My Neighbor Calls Me Daddy

lied. His eyes softene

h of us were walking up the staircase and towards the master

or a certain someone be

to help him, removing his blazer and unbottoning his shirt. It was the

from a noseblee

he bathroom and threw all the clothes in the laundry basket. When I returned

nd we both sat down on the sofa. Father turne

in the background, I sta

ip, father?" I asked

ad and looked at me, giving a slight smile.

he

Sund

news for another 15 minutes. Then, Father went t

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d headed to bed. After tossing and turning for quite a long tim

I can hear the sound of the shower running. I sat beside the King-sized bed l

d indifferently as a water droplet fell from his neck down towards his chest. There was a long diagonal scar running from the bottom right corner of his u

I told my father

yes stared at m

a boxer brief. He returned to the master bedroom

King-sized bed and motio

urled my body up right next to Father and started falling asl

round me. "Sweet dreams."

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I need to make breakfast for both my father a

t 7am to find that Fa

ent to the stu

d grabbed myself a glass of w

walked up the stairs and app

ed on t

fast is ready.

while, Father finall

the door was locked with a 6-digit passcode.

ng for a few minutes. We s

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re only the clanking sounds of the moving metal cutleries. However, this gave

out and took a jog around the block. Finally, I returned home, took a shower and changed to my uniform. It was 8:

but I immediately put m

My father can hear us." I

d to say good mor

resounded behind my back. Its tone was not ove

and saw my father waki

're heading off

, and please take care of

winked mischievously a

Fat

osed the front door

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are turning red, signalling the arrival of autumn. As the wind

wanted to get him off, but I didn't know what came over him, he

me?" I asked in a d

nocently, pretending to not u

but was interrupted when s

reaching down to her shoulders, and contained a charming smile. Yes, she was more charming than beautiful as her be

with a short and skinny stature. His facial features were av

ed. He ran towards Rebecca

g for air. He grabbed his knees and tried to breathe in as much oxygen as he could.

me for a hug as well?"

d walking towards the scho

buzzkill." Re

nd him."

by side with Leo behind me, w

me to school yesterday?" Le

month-long vacation to

back, listening to their conversations. James wanted to join in from time to time,

owing Leo and Rebecca to overtake me

your summer

d to have our own conversations, but our voices were mu

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with Rebecca, but reality often disappoints you. Leo stared at James and I, po

cheat on me with ot

"Stop being mean to him. We we

nly allowed to

mes was obviously just a friend but Leo was