Coffee and Bliss novel Chapter 12

“Phi! Phi, wake up!” A loud voice filled Tristan's room.

He barely opened his eyes and saw Mia beside the bed. Groaning, he realized that it was already morning. He closed his eyes again thinking that he needed to go to university.

He snorted and made a sleepy sound. He deepened his head more on the pillow and abruptly smiled when he smelled the shampoo that Harris was using. 

“If you didn’t wake up right now, mommy will see grandma and grandpa soon!” The voice yelled right through his ears but it wasn't the reason why he quickly jumped on the bed.

“What do you mean?” He asked worriedly.

He didn’t wait for Mia to answer. He just ran fast outside with Mya tailing behind. “Mommy's in the kitchen.”

His eyes narrowed, hurrying to reach the said place. He saw Harris lying on the kitchen’s floor. And what really caught his attention was the red liquid flowing above his head. And fuck! He was lying there unmoving, his eyes were closed.

He stiffened for a moment until Mia poked his arm, hard. “Help mommy, Phi!”

He snapped back to reality and hurriedly scooped Harris’ body. He was shivering when Harris didn’t even flinch a little when he tried to wake him up. 'Jeez! Was he dead?' He shook his head with the thought.

“Harris, hey! What happened? Shia! Are you dead? Woiii?” He jerked Harris' body again.

“Phi, can’t you see that mommy was unconscious? Don’t ask him what happened, ask me instead!” Mia slapped his arm lightly.

He looked at her and glared. “What happened to him? Why is there blood? He’s dead? You wake me up horrified but now you’re just chilling there as nothing happened?” He attacked her with questions.

Mia tapped her feet back and forth. “I just want to see your reaction, Phi.” She said innocently and bit her lower lips. “We woke up earlier than usual and mommy told me that he didn’t get enough sleep. Then mommy said I shouldn’t be worried because he already took sleeping pills. Then, that! I think the sleeping pills took over him right there and he suddenly collapsed. Mommy even snored, Phi.”

He nearly cried out of his mixed emotions. He wanted to tackle Mia because of irritation. His heart was panting so hard and loud like it was about to jump on his chest when he saw Harris lying on the floor. Then he remembered the blood. Blood!

“Then what about this red liquid?”

“Oh, I just put it so you will get startled. I saw it on the T.V and the character cried and cried until he realized it was just a prank, Phi.” Mia giggled and ran away from him.

'Arg! What a nice niece he had?'

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Harris heard a raspy voice upsetting his ears. He wanted to sleep again instead of hearing that annoying voice. He knew that it was Tristan—singing loudly and out of tune. 'How the fuck he was singing, didn’t he know he had a fucking voice that can break make the animals go wild?'

He wanted to shout out of frustration when Tristan tried to hit the tenor but failed.

“Harris, wake up! Mia said that singing will make you wake up. I’m so worried right now!”

Fuck! He surely could wake up someone. “Dickhead, thank you for worrying. But please, fucking stop singing before it really makes me sleep forever!”

He opened his eyes and met the most annoying face. He needed to lean back because Tristan’s face was too close to him. Raising his hand, he smacked his head. But instead of being annoyed by his action, Tristan took him by surprise when he suddenly got teary-eyed and fucking hug him.

'Relax, Harris. Inhale and exhale. He’s also a man, don’t get too flustered.' His inner voice said with too much sarcasm when his heart thumped fast.

“Get off me. Dude, you better stop hugging me!” He wriggled on his arms but Tristan embraced him even tighter. Then it was the time when he noticed that he was lying on his back and Tristan was hovering over him, almost on top of him.

“It was that little brat’s fault!” Tristan murmured on the crook of his neck. He got tickled when his warm breath on his skin danced on his skin.

“Mia? Why?” He tried to erase the feeling getting on his body.