20: Silent treatment?

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I woke up by the sound of a heavy snoring

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I woke up by the sound of a heavy snoring. I shifted my gaze down to see all of my brothers sleeping in my room. Chev and Kritton are in my bed while Bowry is in the couch. The twins are in the floor with their blankets and Kieran is sleeping in my desk chair.

I moved a bit to wake Kieran. He's probably uncomfortable with it. I slowly got up and walked towards him.

"Kie, you can sleep on my bed." I poked his shoulder twice. He groaned in response a d looked directly at my eyes.

"I'm sorry Baby, I got lost track of time. I'm so sorry." He hugged me as I shivered a little since his cold skin touched mine.

"You have a high fever Ky, are you okay? Should we go to a hospital?" He asked as he cupped my face.

"It's okay, I'm fine." I said.

"Are you hungry Ky?" He said as he stretched his back. I can see he wasn't very comfortable, specially his back.

"I'm not hungry." I shook my head making him frown a little.

"How are you feeling Little potato?" Chev asked and kissed my forehead.

"Better." I smiled at him.

They all got up and went to there rooms to finish their sleeps. I plopped down my bed.

Do they believe me now? I lay on my back to face the ceiling. They're acting weird today. Is it because I'm  sick? I sighed as tears began rolling from my eyes.

"Why am I crying? Why do I cry easily?" I wiped the tears that fell from my eyes.

I tried holding it in but I cried it out.

"Sometimes you need to cry it out even though you don't know the reason. Crying doesn't mean you're weak, it's because you've been strong for too long. Even glowsticks has to break in order to glow. " A deep voice came from the door way.

I shifted my gaze where the voice was to see Grandpa. I stood up and immediately engulfed him into a hug.

"I missed you grandpa." I cried in his chest.

"Hey there little one, It's alright to not be fine. Let it all out Ky." He said as he caressed my hair.

"It's just I'm overwhelmed... maybe. I don't know why I said overwhelming, but I'm just, I don't know. Maybe it-" I ranted but was cut off by him.

"It's okay. I came here because your brothers told me you're not eating. Your grandma is here too." He broke the hug.

"I'm not hungry grandpa." And just as I said that my stomach grumbled

"Are you sure because I think I heard a stomach grumbled just now ." Grandpa laughed.

"I am hungry." I said as I heard grandpa chuckled lightly.

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