Chapter 5: Bad Morning
RING! RING!
Ziro opened his eyes after hearing his alarm go off. He stayed on the bed and looked at the window to see it was already morning.
Confused, he sat up on the bed as he felt his body getting ripped from inside. "Argh!"
He touched his head only to find he was still wearing his VR headset. He tried to recall what happened after he logged out of the game, but everything inside his mind was blank.
'I never woke up after logging out from the game?' Ziro wondered as he took off the helmet and placed his feet on the floor.
"What time is it? I think I heard the alarm go off." Ziro grabbed the phone from the table and checked the time.
"It's past 8 AM! Why didn't mom wake me up?"
Ziro threw his phone on the bed and took out a small device from his ear. "I wore it for the entire night." He said, "Lily, at least you should have woken me up."
Ziro patiently waited for Lily's reply, but he was only met with silence.
"Lily, can you hear me?"
Still, there was no answer.
Ziro turned on his laptop and placed the device on the plate beside it.
"Is it because I wore the VR headset over it?" The only reason Ziro kept it inside his ear was that he was going to log out after a few hours, but much to his surprise, he never woke up.
Ziro opened Lily's data and found some files were missing, and the rest were corrupted.
"How did this happen?" Ziro wondered.
"Talk about a bad morning," After pondering for a while, he groaned, "I will just check it later in the school."
He packed his school bag, rushed to his closet to take out his school uniform. His closet was bigger than two rooms combined and he used it as a storeroom rather than a closet.
After grabbing his clothes he then dashed downstairs. He threw his clothes on the sofa of the living room and went to the kitchen, hoping he would find Angelica there, but it was empty.
Ziro then walked to Angelica's room and knocked on the door, but no one responded. He turned the knob and opened the door as he said, "I am coming in."
Ziro found Angelica still sleeping on the bed, and she was wearing the bathrobe from last night. He walked to the bed and shook Angelica, "Mom, it's morning. Wake up."
Angelica slowly opened her eyes and looked at Ziro, "Drake?"
"No, dad is not as handsome as me," Ziro remarked.
Angelica got up from the bed and stretched her hands in the air as she yawned, "Drake is not back yet?"
"I didn't see him, so probably not."
"What time is it? I had a day off, so I didn't set my alarm today." She said as she checked her phone. "Hmm?"
"What's wrong?"
Angelica turned her phone at Ziro and spoke, "I missed 19 calls from Drake. He had been calling me every 15 minutes, and the last call was… 10 minutes ago."
"He must be coming back or something." Ziro walked out of the room before saying, "I will take a bath and go to school."
"What about breakfast?" Angelica asked from the room.
"I am meeting Alina, so I will drop by at some cafe with her!" Ziro yelled as he entered the bathroom.
Ziro turned on the shower and tried to recall everything again, but the only thing he could remember was login into the game and meet Alina.
As he was pondering, he heard tires screeching from outside and then the sound of the front door opening.
"Looks like dad is finally here." Ziro turned off the shower and hopped into the bathtub— which was about the size enough for seven people to bathe at once.
He was planning to leave right after the shower, but he decided to stay inside since Drake was home. He knew Angelica and drake would most likely fight, and he didn't want to interrupt their lovely fight.
After about 10 minutes, Ziro went outside the bathroom wearing his school uniform only to find his parents waiting for him in the living room. They were wearing formal clothes, and there were three suitcases beside them.
Ziro stopped as he saw them and made a face like he wanted to run away. "Uhh… don't tell me you guys are having a divorce?"
That was the first thing that came to Ziro's mind.
"No, we aren't. Why would you even think that?" Drake remarked as he tossed something at Ziro.
Ziro caught it and looked closely to check what it was, "A keychain? What's this for?"
"I don't know," Drake shrugged his shoulders and turned around, "It might be helpful to you in the future."
Ziro stared at Drake and Angelica with a confused look on his face; he had no idea what was going on. "What?"
"Your mom and I—" Drake was about to say something, but Angelica interrupted him.
"Wait! Let me tell him." Angelica said.
Ziro carefully looked at Angelica, thinking she was going to say something serious. "Your dad and I are going on a honeymoon."
Ziro turned pale after hearing that and started walking towards the stairs.
"You are not going to say something?" Drake asserted.
Ziro turned around and looked at Drake, "What do you want me to say?"
"I don't know. Maybe a "Good luck' or something?"
"How long is this honeymoon of yours?" Ziro groaned.
"We will be back after one month," Drake replied nonchalantly.
"That's a long-ass honeymoon considering your age," Ziro commented.
"Do you want to come with us?" Angelica asked.
Drake glanced at Ziro with a tense look on his face, seemingly waiting for Ziro's answer, "Just go already."
"Take care of the house!"
"I will bring Alina over if I get a chance; who knows, maybe you will get to hear 'You are going to become grandparents soon'— just kidding." he laughed.
He wasn't actually kidding.
"Make sure to wake up early every day. And don't forget to eat!" Angelica reminded him.
Ziro nodded and started walking up the stairs as he said, "Be careful; I don't want any siblings at this age."
"Don't encourage us." They left the house.
A while later, Ziro rushed down the stairs with his school bag and walked out of the house. He took out his phone and opened an app.
The app asked him to type the password and scan his face. After doing that, Ziro pressed on the button 'Lock all systems'.
It was a home security app that Ziro made by himself.
"It's already past 9 AM. I guess I will have to skip breakfast."
After 20 minutes, Ziro reached Alina's house. He opened the front gate and banged his fist on the front door even though there was a doorbell right beside the door.
"You will break the door!" Alina yelled before opening the door.
"That's what I was trying to do," Ziro grinned as he hugged Alina.
"You are late; What were you doing?" Alina asked as she walked out and closed the front door.
"I was doing something very important," Ziro answered with a serious look on his face.
"Studying?" Alina guessed.
"No, something more important than that."
"Sleeping?"
"No, though you are not wrong, but that's not why I am late."
Alina pondered for a while and said, "Eating?"
"No," Ziro's face palmed himself and sighed. "I forgot those things are important to you."
"What were you doing? I am curious," Alina blocked Ziro's way.
Ziro brought her face close to Alina's ear and whispered, "I was thinking about you."
Alina's face flushed as she started fidgeting after hearing that.
"In the bathroom," he added, and he was telling the truth.
"What?" Alina asked with an emotionless voice.
"I was thinking about you in the bathroom," Ziro repeated.
"Wait.. you mean you were…" Alina couldn't finish that sentence and started stammering.
"I was fapping while thinking about you," Ziro admitted nonchalantly.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to do that!" Alina hissed with her red face.
"Come on; I know you do it too," Ziro teased. "I can even do it in front of you right now."
He wasn't kidding.
Alina glared at Ziro as she gritted her teeth. Her face was flushed, and she was trying her best to calm down, but she couldn't.
She swung her fist at Ziro, but he dodged it easily. She swung her fist again, but he dodged again and grabbed Alina from behind.
"Let go!" Alina tried to break free from Ziro's grip.
"If you go physical," Ziro groped Alina's breasts and squeezed them, "Then I go physical too."
Suddenly, Alina stopped struggling, and after a short while, Ziro felt something on his crotch. He looked down to see Alina was touching him.
"Hey, hey. Are we really doing it? Is this finally happening?" Ziro asked excitedly, only to feel his heartbeat skip a second later.
"Let me go, or I will crush your nuts." Alina threatened.
Ziro gulped down as he slowly said in a calm voice, "You first, please."
"No! You first!"
"You don't understand. That place is very delicate, and if you do something by mistake, you will kill our children."
Alina reluctantly let go of Ziro. "Now, your turn."
As soon as Ziro let go of Alina, Alina turned back and swung her fist— but Ziro had already passed through the front gate.
"You should stop punching your boyfriend! It's not cool, you know?!" Ziro commented.
Alina dashed at Ziro while yelling, "You are not my boyfriend!"
Ziro grabbed Alina and pushed her to the wall then said, "Then that's even worse."
Alina bumped her head on Ziro's chest and uttered, "Stop teasing me in the morning."
Ziro grabbed Alina's chin and tried to kiss her— but Alina turned around and pushed him against the wall.
She glared at him with pure hate and rage in her eyes, "Who are you? And Where is my Ziro?"
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