Fear

[MC'S POV]

"You have blue eyes?" Questioned Annie while looking at my eyes a little surprised (It rhymed!).

"Yes?" I replied hesitantly not knowing how to answer this question she just asked me, when she was looking at the answer herself.

"I swear they were golden a while back" Annie started mumbling to herself which I was easily able to hear but wasn't truly focused on her, because something else caught my attention. It was a room situated at the far corner of the house and was locked from the outside.

Despite being locked, I was still able to see what that room held because of my strange eyesight. It was a room full of Comics!

Waku Waku!

There are so many comics inside that room and not only that, there are also many toys too!

I wanna play with them but...

Can I?

Annie must have noticed my expression because her mumblings stopped and she said while looking at me and then at the heavenly room with a raised eyebrow

"It would be best if you don't go inside that room without the 'usurper's permission kiddo. Unfortunately for you as well as me, I am not the current occupant of that room."

'Usurper?'

By her words, I can guess that she is not the one who these toys and comics belong to. A shame really but I am still curious though....

What is this usurper she is talking about?

She must have noticed my expression as she started explaining to me what, or more like who this Usurper is

"This room belongs to my uncle from my mother's side, at least for now. He has been living with me for a while now because of his 'colourful' personality, which is the reason his previous tenants weren't able to stand him and kicked him out. I just hope he leaves soon.. " Annie said with an annoyed expression on her face which I could tell was definitely aimed at her uncle.

After hearing her words, I got confused and gave her a look which said 'I don't know what an uncle from the mother's side means' and she magically understood me and explained to me further

"It means he is my mother's brother" Oh.

So he and Annie's mother were like me and Annie in a sense huh?

That's kind of cool.

I want to meet him!

"He is also the one who is going to adopt you"

I don't want to meet him anymore!

Someone who is going to adopt me?

Annie is a person who I can actually see as a family but—

I am not so sure about her Uncle....

I am also afraid that he will take me away from Annie after he adopts me which is something that I don't want at all.

"You don't have to get so worked up about it kiddo. I am not gonna let him be the one to take care of you as he is not someone I can trust with a kid..like ever!"

"What do you mean?" I asked her as I didn't understand what she was talking about and she answered in a condescending tone of voice which was aimed at her uncle..

"Well, what I mean by saying that is that he is a huge pain in the as--"She stopped before correcting herself

"I-I mean H-he is a huge pain in my head! Y-yeah that's it!"

What was she going to say before?

Meh.

MC:- "Okay? What does that mean?"

"It means that she loves me very much"

A sudden voice made me turn my head and look at the person standing in front of me with a surprised expression on my face

Who is he?

When and how did he come inside!?

I didn't even hear him coming!

How?

"Still as sneaky as ever huh? Well, I hope you have a nice explanation for not cleaning your dishes before going out because I am not going to be as lenient as I was yesterday." Annie said in a reprimanding tone of voice.

"Don't be so grumpy, my little niece.. It doesn't suit you. Or, does it? It's hard to tell because you are always grumpy" the strange man said with that smile still plastered on his face

It looked like he was insulting Annie but I didn't feel any hostile emotions coming from him....

The only thing I felt from him when he looked at Annie was adoration for her with some care and amusement mixed in it.

It was also much more clear of an emotion that I ever felt from anyone else in my entire life...

It also felt a bit familiar.

Strange.

"Will you shut your trap or do you want to sleep without having dinner again? Anyways, I don't have time to chit-chat with you as I have a request for you that I want you to fulfill." Annie 'requested'

Strange Man:- "That sounds like an order more than a request my little neice. Don't you think so too, little ma--!!"

Before he could continue what he was going to say, our eyes met and his everlasting smile faltered

And then his emotions changed from many and stopped at one...

An emotion I was all too familiar with

Fear.

I have felt this emotion from someone before too.

That someone being the nice lady's daughter when she found out I could fly.

But the fear he was feeling right now was on a whole different level compared to her.

And you know the worst part about all of this? The cause of both of their fears was the same person.

Me.