealing with the occasional request and the puppy dog eyes that nearly sway her, but mama knows how to stand her ground.

[nooneelsecomesclose17]

Am I a fool to think that there's a little hope - part 2

Not much really happens here, but they both had a lot to say, and I miss Aaron and Vic so I went with it. I promise Robert will actually appear in the next part!

It's dark when they arrive, the ferry being delayed and Aaron's tired of being in the car. Harry's been screaming for the past twenty minutes while they'd driven to the hotel and all he wanted was a shower and bed. He needed time to work out what he was going to do the next morning.

"We've got a bit of a problem." Vic comes back to the car, a set of keys in her hand. "There's only one room."

"Are you kidding? I told you we should've called when we stopped at the services."

"Alright know-it-all. How was I to know that the sodding Isle of Wight turns into holiday central? Anyway, there's a sofa in the room, and a double bed."

"Fantastic."

By the time they're inside he's in a foul mood and there isn't even a bar where he can drown his sorrows for a while.

"If you're just going to complain all the time, why did you come with me?"

"Vic, just leave it. I'm tired, that's all. I don't know what I'm doing here." Despite his words he gets down on the floor with Harry, smiling as the little boy passes him one of his blocks. "Thanks buddy."

"You're here because you're a good friend, and because deep down you want to see him because you still love him, even if you want to smack him for being so damn stubborn."

"What if...what if you're wrong? What if he did mean it, was just waiting for the chance to be rid of me. I ruined his marriage, I outed him to Chrissie...what if...what if he hates that I didn't support him with Lee, that I kept nagging him."

"Aaron you're talking rubbish. Robert loves you. Do you honestly think my big lump of a brother would've hung around in Emmerdale after everything if he hadn't loved you."

"You were there."

"As much as I know he loves me, I wasn't enough to keep him there. Do I have to remind you of every stupid thing he did when the two of you broke up? How many times you pushed him away and yet he still hung around because he couldn't bear to be without you? As for Lee, you were being sensible when he couldn't see how to. You're being daft, and you know you are. You're just trying to put barriers in the way and convince yourself of something so you don't have to face him."

"I hate you." He knows she's right, but that little voice kept nagging in the back of his head, maybe it always would. He could never rid himself of it, had done his best to ignore it but as soon as Robert wasn't around back it came.

"Yeah yeah. I'm going to take a shower. Can you keep an eye on him?"

"Clear off, me and Harry have manly things to talk about."

"Sexist."

"Pest. Go on, we'll be fine." He smiles as she goes, he's missed her. There'd been a gulf between them ever since Robert's sentencing, made worse by the Posner family hanging around. Maybe now they could get back to being friends. "Your Mummy is silly isn't she, eh?"

He picks the little boy up, holding him close. He's barely spent any time with him, it'd been so hard seeing him when he was first born, too much after losing Robert. It wasn't his fault though and he resolved to be a better uncle, if Robert couldn't be.

"So, you're going to meet Uncle Robert tomorrow, eh? He's pretty great you know, even if he does get himself into some messes. I know he's not been around and he'll just be this stranger, but he loves you already, and maybe if we're really lucky he'll be home soon, and then you'll see just how great he is, and maybe you can meet your cousin Seb too."

He swipes away a tear, thinking about Seb. He wonders how big he's grown, what he likes doing, whether he still hates peas. He wishes he'd fought harder, had tried to make Rebecca see sense, that cutting him off too was going to confuse him even more. He wonders if he even remembers Aaron at all, let alone Robert.

"Mama?"

"She's in the shower. You're stuck with me." He lifts him into his lap, letting him lean into his chest, nearly asleep. "What am I going to do, eh?" He checks his phone again, only a missed call from his Mum which he ignores. He knows what she'll want so there's no point answering. There's nothing from Ben and he's not sure whether to be relieved or hurt.

He doesn't sleep much, the sofa in the room is far from comfortable, and he ends up on his phone as dawn breaks. He still hasn't decided if he wants to go with Vic. It's not that he doesn't want to see Robert, of course he does, but he's tried so hard over the past year and a half to move on, he doesn't know if he can cope with seeing him.

He's about to get up when Vic suddenly dashes from the bed into the bathroom.

"Vic? You alright?" He knocks on the bathroom door gently. He doesn't hear anything until she opens the door looking as white as a sheet. "What's up?"

"It must be something I ate, maybe that sarnie on the ferry. I feel awful."

"Get back into bed, I'll make you some tea or something."

"You're going to hate me." She tells him a few hours later, when she wakes up, still looking pale.

"Doubt it." He gets back onto the floor to play with Harry.

"I don't think I can go to the prison, not like this. You're going to have to go." He looks up, half wondering if she's planned this. If she didn't look so awful he'd believe she had.

"What? I can't."

"You have to. He's expecting me. Do you really want him thinking I changed my mind? Thinking he's all alone?" She's right, it'd crush Robert. It'd taken so long for him to agree to see anyone, if no one turned up then he guessed Robert would never agree again. "Please. I wouldn't ask you if I didn't have to."

"Fine. What about Harry?"

"Can you take him? I need to sleep, and besides I want Rob to meet him."

"You owe me, you know that don't you?"

"Yeah, I know. Have you heard from Ben?"

"No."

"He'll come round, when you explain." He shrugged. "You like him, don't you?"

"Yeah. He's been great with Liv and everything."

"What about you? Just being there for Liv isn't enough is it? I know that...well me and Luke, it wasn't like me and Adam, but I still...I loved him."

"What's your point?"

"That he likely won't live up to Rob, just like Luke wasn't Adam, but if you like him, if you think you can love him then you should try...but if you're just with him because you're lonely, or because you think it's good for Liv then is it a good idea for either of you?"

"So...if no one will live up to him, I should just be on my own?"

"No. Look, if he wasn't in prison, you'd still be together right?" He nods because of course they would. "All I'm saying is make sure whoever you are with, you're with them for the right reasons. I feel for Liv with everything going on, but he can be there for her, and you as a friend, if that's all you think it'll be. Don't force it. just because you think you should." She smiles a little. "And if you still want him, then make sure you tell my stupid, stubborn brother that he's an idiot for cutting you off and that you're going nowhere."

He laughs at that. Now he was faced with no choice his mind was full of what he wanted to say to Robert.

"Ok. I better get sorted then." Suddenly he was glad he'd run home to get a change of clothes before they'd left. He didn't want to face him in the ratty old t-shirt he'd been wearing.

Robert was going to see what he'd missed. Maybe it was petty and it wasn't his fault, but it didn't hurt to look good did it.

[harryhooksgazebos267]

Broken Trust~ Part Ten

Paring: Bang Chan x reader; Mark Tuan x reader(arranged marriage)

Genre: Mafia au, angst, little bit of everything honestly

Warnings: Cursing, mafia life and shizzle

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“You played that off well,” Lisa joked while she plopped down on your bed.

“Oh shut up,” You mumble while jumping on top of her. Jennie and Rosé take a seat on the bottom of your bed, while you shifted so Jisoo could sit next to Lisa and you at the top of your bed.

“I can’t help it! Knowing what I know now, Jaebum scares me. I’ve always trusted him and thought of him as my older brother but now? I wouldn’t even question if he would kill me on the spot. I’m scared. I have to live here with these people who want nothing more than for me to die or for me to give over my mafia. I don’t know what to do.”

“Not everyone here is against you,” Rosé points out.

“Yes, they all are.”

“You have Itzy dummy.”

“That is if they know I’m on their side,” You point out.

“That’s true but I’m sure Chan will tell them soon,” She counters.

“I guess.”

“You’re gonna get yourself killed by being so stressed,” Jennie said while laughing a little.

“Listen, why don’t you have Jihyo come here now so we all can talk. That way, you’ll know if you have another insider or if we need to ditch this plan now and run like hell. I think that’ll take away some of your stress,” Jisoo suggest.

“Yeah, let’s do that. Umm....I have no idea if she’s here or not,” You trail off.

“Why don’t you go ask the boys if she’s here, maybe try to have a small conversation with them without being so weird so you don’t look so damn suspicious,” Lisa stated causing you to hit her with a pillow.

“That’s a dumb idea and I’m not acting suspicious!”

“You kind of are,” Rosé agrees causing you to gasp.

“You were the one person I thought would always be on my side,” You fake cried out.

“Stop being dramatic and take your ass downstairs. I’m with Lisa on this one,” Jennie stated while pushing you off the bed.

“Fine, can one of you at least come with me for moral support,” You ask while giving them puppy dog eyes.

“Whatever, let’s go baby,” Jennie said while standing up and walking with you. Once you make it downstairs, you see the boys all in the positions they were in when you first arrived.

“Mark,” You call out softly.

“Yeah?” He replies while turning his attention to you.

“Is Jihyo here?” You question, stopping on the steps so you weren’t too close to them.

“I’m pretty sure she is, why?”

“I just need to talk to her about something. Do you happen to know where exactly she is?”

“I think she said something about helping Lia and Yuna with some training,” Jackson pipes in.

“Oh okay, thank you,” You respond as you turn around to leave.

“Y/n?” Jaebum calls out stopping you in your tracks.

“Yes?”

“Are you alright? You seem on edge today.” He asks you for the second time.

“I’m fine, just a little shaken up I guess,” You reassure him with a shaky smile. Seeing as he seemed satisfied with your response, Jennie and you return back to your room.

“She’s training with Lia and Yuna,” You inform the other girls while you take a seat back on your bed.

“Yeah we know, we called her when you were gone. She’ll be here shortly,” Lisa said causing you to once again assault her with your pillow.

“Why the hell did I even have to go downstairs then,” You whine.

The five of you kept up small talk until you heard a knock on your door and the kind leader of Twice entered.

“Hey guys!” She greets with a wide small.

You all return her greeting as she takes a seat on the chair in front of your vanity which happened to be directly in front of your bed.

“So what’s up?” She asks.

“Well....we have something important to ask you,” You explain, rubbing the back of your neck.

“Go on,” She encourages, sensing you uneasiness. 

You then go into detail about plan awaken and the reasoning behind Chan and all the other boys having to fake their deaths. You tell her how Jinyoung had set up a plan to have them killed and how he used you to get their location by having Jaebum as your security. Of course, you explain that JYP is money hungry and wants SM all for himself, even if that means he has to kill you.

“So that’s why, we were wondering if Twice would be on our side and help take down Jinyoung to ensure my safety, my mafias safety, and the safety of Stray Kids,” You finish, noticing Jihyo deep in thought.

“I always thought there death was fishy,” Jihyo commented.

“Well?” Jisoo urged, wanting to know where she stood.

“Well, this is a hard position I’m being put in. On one hand, JYP saved me and the rest of us and he is our boss but I can’t just sit around and pretend his actions were okay. If he’s willing to kill his own son, who says he wont kill any of us if he thinks he’ll gain something from it. With that being said, I want to be on your side and I want to help out as much as I can,” She informed you all with a slight nodded.

“What about the other girls?” Jisoo asked.

“I’m their leader, they have more trust in me then they do Jinyoung. Plus, we all care about you guys and Stray Kids. Jinyoung, Day6, and Got7 have proven they cannot be trusted, therefor we wont trust them. If I feel like we would be on the wrong side if we backed up JYP then so will they.”

“Thank you Jihyo,” You told her while standing up to hug her.

“Of course,” She said while returning your hug.

“I’ll call a meeting tonight and I’ll talk to my members. I’ll tell you how they respond in the morning Y/n,” She informed you before saying goodbye to everyone and exiting the room.

“We should probably get going to, it’s late,” Jisoo commented while looking out your window.

“Damn, it’s already dark out,” Lisa said while standing up and stretching.

“We can come back over tomorrow if you want, that way you can tell us what Jihyo says. Maybe you should tell your dad about everything and then we can come over after,” Rosé suggest while pulling you into a hug. You hum in agreement, deciding it would be better to talk to your father in the morning. You quickly hug all of the girls as they get ready to leave.

“You sure you’ll be okay by yourself?” Jennie questions as she pulls away from your hug.

“Yeah, I feel a lot better knowing that Jihyo has my back.”

“Well we’re only one call away if you need us,” She says while you walk the four of them out. As you walk down the steps, you notice that the living room is vacant. Saying your last goodbyes, you wave as the four of them descend down your long drive away. Turning around, you run into a hard chest. 

“Oh I’m so sorry,” You quickly apologize, looking up to be met with Jaebum’s eyes.

“It’s alright, it’s my fault for sneaking up on you.”

You both kind of just stand in awkward silence before you quickly excuse yourself and try to walk around him, only to be stopped by him grabbing your arm.

“I’m not stupid y/n, I know you. I see the way you look at me. One way or another I’m going to find out what’s going on. I just hope you’re the one who tells me,” He warns before turning around and leaving you alone. You rush upstairs and lock your door contemplating what to do. After thinking for a while, you grab your phone and text the first person who comes to mind, Chan. 

Listening to Chan, you delete the conversation you just had and lay down. The weight of the day began to take a toll on you as you quickly drifted off to sleep.

“You think you can get away with this you little bitch?” You hear a familiar voice hiss out, venom dripping on every word. Turning around, you are met with a large figure submerged in darkness, making it hard for you to see their face. You’re able to tell the voice belongs to a male though.

“You think that he actually loves you?” The voice taunts as his pale hand comes into the light pointing to the side.

Confused, you turn your head to see Chan tied up to a chair bloodied and bruised. His eyes met yours as he tried to cry out to you but his voice was muffled due to the dirty rag around his mouth.

“Chan!” You cry out desperately as you try to run to him but you can’t. Your feet feel frozen to the ground.

“Even now you still call out to him. It’s pitiful,” The voice says while he clicks his tongue in disapproval.

“Let him go you monster!” You demand, still struggling to get to Chan.

“Hmm let me think about it? How about, no?” He laughs out, causing you to shiver.

Somehow Chan managed to get the cloth off of his mouth.

“Y/n you have to leave! He’s going to kill you, don’t worry about me,” He pleads as tears run down his face.

“Chan I’m not going to leave you!” You shoot back.

“Babygirl please, you know I love you. If you love me too then you’ll do this one thing for me and go!”

“But I can’t, you can’t expect me to! If the roles were reversed, would you leave me?”

“But this time is different, y/n you have to listen to m-”

“ENOUGH!” The voice roars out, causing you to jump. Once again, you see his pale hand emerge into the light but this time it’s holding a gun and pointing it towards Chan.

“No! Stop it please!” You beg as you try to rush forward and get the gun out of his hand. Without a second thought, the figure pulls the trigger as a loud bang rings through the room. Your body begins to shake as you watch the life drain from Chan’s eyes.

“You know y/n, I had such hopes for you. I gave you multiple chances to prove your loyalty yet you couldn’t just let go of that little pest who kept ruining everything! I’m sorry it had to end like this,” He says in mock sadness as he points the gun at you.

BANG!

You wake up in a cold sweat, breathing heavy. Tears were streaming down your face as your dream kept replaying in your head. Glancing at your phone, you see that it’s 6 a.m. You took some deep breaths as you try to calm yourself down. You definitely weren’t going to go back to sleep, not after the dream you just had.

“What the fuck have we gotten ourselves into?” 

A.N: Sorry these last few chapters were boring >.< I just have to get these parts out of the way so that the action can start!

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Part eleven

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