Chapter 109 His family
>>Nico
"We warned you," My father spoke sternly, "It would not end well if you slipped up." There was so much contempt in his voice, as if he was talking to an enemy rather than family.
My father, my mother and my brother stood in front of me, their arms folded and the disgust in their eyes was sky high while they stared down at me.
"Yes," I answered while we stood in the corner of the party hall, "I remember," I replied while I stood awkwardly with one of my arms in Asher's and the other one in Anne's.
The siblings glared at my family while I talked. They were acting as my armor.
"Why do this then?" My mother asked.
"It was destiny," I replied.
For the past two days Asher's family stuck to me like glue. They kept reassuring me that nothing would make them abandon me and that I was their family now. And one might think words don't work but it's worked enough that I'm speaking so openly in front of my family now.
And to other people it might not mean much, but it's a huge improvement on my part since I've never been able to say much to them before. It's not like I've never said anything, I have, which was always accompanied by fear and followed by abuse.
The kind of abuse I've suffered for years.
I still don't know how these people can accept me so openly. I get why Asher can, we have a bond between us but how could the others? Is it simply because Asher's happiness matters to them more than anything?
Is that how families are supposed to be like?
If yes, then I must have been punished for being born into a family like mine.
"Destiny?" Mother did not like the sound of that, "What rubbish are you spouting?"
"I'm just telling you the truth." I smiled, "This was my fate."
I didn't feel scared for some reason any more, and if I think about it, it must be because of the people-armor around me. I couldn't wipe the smile on my lips. And that must be because of Asher and his family and how openly they're adoring me.
"He's implying that this prude," Romano pointed at Asher, "Is his fated mate."
"Oh?" Mother's eye twitched; "A fated pair?" She shook her head, "What a stupid concept."
"So," Father looked at Mister Luther, "You're fine with this abomination?"
The word ticked off all of them, "You mean, the wonderful present." Luther replied, "We're more than happy to have him." He placed his hand on my shoulder as he stood behind me, "I'd say he's a blessing."
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I'm not used to words like these. It made my eyes go wide again, then the next moment, my gaze softened.
My heart warmed again. It was the kind of feeling I had never really got to experience with my family. They always treated me like I was some sort of freak and that I had to hide it from the world.
But Asher and his family are too supportive!
"We said we'd cut off ties with you didn't we?" Mother said, her eyes venomous like her tongue
"I remember," I replied. That's the reason that kept me away from so much in life. And the reason why I kept running away from Asher too.
"That means you won't be getting anything from us," Romano said.
"You're off the family registry," Father added.
"Oh! Fuck you guys!" Asher finally lost it. I told him to stay patient but I could see his blood boiling, "He's better off without you creeps."
"Oh! That's right, fuck you all," Anne was more than ready to fight. I kept getting a feeling she just needed a push and she'd mince Romano.
"Sure," I replied calmly, "I hope you take me off the registry as soon as possible."
"That's right!" Anne growled, "He's going to marry Asher anyway."
"Marry?" It was funny how all of my soon-to-be ex-family had their eyes twitch at the same time.
"Yes," I replied, "I'm going to marry Asher." I don't know when. But someday. Probably after I graduate but I'm not going to give them the details. They always thought I'd be single and miserable and that I'd make everyone around me miserable as well.
Guess, it was a huge blow to them.
Asher's eyes went wide and he shot his head towards me.
'You will marry me?' He linked his mind with mine.
'I'll think about it,' I replied to tease him but he was more than happy with that statement. I won't lie though, it's still very hard to believe that I found a new family.
And it was mainly because Asher was so persistent but I'm glad he was.
"Are you people out of your mind?" Father spoke.
"No," Mister Luther replied, "You're the ones who have lost it." He rolled his eyes, "And now that it's been decided that Nico is going to leave you, I'd better start making preparations to welcome him into ours."
"You're all fine with this marriage?" Father couldn't believe it and mother looked even more bewildered. So much so that she couldn't even bring herself to say anything.
"Fine?" Russian said, "We're beyond happy!"
"It doesn't bother you?" Romano spoke, "That you're trying to adore a freak?"
"Nobody's taking you in," Anne spat the words at him and everyone paused, followed by my side laughing.
The comment made Romano fume. I'm sure he never expected anyone to call him a freak. But I have to say, I love the sight of his face getting red with humiliation.
It's wonderful.
I don't think I've ever felt this good.
"That's right," Miss Russian let out a hearty chuckle, "We don't want freaks, no one does." She placed her hand on my other shoulder, "But we'd love precious gems in our family."
"Hmph!" My mother scoffed, "Fine then, have it your way." She looked disappointed but it didn't matter to me one bit, "You seem like you've formed a pack anyway." She turned around without sparing me another glance and left.
I stared at her back and a stinging feeling scratched my heart. It faltered my smile too.
Right
This is what she's always done.
She would always leave me like this whenever she was disappointed. And she was always disappointed in me. No matter what I did, I could never satisfy her.
All my top grades, all my skills, all my achievements, nothing satisfied her because, for her, I was nothing more than a disappointment because I was born a disappointment, AKA, born an omega.
I didn't realize it when I was a kid, and I kept denying it as I grew up.
But no matter what I had done, none of them would have ever been happy for me or would have loved me like how normal families love their kids.
Because they simply hated everything about me, starting from the fact that I was born.
"Is this really your final decision?" Romano glared at me but Asher stepped in front of me
"Try glaring at him again and I'm going to gnaw those orbs out of yours." My mate made a threat. It was funny, there was a serious and threatening situation going on in the corner of the party hall but people had no idea.
Everyone was so absorbed in their own thing, no one paid much attention to us.
Well, the good thing was, we weren't screaming or yelling either, so the attention stayed away.
"It is," I replied and my father rolled his eyes, shook his head, and turned around to walk away as well.
Just like he always has.
The only difference this time was he couldn't raise his fists at me to beat the shit out of me. This time he didn't even make the attempt since I had my armor with me.
My smile further faltered. Not because I was sad, I was just a little underwhelmed. I never had people to stand by me and act as my shield before. I had taken a lot of abuse because of that. I can't do anything about that but I wish my younger self had this kind of support as well.
Not that it matters now. That time is gone.
And it's just a wish.
On the contrary, the Blairs are turning my feelings upside down protecting me from things they don't even know about.
It's like they've already started healing parts of me that they don't even know about.
"You all will regret it." Romano looked at my new family, "You'll be humiliated when everyone knows you're bringing a male omega into your family." He folded his arms and scoffed, "Or are you perhaps going to keep it hidden?" He let out a nasty laugh, "Oh! Of course, you will. That's an easy way to not be humiliated."
"Hold me," Anne said, "Or there will be blood,"
"Oh no child," Miss Russian said, "Go ahead," She glared at my biological brother, "I absolutely despise people like him, who make assumptions."
"Oh?" Romano was awfully confident for some reason, "Are you telling me you won't hide it?"
"We will respect Nico's decision." Mister Luther said, "Whatever he wants,"
"I'm sure you would want to hide it-"
I let out a soft chuckle at Miss Russian's words, "No," Abd I cut him off, "I don't want to hide anymore." I replied,
"Well, that's it!" Mister Luther said, "Everyone will know the truth."
"You will regret it."
"I said it before too, we're not taking you in the family you moron." Anne leaned towards me, "We're taking a gem." I ended up laughing at her words and so did the others.
My brother lost it. He would have even attacked Anne if she was alone but since Asher was here he just spat on the ground, "Fine then," He glared at us, "You can have the abomination, "He'll be off the family register before you know it." And then he turned around to leave as well.
This would be the first time I'm seeing him leave without any violence. He was always a bully and I've hated him to the core.
But up until this point in my life, I was scared that if I left my toxic- ass family, I would be all alone. The possibility that things could be good for me rarely ever crossed my mind and when they did, they were just mere wishes.
But now that I know I'm not unloveable, it just seems so easy to let the biggest bullies of my life go. They were like a rough rope for me, a rope that I was hanging onto was cutting my blood supply, suffocating me, killing me, and slowly making me rot.
I watched as my parents disappeared into the crowd and I smiled.
And now that I've let that nasty thorny rope go, I feel like I can breathe again.
The funny part is, I had forgotten I could breathe this clean as well. I had forgotten I could be at ease too. And it had completely left my mind that I could be at peace too.
I have many doubts in my heart.
So many fears.
But I will give this whole thing a chance because this is that one thing that is letting me breathe. I know my mind is wavering but Asher has already taken my wolf heart. So I'll stay and see how this turns out.
The problem with my biological family had already been dealt with after all.
As Romano began to walk away, Asher and Anne spared each other a glance, then nodded at each other. They both let my arms go and started walking behind Romano who was leaving the party hall.
Oh?
I knew what they were planning on doing but I had no intention of stopping them.
Why?
Because I think I would love to see some red as well.