I woke up and look at the others. There was only 3 of us. Me, Nathan and Ethan. I was wondering where were the other 6 have went to but I didn't wanna care. I stood up and examine the house again. I was so shocked to see the house. The house was so neat. Like all the broken stuff, the stairs and the floor, they were all so perfect. The furniture was all not broken. I was really shock and scared at the same time. Luckily, I had my phone. So I tried to on my phone but it didn't work. It doesn't want to turn on. I was frightened so I tried to wake Ethan and Nathan. So I kept shaking them and whisper.

"Guys, wake up! You will not believe what I'm seeing right now!"

They woke up and tried to sit. They finally saw the house and examine it. Their faces tells everything. I knew they were shock as I was. Ethan asked me.

"Wasn't the house....... more dirty than this?"

"Yeah, wasn't the house furniture wrecked?" Nathan ask me with his clueless mind.

"It was. Someone attack us from the back, made us faint, we woke up and now, the house seems fine. I don't get it too." I replied to both of them.

Our face were really clueless. So we decided to take a tour again. Ethan and Nathan stood up and we 3 walked together. First, we looked around the living room. It was normal. All the furniture was fine and looked beautiful but yet expensive. Ethan wondered and ask me.

"Hey, have you seen Blade anywhere though? Or maybe his 5 friends?"

"No. They were nowhere to be found. I guess we should search for them." I said.

"Yeah, we should." both of them agreed.

So we went upstairs. The first thing we saw was a normal hallway. Then there were lots of room. The room door looks normal to us. So we tried to go in one of the rooms. I entered a room with a door that has robot stickers on it. As I peek through the door, I was shocked. I shut the door carefully and turned to look at Ethan and Nathan.

"What did you see?" Nathan asked.

"I saw a little boy. He was playing his toys."

"Was he injured or something?" Ethan asked.

"I don't think so. He looks fine to me. Maybe we should try to ask him."

"Are you sure? We're not even sure if he's safe to talk to." Nathan said in a worried face.

"He's just a little kid Nathan. We'll just ask him a few questions and try to find where Blade and the others had gone to." I said confidently.

"Okay fine. But if we get injured, I'm giving the blame on you." Nathan said as Ethan agreed.

"Fine. Whatever."

I opened the door just a little and knocked on the door.

"Ummm... Is it okay if we talk to you and come in?" I asked the little boy.

The little boy turned, faced me and said,

"Sure. I was just playing with my toys. Come on in."

So 3 of us went in and closed the door. We sat down on a carpet and the little boy faced all 3 of us. Until I spoke.

"Do you mind to introduce yourself to us?" I said to the little boy.

"Sure. I'm glad to. I needed new friends. You may be too old for me but I need a friend. All I can talk to was my toys. Because none of my brother or sisters understand me. Well, my name is Steve, I'm a 7 year old little boy, I love playing with new people and of course I love to play with my toys."

"Nice to meet you Steve. My name is Venis and here are my 2 friends, Ethan and Nathan." I replied kindly.

"Nice to meet you guys." Steve said.

"Steve, do you mind to introduce your siblings to us?"

Until someone went in and a nice young lady voice had appeared.

"There's no need. Hello, my name is Annie, I'm the second child. My elder brother, named Karrel, is the eldest. My little sister, named Elaine, is the third child and lastly, as he has introduce himself to you, which is Steve, he is the youngest. It's a pleasure to meet you 3."

"It's a pleasure to meet you too. Do you guys have age though?" I asked curiously.

"Well, of course we do. Steve here, is obviously 7 years old. Elaine, my little sissy, is 14 years old, I'm 19 years old and my elder brother, Karrel, is 22 years old. You guys should join us for dinner tonight. You can meet all of us."

"Yeah. We would love to join you all for dinner tonight. But the problem is, we need a place to sleep. Do you have a spare room for 3 people?" I asked Annie.

"We do actually. We have tones of empty rooms here. We can provide you 2 master rooms. 1 for your friends and 1 for you."

"Yeah sure. That will be fine." I replied kindly.

She led us to our bedrooms. I went to mine. It was amazing. The bed sheet was white and the pillows were random colours. It was amazing. It was like an expensive hotel room that you can't even afford. I took a shower and luckily, I brought my toilet stuff. I showered, wore some clothes and dried my hair. After I was done, I went out of my room, closed the room door and went down to the dinning room. Ethan and Nathan were there already. They were playing toys with Steve.

I sat down and Annie prepared the food and table for us.

"Guys! Come down~ It's dinner time!" Annie shouted.

I saw Elaine, their little sister. She was so adorable. She wore a purple short dress. She sat at the side like how we sit. Annie sat down and she told us that we can start eating. There was a seat empty and it was a seat in the middle. So I asked Annie.

"Hey Annie, who actually sits in the middle?"

"Well, it's always Karrel. He's like the boss in this house. Since our parents are gone, all the responsibility goes to him."

"What happen to your parents?" I asked Annie.

"Well, lets just say they passed away in an accident."

"I'm sorry to hear that and I'm really sorry to ask you that kind of question."

"It's fine. It happen a long time ago anyways." she said to me while smiling.

As we kept eating and chatting. One of the room door opened.

"Karrel's coming!" Elaine said while panicking.

"Guys, no more chatting! Steve, put the toys down and eat properly!" Annie said panicking.

"Why? What's wrong?" I asked.

"No time to explain. I'll explain to you later but right now, you guys have to keep your mouth shut, don't say a word and just eat. But make sure you eat properly." Annie whispered to the 3 of us.

As Karrel came down, we didn't make an eye contact with him. He sat down on his chair and started eating. I was curious why Annie didn't want us to say anything. Even none of them made eye contact with him. So while I was eating, I raised my head up slowly and tried to look at him. While Karrel was eating, I successfully looked at his face. He was so handsome. He looks like a flower that had just bloomed. And while I looked at him, he raised his head up and looked at me. I didn't notice that we made an eye contact with each other. I tried to look away but I can't. He was too handsome to look away. As we kept the eye contact. I realize that I was finished eating. Since I was done, I stood up and put the plate in the sink.

I walked away from the dinning room and went up to Ethan and Nathan's room. As I went in, a dark shadow appeared. I got frightened and screamed as I fall to the floor. The first person I saw to save me was Karrel. It was my first time hearing his voice.

"Are you okay? What happen?"

*His voice was so manly and at first, at the kitchen, I didn't love him, but now, I do! He's so UGH!! Too much butterflies in my stomach.*

"Hello? You okay? What happened?" Karrel asked me.

"I..... I.... saw..... a black... sh...sha...shadow." I replied while stuttered.

"Where did you see it?"

"At that window." I replied.

Karrel made me stood up and helped me sit on the bed. He examine me and asked.

"Are you hurt?"

"I sprained my ankle." I replied.

Karrel went down and brought bandage and some 'Detol' oil with him. He put some oil on my ankle and bandaged it. It was so romantic for me. But I was sure that he wouldn't like me back.

"Hey Karrel, do you mind if I ask you some few questions?"

"Sure. Ask away." Karrel said while he bandage my ankle.

"Ummm.... Why does Annie ask us to not say anything while we're eating with you?"

"Because I'm the type of guy who doesn't like to talk while eating. I didn't want them to ask me question so I warned them." he replied.

As Karrel was done, he stood up and sat next to me on the bed.

"Make sure you don't move around a lot. Cause your ankle will get more worse. It'll take 2 weeks to be healed. If you need anything, just call me or Annie, okay?" he said kindly.

"Yeah, okay."

"Any more questions you wanna ask me?" he asked.

"Oh ummm... I know this question is not appropriate for you maybe but...."

"But?" he said.

"If I said that I liked you, what would be your response?" I asked him.

Karrel started blushing. He looked away and start thinking.

What will be Karrel's response? Will he like Venis back? What was that black shadow? Will Karrel have feelings for Venis as he gets to know her? Find out and stay tune for more updates~ Hope you enjoy~