16. The relationship between Celsius and Cora kept being a strange one, but after all these years, their strange attachment to each other, became the biggest interest in the both of them.

Backstory 4...

"Celsius is such a weird kid, I just saw him running around the house with his stupid bunny mask again, what's with that?" Victor says to Valencia as they stand in the kitchen together, leaning against their kitchen isle drinking hot chocolate.

Valencia continues her sip, then after swallowing she says, "It's just a weird hobby of his I guess, Victor."

"But. he was so into Final Destination 3 and he's obsessed with Girl, Interrupted, for a kid that's six, that's pretty strange, right?"

"Yeah, I guess, but we all watch them," she takes a sip again then continues saying, "but, it's Melodie that indorses it, she always tells him that it's apart of creativity of ones own being whenever it is something light that they take pleasure in."

"That doesn't require all weird hobbies, right?" Valencia looks over to the side facing away from Victor while drinking from her pink mug saying, "I don't know, but he always bothers Cora about it, no matter how many times we tell him to stop, he never listens, it's so weird."

Victor walks over to her, tapping her shoulder saying, "we'll find out." Then Valencia smiles at him as usual.

Then suddenly Arrow comes downstairs saying, "what are you looking at?" As they stare at him, looking mad and bothered as usual.

"Where are you going, it's eleven at night?" Arrow walks away before Victor can finish his sentence, "of course he just leaves."

Two Years Later...

All together for once in a lifetime, they all sit together and eat their dinner, then as they are eating, Melissa starts saying to them, "I know it's been a while since we've all eaten together, but let's at least have some connection at this table, please."

Arrow replies with, "connection you say? Does that actually exist somewhere in this house, is it in that so scary basement that we are not allowed in, hm?"

James quickly replies with, "that basement I have specifically set up for my job, which is to be kept only at my job, with help to build the city, and being apart of the LRX, I'm keeping secrets for the government, so, I forcefully have to hide stuff, not that I want to hide stuff from my family."

"Yeah, alright." They keep eating, until the awkwardness of the home builds up too much, like something is suffocating their food, or...More like an elephant in the room.

"So, how is the classes going?" Victor replies with, "what classes?" Melissa angrily smirks saying, "your sign language classes..." 

"Oh, yes, they're doing really good."

Victor says thank you in sign language, then he signals everyone does it too, causing Valencia to gracefully smile at him. 

"Aw, I see, I need more that that." Melissa says.

Victor then asks Melissa how she is doing and if she is alright, then they all do the same to each other.

Melissa nods her head, approving it. Then James does so too, saying, "good."

Then right after Cora pushes her hair to the side, grabbing her ear, as if somethings bothering her.

James looks at her saying, "Cora? What's wrong?" She starts saying in sign language that Celsius pulled her ear piece out of her ear, causing everyone to get up and look at it. 

"As always, Celsius." Astrid says, shaking her head, still eating her food in an sarcastic tone. 

"What? I left her alone this time, she's just asking for attention?" 

"Shelly, please treat Cora's ear for me." James says, ignoring Celsius. 

"Yes, come here Cora." She gestures.

Shelly takes Cora, and everyone looking at Celsius, he starts saying, "Oh come on, why would that she say this now?"

James tells Celsius to head to his room, with Melodie laughing at him as always, Maximus in his own world, Victor and Valencia only talking to each other, Astrid looking confused, and Arrow angry about it.

The next day, Celsius walks up towards his room, until he sees Cora enter her own room, which in this house, is everyone's own little universe. 

Celsius, with his bunny mask on, walks in Cora's room, slamming the door behind him. Cora turns around and sees Celsius's white mask, like a wicked bunny face on it. Cora walks towards him wondering what he is doing, but he just breathes heavily, leaning against the door, making Cora uncomfortable.

"Why did you tell them that, Cora, I told you that the scar on your left ear was an accident, and you went and made me the bad guy again, I can't have that..." He takes off his mask, revealing the young and devastated face of Celsius, trust me, it's not this serious, but this is just how Celsius gets.

He walks towards her, causing Cora to back away from him, so she tries to run for the door, but of course Celsius pushes her down, and starts attacking her, but her being strong as she is, she bite, kicks, and fights back, causing the two to wrestle on the floor. Celsius still manages to pin her to the ground, but luckily, Shelly rushes in and saves Cora, with Shelly pushing Celsius, saying, "and what do you think you are doing, get out of here now! Leave Cora alone! Got it?" 

"I was just trying to scare her, it's one of my ways of apologizing." 

"That is not how you apologize!" She yells at him while comforting Cora.

"No, she isn't your daughter you know, no matter how much you want her to be." He puts his mask back on, hiding his scratches and marks, then leaves to his room.

"Cora, are you okay?" Shelly kneels down with strong worried eyes, she hugs Cora and treats her scars, meanwhile Cora sits and does nothing to tell what happened or explain at all.