Maelis's eyes fluttered as she sat up rubbing her eyes. When her eyes adjusted to the light. She noticed something. It isn't her room. She looked toward where Marryanne would sleep. But she is not there. Instead there is a handsome boy sleeping there. It's Soren. He was in a peaceful slumber.
She is in Soren and Cyrus's room. She remembers having a bad dream and coming towards Soren and Cyrus's room but not having the courage to actually knock so she had just sat by the door sobbing. She still had dried up tear ways on both of her cheeks. She touched her face, feeling the wet tear tracks.
"Where's big bro Cyrus?" she looked around, then her eyes fell on the figure lying down on the floor. The blonde boy looked almost dead. Maelis's eyes widened. It's Cyrus, on the floor.
"Ahhhhh!!!!!" Maelis squealed as she dove down to Cyrus's side with a sharp cry. "BIG BRO!" she took Cyrus's head in her lap and started sobbing. "No no no no, wake upppp! Big bro." Her tears began free falling from her eyelids.
"No no no no no!!!!!" Maelis sobbed uncontrollably. "Ahhhh!!!" She screamed, holding Cyrus's head like a helmet and smacking his forehead, "Don't die on the clean floor!!!!"
Soren woke up from his sleep after hearing Maelis's scream. His eyes immediately went to the six year old cradling the young man's head.
"What's wrong?!" before anyone knew it, he was by Cyrus's side sitting there beside Maelis as she squealed and sobbed uncontrollably.
"BIG BRO CYRUS!!!" She said between sobs, "is not waking up!"
Soren glanced down at Cyrus's seemingly dead body. He leaned down, "Sunshine!" He said, "don't die yet, Sunshine!!!!!"
Soren lightly smacked Cyrus's cheek, dramatically, "I still have to annoy you— hell I still have to call you rage princess!!! The floor deserves better!!!"
Cyrus jerked up and he abruptly sat up. "Augh!" his forehead collided with Soren's chin with a painful CRACK.
"Aahh!" Soren held his jaw painfully. He feels like Cyrus's fat head had dislocated his jaw, "That hurts, Sunshine!"
"Oh Lord!" Cyrus held his forehead, "why are you both yelling so much!?"
Soren still held his jaw but his lips tugged upwards, "we thought you died on the floor."
"I was asleep!"
"On the floor?"
"…"
When Cyrus was about to answer, Marryanne opened the door. Soren must have forgotten to lock that at night. She had an annoyed expression on her face. She was joined by her two troublemakers, Ray and Jay.
"Why are all of you yelling here? it's not even that late in the morning!" Marryanne's one hand was on the door handkerchief the other one was lazily on her side.
Maelis, who had stopped crying and was rubbing her head like a cat against Cyrus's body, looked at Marryanne, "big bro Cyrus died on the floor."
"I said, I was SLEEPING!"
Marryanne's annoyed expression was replaced by curiosity as she completely ignored Cyrus, "died?" She looked at Maelis.
"Does dying on the floor make your forehead look like it has a tumour?" Ray noticed the slight swell on Cyrus's forehead.
Cyrus gritted his teeth.
"Even big bro Soren has a tumour. But it's on his chin." Jay noticed the swell on Soren's chin, "were you also dying on the floor?"
Soren busted out laughing, "No no, I was on the bed…"
Marryanne's annoyed expression was gone. Now she interrupted Soren, "Big bro, you need to tell me everything. It's hot gossip."
Cyrus wanted to die. He is embarrassed. Why did all these morons assume he was dead? Infuriating.
Soren grinned, "Maelis can tell you and she would be more enthusiastic about it."
Everyone looked at Marryanne who was rubbing herself against Cyrus's waist muttering happily, "Yay!" She still rubbed herself like a cat, "big bro is awake." She looked around and saw eyes on her.
She innocently looked around at everyone with her big doe eyes, "what?" She said as she stopped rubbing herself and observed the eyes around her.
Marryanne grinned because little Maelis may just tell her the hot gossip of today. And Cyrus knew he was about to be the face of a new rumour.
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Cyrus took a bite of his breakfast sandwich trying to ignore the giggles of the kids from around him. Marryanne, that little demon with the white boy that looks like horns was gossiping about morning. Probably enthusiastically.
"Big brother Cyrus did that?"
"This is the best morning news ever."
"Oh my God, Maelis smacked his forehead too, haha."
He sighed. He remembers the night he had dragged Soren back to bed while he was holding a sleepy Maelis in his arms. He remembers it like it was yesterday– because it really was yesterday. He slept on the ground because he didn't want to bother Maelis and squeezing on a tiny bed with Soren was a different kind of disaster he didn't want to deal with. But squeezing in with Soren would have been better than these rumours but then it would also solidify he fucking marriage rumour.
"Sunshine?" Soren scooted closer to Cyrus.
"What do you want?" Cyrus was already annoyed by the muttering.
"Do you want a…" Soren leaned down to Cyrus's ear, whispering, "you want a kissie on your little boo boo." Soren said, mimicking a sweet childlike voice.
Cyrus clenched his jaw. He wanted to throw his breakfast sandwich at Soren's stupid face, maybe that would ruin some of his handsomeness. But then again Cyrus doesn't want to waste food and he doesn't wanna cause a food fight.
"Fuck off…" Cyrus's voice had barely restrained rage as he gripped his sandwich hard trying not to throw it on Soren's face.
Fallon also scooted over to Cyrus, "hey sorry for interrupting but what do you think they school would do for new year this time?"
Cyrus was glad at the change of subject. He owed this red-headed fourteen year old for this, "if it's anything like the play we did at winter's eve. I'm not participating."
Soren thought, "it's probably gonna be the same. Stalls, foods, fireworks. The usual."
Fallon sighed, "wouldn't that be boring to do the same every year?"
Cyrus can finally eat his sandwich without Soren bothering him thanks to Fallon.
"Well, it depends." Soren smiled, "are you bored of it?"
Fallon shook his head.
"Then why bother. Let it happen how it has been happening every year." Soren took a spoonful of his food and shoved it past his lips.
"Oh by the way," Fallon smiled, "What were you two talking about?"
Cyrus froze. He looked at Soren with a warning glance.
Soren noticed the warning glance and he smirked. "We were talking about…"
"Soren, I'm gonna kill you." Cyrus whispered under his breath.
Soren ignored Cyrus, "He said he wants someone to kiss his boo boo he got in the morning."
Cyrus is fed up now, "Soren!" He looked at Soren.
"What?" Soren grinned like the fucking grinch he is, "I said if you wanted a kiss on your boo boo and you didn't deny it."
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" The entire cafeteria looked at the trio.
"Should I get Levi?" Fallon joined in the joke, "he could kiss Cyrus's boo boo. The only thing I have to do is to hold that child up so he could kiss Cyrus's boo boo."
Soren chuckled, "That would be nice, hahaha."
"FUCK BOTH OF YOU!!!!!"