The woman at the door raised one of her eyebrows, now leaning on the doorway prepared for this to become a long discussion.
"We weren't doing anything. Calm down, Yuri." Odysseus interjected quickly before Quentin could come up with a counter, which got a laugh out of the woman who must be Yuri.
"Not an excuse for not picking up my calls though, asshole." She elbows his chest, while Quentin awkwardly watched them bicker he took a note of Yuri's face, it was similarly fox-ish to Odysseus and they shared a slender nose. Were they siblings? Maybe cousins, zey couldn't imagine anyone naming one of their children Yuri and the other Odysseus.
He watched their conversation go nowhere for a few minutes, Yuri constantly questioning him and what he was doing while Odysseus gave vague responses and tried to push her away. Should he say something?
"Soooo... are you two related?"
Yuri immediately turned her head from Odysseus to him, not breaking her cold and judging expression, in fact, she squinted one side of her face upon remembering Quentin was there. He froze, half-scared, and half-flustered by the pretty girl looking at him. She lowered her head toward her shoulder, nearly hitting Odysseus who jumped back with trauma reflexes.
"Yeah. I'm his older sister." She stopped leaning on the doorway to look him directly face to face, which made him begin to sweat. "Why was Kaihou at your house yesterday? When did you meet? Do you have a stable life that I can be comfortable sharing with our father if he ever wants to introduce you to the rest of my family?"
"I- uh- haaaaaaaa..." Quentin's mind was spiraling.
THIS MOTHERFUCKER'S NAME IS KAIHOU? NOT ONLY DID HE LIE ABOUT HIS NAME TO ME BUT HE TOLD ME THE FUCKING UGLIEST NAME EVER. ODYSSEUS? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? WHAT A PISSY BITCH? YOU STAY AT MY FUCKING HOUSE AND YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL ME YOUR ACTUAL NAME WHILE YOU PARADE SHIRTLESS? I COULDN'T FUCKING SLEEP ALL NIGHT BECAUSE YOU WERE BLEEDING AND YOU GAVE ME THE NAME OF A STUPID ROMAN GENERAL WHO PROBABLY SCRUBBED HIS ASS WITH A SPONGE ON A STICK AND BATHED IN PISS? ĐỊT CON MẸ MÀY! NHỮNG CON CHÓ CHỈ BIẾT CÁCH SỬ DỤNG ĐỒ ĐẠC CỦA NGƯỜI KHÁC! TÔI PHẢI ĐỨNG NGAY CHỊ CỦA ANH VÀ KHÔNG BAO GIỜ BIẾT TÊN THỰC SỰ CỦA ANH? TÔI MUỐN GIẾT CHÍNH MÌNH.
"Stop." Kaihou grabbed Quentin's hand and dragged him around Yuri so he'd be closer to him.
Yuri chuckled. "Cute, you have a little nerd boyfriend." It seems her looking so angry was only teasing. "I still need answers before either of you want to come in, though."
"Oh! No, I'll- just leave now, I have to meet my friend for something anyway." Lily would only need him in three hours, but he took the excuse to escape the awkward tension.
"Cya, I'll just interrogate Kaihou then."
Zey paused, facing the elevator. Did he really trust Kaihou to answer all of Yuri's questions? No. He was just there, he shouldn't get himself involved in whatever they're doing, that's their business. He could just disappear from life and nothing would happen. But-
The elevator finally opened, and he stepped in without another word, looking down as to not see whether the other two were looking at him.
Yuri and Kaihou looked at his head until the elevator door closed, then she turned back to face him.
"Did you finish business with them?"
He didn't look away from the elevator until she spoke. "Nah, I was just gonna take it from them anyway but the big guard saw me taking pictures on my way out."
"You got away?"
"Duh, I'm here right now."
Yuri looked back at the elevator door. "Did he help you?"
Kaihou answered quickly, "Dad? No, he'd kill me if he saw that I did that."
"Not him, him." She gestured towards the elevator with her eyes.
"...what?"
His sister groaned, letting him process it. Kaihou tried to connect the thoughts in his head. "Uh... OOOH. Yeah, that's why he came with me here."
Yuri smiled, walking back inside. "Too bad you scared him off, he was kind of cute."
He followed her through the door, pausing to look back at the elevator and then opening his phone. At least he had his number, he'd just need a good enough excuse to call him again.
A sound came from the dining room, making Yuri turn her head to respond with a "HUH?"
Her hair whipped with her, smacking Kaihou in the face.
IN THE YEAR 2061, QUY "QUENTIN" NGHIEM FINDS HIMSELF SETTING SAILS FOR THE EVER-REGROWING UNITED STATES. WHERE HE'LL END UP IS A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH CRIME RATE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS, SAN FLORECER.
ON A FAITHFUL NIGHT, THE BOY TIES HIMSELF INTO THE CITY'S WORLD OF UNDERGROUND CRIME HELPING THE SEEMINGLY INNOCENT ODYSSEUS ESCAPE, WHO JUST TURNS OUT TO BE THE NEXT-IN-LINE OF THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE ORDER OF CRIMSON LOTUS. WHEN TENSIONS RISE, QUENTIN, EVER THE ESCAPIST, WOULD RESENT THE CHAINS HELD UPON HIM FOR COMMON COURTESY. WILL THIS CONNECTION BE WHAT SCORNS THEM BOTH, OR WILL IT BE WHAT DESTROYS SAN FLORECER'S DEVIOUS NETWORKS FOR GOOD?
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