Lost Girl (5)

"Hungry," I thought. I have to endure that hunger again tonight because I failed to do what my father taught me.

I swallowed hard and my eyes continued to look at my sister who was eating the steak on her plate. She smiled teasingly at me who couldn't eat steak like her.

"Mom, can I have a little of the steak?" I asked in a pitiful voice, not on purpose. But because I no longer have the energy.

My kind mother cut a small piece of meat on her plate and asked me to open my mouth and then put the very small piece of meat into my mouth.

"So delicious, your steak is really delicious, mommy!" I smiled happily just with a piece of meat going down my throat, while all my family members enjoyed a delicious, large steak.

I walked out after mom asked me to go into my room, but I was still too hungry to close my eyes tonight.

I walked past the Maverick family's very large house, this house certainly serves a lot of delicious food. I was standing in front of the fence when I saw Pierre come out of his door carrying a bowl of dog food with a piece of roast meat to give to the lucky one.

Pierre rubbed the dog's head as it devoured the delicious looking meat. What luck, being born as a dog in this family is much luckier than being born as a child in my family. No, not all the children in my family, but just me. My father and mother were not poor, we lived like the majority of other British families. But why do they make me so hungry like this?

Pierre realized that I was standing in front of his fence and staring at him like a monster. He just didn't know that I was just imagining being the dog in his family.

"What are you doing there?" Pierre asked.

"Nothing! I saw your dog!"

"You don't have a dog?"

"My dad and my mom forbade me from keeping animals. But I have one pet that I keep. Do you want to see it?"

"Really? What animal?"

"I'll bring it tomorrow, then see you?" I said as I walked away.

I went home and went straight into my room, pulled a large box from under my bed and opened the box. I smiled broadly when I saw the cute animal I found yesterday, because its size is not as big as dogs and cats, so I can keep it in a box and still feed it.

"Okay, Tyson! I'll show you to my friends at school."

The next morning, I had put my pet in a smaller box to fit in my bag. But during class, I saw Pierre talking to the arrogant blonde, the crybaby and the skinny boy who always looked at me while eating.

"Hi?" I greeted them as friendly as I could. But they actually looked at me with fear, especially the scared crybaby who was almost crying even though I didn't do anything.

"W-what's wrong? What do you want? Want to hit us again?" The arrogant blonde tried to ask, but of course I didn't care about him.

Since yesterday they have always been talking about the dogs and cats they have. Today I want to show them my pets too so I can be the center of attention.

"I also have pets." I said.

"No way! You definitely ate them after that." Said the stupid blonde. I snorted in annoyance. But no, today I'm too weak to hit him because mom only gave me a bowl of yogurt this morning.

"I want to see!" Pierre said. He was the only one who seemed interested enough in what I had to show him. Meanwhile the crybaby and the skinny boy just looked at me with their stupid faces.

I opened my bag and took out my secret box. The other children, who were initially uninterested, one by one approached and began to gather around me. Yes, I finally became the center of attention as I wanted. I smiled so wide that my eyes could barely be seen because my cheeks were still round even though I had lost quite a lot of weight.

They shuddered when they saw me smiling, but on the one hand they were also quite curious about the contents of the box I was carrying.

"What is that? Did you bring it?" Ask the other children. What is clear is that my pets are much cuter than their dogs, cats and hamsters.

"Hehehe..."

"S-she laughed horribly!" They said. I don't know why they are always afraid if I smile and laugh, what's wrong with my smile?

"What is that? Maybe you brought cockroaches from your house, huh?" Said that stupid blonde.

"Hahaha..." They all laughed when they heard his useless ramblings. If I had enough energy today, I would have beaten him like before.

"Just open it if you're curious!" I said.

"Okay, let me open it!" The stupid blonde tried to steal the show again like before. He made me very upset because I should be the center of attention because I was the one who brought my pet here.

He took the box I put on the table and opened the box with his hands. But when the box was opened, his eyes bulged when he saw a small snake in the box.

"Snake?"

"Snake...!"

Everyone screamed, the stupid blonde spontaneously threw the box until it fell to the floor. They all ran scared as the snake slithered out of the box.

"Snake...!"

"Hahahaha..." I laughed out loud seeing how they screamed hysterically and cried. Why are they so afraid? Isn't it just a snake?

When all the children had run out of the classroom, the crybaby just cried and didn't move at all. I saw him peeing his pants.

"Hahaha..." My laughter got louder when his face was wet with tears, the snake was already at his feet.

"Hey Lucia, hurry up and catch that snake!" Pierre said.

"Yes, that's right, hurry catch the snake before it bites Chris!"

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