Chapter 13: Over explaining

[couple weeks later]

"Lalalala, I can't hear you" (Zane)

"Zane, you need to listen to me and help us around the house." (Bula)

"No, I don't believe so, and that isn't my mess." (Zane)

What am I hearing?

"Zane, it is your mess, and it is your responsibility." (Colvis)

Listening to this conversation is annoying.

"No, I don't want to." (Zane)

"If you're going to act like a child, your going to be treated like a child." (Bula)

THEY ARE PISSING ME OFF! Why? Because I was in the middle of a nap, I woke up because of their argument because I couldn't call this a conversation—just a talk between a rebellious kid and his mom where neither side is listening to the other.

"I am a child; what is your point? I didn't cause that mess." (Zane)

*Deep breath in and out*

"Then who caused that mess because it wasn't me, your father, nor Lily." (Bula)

"*grumbles* Either way; it isn't my fault." (Zane)

"Sweetie, you were the last person to use it. So it was you who made the mess clean it up, or I can have you help me clean the whole house rather than the training supplies." (Bula)

Can their conversation be over with already?

*Ugh*

Hearing the clatter of wood and metal, I could relax once more. Finally, their conversation is over.

"Hey mom, why can't we find Lily, her birth parents?" (Zane)

Now he is looking at me with eyes that were of sadness and frustration.

"Honey *Sigh* I know that us arriving home to you having a new sister and all was surprising, but if she got abandoned once, they would do it again." (Bula)

"But mom, why did you have to bring her here? She will only feel out of place." (Zane)

"Honey, no matter how smart you are and how mature you act *Mumbles* at times. We will have to explain this when you are old enough, right now though you wouldn't be able to understand." (Bula)

"Why? Why do you and dad always hide things from me ever since you brought that thing into the house?" (Zane)

He turned away from me and looked at Bula when he said that thing, his accusing small hands pointed at me. Though, his reactions do not surprise me. Honestly, his response to me first being brought into this family was one of confusion and temporary acceptance. Any average child would be confused, frustrated possibly excited. His was like the bland okay of someone who doesn't think it is any of their business.

Although that was at first, he noticed changes around the house; things were once more baby-proofed mainly to prevent me from falling on sharp corners because they already knew my mental maturity was much higher. But as soon as Zane noticed the changes, he became more rebellious, so arguments like earlier would happen. He wasn't as rebellious before, but apparently, it was more toned down to the point he would say bad words or not do something on the first request.

After I first started to live with them, due to this community being more social. I began to notice that people I would've been attracted to seemed more unappealing. I feel like this is like that one situation where the mc longer they are in a younger body than their previous, the more their mentality reverts to a mental state closer to their biological age. Sort of like how in my past life, I was attracted to people older than me. Let's say I'm willing to be with someone ten years older than me in my previous life. And now that I am in a one-year-old body, my mentality may be older, but rather than being attracted to people closer to the age i was in my past life, I am drawn to people more relative to my physical age group. Dear God, I spent too long explaining something so simple. Im saying that I am attracted to people who would be closer to my age group.