Chapter 53 - 53

"Reiner I can explain," he said in fear of a repetition of what had happened before to happen again.

"Explain what?" Reiner asked angrily. "That you have cheated me once again. That you don't love me at all but just enjoy making fun of me? Or what were you trying to prove by doing this? That I can live without you?" he asked him.

Brandon opened his mouth to reply but closed his mouth again. He was tired of having to explain himself to Reiner over and over again. All he ever did was try to fix things between them but all Reiner ever did is question his love and loyalty to him. He never once trusted that his love was pure with no ill intentions and never once believed in his words.

Brandon didn't answer him and just looked at him, his heartbreaking with every question thrown at him. He was beginning to question why he had fallen in love with Reiner in the first. It would have been better for him if he had never gone to the cafe on his birthday.

"If that is what you wanted to prove then," Reiner said coldly and placed his hands on Brandon's shoulder. He was about to turn him around but stopped when Brandon spoke.

Brandon looked up to meet his eyes and smiled. "You are right. I did come back here just to play with your feelings. Do you think that anyone can fall in love with a heartless monster like you?" he asked him, his voice filled with bitterness from all the suppressing feelings he had for long. Reiner's hand trembled on hearing him.

"W..what are you s..saying?" Reiner asked nervously his voice shaking.

"The truth that you wanted to hear for a long time. You are right and have always been right," he said to him. 'You are not the only one who can break one's heart, Reiner. If you insist on breaking my heart then I won't spare your's either,' he thought bitterly.

"What exactly have I been right about?" he inquired.

"Everything. I don't love you, I love Zane," he confessed to him. Reiner's hands on his shoulder dropped down and he stumbled back from Brandon."I have always loved Zane and wanted to be with him but you made me feel so guilty that I had to hide my feelings for him. And this, I did this to unite with him but sadly he was with another when I arrived so I settled for the second-best thing," he added.

"Second best thing? So that is what I am to you, a second choice that you turn to when the one you wanted is with another?" he asked him.

"Yes."

Reiner folded his hand into a fist, he glared at Brandon with anger in his eyes.

"Stop it, Brandon," he said to him. Brandon smirked at him in return.

"Why? Can't you handle the truth?" he asked in a playful tone. "Can't the great Reiner Devon handle the fact that he is unlovable?"

Reiner's veins were visible on his face. His level of anger was increasing with every word that Brandon uttered.

"Is that really how you feel?" he asked Brandon hoping that he denies everything that he just said and tell him that he was only speaking in anger and did not mean it.

"Every word," Brandon replied confidently.

"Well, if that is how you feel then I can't do much to change your mind. I am happy that you finally told me the truth of how you truly feel about me and I promise you that the words you've said to me today will forever remain in my heart," he said calming himself. He reached out to Brandon and held him by the shoulders and turned him around.

"It was supposed to be a surprise for you but I suppose it was stupid of me to arrange it," he said to Brandon.

Brandon looked up, his eyes went wide with shock from what he saw. Right there behind him stood Zane, Kye, and a few more people that he couldn't recognize. There was a table that was decorated nicely and had food and drinks on it.

Zane and the others stood carrying cards that were beautifully decorated and were written on them. The words on the large cards were 'For the distance and time you've gone for me, I want to say thank you. For as constant as the stars above, always know that it is you I love, my dear Brandon.'

"I wanted to give them time to arrange everything. So I thought to distract with what happened back then, I wasn't really angry. I thought I would apologize for being a jerk but you surprised me with a surprise of your own," he added to him.

"Burn it all," he shouted to the men and turned around and walked away.

Brandon bit his lower lip. Regret and guilt pouring down on him like ice-cold water. He regretted reacting in anger and saying all those things. He should have waited for Reiner to say what he wanted to say before opening his mouth and saying so much nonsense.

He watched the men set fire to the cards and the table, he could feel his dream of being with Reiner burning in the fire along with Reiner's surprise. He had no one else to blame for it but himself.

He turned around and ran after Reiner, he was lucky to catch up with him before his car left. He entered the car and sat next to the beautiful man who glared daggers at him.

"What are you doing here. Get down now!" Reiner demanded.

"I am not leaving and I am tired of you telling me what to do. This is all your fault you know," he said in one breath. Reiner looked at him for a second and went on to put his earphones on and ignored him.

"How nice of him. He just turned me out without listening to me but I have dealt with you long enough to get used to it. This time I won't let a misunderstanding come between us. I won't use words to express how I feel but action. I love you Reiner and I will bever leave your side," he said.

Reiner who was looking out the window smiled at his words. He could hear everything that Brandon said since there was no music playing in his earphones.