He opens his eyes, looking around the room with blurry eyesight, seeing two blurry figures sitting close to him.

he can't hear a thing, but notices that they're yelling at him. slowly, he closes his eyes...

"Hey Adelmo, wake up. Wake up!" He hears someone yelling beside him.

"jeez, your awake, finally." His brother Adrian, being as annoying as ever, came to wake him up. "Yea, thanks...wheres mom?" He says.

"getting breakfast, so why are you crying?" Adrian says.

"H-huh?" Adelmo rubs his eye. "Oh, i...I don't know." He whispers.

"weirdo," Adrian says as he flicks Adelmo's forehead. " Get dressed and come downstairs you don't want mom to get mad."

Adelmo hops out of bed and puts his clothes on.

he touches his forehead. "it hurts...what was that dream?"

Adelmo walks downstairs, seeing his brother waiting at the table.

"Is mom here yet?" Adelmo asks. His brother looks up at him "nope."

Adelmo washes his hands in the kitchen and sits in front of his brother.

silence follows, both of the boys looking at their phones.

suddenly, the door opens and their mother walks in with breakfast.

"phones down! Time for breakfast!" Their mother Irina yells, smiling afterward.

after some time, Irina has set everything in place. "Next time, If you need help with setting up breakfast," Adelmo says loud and clear. "Just ask us."

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Irina shakes her head. "It's fine Adelmo, im perfectly fine." She says, smiling again. Adelmo sees that she's faking her smile. He stands up

"No, mom, it's not!" He rethinks if saying that was the right thing to do. Adelmo takes a deep breath. "Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking."

Adelmo sits back down. He expects his mom to say something but didn't get a response. Slowly, he looks up at his mom. "You've done it now, idiot." Adrian says. His mother started crying.

Everyone is sitting down, nobody saying a word. Irina decides to break the silence by asking some questions. “So, how did you sleep? both of you." Adelmo speaks up first. “well i-“ Adrian interrupts him. "I slept alright, nothing special" he takes a bite out of a sandwich.

Adelmo gives him an annoying look but Adrian doesn't seem to care.

"I had a dream, it's very vague though I can barely remember it, there were people...yelling at me," Adelmo speaks up. "And then, I woke up."

Adrian starts giggling "oooh that's so spooky, were they ghosts?"

"no, they were people, Adrian." Adelmo says irritated.

Adrian smirks. "Damn dude, calm down, take a joke."

Adelmo starts getting mad. "Why the fuck are you so annoying!" Adelmo yells. "Why the fuck are you yelling at me!" Adrian yells back and jumps up from his seat. Adelmo can't take his bullshit and punches Adrian in the face. "Adelmo!" His mother yells loudly "go to your room and get ready for school!" Adelmo comes to realization and quietly walks upstairs.

as he watches back, he sees Adrian putting up a middle finger.