''What are you doing?!"
Leila shouted as she stood up from the coach and strode up to ethan who had just finished bringing down all his luggage, If he had just been a little more careful he wouldn't have to listen to all the noise that was about to be made, he cursed himself for being careless! but who could blame him for feeling excited, he was finally being liberated from a major problem in his life.
Dan followed leila and stood infront of ethan expression unreadable but unlike him leila stood there with an air of arrogance on her face as she scoffed glancing at his luggage ''Where are you going?'' She asked crossing her arms infront of her chest and continued ''Going on a trip?" She said sarcastically ''Haa, sure, think what you want to'' he said not bothering to explain further, as much as he wanted to brag about him leaving he didn't dare say it out loud for fear of how those two siblings would react, especially Dan. ''Ethan, what are you doing?" Dan asked voice laced with agitation and something like frustration. Ethan just ignored him pulling his luggage out the door he had already called a taxi, he didnt want to use the car that the kims had bought for him, because that same car had been the catalsyt of leila's jeoulsy. And ever since then she had haboured a silent animosity towards him, infront of him she would smile but be the first to talk bad about him behind his back, dragging his name in the mud. The two siblings had now figured out that ethan was leaving, they looked at each other perplexed as they observed his cold attitude towards then. Leila just laughed as they followed him to the road side ''What the hell?!, Is this how you treat us after all this time?, I knew it! You were just using us! leeching off our family like a damn pest and now that things are looking messy for us you want to leave?" But ethan didn't pay attention to her and just dragged his things outside, he didnt want to waste his energy dealing with her, he would deal with each of them when the time came and right now wasn't that time.
''You can't even look at us or tell us where your going? Don't you know we're all you have?!" He paused and glanced at her with cold eyes that made her immediately shut up, Yes they were his only family who he gave all that he had to and was ultimately left with nothing, so yes they were all he had. He inhaled to calm himself and replied ''Do you think that I'm some kind of fool? that'll happily stay in a house were I'm not wanted?, I'd rather stay on the streets than stay with a bunch of sick people'' .
He put his luggage into the taxi and stepped inside telling the man to drive off without a second thought. Through the side mirror he could see leila shouting her lungs out. He scoffed, he knew why she was so against him leaving and it sure wasn't a sweet reason.
Right around this time she would open an OF account with his picture using it to frame him of being a whore. This is where the active bullying began, after his aunt passed the account would get leaked to the school and cause a stirr among everyone, even if the account had no videos or pictures yet people would make their assumptions and judge him, some would mock him openly and other creeps would send the account messages hoping for a hook up.
He closed his eyes and inhaled trying to stabilise himself, he was feeling abit nauseous because he still hadn't found a way of avoiding that and by the looks of it the disaster would happen sooner or later, with the way leila looked, he was sure that her animosity towards him had reached its pinnacle. And she'd strict him soon.
They drove into an area with lavish houses and beautiful sceneries, the area was quiet and serene caring a comfortable atmosphere setting his mind at peace but filling him with surrow at the same time. They finally arrived at a very big modern themed mansion, he paid the driver and took his things out. He paused before entering, placing his hand on the gate first and muttering a prayer to himself. This was the first time he ever came to this place in five years, after the accident he didn't want to acknowledge that their presence was gone, so he stayed in the kims house, treating it like a very long holiday. After a few breaths he pushed the gate open and entered the yard, he walked slowly to the front door, observing the yard, he used the keys to unlock it. It was exactly the same as he remembered expect that it felt empty, with no sign of any warm. He walked through the house, checking everything and reminising on his childhood. He was an adventurous kid always smiling and clinging to his mother, strangly he didn't remember most of his childhood. He was already familiar with the outline of the house and soon found his way to the second largest room and quickly set up his things, he didn't want to take his parents room which was the largest because he wanted to preserved their memory so he left it alone, the room was clean and only needed new beddings so he just put his suitcases into the walk in closet and changed the beddings with new ones that were surprisingly fresh. After some time he felt hungry and realised it was past lunch time, he went to the fridge and found it empty ''Of course it's empty''
He then grabbed his hoodie and phone before stepping out, he decided that he would eat out and go grocery shopping afterwards, he wasnt a great cook but could wip up something to sustain himself, but he couldn't do that right now and had to eat out.
He reached at a fast food restaurant and ordered his meal before taking a sit. He checked his balance on his phone and was in the middle of budgeting when he heard a familiar voice ''Ethan?"