"He doesn't do drugs, Tanner. And if he ever did, you best believe that I'd leave him because I won't let anyone do that sort of thing around me or my baby-"
"Waitwaitwait...baby?" Coda cut in and then everything froze for a moment.
Elise stood, her mouth hanging open as she suddenly realized her slip. Her gaze went to Coda, who wore a very similar expression on his face, though, his expression was perhaps more...taken aback.
Tanner stared, eyes wide before they flickered to Oliver, with renewed hatred. He started to march past his sister, hands coming out his pockets then. "You fucking bastard!"
Oliver flinched but didn't move, hands out in front of him. "Waitwaitwait-"
"HANEUL!" Elise barked as she spun to try and grab her brother, only to have her arm be caught by Coda so he could pull her away from the unavoidable conflict. "Kang Dae, let me go! Haneul, I swear to God if you touch him I'll-I'll-I'll beat your ass!" She sputtered, reeling to pull herself from Coda's grip.
"Ye Rim, you can't get in the middle of this! You'll get hurt or-or-Jesus, Elise, a baby? You let this guy put a baby in you?" Coda said, breaking into exasperated English halfway through.
Tanner grabbed Oliver by the front of his jacket and shook him. "You are so fucking lucky I am still a cop." He said through his teeth. "How DARE you do this to my sister! Shes still in school, she still has so much ahead of her! What, you got bored so you decided to try and make issues for her, huh?!"
"I-no!" Oliver sputtered. He knew they'd be mad but he didn't think it'd go to this. "Please- Elise, Eli, I'm okay. Don't stress."
"Let him go, Haneul! Let him go or I swear to god...I...I'll never talk to you again! I mean it! I won't ever talk to you or anyone else in the family again if you hurt him!" Elise warned.
Coda stiffened.
"Ye Rim...Elise, don't say that. You don't mean that. You don-"
"I do mean it!" Elise shouted, shaking her arm in Coda's grasp. "Whether you like it or not, Oliver is my family now! We're having a baby together and if you hurt him, you will never hear from me again."
Tanner grit his teeth and pulled Oliver closer, saying something lowly to just him before pushing him away. Oliver stepped back a few steps hastily before smoothing his clothes again. "S-see? I'm fine, Elise. I'm okay. Please calm down." Oliver tried to sooth as Tanner walked away from the crowd, obviously trying to think and calm himself.
Elise gave one more firm shake of her arm, Coda finally releasing her, and she let out an agitated huff before she rushed over to Oliver. Of course she knew he was fine, she knew all her brother did was grab him and jostle him a bit, but she still reached up to cup at his face and fuss at him a bit. Her brows pinched fretfully as she looked him over, her hands dipping to his shirt collar to move it this way and that to check for any bruising that might've been left from Tanner's harsh grasp. When she didn't see anything immediately, she let out a little breath of relief before turning to look back at Coda.
"I meant it, Coda. You and Tanner better figure out how to be amicable or I will cut you right out of my life. I don't want it to come to that, but whether you like it or not, we are having this baby together." She warned.
Coda let out a defeated little sound and proceeded to reach up to rub at his face.
"Elise, you need to...can't you see it from our perspective?" He turned his attention to Oliver then, his gaze angry but also frustrated. "You cannot deny you have a criminal record. You were found guilty by the court of law, so there had to have been something there. Also, I've seen how you treat people firsthand, you...you have a shitty attitude. You don't exactly scream 'good guy'. So understand why we're wary of you. Understand why we wouldn't want that for our sister." He sighed. "And, more than that, understand why we're mad that this is how it shook out. I mean...a baby? She came here for school, she's got so much talent and she's smart and...what is she going to do now? Any prospects for a professional career are out the window."
Elise bit her lip and felt herself shrink a little. She knew what her brother was saying was true, it wasn't something she hadn't worried about herself, but to say it aloud...it was hard to hear.
"It's not all his fault, Coda." She said, though, she lacked all her previous bite.
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