Chapter 30
Despite the initial thoughts, Jeff couldn't overcome his preoccupation and eventually went to the corridor to look for Charlie. The search wasn't long, since he could easily hear the noise of his brother vomiting everything he had just eaten. He rushed to the bathroom and tried to open the door, but he soon realized that it was locked.
"Charlie, opened the door, now" Jeff ordered, he was getting more and more worried but his tone didn't betray him and so he sounded resolute. Charlie washed his mouth and face with cold water, hoping it could make his face less red because of the effort he had to do to actually throw up. He took a deep breath as he heard his brother repeat the same order, then Charlie walked to the door and unlocked it.
"I suppose I don't even deserve privacy anymore" Charlie replied arrogantly and looked at his brother from head to toe in a miserable attempt to make him feel uncomfortable. It obviously didn't work, it only made Jeff even more annoyed, although he knew that if Charlie was acting like that it was clear that he wasn't feeling emotionally alright.
"Don't you dare lie to me, Charlie... we didn't help each other just to see you like this" Jeff responded.
"I really don't know what you're talking about. If you're referring to some... unpleasant noise, I must admit that I probably ate something that irritated my stomach, nothing to worry about. I'm sure you can find more important things to do" Charlie responded and left as he noticed that his tone was starting to tremble in the last sentence.
Pete was starting to notice how the situation in his house was getting worse at an alarming pace, at first it was just Way who needed help to get out of his terrible state, and now that he was slowly getting better, although every minor incident threatened to destroy every progress, almost anyone in the house now seemed to need help.
Kenta silently looked at Kim during the whole meal, North and Sonic obviously noticed it, and since they didn't know about Kim being in pain, he didn't express his emotions anyway, they thought it could be a good idea to tease Tony's former henchman.
"You know you can actually just tell him he looks good, you don't have to stare at him until every inch of his body is printed in your brain, Kenta" Sonic said with a jokingly tone. Kenta snapped back to reality, he surely enjoyed looking at Kim, he was a sight to behold, but that wasn't the main reason he wanted to look at his every move. He still remembered what Charlie told him about Kim crying, and so he tried to decipher every little detail.
"You're wrong, he's just thinking about something, why should he look at me in the first place?" Kim intervened since Kenta seemed a little too embarrassed to respond without giving the opportunity to more jokes.
"Hey Pete, are you sure there's a mirror in Kenta and Kim's room? Bro here doesn't know how handsome he is" North added as he sarcastically shouted at Pete, who just chuckled, while Sonic smacked the back of his head.
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