51 Follow The Leader (1/2)
”Where are we going?” I asked Cecily.
After our little heart to heart conversation. Cecily had insisted that I follow her. Which had resulted in her dragging me out of my room and into the hallway to some unknown destination...
To be fair, I wasn't putting up much of a fight as she drags me down the hallways. I decided I was going to take her advice and just take it easy for a bit. I had plenty of time to sweat the small stuff later on. It was time that I took a nice little reprieve from my worries.
”You've got to wait,” she says her little hand clenching my hand and I kept obediently following behind her.
Smiling, I try to guess where she's dragging me off too.
We'd passed a lot of room on our way to wherever she was taking us. As we went, I started to get a loose idea about where she was dragging me on our little adventure.
”Where's Ekon? He almost never leaves you alone,” I say as we round a corner and head down the main staircase.
I was about ninety-nine percent sure I knew where she was taking me.
Turning to look at me, she gives a wry grin. ”Cecily made him wait with Mime,” she says as we near the door to the kitchen.
Well, it looks like I'd guessed right, she was taking me to the kitchen.
Stopping in front of the black glossy wooden doors. She turns to give me a wink and then she places her small hand onto the door and pushes. They swing open with relative ease.
The smell of food and sugar permeates the air with the doors open. Looking around the kitchen, I can see all the kitchen staff hard at work preparing for brunch.
”Where are the boys?” I ask her.
”Cecily had them wait at the back, so they wouldn't be in the way of everything,” she grins.
Glancing towards the back of the kitchen area, I find them towards the back at an open station in the kitchen. A few maids and butlers stood around them making sure that nothing happened. There was also a number of Beast Kins in Kimono's standing near Mime with attentive looks.
Looks like they had brought some of his own staff along with them. It made sense if his dad was anything like mine then he'd need all the help that he could get.
A few of the kitchen staff look towards us and give us bright smiles, but then quickly continue with their task and head on their way.
”Come on,” she says dragging me around all the kitchen staff.
The smell of blood and breakfast food lights up the air. I found myself water at the thought of having a blood spiced coffee. I'd have to ask someone to get me one when they weren't so busy.
”Good Morning Lil Miss,” the staff said as I walked past them. I gave them all a small smile and quickly got out of their way. I wouldn't make their task harder than it already was.
”They're here,” Ekon says pushing his elbow into Mime's arm.
The two of them are dressed completely different from one another.
Mime had a simple black kimono that had a scrawling red flower pattern on it. That highlighted his pretty features, he still was a cute lil pudgy child even with his elegant style of dress. His hair was drawn up into a ponytail atop his head, and his cute ears are twitching ever so slightly.
Ekon was dressed in a simple pair of pants that are a navy blue and a simple shirt that cuffs around his forearms showing off all the tattoos on his arms and chest. His unruly black hair in a messy pile on his head. He looked a lot like a punk, but he was a sweet kid at heart.
”Good morning Hollis,” Mime says his sharp hazel eyes pulling up into crescent moons.
”Morning boys,” I say pulling myself into a chair on the opposite of the workstation from them. Cecily sits right beside me a proud look covering her childish features.
”Cecily planned a morning of baking for all of us. She said that you needed to relax,” Ekon says using air quotes.
I couldn't help but grin at him. They're a funny pair of siblings nothing was ever boring with the two of them around, that was for sure.
”I'm excited to make something with everyone. I brought out some of the sweets form my home. I hope that everyone will enjoy them,” Mime says waving his hand.