One Roof With Five Hot Jerks

Maxine’s Point of View

I grabbed my head as I forced myself to get up from lying down. I kept my eyes closed, when I sat down that’s when I opened my eyes. When I opened my eyes, I saw five monkeys sitting in front of my bed and staring at me. Wait! It seems to have already happened, doesn’t it? This is the third time I’m seeing this scenario, but the only difference is that they are carrying different foods. Yes, all of them, but of course except Alyn. He just sat there like a boss and focused his attention on his phone.

What else is he doing here when he’s busy with his cellphone? He can come out, I don’t need his mercy, after all, he’s the reason why Ferries is so mad at me even though I’m not doing anything.

But seriously? Why are they holding fruits and porridge? I’m not in the hospital.

I even looked around to make sure I wasn’t in the hospital. I breathed a sigh of relief when I confirmed that we were not in the hospital.

“Are you okay?” Louis got up from his seat and approached me with soup.

“Get well, Missy,” Sid said then approached me and handed me the bouquet of flowers, “I will teach you how to fight back so that you are not always oppressed- ouch!” He carries the part of his arm that Byron had slapped, then he glared at Byron.

“Shut your mouth,” Byron whispered to Sid.

“Why? I’m just telling the truth, look at her,” Sid said while pointing at me, “She’s full of bruises and wounds.”

“Probably, idiot!” Giles stood up and hit Sid on the head, “Do you think Yanny can fight those women? You see, there are a lot of them and then there are fat ones.”

“Let it go,” Byron tapped Giles shoulder, “It’s really like that when you’re in the lower section; the brain is weak.”

Sid’s eyes widened at what his cousin said and immediately commented there, “Wow! You’re in the lower section too, maybe you forgot, bro!”

Because of what Sid said, we laughed except for Alyn who was still focused on her cellphone.

“Oh,” Giles handed me a basket of fruit, “Eat it all if you need someone to peel the rest of it, just call for me.”

“Don’t bother, I will stay by her side,” then Byron winked at me.

The heck is wrong with these guys? Why are they being nice to me all of a sudden? Well, whatever. It would be better for us to be like this than to quarrel. Whatever they ate today, so they became like this to me, I hope they eat it every day so that their treatment of me will not change.

“That’s enough, don’t add to Wendy’s headache,” Louis entered the conversation.

“All right, just, Yanny, eat all that. You really need to eat it all!” Giles said while looking at the basket that I just landed on my side table.

I don’t know if they ate something bad, or they just felt sorry for my condition, so their hearts suddenly softened. Then next time when I’m okay again we’ll all go back to normal. The messy one, endless fighting back, or ignore each other again.

If that’s the case, I’ll just want to stay here today. Whether they are sincere or not in what they are doing to me today, my heart is still happy. It feels good when you know someone will care for you. I am glad because I have now experienced that someone is concerned about me. So, I hope this day never ends.

I nodded in response, “Yes, thank you.” I said, then smiled.

“Mine, that’s not edible,” Sid pointed to the bouquet I was holding, “Missy, you might eat it.”

Sid received another slap on the arm from Byron, “Stupid! She has a brain unlike you, your brain was on your foot!”

I just smiled at them. Sid was just carries his arm while Byron stepped forward and handed me a box, “Just eat that when you feel like eating sweets. I baked cookies for you.”

“Woah,” my gaze shifted to the box he handed me. I looked at it for a moment before looking back at Byron, “Thank you!”

Byron’s eyebrows went up and down as a wide smile etched on his lips, “As long as it’s you, Tardy,”

“Corny! Come on, we’ll still play!” And Sid pulled Byron out of my room. Giles followed them. The only ones left in the room were me, Alyn and Louis.

What else is Alyn doing here? He will not give me anything like his cousins. And what’s on his phone? He has been focusing there for a while, as far as I know he doesn’t like to hold a phone. Or maybe he’s talking to Ferries, so he can’t let it go?

“Eat this soup, okay? You need this and this…” Louis handed me the medicine, “… you need that too.”

I nodded and smiled, “Uh-hmm, thank you.”

He also smiled at me, I would have melted in his smile if he hadn’t just turned in Alyn’s direction. He stared at it for a while, so I looked to see where Alyn was. And there he’s still busy on his phone.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Aren’t you coming out yet, Alyn?” Louis asked.

Finally! I wanted to ask that since earlier. And I also want to ask what’s on the phone. But, wait. Why do I care if Alyn is so focused there? Right, I don’t care. I didn’t care, even if he looked there all night.

We seemed to get Alyn’s attention because he turned to us, “Why? Are you going to do something that other people shouldn’t see?”

My eyes widened at what he said, and I felt the gradual warming of my cheek. Argh! Is Alyn crazy? Just what was coming out of his mouth!

“Nope. It’s not like that, I just noticed that you’ve been looking at your phone since a while ago, ” Louis replied. I thought I was the only one who noticed that, thank goodness, I wasn’t the only one. “Is there a problem?” Louis asked.

“Nothing,” then Alyn hid his phone in his pocket, “How about you? Aren’t you going to go out yet?”

Louis turned to me and gave me a small smile. He held my hand before he spoke, “I’ll go out first. Just call me if you need anything, okay?” I just nodded at what he said, “Get well, you can’t just be there in bed.” He then messed up my hair.

“I’ll get better even if you don’t tell me because I’m still studying,” I replied.

He just nodded and laughed at my answer. After a while, he said goodbye and went out. Alyn followed him, and before he finally left, he looked at me. Tsk. What do you think that is for? He didn’t even give me anything, tsk, unlike his cousins they gave me something! ! Argh! Suddenly, I was mad again. He had nothing to do in my room except looking at his phone, so why did he stay until Louis left?

If Alyn wasn’t in my room at first, maybe Louis would still be with me and we still talking to each other. Annoying!

Tsk. I’ve been in a good mood just a while ago, and now it suddenly changed because of Alyn who always has a serious face. Sigh, I don’t want to think about that man anymore, I’d better just think of Louis because I feel better every time I think of Louis. Gosh. I then remembered Louis’ smile on me earlier. The sweetness of his smile and he is so handsome! Unlike Alyn who is always frowning and always has a dark aura. Tsk!