Chapter 122 - 119
It's a new day and Tristan and Justin just dropped the twins off at the preschool. Chester and Chesca just went in and saw their classmates playing with each other before their class starts.
"Here comes the daddyless!" a boy laughed as he pointed at the twins. Chesca's eyes flared up from hearing those words again. Every single day at school, she hears that term from her classmates. They call Chester and Chesca daddyless because they knew they only have their mommy.
Everybody laughed at them, except for their one and only friend, Jace.
"Chesca," Chester called her name. She looked at her twin, and Chester shook his head as soon as Chesca did. He didn't want Chesca to fight them because he thought that their parents might get upset if they hear about it.
Chesca just walked to her seat quietly and placed her bag on the floor next to her chair..
"What's wrong daddyless? Not gonna make up lies?" The boy beamed as he started walking towards Chesca.
During the past few days, Chesca kept defending herself and Chester by telling then that they have a daddy. Although she was doing that, none of them ever believed her.
Before the boy could even get nearer to her, Chester stepped in front of him with a blank expression on his face.
"Move. I'm talking to her," the boy told Chester as he frowned. "No. Don't talk to my sister, Yuri," Chester said, still keeping his eye contact with the boy who wanted to approach his sister.
As they were talking, Jace took a pair of scissors from his bag and sneakily walked to Yuri's chair.
Chester glanced at Chesca and saw how upset she was.
Even though she didn't like how they keep calling them 'daddyless', she just stayed put. The little girl knew that she shouldn't get into fights with her classmates anymore because Chester would get in trouble too.
Jace glanced at Chesca as he got to Yuri's chair and saw her facial expression. He was having second thoughts whether he should do what he wanted to, but he finally made up his mind when he saw how sad and upset Chesca looked.
He started cutting the strap of Yuri's bag without the others noticing, and as soon as he finished, he calmly walked back to his chair.
"Do you want me to hit you?!" Yuri yelled as he glared at Chester who still looked very calm and composed. "No," Chester replied briefly. "Then, move!" Yuri yelled.
"Shut it, ugly."
Yuri and Chester paused when they heard someone talk. There was someone behind Yuri, and Chester's eyes sparkled when he saw who it was.
It was a familiar face, although he couldn't really remember his name. He didn't bother remembering that boy's name because he thought they wouldn't see each other again.
"Who did you call ugly?" Yuri said as he slowly turned to see the boy who was standing behind him.
"Who else?" The little boy's sharp amber eyes pierced through him, scaring Yuri a bit.
Dark red hair that was almost close to black, sharp amber eyes with a mole under the left eye, a cute little nose, pink lips, and chubby rosy cheeks.
"You got anything to say?" The boy said as he looked at Yuri as if he was an insect.
Instead of responding to what the boy asked, Yuri frowned and walked back to his chair.
"Coward," the little boy mumbled as he smiled.
"Thank you," Chester said as he smiled brightly at the little boy. Before the little boy could respond to his thanks, he heard someone call his name from their classroom's door.
"Theo, you forgot your bag!"
A man who looked like an older version of the little boy showed up. Although they don't have the same eye color, it was obvious that he was the little boy's father because they looked so alike.
The little boy walked towards his father and took his bag. "Thank you, daddy," he smiled. "Daddy will leave now, hmm? Get along with everyone, especially with your cousins, okay?" Xander smiled with a gentle look on his face as he patted the little boy's head.
Theodore nodded and said his goodbye before walking back in.
"Chester, right?" Theodore said as soon as he was in front of Chester. The little boy nodded as a response to Theodore's question.
Theodore looked around to see if there was any spot where he wanted to take, but there wasn't any. He thought the kids who were just watching Chester get bullied looked disgusting that he doesn't even want to sit next to any of them.
"I'm Theodore. Let's sit together," he smiled at Chester. "Okay," Chester smiled as he grabbed Theodore's hand and walked towards the long table where Chesca was.
"Who is he? He's not our classmate," Jace said, curious as to who the new kid was. "This is..." Before Chester could introduce them to each other, Chesca pointed at him and said, "You took my book."
Theodore chuckled, remembering the first time they met. They were fighting over a book even though there were other copies of it.
"But you got yours after. Let's be friends now," Theodore smiled at her. Chesca's ears perked from hearing the word 'friend'.
That was the first time in a while that someone ever offered her friendship after Jace.
She smiled brightly at him and nodded. "My name is Chesca," she introduced herself. "My name is Theodore," he introduced himself, too.
"My name is... Jace," Jace said as he looked at them. Theodore stared at him for a while and remembered that he was one of the spectators of when Chester was getting bullied.
'Is he really a friend?' Theodore thought as he stared at him.
"Who cut my bag?!" Yuri yelled. "Waaah! I'm gonna tell this to mommy!" he cried loudly.
Theodore saw Jace hide a pair of scissors behind his back, and he couldn't help but giggle after seeing that.
"Let's be friends," Theodore said as he smiled at Jace.
Jace's eyes sparkled, delighted to have a new friend.
Their teacher finally came and told the students that a new classmate will be joining them today. Theodore introducrd himself in class and most of the children didn't seem to be that happy about him.
They felt threatened that he might hurt them because Yuri was scared of him earlier. Although he didn't do anything of the sort to make them think that, they were still scared of him. The only thing he did earlier was glare at Yuri who was bullying Chester and call him ugly.
He thought there was nothing wrong with what he did, so he didn't mind the displeased looks on the other kids' faces.
He went back to his seat after he introduced himself and their teacher started talking in front to explain what they should do.
"Now, everyone, get your coloring books! We will color today," their teacher said in a cheerful voice.
The kids did as she said. Before they could proceed to their activity for today, their teacher said something.
"I have a question for everyone," she started. "Do you know what day is coming up? We also did this last year," she asked.
"Teacher, teacher! I know!" A child raised her hand as she stood up. "Well, Marie? What do you think it is?" Their teacher asked as she looked at her.
"It's family day!" Marie said with a proud smile on her face, confident with her answer. "That's right! Family day is coming up, so everybody's family is coming to school and play games," their teacher said as she looked at all of them with a bright smile on her face. "Won't that be fun?" she continued.
"Not for the daddyless," Yuri said, and their classmates laughed at his remark.
"Says the one who cried just because his bag was cut," Theodore said in a loud voice, mocking Yuri for crying over something like that.
"Everyone, you shouldn't fight. And you, Yuri, calling someone daddyless is bad," their teacher scolded Yuri. As for Theodore, their teacher couldn't dare to scold him because she knew the power his family holds.
Just by her actions, it can be seen how unfair things are for those who don't have money and power. Although Theodore just wanted to stand up for the twins who were getting bullied again, it was also wrong of him to bully another kid, too.
Yuri placed his arms on the table and rested his head on tip of them. He started crying quietly so their teacher wouldn't notice because if she does, he would only get embarrassed.
"Everybody should be friends, hmm? No fighting. Fighting with each other is bad," she said as she shook her head.
"Yes, teacher!" the children said in chorus.
"Now, everybody, start coloring now!" she said cheerfully.
The teacher noticed that Yuri was crying. She walkes up to him and tried to calm him down, while the other kids started doing their activity.
Chester and Chesca were smiling because of the news about the family day. If things were the same as last year, they wouldn't have been so happy about the news.
During last year's family day, the only thing the could do was wonder why the other kids have daddies, while they don't.
But this time, things are different for them. They already have a very cool daddy, and spending time with him and their mommy would be more than enough for them for family day.
"We're not daddyless..." Chester whispered as he smiled.
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