Iris POV

Over the next few weeks, multiple things change. I become not only stronger, but angrier too. It irks me how I'm always made out to be incredibly irrelevant, how my opinion means less than two cents.

I still don't have much of a plan for the exact details of my revenge, but I have been acting out in small ways - inviting everyone besides Andrei and Slater to do things, completely ignoring Andrei if he ever attempts to talk to me, shaving all of Andrei's hair off because if he took away my choice, I can take away his hair - among other things.

On the other hand, I've decided that Leandro isn't worth my energy at the moment, so while I do include him in my outings, we have yet to make peace with each other.

I think in the future, we may even go back to being normal with each other, perhaps I'll even ask him for advice on what to do going forth - once we've officially made out peace, that is.

The thing about anger, however is that when you hold on to it for too long, it tends to fester. Eventually it may turn into sadness which is precisely what's happening to me.

The angrier I become, the sadder I get, and the sadder I get, the more I work in the gym - and unfortunately with Slater.

In the past week, I seem to have gained the respect of the majority of the guards who work for my brothers. Whenever I walk past them, I get a nod of acknowledgement and occasionally a smile. I honestly do like the recognition to some degree.

It proves to me that I've come a long way from the girl I was just a year ago, because back then, I struggled to get even one of the guards to say hello back when I greeted them.

A sudden, loud knock on my door has me jumping from where I'm sitting at the desk in my room.

"Come in!" I call out, turning to face the entrance of my room. Unfortunately, its not Carmine or Luka that enter, instead its Leandro which is ironic since I'd just been thinking of him.

"Hey, la mio luce" he smiles, taking a seat on my bed. "I know we haven't spoken all that much since you found out about everything and Carmine gave me multiple lectures about how I could have handled the situation very differently. I also know that I should have apologized much earlier, but I was embarrassed because I could have handled the situation very differently - but in my anger, I didnt. Instead, I made you feel like crap and I'm so sorry about that. I promise to always be better, leggro"

I smile in response, saying nothing before I get off from my chair and hug my brother. Yes, he may have messed up, but he's done a lot less damage to me than my other brother.

"Its okay, Leo. I forgive you."

Leandro wraps his arms around me, sighing deeply.

"You're too good to me, Iris. Any other person would have told me to go fuck myself."

"Yeah, well, you were my first friend in this place. Plus, you'll always be my brother no matter what." I smile, pulling away from our hug. "But, you do now also owe me like a shopping trip or something."

"Done. Can I ask you something, though?"

"Sure, whats up?" I take a seat next to him.

"Are you okay?" I blink at the question. Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I question.

"Well, you did sort of have your whole life turned upside down twice in the span of a few weeks. I wouldn't expect you to really be okay." He explains gently, watching my face for any changes that would indicate me being anything but okay.

By some miracle, I managed to school my features enough to make Leandro give up on seeing something wrong.

Would he hate me for lying? As much as I would like to think that I'm okay, even I know that its a lie. I already feel like my life is crumbling and I'm so tired of just existing.

Honestly, if I hadn't been born, everything would have been so much better for my brothers. My mother loved them more than she could ever love me, and papa would still be alive. They could have been so happy.

"Iris," Leandro sighs, "If you ever want to talk about anything, I'm here for you, okay? So are the rest of your brothers. Hell, as much as I hate to admit it, even Slater would help you no matter what. I have a feeling he'd do just about anything for you."

"You really think so?" I whisper, looking at Leandro hopefully.

"I know so, mio luce. We all would give you the world if you just said the word."

I open my mouth to speak, but Leandro's phone rings, cutting the moment short. He looks at me sheepishly before answering the call.

A few moments later, the call ends and Leandro gives me his famous guilty smile.

"Its okay, Leo. You can go. I'll be fine. I actually think that I need to have a talk with Slater."

"Okay, I'll see you later." He kisses the crown of my head before walking out of my room, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

I can't help but feel grateful for Leandro, he's just given me an idea that I hope Slater would agree to doing, because he might just be the only person who could grant my wish.

I do, however, have a feeling that Leandro might regret ever having this conversation with me, because giving me the literal world would probably be an easier thing to accomplish than what I have in mind.

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Hi baeeeesss, the update is a day late. Two days late in some countries, but the important part is that I managed to get it out anyway.

Someday, I'll edit the chapters to be about 1500 words each because they're short asf.

That someday is definitely not today tho. Or anytime in the near future.

I'm actually so mad rn tho, because I got into sooooo many different universities and my mom made me turn them all down because they're too far away. (We'd already planned my accommodation btw but she randomly changed her mind)

So yeah, this probably isnt the best update ever lolll.

On another note, I started watching two broke girls. I love it, honestly.

And I finished Supernatural (6 months later) but I finally got there lol.

Annnnddd someone told me that when they watch the vampire diaries, they associate me with Caroline and I think that its honestly the best compliment I've ever gotten in my life.

Anyway, I've yapped for too long. Love u guysss

Byeeee ❤️❤️❤️❤️