(Your POV)

  It was about a week after my day with Garroth. We did it a couple more times through the week, and it was great! We're starting to become best friends, I'm so excited! However, today I was having a girl's day with Aphmau, Katelyn, and Kawaii~Chan. Aphmau and Katelyn brought Kawaii~Chan and I to the house next to ours.

  "Uhm, A-Aphmau, where a-are we going?" I asked Aphmau.

  "Oh, please, call me Aph! And you'll see... mwehehe..." she responded... evilly? I don't know, it was kinda creepy the way she said that last part. I shuddered a bit. "Are you cold?" she asked, a bit concerned.

  "N-No, I'm fine, heh..." I assured her. She put her hands on her hips.

  "Y'know, it's hard to tell if you're telling the truth with you stuttering so much!" I looked down with a faint blush on my face.

  "S-Sorry..."

  "Oh, c'mon, loosen up, girl!" Aphma- I mean, Aph said happily.

  I looked up. "O-Okay, I'll try!" I said with a determined look in my eyes.

  "That's the spirit, (Y/N)!"

  "Hey, sorry to interrupt, but CAN WE GO INSIDE NOW?!" Katelyn yelled impatiently.

  "Yeah, let's go!" Aph yelled happily as she led us to the door. Katelyn knocked and it took a few moments before a tall, muscular, kinda old-looking man with light blue hair opened the door.

  "Hey, Sugar Pea!" the old guy greeted Katelyn. They look oddly similar...

  "Dad, I told you not to call me that!" Katelyn scolded the man, embarrassed.

  So that's why they look so similar!

  The man looked at me. "Sugar Pea, is this a new friend of yours?" he asked Katelyn without taking his eyes off of me.

  "Yes. Dad, this is (Y/N), (Y/N), this is my dad, Eric." Katelyn introduced us.

  Eric held out his hand for me to shake. "It's nice to meet you, (Y/N)!" he greeted happily.

  "I-It's..." I shyly brought my shaking arm in front of me and shook his hand. "I-It's n-nice t-to... m-meet you.. t-too..." I greeted him nervously. Once we were fone shaking hands I put my hands behind my back and looked down.

  Aphmau giggled. "Yeah, (Y/N) is a little shy, but you grow to love her!"

  "DID I HEAR MY MIJA?!" I hear a woman's voice say from inside. I looked back up. Then, I heard very fast footsteps from inside and then an older woman with a little lighter hair than Aph came and hugged her tightly.

  "M-Mom... can't... breathe..!" Aphmau managed to say during the breath-taking hug.

  "Oh, sorry, mija... heheh..." The woman let Aph go and then looked over to me. "Oh, Aphmau, is this another one of your friends?" she asked Aph without taking her eyes off of me.

  "Yes, she is! Her name is (Y/N)! (Y/N), this is my mom, Sylvana!"

  "Hello, (Y/N)!" Sylvana greeted me with a smile. JUST a smile. Phew...

  "H-H-Hello..." I replied.

  UGH, stop stuttering all the time!

  "Aww, aren't you the cutest thing! Oh, come in, come in! We can all get to know you more over lunch!" Sylvana grabbed my hand and ran inside.

  "S-Slow down..!" I managed to say as she let me to her roof... table.. thingy. There were a couple couches surrounding a small-ish table. Sylvana let go of my hand and I sat down on one of the couches. After a couple minutes, everyone was also on the couches, talking to each other... except for me. I just stared at the table, spacing out. Then, I smelled it.

  Heaven.

  Foooood~

  I snapped out of my trace and looked to the side to see Sylvana walking up with a platter of wrapped food things in one hand and a platter of lemonade in the other. To her left, Eric had a plate of these... pink cake-looking thingies. I stared at them.

  I don't know what those are, but I want to eat them.

  They placed the plates down and sat back down. Everyone started grabbing food, so I figured I could too and grabbed a wrapped thing and took a bite.

        OhmygoshthisisthemostamazingthinI'veevertastedAAAAAAAHHH!

  I finished it with a look of satisfaction on my face. I turned to Sylvana. "U-Um... M-Ms. Sylvana, ma'am, uh... w-what food i-is that?" I asked Aph's mom while pointing to the plate of the wrapped food thingies.

  "Oh, sweetie, those are tamales! Good, eh?" Sylvana asked with a smirk.

  "Y-Yes! Very!" I said happily. She looked proud. I then took a pink cake-looking... food thing.

  "Those are my famous Strawberry Puffs!" Eric said before I tasted it. I nodded in response and took a bite of the puff.

  Wow, these are great too! Not as good as the tamales, but still!

  I smiled and Eric could tell that I liked it. He smiled back. "So, (Y/N), what was life like before now?" Aph asked me.

  Oh Irene, this is the question that I was hoping no one would ask...

  "W-Well... I-I, um.. live in an a-apartment currently and.. it's k-kinda small, b-but I like it, I-I guess..." I explained shyly.

  "Well... what about in high school?" Aphmau pushed.

  "Um.. I-I didn't like high school... I was invisible to everyone, e-except the bad people... G-Gene and.. E-Ein were..." I started to tear up, but I looked down and covered my face with my hair. (Unless you have very short hair, then you just look down far enough that they can't see your eyes :3) I continued. "Not even Aaron noticed me. It was like... my own brother forgot I existed-"

  "Wait." Sylvana interupted. I barely looked up at her so she still couldn't see my watery eyes. "Your brother... is Aaron? As in... Aaron Lycan?" she asked me with a look of hatred in her eyes.

  "Y-Yes, why?" I responded, confused.

  "Oh. I have to go to the bathroom." she got up and started to walk back to the stairs, but before she reached them, she turned around and gave me a death glare. It was... terrifying. I immediately turned pale. She turned back around and walked down the stairs.

  "What was that about?" Kawaii~Chan asked, tilting her head.

  "I-I don't know... d-did I do something... w-wrong..?" I stuttered.

  Aphmau sighed and changed the subject. "So, (Y/N), why are you still wearing that jacket? It's really hot outside."

  "W-Well... Aaron gave it to me on my f-first day of high school, and I've w-worn it everyday since then..."

  "Aww that's sweet!" Then, Sylvana came back up with a cup in her hand. I sniffed the air. Coffee? Huh, weird...

  "I'm baaack~" Sylvana said, sitting next to me.

  She wasn't sitting next to me before...

  I looked away to continue talking to Aphmau, and about a minute later, I went to grab another Strawberry Puff. Before I did, I felt an intense burn under my chest. I looked down to see coffee all over me.

  And my jacket.

  "Oops~" I heard Sylvana say. She did it on purpose.

  "Oh my gosh! (Y/N), are you okay?!" Katelyn asked, concerned about the scorching hot coffee on me.

  This... r-really hurts... She did this... on p-purpose..?

  I tensed up and looked down to shadow my eyes again. "I'm... g-gonna go..." I told everyone. From the corner of my eye, I could see Sylvana with a satisfied grin plastered on her face. I quickly ran down the stairs and exited the house. My legs started running to the house. I passed people, but my eyes were too blurry from the tears to see who they were.

  Just run.

  (Garroth's POV)

  I was walking down the sidewalk from hanging out with Dante when I saw a girl run very fast past me.

  Wait, was that (Y/N)? And was she... crying..?

  I looked at the back of  her head while she was still running and saw her hair moving with the wind.

  Yup. Definitely her.

  I instinctively started running after her.

  What happened? Why is she crying? Did someone make her cry?! Whoever made her cry... they're gonna pay!

  I finally got to the house. I lost sight of her a minute ago, but she doesn't know the island that well.

  There's a bigger chance that she went in here. Oh Irene, please let me be right...

  I walked closer to the door and noticed it was barely cracked open. I lightly pushed it open and silently shut it when I was inside. Once I took another step in, I heard soft crying. I silently walked to the bed where me and (Y/N) sleep on, and there she was, curled up in a ball, hugging her legs, and her head down. I lightly tapped her shoulder. She flinched.

  Okay, Garroth, she's sobbing, this isn't the time for your scratchy voice!

  "(Y/N), what's wrong?" I asked her in my soothing voice.

  "G...Garr..oth..?" (Y/N) asked, tilting her head up a bit so she could see me. I nodded and smiled.

  "Please tell me what's wrong so I can help you." I asked her softly, wiping a tear off of her face with my thumb.

  "W-Well... I-I was.. w-with Aph, K-Katelyn, and K-Kawaii~Chan, and... I-I met E-Eric and Sylvana... They w-were both r-really nice... W-We were t-talking, then I brought up A-Aaron being my b-brother, a-and... Sylvana gave me a d-death glare a-and she left... W-When she came back, s-she had a cup of coffee, a-and she 'accidentally' spilled it o-on me... I-I saw satisfaction i-in her eyes... A-And she spilled it o-on the jacket A-Aaron gave to m-me... S-So I ran..." She explained. Then she looked straight in my eyes. "W-Why does she hate me..?" (Y/N) asked, tears still constantly streaming down her face.

  I sighed, seeing the sadness in her glittering (E/C) eyes. "Sylvana isn't very fond of Aaron. No one really know the exact reason why. You shouldn't worry about-"

  "But I DO!" she interrupted, slamming her fist against the bed. I jumped back, shocked. "That's all anyone has ever done to me, judge me before they even get to know me! 'Oh, she's Aaron's sister, she must be a jerky loner like him!' 'Oh, no one ever talks to her, so let's make her skip school and blackmail her!' 'Look, she has no one to protect her, let me slap her in the face and drag her around with a collar around her neck-'" (Y/N) stopped herself by covering her mouth with both hands.

  "They... what..?" I asked her in disbelief. Aphmau also went through blackmail and being forced to skip school, but being dragged around with a collar around her neck?! "Who did that, (Y/N)?" I asked sternly.

  "N-No one did that... I-It was... j-just a joke... hehe..."

  "(Y/N), you're the most horrible liar that I've ever met."

  She sighed. "I-I'm not supposed... t-to tell anyone..."

  "You can tell me anything, (Y/N)..."

  "You w-wouldn't even know h-him..." (Y/N) said as she averted her gaze from me. I sighed again.

  "Don't worry. Sylvana just doesn't like Aaron. Heck, I don't even know if SHE knows why. She's just... quick to judge. I'm sure she'll grow to love you just like everyone else does." I assured her. She wiped some of her tears with her sleeve.

  "B-But... m-my jacket..." I looked down to see her coffe stained jacket. (Sorry if you have like a brown or black jacket or something, just... imagine the stain is darker.)

  "May I please see it?" She hesitated before she nodded and took her jacket off. I grabbed and walked to the laundry room and put it in the washer with some strong cleaning stuff. I knew Zane would be back soon, so I texted him to put it in the dryer when he got home. I walked back to her after. "If I put it in soon enough, the stain should be out soon." I told her as I smiled softly. She shakily smiled back.

  "Th...Thanks..." I laid down on the bed and pat next to me. She laid down next to me and I wrapped my arms around her. After a few minutes, she started to cry again and clenched my shirt, and I softly pet her head to comfort her.

  Her cries got softer and softer as she eventually fell asleep. Soon after, I fell asleep as well.

  I'll always be here for you, never forget that.

  2160 words!!! These chapters keep getting longer and longer! I was gonna put a gif for the 'petting her head' part, but it wouldn't upload, so... :P

  Anyway, hope you enjoyed!

  WHO DO YOU THINK BLACKMAILED (Y/N)?!
(pretty obvious lol)

  Bai! >:3

  ~Muffin