Livid Guardian's Endless Coddling

Aria who woke up by an alarm bolted up on her bed. She knew she was drowsy in Alan's room and she didn't remember walking into her room.

She hit her forehead, 'How dare you to sleep off in another's room?'

She wasn't also sure if Alan selected anybody. Thinking she would get to know at breakfast time, she changed to gym wear and went to her Aerial Hammock.

After finishing the stretching on the ground, she started her exercises and motions on Hammock...

Alan who finished his jog and gym saw Aria from the bay window of the gym. Her calmness and patience in every move were very obvious. When she rolled herself up and left the hammock hold to roll down, he felt like his heart was in the throat.

He thought she was falling down but her leg and hand were locked to Hammock. He watched a few more minutes from upstairs before going to the lawn.

Aria had just finished and was relaxing her muscles when he passed her water bottle. She looked up to see Alan agaisnt sun and took the bottle. "Good morning Young Master Morgan."

Alan smiled as he wished, "Good morning." He checked the Hammock as he asked, "Can I learn this too? Is it difficult?"

Aria glanced at him as she replied, "Yeah you can learn. Since your arm strength is good, you can do complex ones easily."

Alan hummed and went towards her, "My arm strength?"

Aria told her analysis, "You carried me off the hill and caught me when I was falling down which needs quite a good arm strength to do without even a small flinch on the face. This Aerial activity needs arm strength and balance."

Both walked towards the entrance as Alan asked, "So does that mean you have good arm strength too?" For him, she just looked too delicate.

Aria shook her head, "I can't do long if I have to control whole body weight by my arms. So my time on Hammock is just fifteen to twenty minutes."

Alan furrowed his brows, "If you can't, why are you getting sore? Why do you still do it?"

Aria glanced at him to see his ununderstandable expression, "Mr. Bean taught us one main thing in life, enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else to make you happy. I enjoy being in the air and I don't want to give up. And there are many benefits from Aerial Hammock, importantly, peace of mind and patience."

Alan leaned on the wall next to his room before asking, "Are you always informational about everything like this?"

Aria shook her head promptly, "I only know what I do. Compared to me, Rian, Noah, and Eva are much more informational. They know hell lots of stuff..."

"To tease you." Alan interjected.

Aria fiddly replied remembering Eva's comments, "Kind of and many other things too."

Alan saw her cheeks turn pink looking down and changed the topic, "You aren't the same with everyone as you are with your friends and my parents. Why is that?"

Aria couldn't understand he actually meant to ask for himself. "Are you the same with everyone?... I don't think so. Similarly, Me too."

He nodded in understanding and both saw a maid exiting from Rian's room looking troubled. Before Alan, Aria spoke, "What's wrong? Was he drunk last night?"

The maid found her savior, "Young miss, only you can help us out. Second young master scolded everyone who went in."

Aria nodded and went towards Rian's room. Alan furrowed as he followed her.

Aria first tried to wake up normally, "Rian! we have to go to school. It's time, wake up and get ready."

Rian realized it was Aria hence he covered himself under the duvet, "Little Devil! I'm not coming today. Leave me alone, I want to sleep."

Aria removed the duvet which he covered again, "Get lost, I don't want to talk."

Aria threatened, "Can't you wake up when we ask politely? Do you want me to pour cold water so badly? Get your ass off the bed."

Rian was vexed, "My home my room. I will sleep however long I want. Who the hell do you think you are?"

Alan grunted, "RIAN"

Aria stopped Alan who was ready to teach his brother. Aria knew something wasn't right and he wasn't angry at her.

She signaled maid to leave before sitting next to Rian, "Rian! What happened? Did something happen with your friends or did anybody told you something?"

Alan couldn't understand why she was concerned even when she got scolded by him like an outsider.

Rian held the pillow on his head to cover his head to stop hearing her.

Aria was sure something's up. She forcefully snatched the pillow and threw the duvet from his face. She pulled him to sit and face her, "Are you going to tell me or do you want me to ask somebody and teach them a lesson? Later don't stop me saying I will hurt myself."

Rian shrugged her hands off, "How many are you going to teach? Aria! it is not easy to change what people think."

'Aria?' Aria furrowed her brows. "Is it about me? And why are cared about what people think?"

He knocked her head opening his eyes. "I didn't even tell you, how did you get to know?"

Aria rubbed her head pouting, "That was a hard one."

Rian smiled resignedly looking at her. He knew she was doing it on purpose. He took a deep breath and spilled, "Even though nobody is talking in the school forum or telling us, many or maybe all are thinking about you as... as..."

He couldn't say it. Aria continued, "B*tch who is two-timing with brothers?... I know that."

Two brothers looked at her nonchalance in amusement.

"You... You..." Rian didn't know what to say.

Aria smiled and teased, "So Beauty Rian is tongued tied by the goddess!"

"Crap!" Rian didn't know what to say.

While drinking, he wasn't drunk yet as his other friends. They suddenly took Aria's name and spoke nasty about her asking him: Is she good on the bed? why both brothers are running around her? how many times did you guys do it? who she wants more, you or your brother? similar things...

Noah and Rian had beat them up before leaving the club. He thought for a very long time about how to solve it but didn't get any answer.

Aria asked as she pulled him off the bed and made his bed. "Am I two-timing?"

"Nooo"

"Do you, Eva, Noah think the same?"

"Nooo Little Devil."

"Why are you caring about others?"

"They are spouting nonsense about you."

"Oh!" She finished her work and turned to him for whispering, "There are also rumors about your brother saying he is interested in men, is it possible to publish a statement to resolve it?"

Rian grinned looking at Alan and answered, "How can that prove?"

Aria smiled, "Exactly! We can't say anything about it as nobody will be ready to accept it. So ignorance is the best choice."

He nodded in approval. Aria asked, "Still feeling down? If yes, I will..."

Rian cut in seeing her stand-in akimbo, "We will let them make in their own assumptions and we will enjoy as we do." He happily entered the bathroom after saying it.

Aria sighed and went out as Alan followed her. "You understand him well."

Aria hummed.

"Does that really not affecting you?"