Uninvited Guest

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"Phew! Home, at last! I can't believe I literally stayed in bed for three whole days. I was planning to do my laundry two weeks ago but a lot of things happened and I had to move and move the schedule and finally!" Fyre mumbled to himself as he rested his hand on his sides, looking at his pile and pile of dirty clothes.

Three days had passed since the relationship between Tian Zi and Fyre had become stronger after the confession and today, the two finally decided that it was time to tell everyone about them. Since Fyre had been resting and eating properly for the past 3 days, his body had fully recovered. In fact, on the first day, Fyre was already fine and insisted that he could get out of bed but Tian Zi being so overprotective of him as always, he was forced to rest longer. Thankfully, since the Alpha had to work on some company papers that he had stalled for days, Fyre was able to sneak out.

"Wow, it really piled up to this much. Will I be able to finish all this by the afternoon?" Fyre asked himself as he sorted the dark colors from the light colors and the sheets and pillowcases, which finished quickly since he only really had dark shade clothes with him. Normally, he would have washed his clothes and sheets all at once every week but sometimes when he gets lazy he piles it up to the next week and then to the next. This time around, instead of feeling lazy, he actually didn't have time to do laundry because of what had been happening with Maverick and him going to the hospital and all that it piled up. He had a lot of clothes but now the clean clothes he had was becoming less, he had to wash some for him to have something to wear for the following days.

"I'll just do the whites and light colors for now and then if I have more time, I can do some of the blacks and the sheets. Zi will notice soon that I have left and might come, but I don't want him to buy me clothes or worse, wear his clothes when I go to their house tonight," Fyre mumbled to himself. He is going as Tian Zi's lover this time so he should try his best to become presentable on his own. He didn't want to rely on Tian Zi, even if the Alpha insisted. Additionally, if the Alpha bought him clothes, his clothes would increase again! He already had too much.

After throwing all the whites and light-colored clothes, detergent, and fabric conditioner into the washing machine, Fyre turned the machine on. Since he would have to wait an hour for it to finish—from washing to drying—he decided he would bake something to bring later. Fyre looked around his house and smiled, feeling satisfied. The place had been his home for exactly 10 years now. A lot of change happened since the first time he got the place from the young Paul back then but he was so satisfied that he had cultivated it into a place that he was most comfortable with. Unfortunately, maybe he'd have to say goodbye to it soon.

Ever since Tian Zi offered to live with him, he had thought of it while he was resting for the last 3 days. Tian Zi mentioned a couple of times that they would buy a new and bigger house together for the two of them and that made him really happy because it felt like they were some newlywed couple. Of course, Fyre was afraid like he admitted to the Alpha but it's not like he was not excited at the thought. Soon he'll turn 29 years old. He'd been living alone since he was 15 when he left home so he wanted to try living with someone this time, with someone he loved and cherished.

Fyre hadn't told Tian Zi about his plan yet but he was going to tell him tonight as well so he wanted to spend a little more time alone in his home. Definitely, he wasn't going to sell or completely abandon the place but it would be difficult to come and visit often. He also decided he'd quit being 'JunkAnime' for good or doing some odd jobs as a hacker and instead, he'd be working alongside Tian Zi on ZNetwork and make it even more prominent than it already is. This was the dream Remi had for him, to be happy with someone who accepted him, with someone he truly trusted and loved. Aside from what Remi knew when they were younger, Fyre had gone through a lot and he had trouble accepting himself, trouble trusting someone, and trouble loving someone… but finally he had overcome all his fears, insecurities, anxiety, and depression, and he had learned to love and trust Tian Zi wholeheartedly.

"Remi, I hope you're happy, wherever you are because I am. I'll be happy for the both of us," Fyre whispered, picking a picture frame that had Remi's photo on it. Fyre smiled again before putting the photo back on its spot as he took a deep breath and exhaled. Maybe the saying that life starts at 30 really was true, a lot of things had and would still happen in the future and he's actually relieved that he'd be spending all those times with Tian Zi instead of being alone like he had thought back then. Fyre had never been so happy in his life to the point he thought that maybe this was just the calm before a storm.

Brushing off his thoughts, Fyre soon proceeded to his small kitchen and prepared the ingredients he needed. Since he did not have much time on his hands because he also had to put some time for his preparation later, he decided he would make his classic scones, the one Tian Zi and the rest of the Mos liked the most. Fyre hummed in a great mood while he was opening a bag of flour, when suddenly his doorbell rang. Normally, Fyre would have ignored it and pretended he wasn't home but since he was in the mood he tried to see who the visitor was.

Fyre walked to his CCTV camera monitor and clicked a few keys before images flashed on his screens showing different locations around his property only to end up cursing when he recognized one of the two individuals in front of his door. Even though it has been years since the woman visited him, he knew nothing good would come if she showed herself. She was the type of person Fyre hated the most.

"*Sigh* What do you want?" Fyre asked after he pressed the intercom that would connect to the speaker of his automated front door passcode lock. Actually, he already had something in mind that the woman might want from him because of what was happening in the entertainment industry at the moment, which was kinda his and Tian Zi's fault, but he asked anyway.

"Ahh! That surprised me. I thought you were going to pretend you weren't home again," the woman commented, holding her chest acting as if she was that surprised that Fyre spoke through the intercom.

"I'm busy so state your business," Fyre replied, rolling his eyes already annoyed.

"Ahw, don't be like that. I was your sister's friend, you know. At least offer us a cup of coffee?" The uninvited guest suggested, making Fyre roll his eyes again. He was just thinking of Remi right now and now this woman had arrived and mentioned her. 'Fine! Since I'm in a good mood today,' Fyre thought but didn't say anything before he pressed a button that would automatically open his door.

"Fine! But I won't be meeting you downstairs so find your way up here. I don't have much time to spare so go straight to the point and leave," Fyre instructed after a deep sigh through the intercom. When he heard the woman reply with a joyful okay while commenting about how cold he was, he finally went back to his kitchen and started mixing his wet and dry ingredients to start his scones. Not 5 minutes had passed, the elevator's bell sounded indicating that someone had come. Of course, Fyre didn't bother to look because he knew who was coming so he continued to do his job.

"Wahh! So you're also baking now? This is just perfect!" the woman conveyed, rather excited which once again made Fyre roll his eyes in annoyance wondering what perfect she meant. How does his baking lead her to say perfect?

"You keep denying it but you've actually read the script I gave you the last time didn't you?" The woman mentioned, making Fyre halt the movement of his hand to look at the woman. The script she mentioned was the movie adaptation of some novel but she had long thrown that away and hadn't read a single line from the paper, not even the title. So he was wondering what the woman was saying now?

"What are you talking about? I haven't read a single line from that script… Anyway, just go straight to the point, as you can see, I have no time for you," Fyre said coldly. Honestly, he didn't really hate the woman since she was one of the people that helped his sister when she was alive and working in the entertainment industry but he just can't stand her annoyingly cheerful personality.

"Gosh, you're as cold as ever. Remi said you were cute but you're honestly not. Anyway, I know you already know why I'm here… I'm asking you to reconsider my offer years ago. I know you don't need the money so why not see this as just fulfilling one of Remi's greatest dreams? And don't tell me crap about not knowing how to act, Remi told me a long time ago you're good at it. Even if you lack something, the company will provide it for you. Think about it. I'm sure Remi would be happy if she was alive." the woman said, making Fyre sigh in frustration.

"Ms. Walker, I honestly don't understand why you are insisting on making a non-actor like me act in such a huge movie production, don't you think this is a little too much? Also, can you stop bringing Remi into this? You may have been Remi's friend but more than 4 years have passed since her death, I will not tolerate you using her name for your business," Fyre soughed. He was well aware that Remi dreamed of becoming an actress but failed because of that hateful Veronica Chime. Fyre knew because he monitored Remi all throughout the years they were separated and watched her do her best during the auditions and finally securing a minor character. She had great talent but there were not a lot of opportunities especially when she had mediocre looks so she settled for Veronica's manager instead.

Actually, Fyre also wanted to help Remi achieve her goal but she had now died. Besides, he's not into acting and Remi would understand if he didn't want to, that's why he hated it when people use her name as they like as if they knew what exactly would make his sister happy. Fyre glared at the woman but soon his eyes captured the person who was all this time at her back. He was wearing a baseball cap and a black mask as if he was hiding himself from someone. The man stepped forward before he returned Fyre's glare.

"Julie, let's stop forcing someone who clearly has no talent for this. He won't be able to survive in the industry anyway if he decided to accept the offer. Someone of this caliber and still be ungrateful for this kind of offer, I don't see why the production insisted on taking him. He's not even that attractive for an Omega," the person said with his surprisingly sharp tongue instantly shocking Fyre, knowing that he was the one the man was talking about.

"What the fuck!!! Who the heck are you to say that in my own house? Are you stupid or are you stupid!?" Fyre blurted furiously.

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To be Continued...