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《 Monsters aren’t born, they’re Made 》
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[# SEASON FOUR
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By, ✿ฺ Author Indigo Raine ✿ฺ
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©Copyright 2023 [?? ℕ?? ℂ?ℙ? ?ℝ ℝ?ℙ???]
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Genre(s): Dark Romance, Forbidden, Mafia.
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Theme: Friends Are More Than Family.
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[# Chapter Fifty-Six – ??????
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“As much I don’t want to do that and I Füçking mad that you’d suggest that, I’ll do it. Wh@tëver it takes to your forgiveness. I just…miss you all, my friends, my family. My Aunt was wrong,” he looked at everyone’s face and nodded slowly. “Friends Are Never Your Family, because they’re More Than Family. From the depths of my soul, I apologize to everyone in this room. I’m sorry, and although I know things can’t go back to being what they were before, I hope we can move on from this. You guys mean the world to me.”
Silence ensued after his words, the boys stared at him, then at each other. Thinking and considering things, until finally, they nodded and walked over to Ryat. “Welcome home, Carnage.” they chorused and pulled him into a tight group hug.
He’d never been a fan of hugs, but this one particular hug made him melt into a puddle. Breaking down into tears in front of everybody, not even caring about what they thought. These were his friends – no, from now on he has no friends. He has Family – and once you have that, you have everything. No wonder why the Mafia value family so much. He finally understands why.
“Thank you guys so much… For accepting me, despite everything… I don’t even know what to say…” Ryat l**ked his lips and shed tears like he’d never done before.
“Everyone makes mistakes, kid, but your mistakes don’t make you. Life’s too short to be livin’ in the past. You belong with us. Always remember that.” Syahla appeared in a flowing red dress and smiled welcomingly at Ryat. She was soon joined by her husband, Venom – Killian Cain.
“Zayde’s right, you have a lot to make up for, and I could use some help with the kids. But just know, we don’t h@të you. Our home is yours. You’re always welcome here, Cousin.” Bella stood with a baby on her shoulder, Bandit soon came to stand by her side and kiss her on the cheek. “If Aviel can accept me with two kiss from another man, even with a dirty past, surely we can still accept you.”
“Gotta agree with Bella on that one. I mean, Godfrey accepted me though I was very difficult to deal with and had many issues. He helped me financially, got help for me, and was patient with me. And being around you guys it made me realize most of what I heard about y’all, that you were heartless monsters, was wrong. You’re not monsters, you’re misunderstood, heck, y’all are more loving that every person I’ve ever met. So, just like Bella said, if Godfrey can except me even though I’m a Bîtch sometimes, we can accept you too, Ryat. It’s good to see you again, welcome home.” Katniss grinned and Korpse came over to her and kissed her on the forehead.
Ryat didn’t know what to do or say, this wasn’t what he’d expected. He thought they’d h@të him like poison and outcast him from the family, but they didn’t. In that moment, he asked God to strike him d**d if he ever stayed from them as long as he lived on this earth. “I love you guys, so much. Thank you for accepting me into your lives in spite of everything. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to repay you your kindness. You guys are heaven sent. Thank you for being in my life. Thank God for putting you all into my life.”
They all nodded at him with smiles, then he turned to Neon, who was smiling at him. The two then turned to look at Meira, standing patiently with her children – their children. Their sons.
“Snow,” Neon called out.
“Little Dove,” Ryat gulped as he stared at her.
Meira let their voices sink into her head and caress her fragile heart, it starting beating wildly in an instant. She didn’t know what to say or do with herself – she just could’ve believe that her men were right there in front of her, smiling.
They approached her cautiously, and unsurprisingly, Meira had not grown an inch further. She was just like a little snow white dove.
“Tch, seven years and you haven’t grown two centimetres?” Neon remarked sarcastically.
“Gotta admit, she’s gained weight in the right places.” Ryat winked attractively at her. His expression later changed and sorrow filled his slate-gray eyes, darkening them. “Jokes aside, Dove? How have you…been, without us with you?”
Meira remained their, quiet as a mouth and still as a mountain. She lowered her gaze to the ground and sniffed a rogue tear rolled down her cheek – as the seconds passed it only got worse, until she was full-on crying in front of them. Life, of course, was next to difficult not having them by her side. Seeing her friends, cousin, and mother all marry off the ones their hearts desire made her develop jealousy, as she too should be marrying them, but they are never there. Ryat and Neon has never spent a single birthday, Christmas, Fall, or Spring with her. They weren’t there when she went to college and graduated with a Bachelors and Masters degree, and they weren’t there when she got a job as a registered nurse in the hospital.
They missed out every important part of her life. Even when she was giving birth – if not for her friends, she doesn’t know how she’d make it out.
However, this was also not their fault.
“Hey, Dove, don’t cry,” Ryat cupped one of her cheeks and wiped her tears with his thumb, he raises her chin with his other hand and looked into her eyes with great rue. “We’re sorry, for not being there for you, Meira. It wasn’t our fault, but I and Zayde still regret not having been there for you.”
“Dry your tears, Snow, you know I h@të it when you cry.” Neon wiped her face with a kerchief he keeps in his top pocket. “Despite everything that went down between me and Ryat and the Mafia stuff, I hope you know we’re still madly in love with you. Like Ryat said, we’re sorry for missing out all of the important times in your life because of some Füçkery we didn’t even want to be involved in.”
Meira’s eyes drifted from one man to the other, they were so maddeningly handsome. Her heart felt chilly and heavy in her chest, a distant ache made itself known. She didn’t h@të either of them for what happened in the past; it wasn’t their fault they were born into Füçked up families. Heck, she didn’t even want any apologies to explanations, all she wanted was one simple thing:
“Pleaee don’t go away again. Please stay with me. I…I don’t wanna live without you anymore…” Meira hugged herself, crying bitterly with a fractured heart. “Don’t leave me alone again, I-I don’t wanna sleep alone anymore,” her sobs broke their hearts.
They looked at each other wistfully before they embraced her intimately. While Ryat shushed her and whispered soothing words, Neon rubbed her back and pressed kisses to her face. The boys consoled their beloved as best as they could while the others watched in complete awe and surprise. Who’d know Arkville’s psychopaths hads soft sides that only their loved ones would see?
“Snow, please stop crying. We’re not going to ever leave you again, we promise. The war is over. We’ll be here for you from now until forever. Snow, you’ll never have to worry about us leaving again. We’re here to stay.” Neon kissed her cheekbone softly and smoothed her hair down.
“We ain’t goin’ nowhere, baby. We’re here to stay. You won’t ever have to sleep alone or worrying about being in the dark.” Ryat kissed her hairline.
“I love you, Dove.” he rubbed his thumb against the soft skin of her neck.
“I love you more, Snow.” Neon winked at Ryat then nibbled on Meira’s ear, he felt her shudder beneath him and smiled at the reaction.
She sniffed and pouted. “I love you two the most!”
The boys laughed at her adorableness and picked her up, they made her sit on their shoulders before parading around the place with her. The trio and the others laughed at Meira’s terrified face and cheered for the throuple. In minutes they set Meira back down and kissed her on her plump cheeks at the same time. Her grin stretched from ear to to ear, once they were done they left her there and focused their attention on their sons.
“This one’s mine, what’s his name?” Neon pointed at Kade, who in return glared coldly at him.
“That’s Kade, and don’t let the adorable face fool you, he’s very grumpy.” Meira leaned on Neon’s shoulder and felt Ryat kiss her on her exposed neck, she blushed with butterflies in her stomach.
“I’m guessing the one trying to str@ngle the teddy bear is mine,” Ryat said, eyeing Dominic who was playing with his purple teddy bear. Upon hearing his voice the little boy turned around with vicious eyes and walked oved to him. “Hey there, kiddo.”
“Who you?” he asked with a cute frown and furrowed brows.
Ryat kneeled and smiled at the boy. “You’re my son, and you going to start calling me Dada because only your mom gets to call me Daddy.”
“Oooh!” the boys cheered, Neon gave Ryat a high-five while Meira blushed and hid her face.
“Dada?” Little Dom hugged the toy and cutely ÇOçked his head. “Mama, he! Dada?” he pointed at Ryat while looking at Meira, she nodded.
Neon was about to go see his own son when he felt a tug of his pants. He looked down to see Kade there folding his arms while staring up at him arrogantly. ‘This kid is so grumpy, d@mn.’
“Meira is this really my son? Why does he have Ryat’s @$$hOle personality?” Neon kneeled to his son, ignoring Ryat’s glare. “Hey there, little man. I am your dad. Mm-hmm, your father, I got your mommy pregnant. Sorry for not being her sooner, Papa had some things to do, but he’s here now.”
Kade’s almond-shaped eyes softened, but he kept his pokerface. “You my papa?”
Hearing his son ca him that almost moved him to tears. “Yeah, I’m your father. Papa. From now on, I’ll take you on and get you your favorite treats. I’ll teach you how to ride bikes, and read, and cook, and speak Spanish…” Neon held his head down, nodding at himself while he shed few tears. “Oh God, I have a son,” he moved to wipe his tears but he felt little hands wiping them for him.
“Papa, no cry!” Kade said sternly and dried his tears then went into his arms and hugged him.
Neon swallowed hard and returned the hug then stood up with Kade in his arms, he glanced at Ryat to see him silently crying while holding Dom. They made eye contact and started laughing.
“Kade!” Dom suddenly shouted and squirmed in Ryat’s arms, making him eventually set him down.
Kade arched a brow then looked up at Neon, he too put the toddler down and he walked to his brother. “What?”
Dom grinned and gave Kade a thumbs up.
“Bruhder! Kade!” he went closer and placed his head on Kade’s shoulder, his smile bright enough to make the sun seem dull.
The older one of the set rolled his eyes heavenward and hugged Kade, a ghost of a smile formed on his little red lips but his expression soon because serious again.
“Do they always act like this?” Ryat said, stunned by the display.
“Yup. They’re your kids.” Korpse said and put his hands on both Neon’s and Ryat’s shoulders. “I hope you two enjoy fatherhood as much as I am.”
When the twins pulled away they gave their dads one last look and waved goodbye before going to cling to their mother’s legs. Meira smiled down at them but shrugged. She watched Ryat and Neon came other and pull the twins away from her and held them in their arms, they kissed their sons on the head then kissed her on her cheeks.
“Meira!” Katniss suddenly yelled.
The family of five turned around.
“Look! Your family, it’s finally complete. I’m so happy for you Mei bae!” she excitedly said with a small giggle.
Ryat and Zayde looked down at Meira lovingly, while her ear-to-ear grin didn’t fall from even a second. Indeed, her family was finally complete.
“Oh, and we k!lled your fiancé by the way,” Neon casually said.
“Oh my God–Neon!” everyone chorused.
“Psychopath or not, you know y’all love me.”
“Mama… What k!ll?” Kade asked curiously.
“Dear God, no!” Meira face-palmed herself.
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“Ryat, you’re making this way more difficult than it should be.” Bandit face-palmed himself with a camera in his hand. “Get closer to the clown!”
The man in a clown costume boredly looked at his nails while Ryat stood so far away he was near the fence. He had his arms folded as he glared at the clown. “I don’t wanna go near him.”
“You promised!” Neon folded his arms.
“Why’d you choose a d@mn clown? Why couldn’t you choose a mountain lion or tiger?” he took a step further away from the clown. Refusing to go anywhere near it. “I love you guys, but I can’t do this sh!t. That thing is horrifying and he makes my skin crawl. Choose something else.”
As 24k by Bruno Mars blasted throughout the place the family shook their heads at Ryat.
“Ryat, you have to do this, you promised us!” Neon turned to Meira. “Tell your man to get beside the clown.”
He stepped back farther but his back collided with something, annoyed by it he spun around to see what it was and was paralyzed with fear by the sight of an extremely tall and muscular clown. He was twice his size, and he wasn’t alone, there was two more with his same body size and height. From the group of three, Katniss appeared and handed them coils of money, then she put her own clown mask on.
“I’m so sorry Ryat, but this is necessary. Boys, make him take the picture!” she laughed wickedly after that.
“You…” Ryan stepped back as the clowns began approaching him while cracking their knuckles and laughing like the maniacs they resembled. “I-I don’t wanna do this anymore–” one of them snuck up behind him and wrapped his arms around him, he lifted him up and immediately Ryat began screaming for help and begging for his life. You’d think he was being m*rdered.
“NO! Get away from me! Help! I’m dying! Somebody help me please! No! No! No! Get them off me I don’t wanna do this anymore!” he yelled loud enough to attract a massive crowd who came to take pictures and laugh at him. It also drew the attention of a whole lot more clowns.
“Stay back!” he screamed, his face turning pink in anger, frustration and embarrassment. “Stay the Füçk away from I Füçking h@të clowns! Go to hell!”
He screamed until his throat became soar and he shed actual tears. He was like a child throwing a tantrum. While he tried desperately to escape his worst fears, his friends were rolling in the dirt and holding their stomachs in unbridled laughter.
“Aaaah!” Neon yelled out and hit the ground, tears gathering in his eyes and an ache in his stomach from his hard he laughed. “Ryat…! I’m so sorry!”
Meira and Syahla was off with the kids to buy them snacks, but Bella and Katniss hugged each other and laughed breathlessly at Ryat’s misery. Bandit could hardly capture a sensible picture from his laughing frenzy, and Korpse and Venom? They laughed until they lost their voices.
“I h@të you guys! How could you do this to me? @$$hOles! All of you! Wh-what are you doing? Don’t put that on me! N-no! Get away! No!” they held down Ryat and applied clown making to his face. He was so utterly terrified and angry snot ran from his nose and it took everything in him to not pee his pants or have a heart attack.
His screams, yells, cries and expressions was great entertainment for everyone around, and eventually Bandit got proper pictures of Ryat’s expressions. They’re going to print them and give to him as a birthday order in next month, December. Though the guys could hardly stand from being weakened by laughter, they managed to tell the clowns to leave him alone – but poor Ryat had passed out with tears still running from his eyes.
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“Ryat! C’mon, open the door man.” Neon knocked at Ryat’s door, biting back his giggles. “Carnage, you can’t hide in your room forever. Open up!”
He didn’t answer to anything they had to say. They won’t understand how traumatized he is by what happened today. It will be a memory that will forever haunt time more than those from the Mafia ever will. The memory of the clowns made him shiver and hug himself.
“Dada.” he heard a small voice behind the door, but not his son could make him open the door. “Dada! Dada!”
Ryat covered his head with a pillow, ignoring them. They soon left him there to be himself, but in half an hour he heard voices in his door and looked to see that they’d climbed inside using a ladder and the balcony. He snarled at them and turned his back, hiding himself under the sheets.
“Can’t be mad at us forever, Ryat,” Korpse sat next to him and rubbed his head. “Sorry about earlier man, I promise I won’t do that to you again.”
“Yeah mean, c’mon,” Bandit joined him. “We’ll pay for a therapist, don’t worry about that.”
“You’re seriously that scared of clowns? I had no idea,” Bella sat in Bandit’s lap.
All the others entered and sat around Ryat who eventually looked out from under the covers. “You guys are mean.”
“What are friends for?” Neon chuckled. “You got a duo here to see you,” as soon as he said that the twins jumped on the bed and trampled over Ryat.
“Hey, cheer up Ryat, I remember growing up in Indonesia. I used to h@të snails, like, I was so scared of them every time I came across one I’d scream like a banshee and run off. One day my classmates held me down and put snails all over me. I never forgot that day, but after that day, I wasn’t really afraid of snails anymore.” Syahla shrugged her shoulders and smiled. “You’ll be fine kid, at least you have us here to tease you about it until you d**.”
Everyone laughed, Venom joined his wife and kissed her on the cheek. “Don’t worry Ryat, we love you even if you’re afraid of clowns.”
Seeimg everyone with a bright smile, plus Kade and Dom waiting on him to acknowledge them, he sighed and rolled his eyes. “I love you guys, too, even if you’re mean, heartless human beings.”
From a corner, Meira stared at her big happy family and smiled. Her heart warmer than the sun and her smile near permanent. She watched as Ryat came out of hiding and everyone gave him hugs and gifts as a soft of compensation and bribe. Neon hugged Ryat from behind and the two kids climbed out their fathers and hugged them. She has never seen them so happy before, and it brought tears of joy to her eyes.
“This is it,” Katniss came and stood beside Meira.
“This is what I’ve always wanted, a family,” Meira sniffed. “Now I have one. I found family, a home, and solitude, in the most unlikely people who I’m not even related to, excluding my mom of course.”
“Yeah, you’re right. I love them.” Katniss rested her head on Meira’s.
“Me too,” Meira closed her eyes, happy that she got the ending she’d always wanted, “Me too, Kat.”
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