MIMI

"En," Tobias grunted. "Let"s talk outside."

Nodding his head in agreement, Alec stands up from the couch.

Walking toward the apartment"s balcony, both men quietly stare off at the moonlit view. Alec, leaning forward toward the balcony, stares at the moon with an unreadable expression.

Tobias, calmly with his hands in his suit pockets, also looks at the view - his usual emotionless expression on his face.

Both men remain silent, until Alec finally speaks, breaking the silence.

"What are your intentions towards Mimi?" Alec looks at the cold man beside him.

"Why does it matter to you?" Tobias said keeping his gaze on the night view.

"Because…" Alec began but quickly stopped himself from finishing his words.

Because she"s my little sister d.a.m.nit!

He really hated not being able to tell Tobias this, however, since he had already told him Mimi"s address without her consent, he wasn"t about to tell him that the two were related.

He knew when the time was right, she"d inform him. After all, only Alec know how serious family talk was for Mimi.

But h.e.l.l was this hard to say without creating a misunderstanding!

Swallowing his following words, Alec speaks once more.

"Because she"s someone important to me. I consider Mimi family and don"t want her to get hurt." Alec said sternly.

Because she was his family. She was his sister for crying out loud.

"You think I"d hurt her?" Tobias turned to look at his long known friend with a dark brow arched.

"No, I don"t. But Mimi, although she doesn"t act like it, is a very fragile person." Alec explained with a troubled expression.

Looking at the moonlit view, Alec"s blue eyes dim.

"It"s not my place to tell you about her past since that"s up for her to decide. But…" Alec"s voice trailed off, his hand lifting to scratch his neck as if he were struggling to say the next words.

"She"s been through a lot. I"m just worried you suddenly being kind towards her will affect her badly. She hasn"t had a lot of good history with affection."

Tobias, silently listening to his friend speak of the girl sleeping soundly inside, eyes darkened.

From his previous actions, he had long noticed her odd behaviors and reactions to him. Although her reactions were barely noticeable he, who was very observant towards the girl"s action caught sight of them quickly.

From her blank almost empty expression to her flinching whenever he touched her, he saw it all.

It was clear to him she had a problematic past with certain forms of affection and words. Something he knew the girl wouldn"t want to tell him about.

Until then, he"d be patient and wait for her to open up.

Sighing, Alec continues to speak.

"Which is why I ask about your intentions toward her. Because if they"re more than…"

"I don"t consider her that way." Tobias firmly cut him off.

Abruptly turning to look at the dark-haired man beside him, Alec"s eyes enlarge.

He didn"t! Then what the h.e.l.l was with all the warm affection toward her?!

Seeing his friend"s stunned expression, Tobias"s eyebrows furrowed and lips twitched.

Although there were times where the girl would playfully flirt with him, he hadn"t responded toward any of her teasing advances. Because that"s all it was playful flirting.

To him, he considered her playing with him as if he were her toy or playmate. Even if he was shocked by some of her actions he never thought of the girl in any inappropriate ways.

Tobias knew she didn"t feel that way toward him either. If anything, both mutually respected one another.

To Tobias, she was still a child in his eyes.

"She reminds me of myself when I first joined the industry." Tobias faintly smiled upon thinking of the young girl.

"I may be attracted by her interesting approach on things and her view on those around her, but not in the way you"re thinking. She"s extremely different and possesses a lot of potentials."

As Alec listens to the man speak, he suddenly understood what the man meant when he said Mimi reminded him of himself.

Being close friends with the man, Alec was well aware of Tobias"s dark past and the actions he had done when younger.

If he were to tell Mimi of these actions she"d surely look at Tobias with genuine shock.

However, all of those actions he had done were in the past and had made him the man he was today.

Alec could a.s.sume that when he met Mimi, he had suddenly been reminded of his past and how he had been when he joined the business industry.

Seems like the two were similar in a few aspects.

But both reasons for joining were completely different.

"I have no ill intentions towards her," Tobias said as he released a subtle smile toward his friend.

Looking at the man"s smile Alec felt fl.u.s.tered.

Why did he suddenly feel so guilty toward thinking such things about his friend?

Feeling gloomy Alec lowers his head down to the floor.

Not only did he not say anything bad about him asking such a thing, but he had all along had such pure intentions towards his sister.

He was really a terrible friend, wasn"t he?

"By the way, it seems like your perverted imagination hasn"t changed since high school..." Tobias bluntly spoke with a vacant expression.

"What?!" Alec yelped loudly.

What did he mean since high school! And it wasn"t perverted! Anyone would think the man had indecent intentions towards his sister if they saw the man"s actions!

With a wronged expression, Alec frowns irritably.

You make one mistake in high school and suddenly you"re considered perverted!

Such unjust treatment!

Tobias watching Alec"s expressions couldn"t help but chuckle, his eyes landing back on the glowing moon.

Unsure why, but as Alec was informing him about Mimi"s hidden past he couldn"t help but feel a strange sensation in his heart. It was brief but nonetheless uncomfortable.

Seems like he should head to the doctors.