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Chapter 8.1: Moonlight
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Midnight Smiles Chapter 8.2: Moonlight
The first guy who called his name saw that Jake was trying to leave and rushed to block the way, pulling the headphones off his ears. "Why in such a hurry? We haven't seen you ever since you went mental back to school two years ago. Let's hang out."Jake looked the young man up and down and wondered how this guy could survive with a brain with so many holes. Yet on his face, there were no expressions. This wasn't the first time people who knew him from school stopped him in the middle of the street to make fun of him.Some of them were people who used to be his classmates, but most of them were people younger than him who just knew him because of Aiden.By his side, Kim was utterly dumbfounded by what she was witnessing. She heard the three guys call Jake mentally sick, but she wasn't sure why they would do so. He looked pretty normal to her... if she didn't count his weird taste in books.The more she heard the boys mock Jake, who happened to be her crush, the angrier she felt. After
Midnight Smiles Chapter 9.1: The mighty Aiden's fear
On his way home, Jake stopped by the veterinary to see if the little kitten was alright and to buy some food and other necessary things for it before finally arriving in front of his house.On the outside, he looked quite normal. He had a soft smile on his lips while looking down at the little Moonlight in his arms. He was holding the bag with the cat stuff and talking to the black kitten now and then in a gentle tone. What's more, Jake was truly very handsome. The picture of a handsome guy holding an adorable little kitten... needless to say, there were quite a few people who turned their heads to look at him while he was walking down the road.However, subconsciously, Jake had started to scratch his wrists. He hadn't even noticed that he was doing it. Even the thoughts in his head were like faint ghosts who appeared to only whisper a few things in his ears before disappearing like their main goal was to slowly stir him up without him noticing.The entire way back home, Jake was focus
Midnight Smiles Chapter 9.2: The mighty Aiden's fear
A.N.: ⚠ trigger warning ⚠This chapter contains some self-harm scenes that may make you feel uncomfortable. They're not that serious, but just to be on the safe side and avoid any casualties.It seems that Jake finally had had enough. Even though he still wasn't willing to say anything or raise his fists, he had his passive-aggressive way of taking revenge.Seeing and understanding all this, Mathew didn't know how to feel.Does that mean that he's truly getting better? That he's finally willing to stand up for himself?But they're fighting! Both his sons are fighting!And the younger one is almost pissing himself because of a kitten!Mathew finally decided to intervene. He pushed Jake away from the subtly trembling Aiden that was yelling to the point his throat was almost tearing apart. Then he turned to Aiden with a serious look that left no room for discussion. "Tomorrow I will take you to see a therapist."In comparison to paling in front of the kitten, Aiden almost turned blue when
Midnight Smiles Chapter 10.1: It's already too late
The doctor said that Jake fainted due to the stimulation, the shock of seeing blood as well as the fact that his body was weak at hell due to the lack of food and sleep and it couldn't handle all that vomiting. His body basically just shut down, not wanting to deal with this shit anymore.After that, since he's a grown-ass man, the doctor scolded him for half an hour to take care of his body. Sitting on the side, Mathew just listened to the doctor scolding him more than he has scolded Jake in his life and thought that maybe he should be a stricter father. It was time to go back to those days when he had to force baby Jake to eat or he would starve.After the doctor was done, Jake could finally let a sigh out and weakly turned to his father. "Can we leave now?"Mathew looked at him without saying anything at first as if he was deep in thoughts. After a full minute of staring at Jake's face which was gradually getting more and more confused, Mathew finally decided to talk. "You have to p
Midnight Smiles Chapter 10.2: It's already too late
Two hours later, when Jeremy entered the house as if it was his own, with Leah in his arms, and Moonlight in Leah's arms, the scene that greeted him, made him stop dead on his tracks, mouth slightly opened in shock. "What the..." Both father and son were yelling at each other and at a black pot that was smoking like it was a volcano. The smoke had filled the entire kitchen, triggering the fire detector that was making a deafening noise. Maybe it was because the fire detector was older than Mathew or maybe it just was unable to deal with these two idiots' bullshit, but the alarm sounded like it was dying from depression. The counter had oil dropping down it, knives, and brutally chopped vegetables everywhere and the number of pots and pans on it and in the sink was enough to make a mountain. "Daddy, why are Jay and his grandma destroying the kitchen?" Leah's voice rang in Jeremy's ear. "I want to know the reason why too, sweetie." His brows were furrowed and his lips were pressed ti
Midnight Smiles Chapter 10.3: It's already too late
Jake felt as if he had been hit by a brick and a sudden wave of suffocating feelings drowned him. He thought he better not get too attached because he knew one day this would happen, but he never thought that it was already too late for it. He felt so hopeless, drowning... his heart felt heavy... remembering the way Aiden and his friends had seen him yesterday, the look in their eyes, the disgust in their faces, and imagining Ryder seeing him like that... Jake felt like crying. His hand subconsciously went to his wrist and scratched the bandage over it. He was choking in tears that didn't dare to come out. "How..." Jake forced out a word before his voice broke and he couldn't say the next one. He was scared to ask. Did she hate him? Did she feel disgusted by him? Seeing him not saying anything, Ryder was having second thoughts. "I recognized you by your voice." Her voice softened and guilt filled her eyes. Damn it. Where is this guilt coming from? "I..." Jake didn't know what to s
Midnight Smiles Chapter 11.1: The glass bottle
At two in the morning, Mathew woke up for he heard some strange noises coming from downstairs. His body tensed and his eyes searched in the darkness for something hard. After failing to find this said hard thing, he gave up on searching and just grabbed the lamp by his bed.A thief!It was pretty obvious that he hadn't fully woken up, because if he had, he would know that there was no thief, but just his dumbass son who has insomnia!But Mathew failed to remember this.Walking slowly so the thief wouldn't hear him, Mathew went downstairs, the lamp being held in his hands as if it was a bat.Who dares to break into my house! Just wait, you brat!The noises were coming from the kitchen. Seeing this, it was about time to realize that it wasn't a thief because no thief would break into a house and go for the kitchen and open the fridge. But Mathew once again didn't realize this. All he was thinking about was "Catch the thief! Hit the thief! I'm going to be a hero!". He was so immersed in
Midnight Smiles Chapter 11.2: The glass bottle
Jake grinned and picked up his things and sat at the same table as Nina. He placed the laptop on the table, sat opposite her, and without looking away from the laptop's screen he asked her. "Are you looking for Jeremy?"Nina hadn't noticed at all when this dude showed up, even less when he sat down opposite her. Hearing his question she was taken by surprise and let out a scream."Where did you come from?"Jake pointed at the table he was previously sitting in, his eyes still glued to the screen. "From there."Nina almost choked from anger. "Who are you?"Jake looked at Nina for a second before continuing typing on his laptop. "Leah's favorite person." He replied with a smirk on his face.I must make things clear here. This girl can't take my position from Leah's heart.Hearing Leah's name, Nina calmed down immediately and leaned closer to Jake. "You know Jeremy?" Her eyes were sparkling as if she had found a valuable thing to squeeze information from."Mhmm." Jake hummed.Seems like
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