01: New Year, New Sh!t

An hour before new year's eve, in a certain apartment room at the Blue Moon Residence, there were two girls arguing over something. 

"D*mn Celestine!" A loud curse could be heard within the corners of the apartment. One could feel the extreme anger in the two words that the person just shouted, it was full of different emotions, so many emotions. 

The person was none other than Zren, who was currently fuming with anger, her eyes were bloodshot as she stared at her twin sister, Celestine.  

"Tell me! Are you in your freaking right mind? Just look what the f*ck have you done! Celestine, you totally ruined your life!" Zren shouted, her tone was full of frustration. She didn't know what she was feeling right now. Mixed emotions stirred within her, it was so hard to explain that she couldn't even calm herself down. 

"Z-zren please, relax for a bit, l-let me explain s-something f-first," Celestine stammered as she tried to calm her sister who was on verge of flipping the table upside down due to extreme anger.  

"Relax?! How I am supposed to relax? You came here knocking on my apartment's door in the middle of the night, then told me that you are seven months pregnant. Tell me, Celestine? How I am supposed to relax?" Zren complained. She stood up from the sofa and distanced herself from Celestine. She couldn't fully digest the explosive information she just learned, it was too much for her brain capacity. 

"I know you are shocked, but—" 

"Of course I am!" Zren interrupted the words that Celestine was about to say. "Isn't it obvious? Eight months ago we just turned eighteen, and now you're telling me that you are freaking pregnant for about seven months. I'm shocked, I'm freaking shocked!" 

Using her slender fingers, Zren gripped her hair to suppress the emotions building inside her that was about to burst out at an unknown moment. 

"I'm sorry," Celestine mumbled under her breath, it was so soft, nearly inaudible. 

Zren stared at her sister. "Your sorry can't change anything. Everything had been done, even if you cry streams of blood right now, nothing will change. Now, suffer and face the consequences of your actions." 

"I know," Celestine weakly replied. 

"If you know, then why the heck did you even do it in the first place? Before you decided to roll on sheets with someone you should have thought about the possible results of your actions, yet you didn't! Why Celestine, why?" 

"It was an accident. I didn't mean it." 

Zren's eyes widened with disbelief, "Accident? If you really didn't mean it, then what happened? One night you are walking down the street, and the next second you accidentally got hit by something magical that made you pregnant? Is that what you call accident?" 

"Zren! I'm serious! I'm not joking." Celestine retorted. 

"Nor I am!" Zren shouted, "Celestine, are you even aware that you just ruined the bright future ahead of you? You are a top student, a person with a high IQ, people admire you, but why? Why did you let yourself take the wrong path?" 

"Zren, I know that I have done something that couldn't be undone, but that doesn't mean I let a single mistake define my personality. I'm not asking for more, but please trust me even just for one last time. Please?" 

Zren didn't answer Celestine's request, instead, she asked, "What about Mom, does she know about your pregnancy?" 

Celestine was taken aback by her sister's question. She looked down to the floor and slowly nodded her head as a response. "Yes she knows" 

Hearing her sister's response, Zren already knew that something was amiss. She gazed at Celestine and impatiently said, "Quick tell me what's wrong." 

Celestine opened her mouth and was about to deny it when Zren added, "My IQ is higher than yours so don't try to fool me. I know that you are lying so tell me the truth." 

Celestine let out a deep sigh, she had no choice but to confess everything because lies were useless if Zren was the person she was talking with. 

"After our eighteenth birthday, Mom together with new her family moved to Central City. I bid goodbye to her and said that in the future I will no longer contact her," Celestine explained in a cold voice. 

"She got mad right?" 

"Yeah, she told me that I am still her daughter so she insisted that she will continue to give me a monthly allowance." 

Zren nodded and moved on to the next question, "Who's your baby's father?" 

Hearing her question, Celestine's body instantly froze. She didn't expect that Zren would suddenly bring it up. 

She didn't answer, only pursed her lips and stayed silent, refusing to answer the question. 

"Tell me, who is you baby's fa—" 

"It doesn't matter okay? I can raise them on my own. I will give everything, love, and spoil them. They don't need a father. I will make sure that I will be the best mother for them." 

"Are you crazy?!" Zren finally lost it. The moment she learned that Celestine was pregnant, she couldn't accept it however what was worst was that her sister wanted to raise her baby as a single mother. That was the thing Zren couldn't accept the most. 

"Celestine come on, wake up! We are living in a world where it's better to die than live! Do you think everything is easy as you say?" 

"I will do my best no matter how hard it is. I promise I will do it!" Celestine declared as if she was sure that she already predicted the future. She had strong willpower however in reality it was far enough for her to reach the goal.  

Zren walked closer to Celestine and pointed her. "No, you can't! Come on Celestine reality sucks and that's a fact. You can't do it, even if you work hard." 

Celestine didn't retort, deep inside she knew, that what she was saying was indeed unreachable. She was still pregnant and incapable of working to make some money. 

After a few moments, Zren broke the silence between her and Celestine. 

"You and I grew up in a broken family, Celestine, didn't we promise that if one day when we already have our own family we will never let them experience what we had already suffered? Now, let me ask you, do you want your baby to grow up without a father?! If your answer is yes, please don't be stupid!" 

Without a warning, Celestine suddenly stood up and hastily pushed her sister, causing Zren who was unprepared to fall onto the carpeted floor. 

She glared at Zren, eyes were sharp as thousands of knives ready to pierce at any time in an unknown moment. 

"Of course! I know the most what is the feeling of not having a father, but Zren, you don't know anything. I have my reasons so don't act as if you know me too well."  

Zren who fell to the floor stared at Celestine, her eyes were full of shock, however, after a few seconds her eyes slowly dimmed, and they became cold and empty in an instant. 

"Fine! If you don't want me to meddle with your life, then it's okay. I don't give a f*cking care!" Zren stood up and walked out of the sala. She then went straight to the door and left her apartment.  

Zren mindlessly walked down the road with no idea where she would go. She was not in her right mind, Celestine's pregnancy caused a huge blow to her. Until now she still couldn't believe everything, hoping that the things happening right now were just a nightmare and soon she would wake up as if nothing happened. 

Today was new year's eve, she should be preparing to welcome a new prosperous year and ready to move on from the past one, yet what destiny gave her was a piece of huge sh*t, Celestine's pregnancy. 

Zren continued to walk to who knew where. She was only wearing sweatpants paired with a hoodie jacket and slippers. She put on the jacket's hoodie to cover her head from the night fog. She had no money, her mind was in mess, and didn't freaking know what to do. 

Zren stopped in her tracks when she saw a garbage bin on the roadside. She stared at it for a moment before taking a deep breath and using her strength to kick it. 

After one kick, Zren was still not satisfied enough, she again stretch her foot and land another kick at the trash bin. 

"Sh*t! Damn! F*ck! Fudge!" Zren let out a series of curses as she continuously kick the trash bin until all the garbage inside flew out of the bin. She kicks and kicks, pouring all of her frustration on the poor thing. 

Just as she was about to land another kick when her actions suddenly stopped. 

Zren was rooted in her place when she heard a cool lazy voice of a guy behind her. 

"Chill Missy, today is new year's eve you should be happy."