Thread: Deceptive Guise (Ookami & Sumi)

Character List Trent Ookami 6'2 Age 24 Jared Ookami 6'0 Age 24 Chris Ookami 5'7 Age 18 Trent's Apartment Lying on the couch in the living room of his apartment, blue eyes gazed up at the creamy white ceiling as he waited for the damning knock that was sure to come at any moment now. He didnt know how his parents had managed to track down his home and phone number, but apparently they had, and the first thing they had to say to him after four years of separation was that hed be looking after his younger sister Chloe while both his parents went off to travel around the world for an entire year. Obviously Trent had outright refused, he didnt like his family. They were nice people and all, but after spending twenty years under the same roof as his parents hed not only gotten sick of them, but also his little sister who seemed to be under the impression that Trent would be there to look after her for her entire life. He supposed hed spoiled her too much, falling in love with the idea of being the bigger brother, hed spent his entire childhood pampering her with attention, spending as much time with her as humanly possible, his teenage years werent much different with him neglecting his friends, personal interests, and even his love life in favor of his little sister. His first relationship had ended after only three days, his girlfriend getting extremely upset when Trent cancelled their first date since Chloe had caught a cold. It hadnt been anything serious, and his parents had assured him shed be alright, but Trent had firmly believed as the older brother, he had to look out for his little sister, and nothing could get in the way of that. Well, that turned out to be a complete lie since something did get in the way of his relationship with Chloe, and after a few weeks of inner-conflict, hed suddenly declared to his family that hed had enough of them and wanted his own place. Surprisingly his parents had taken the news rather well, reminding him to be responsible, and to keep in touch. But Chloe hadnt taken the news well at all, unable to understand why her beloved brother was suddenly abandoning her. Trent hadnt even bothered to say farewell, sneaking out of the house with a bag full of his own belongings, and not telling anyone where he was going, or what he intended. He kept in touch with one of his closest friends, who occasionally visited to assure his parents he was okay, but besides that, Trent had gone to extreme lengths to keep away from his once lovely family. Unfortunately though, his freedom and efforts had been brutally destroyed with a single phone call from his father. His attempts to dissuade his father had all ended in failure. Both his parents were the only child in their family, and all their grandparents were deceased, they probably had distant relatives somewhere, but Trent had never met or even heard of them. His suggestion to let Chloe live with friends had been swiftly shot down too, their mothers logic that it made more sense for Chloe to live with him ringing true. Chloe couldnt even live in the family home as the house had been rented out to other people. Though Trent himself had no intention of suggesting Chloe be allowed to stay alone in the spacious family home, especially not when the newspapers were fussing over an increase of rape and violence against women in the city. The responses hed gotten from the people in his life had varied, with his manager yelling at him, Trent wasnt exactly a celebrity, but his popularity had been on the increase lately, with more and more girls wanting to know about him. Accepting an interview with a popular womans magazine had been the biggest mistake of his life, and the highlight of his career thus far. Admitting sarcastically that he was single and looking when asked about his love life had resulted in a sudden surge of fan-mail. Women of various ages sending him love letters along with a scantily clad photo of themselves. The worst part was when they approached him in the flesh, bumping against him in public and apologizing for the intentional accident theyd caused. A few of them even getting frisky and groping his rear or chest. The thought that hed soon be sharing his own apartment with a girl like that made him bury his head in his hand. Hoping to any god whod listen that Chloe wouldnt be anything like those crazy fanatical girls that squealed like dying pigs. Chloe huh. he whispered quietly. Still hoping that this was some bad dream hed soon wake up from. Reality was reality though, and just as he was about to doze off, he found himself interrupted by a knock at the door. A loud aggravated sigh blowing past his lips as he kicked himself upright and got up, dragging his feet over to the door hoping it was some unwanted sales person.