Chapter 21 - 21

Brandon went to the cafe very early in the morning, his whole world had crashed down and he hoped his memories would fix at least a little bit of it. He sat in the same seat as before and weirdly enough he could still smell his scent in the seat. He lay back with his eyes closed and imagined that he sat next to his beautiful boy leaning on his shoulder. And inhaling that addictive cologne of his.

He sat there for hours not moving and not ordering anything. One of the waiters who saw him called the boss to have a look because he was afraid that something bad had happened to him. " Get me a cup of green tea and a slice of the freshly baked chocolate cake," she said and waited for the order. The waiter came back a minute later with the order. She took it from him and walked towards Brandon's seat.

"Your order has arrived," she said and sat down. "I didn't order anything," he replied without opening his eyes.

"I know, I ordered it for you.. So have it before it gets cold," she said to him but he didn't move an inch. " You will like I promise and you have been seating here since morning you must be hungry," she added.

"I don't want anything but thank you," he stated.

"Rude and polite at the same time, have it quickly before it gets cold. You will like it and I will leave you alone," she said and he opened his eyes. He sat up straight and looked at the dish and it was exactly like the one he offered him on his birthday. He picked up the fork and took a piece of the cake and ate it, even the taste was the same. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the feeling he got when he ate the cake, it brought him warmth.

" I told you that you will love it," she grinned.

"It is good now leave," he said straightforward. " Not until we talk,"

"We have nothing to talk about," he said and she shook her head.

"My name is Rocky and I am Reiner's sister," she introduced herself and he was beyond surprised.

"Brandon," he did the same while dining on his food.

"Are you friends with my brother?" she asked and he thought about it before shaking his head in refusal. "So you are not friends then what relationship do you share?" she asked and he speechless on what to tell her. Their relationship had no name that is they were even in a relationship. He looked down embarrassed to meet her eyes.

"It's okay, I understand," she said making him look up wondering what she meant by that.

"Look I am older so I don't need a definite answer to read between the lines."

"What lines are you talking about. Your brother and I go to the same school that's it," he explained.

"So that's it, nothing else?" she inquired and he nodded.

" We are school mates and we seat next to each other and sleep next to each other. I mean our beds are next to each other not that we sleep next to each other on the same bed," he said and ate another piece of cake.

"I am sure that is true. Not like you would ever want to sleep on the same bed with him right?" she asked and he agreed.

"But his bed is big enough for both of you to sleep in comfortably," she said and he spits the tea in his mouth.

"What do you mean by that," he asked her feeling nervously.

"Exactly what you were thinking," she replied digging into his cake with his fork.

"Well I wasn't thinking about anything," he said to her. "Same here," she replied.

"But in all honesty, I know that there is more between that meets the eye. I don't mean to embarrass you but you are kind of obvious. It won't take a genius to see that you have feelings for him," she said and paused taking a sip of his tea.

"I can also tell that you are mean something important to my brother, my staff have reported seeing him hold a conversation with you and I witnessed it myself yesterday. He likes you, I wasn't sure if it was as a friend or more until we spoke just now. I don't mind if he is with a boy or a girl I just want to see him happy and he was yesterday when he was speaking to you."

"You are mistaken there is nothing like that going on between us," he stated.

"It is easier to deny something with your mind but your heart will never lie. And our faces most often display what we feel and not what we think. You are saying that nothing is going on between you but the pain in your eyes says otherwise. It is clear that you both share some connection, you are in love with him and he loved you," she said and he disagreed.

"He doesn't love me and it is nothing like that. We don't have anything between us," he said looking down.

"You can cry if you want, don't hide your tears. And let make one thing clear to you, a relationship doesn't need a name to exist. Some unspoken relationships don't have a name and even more successful. What matters is that you both feel the same way and that is the most important thing in any relationship," she advised him.

"But he doesn't feel anything for me," he said in tears.

"Do you believe that or are you trying to comfort your broken heart. You can tell yourself that but you won't believe it because it isn't true. To tell you the truth my brother is not the easiest person to get along with and he doesn't like people in general. The fact that he takes his time to sit and talk to you means you hold a special place in his heart. You both are young and are bound to take things lightly but it isn't right. I want to see him happy and that means that I have to fix the issue between the two of you," she said.

"But it's too late he already left the country," he said trying to compose himself.

" How do you know about that? Never mind just tell me what happened between the two of you?" she asked and he looked away in shame. "I can't help you if you don't tell me," she urged.

"He might have seen me kissing someone else," he said in a soft almost non-existing voice.

"Might or did?" she asked.

"Did but I swear it wasn't on purpose. Zane kissed me and I pulled back, I never wanted to kiss him I swear," he explained in tears. The thought of yesterday's event stung him deeply.

"You don't have to feel so guilty it happens. Anyway I understand why he was crying, it must have hurt him to see that but you need not worry I already got him to come back, he is the one who baked that cake. I am his boss so he listened to me and came back despite being against the idea. I don't want him to run away from his problems nor do I want him to regret losing later. I just want you to promise me that you won't make me regret my decision," she said in a more serious tone.

"I promise I won't make that mistake again," he said feeling happy that he still has a chance to be with Reiner.

"Then come with me," she said and walked away with Brandon following behind her. They went up the stairs and took a few turns before she stopped in front of the last door in the corridor. "He is inside, good luck," she said and left.