~Lorenzo~

I'm woken up by a quiet sobbing. I'm about to ignore it and go back to sleep and then I remember where I am. My eyes shoot open and adjust to the darkness while I look for the source of the sobbing. When I find it my heart breaks into a million pieces. Next to me I see Madelyn, curled up in a ball quietly sobbing. She's still asleep. Fucking nightmares.

"Mom" she whispers and if possible my heart breaks further.

I gently tap her shoulder and when that doesn't work I give her a slight shake not wanting to scare her .She immediately shoots wide awake and looks around frantically until her eyes land on me .

"Enzo?" She says with tears still coming out of her eyes . I quickly wipe them away and put on a side lamp.

"It's ok darling I'm here. You're safe I promise " I say with the gentlest voice I've ever used.

She immediately relaxes letting out a sigh and then drops her face into her palms.

"That is so embarrassing. You saw me cry" She groans and I immediately move closer to her grabbing her hands so that she's forced to look at me.

"You shouldn't be embarrassed to cry hell I cry all the time." I say trying to make her feel better.

"No you don't" she says with a slight smile .

"Well... No but other people do it so it's probably normal." I say with a shrug and this time she looks at me with a skeptical expression.

"You're telling me you've never cried?" She asks and I pretend to think for a minute .

"Nope. Never. Unless it was when I was born I've never cried." I say and her jaw drops.

"Oh my god you're a rock person." She says shocked and I smile.

"Why would even want me to cry? I've heard it's not very nice. " Luckily my dry ass humour makes her laugh and the biggest most idiotic smile takes over my face at the sound.

I look at the time and it's 2am. "Do you want to go back to sleep?" I ask her and she shakes her head. So we stay up talking instead.

"What's your favourite colour?" She asks and I think for a minute.

"Don't have one." I say and she raises an eyebrow at me.

"You're the worst conversationalist ever." She says and I laugh.

"Ok ok fine. What about a childhood memory, you must have a good one." She says and I think about it.

"Fine I have one." I say and she gets excited. "When I was younger my mom would read me this book. It was called the runaway bunny. It was about a mother's love for her child. She would read it to me everyday but when I was 8 my father told me to get serious . That this entire empire was mine and I needed to know how to control it. So I started training and my mother and I stopped spending time together. "

Madelyn takes my hand giving it a slight squeeze and suddenly I don't know why I'm telling her all this but I continue anyway.

"Even though we didn't spend time together anymore that book was the one thing I had that reminds me of my mom and that she loves me. Unfortunately they stopped making those books." I say and Madelyn just stares at me.

"Thank you for telling me" she says and I smile. I never tell anyone about my family but I didn't mind telling her. At least it managed to take her mind off her own demons.

She smiles back at me and kisses me. I kiss her back and she hums. When we pull apart she rests her head on my shoulder and we continue talking. About our lives, what we like , everything.

Eventually she falls asleep again. She looks so peaceful I could look at her forever. ______________________________________________________

~Madelyn~

Last night Enzo and I talked for hours after I had a nightmare. I could tell he wasn't used to comforting people but his presence alone helped me feel better . This morning he woke me up at 8am to tell me that he has important work to do and that he would most likely be gone the entire day. I was sad I wouldn't be able to see him but at least it would give me time to explore the house more. Or at least that's what I thought at the time. I woke up 5 minutes ago and I already miss him.

Enzo makes me feel things I can't explain. Things I've never felt for any guy , and while I wouldn't exactly call it love , I definitely like this man A LOT.

I make my way to my bathroom and take a quick shower since I washed my hair yesterday. I do my skincare decide to not wear any makeup today. It's like 100 degrees outside so my makeup would just melt off anyway. Then I do the thing I've been dreading. I straighten my hair . I always curl my hair or leave it natural because straightening it just takes way too long. I finally finish straightening it after 30 minutes and make my way downstairs I'm starving so I rummage through the cupboards until I finally find cereal.

I eat it before making my way towards the pool. I would never let my freshly styled hair get wet but it's so hot that I might as well dip my feet in the pool . Alia left about 10 minutes ago for a nail appointment. She asked if I wanted to come but I said no. On the other hand Kai and Enzo have been gone since this morning. I make my way to the pool before freezing at the entrance. I see Leo swimming and OH MY GOD , does everyone in this house have the body of a greek god?

Unlike Enzo and Kai , Leo has blonde hair and green eyes. He looks at me and I wave he doesn't acknowledge my existence and just keeps swimming. Rude. I take a seat at the edge of the pool dipping my legs into the water. He finally stops swimming and turns to me.

"How was your date thingy?" He asks catching me off guard.

"It was good." I say and we fall back into an awkward silence. Oh my god this is the deadest conversation I've ever had.

"So are you two together now?" He asks again and I don't know what to say. Are we together?

"It's... Complicated." I say mentally smacking myself. Complicated? That's the dumbest fucking answer ever.

"Complicated sure." He says laughing.

"Is something funny?" I grit at him.

"Not funny more... Interesting." He says still with a stupid smirk on his face.

"Are you going to tell me why?"

"Hmm... No" he says smiling at me again. "Or at least not yet." He mutters the last part and I almost miss it.

I can't help but notice that Leo is freer and more talkative when no one is around. When Enzo and Kai are around he's always uptight and serious.

"Fuck off." I tell him and he laughs again.

"Aren't you going to swim?" He asks and I gesture towards my hair.

"Nope. Never. I just straightened this and it took ages. If water touches it it would just become curly again." I say and he looks at my hair.

"Fine well I'm getting out help me." He says with the biggest smile on his face but I ignore all the warning signs and take his hand anyway. Immediately I'm being pulled into the pool and I swear I'm going to kill him. He hops out off the pool still laughing at me.

"LEO I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU" I yell at him and he's still laughing. When he sees the death stare on my face he clears his throat still smiling and helps me out.

"I'm sorry. Well not really but yeah." He says still smiling and I'm fuming. He tosses a towel at me before leaving and I just stare in disbelief .

Oh Leo I'm going to make your life hell. ______________________________________________________

HEYYY GUYSSS I feel like I neglect Leo so here's some Leo content😭

Don't worry I have a plan for him 😉 Also I was trying to make this playful and teasing but now I feel like Leo just sounds like a bully but anywayss

Remember like 2 days ago when I'm like "oh I'm done with exams" yeah well that was a lie. I actually have one paper left that I'm writing tomorrow I just don't care cause I have that last paper mindset.

Anywayss I'm going to update soon cause after tomorrow I'm on school break so yayy.

Love y'all MWAH 💋