The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

Das opened the main gate, walked in and closed it, then walked to the front door.

When he opened the first door, Das saw Angela standing there.

Das turned around and locked the front door.

"I told you to come back before 10," Angela said.

"I am back before 10."

Angela showed her watch to Das and said, "It's 10: 02. You are two minutes late."

"Oh, come on!" Das sighed.

Angela grinned as she patted Das on the head and said with a smile on her face, "I just got a call from Rebecca, and she told me everything."

"I see."

"I was about to come to pick you up."

Das handed Angela the bag and said, "Here, the cake."

Angela stared at Das with a puzzled look on her face.

"What?" Das asked.

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

Das sighed again and said, "I am home."

Angela patted Das on the head, "Good boy."

Das shrugged Angela's hand with an annoyed look on his face, "Stop doing this."

Angela squinted her eyes and started patting Das with both of her hands. "Don't you dare speak against your mom."

"Enough!" Das walked in as he asked, "Where is dad?"

"He is taking a bath."

"This late? And didn't he bathe just like 2 hours ago?"

Angela's face flushed a little as she started fidgeting. Das realized what must have happened after he left.

Das raised his eyebrows as she shook his head and cleared his throat, "You know, you can just ask me to leave the house…"

"That's not it! You are misunderstanding."

"Is Das back yet?" Derek asked as he got out of the bathroom while wiping his hair with a towel.

"Yeah," Das nodded.

"Derek!" ANgela rushed to Derek and said in a loud voice, "Das is misunderstanding something; please correct him!"

Derek glanced at Das and raised his eyebrows twice as if he was asking something.

"It's nothing." Das shook his head and put the cake on the couch before saying, "I am going upstairs."

Das!" Angela called him, then looked at Derek and said in a panicked voice, "He is thinking we were having--"

Before ANgela could speak anything more, Derek covered her mouth and looked at Das, then said, "Don't mind her."

Das sighed as he entered his room.

"How can you say that in front of him?"

"But…!"

"He is a grown-up kid now. He understands everything. No need to--"

Angela's face flushed even more as she snatched the towel from Derek's hand and ran to the bathroom. "Eat the cake if you want, and then put it in the fridge."

Derek watched Angela enter the bathroom as he chuckled, "She is acting just like she did on our first time."

Derek walked to the couch and opened the bag.

"This smell," Derek smelled again. "Is it made by the master?"

Derek took a bite, then took another, then another-- he ended up eating five slices of the cake.

He wanted to eat more, but he was afraid he might need to sleep in the living room if he ate more-- and reluctantly put the cake in the fridge.

He then yawned as he glanced around and then started thinking something. After pondering for a while, he smirked and made his way to the bathroom.

He stealthily entered the bathroom, and soon Angela's scream was heard in the living room.

Derek originally went there to brush his teeth, but… he did more than just brushing his teeth.

Meanwhile, Das sighed in his room as he jumped on the bed.

His eyes were feeling heavy as he hadn't slept the night before.

"She smelled too good," he said.

"Her body was so soft, and her skin is so white, and she looks so pretty, and I wanted to touch her and hug her and… and… do many other things with her." Das couldn't stop thinking about Elena.

"What have I become like this? What happened to me? I just… just want to be with her all the time."

Das questioned himself. "How can I do that? How can I make that happen?" 

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "How can I make her mine?"

He suddenly opened his eyes and sat up straight, with a confused expression on his face, "What did I just say?"

Ring~!

Das' phone rang.

He stood up and took out his phone, thinking who would call him at this hour, and he was also annoyed for disturbing him when he was thinking about Elena--- but, all his annoyance when he saw the name of the caller.

Das immediately answered the call. "Yes?"

[Hey…]

"Hey…?"

[Were you sleeping?]

"No," Elena still sounded sleepy.

[I was heading to bed]

"Is… that so?"

[Yeah, so I called you to thank you.]

"For… what?"

[For making my birthday special]

Das' eyes widened after hearing that as he smiled, "Anytime."

[Also thanks for the gift]

"Did you open it?"

[No, I am too sleepy to open it, so I will open it tomorrow]

"Okay."

[....]

"....."

After a brief silence, as spoke, "Say, Elena."

[Hmm?]

"We have a vacation now, right?"

[Yeah,]

'So, will you come to school now so we can meet every day?' Das prepared himself to say that.

[Das, will you go to school now?] Elena beat him to it. She asked him before he could ask.

'I would go if you are going to come.' Das gulped down and said, "What about you?"

[I am going to my grandparent's house tomorrow.]

"Oh!"

[What about you?]

"I will… just study at home… I guess?" Das answered dejectedly.

[We also have sports week coming up next month and the school festival too.]

"Yeah."

[Let's meet again when I get back from my grandparent's house, okay?]

"When will you be back?"

[About a week or two]

'A week or two?!' Das felt like his world was about to end.

[Okay… bye. And I am sorry for today]

"What are you apologizing for?"

[...]

"Elena?"

[....]

'Did she fall asleep?' Without hanging up the call, Das started undressing. "Finally, I can take off this suit,"

Das walked to the closet and opened it. As he was pondering on what he should wear at night, he heard a faint voice.

Das looked back and saw that the call was still ongoing.

"Did she say something?" Das walked to the bed, picked up his phone, and then moved it closer to his ears but heard nothing.

Thinking it was just his imagination or some static noise, Das hung up the call.