I’m Not Crazy; Just Hungry

” Ethan! you better get down here, right now! ”

A beautiful yet angry voice echoed in the living room from Ethans Mother calling him to eat. Her name is Clara Yeshua, she has already prepared dinner, and one of her two sons is already eating, but Ethan still locked himself inside his room.

” ETHAN HENDRIX! Don you dare make me repeat my words! ” Clara dropped his full name as she stomp her foot.

Immediately, the door of Ethans room opened with a bang, revealing a 16 years old boy with messy golden-like hair and tired pair of golden eyes that are almost isn going to be able to hold on any longer, sooner or later, they will close and hell sleep deeply.

He walks from the hallway to downstairs, as soon as hes near her mother, he got a smack on the back of his head.

” Eat! ” Clara said, instead of a tone of an invite, it was a tone of an order. Her worries was changed to anger.

” Im going to visit dad. ” Ethan said rather than sitting on one of the chairs to eat the appetizing foods served on the table.

Clara was stunned but she agreed for the sake of his son to finally eat.

” . . .Alright ”

” Thanks ”

With that, they went to the dining room and sit. Clara and her son are eating quietly, they
e very quiet, the atmosphere should be peaceful and awkward, but the atmosphere seemed to be chaotic somehow.

” How was school? ” Clara asked her sons to break the silence. Ethan and his 15 years old younger brother Blake just arrived home a couple of minutes ago which explains why Blake is still wearing his school uniform. Blake, possessing pure white hair and silver eyes, completely different from Ethan but completely alike to Clara.

”Hmmm, Great! ”

”. . .tiresome ”

Both answered.

” Oh, and why is school so tiresome, Mr. Ethan? ” Clara asked.

” Just because ” Ethan answered.

” Shouldn you get over her already? Shes already dead. ” Blake said bluntly without looking at Ethans eyes staring at him with despise, putting a spoonful of rice to his mouth, as if he feels nothing about Ethans chilly glares.

Ethan sighed, he stood up and said: ” Im full, Im going to jai l ” even though he didn eat a single grain.

” You can , it depends on your crime whether youll be jailed. And since you
e only 16 youll only be sent to juvenile jail, you need to wait for 2 more years to be jailed ” Blake explained, though its a misunderstanding. . . for now.

”Wait, you said youll go tomorrow ” Clara said, its dangerous at night because there have been rumors going around that kids from 10 to 18 years old are getting kidnapped, and soon their corpses are found chopped and was divided and placed in four main tourist spots in their city.

” Clara, you misunderstood, I said Im going to dad. Also, Blake, please stop, stop showing off like a spoiled brat, learn some common sense first before talking to me again. ” Ethan said, blatantly giving both his mother and brother a dissing stare. he was about to walk away when. . .

” You
e not going anywhere! ” Clara shouted as she stood up, pausing Ethan from walking towards the door to leave. ”Youll be cleaning the dishes today ” she said firmly.

” Why did you hire the maids for? ” Ethan asked, making the maids that are lined up in the corner of the room next to them scared.

”That. . . ” Clara doesn know what to excuse. Even if she tell him that shes ordering him to do the dishes because she doesn want him to leave, Hell leave without a second thought. . . again.

” They are hired to watch a certain spoiled young master do the cleaning of the dishes ” Blake answered on his mothers behalf with a sly smile, also not letting him go somewhere.

” . . . ”

Ethan walks toward the line of maids and stands in the last line. He closed his eyes and lean against the wall, waiting for his mother and brother to finish eating so that he can clean the dishes and finally leave the house to go to his father who was jailed for life for a piece of advice.

Clara and Blake took that opportunity to eat very, very slowly. If they don want to live in a peaceful city, the only solution is to split those two.

Two hours later, Clara and Blake finally finished eating. Ethan has also fallen asleep on the cold marble floor.

Clara smiled warmly at the sight of her sons peaceful sleeping face, she approached Ethan and sat next to him then put Ethans head to her lap before stroking her sons messy hair. Another warm smile appeared in her beautiful feature.

You used to be so smiley and energetic, you always say ”I love you ” to me every day even though sometimes its becoming annoying, you were sensitive enough to every little things to know tha