Chapter 54 - 54

Reiner and Brandon ended up at the movies after the incident at the park. Brandon wasn't even concerned about the movie to which he bought the tickets. He just wanted to have been with Reiner and hopefully, get a chance to clear the air.

Their misunderstanding had gone on long enough for his liking. He hated that no good moment they spent together had to end in a tragedy. He pulled Reiner into the movie theatre and had his seat down as they waited for the movie to start.

The lights went off and the movie started. It was then that he realized that it was a cartoon movie he had booked tickets to. He was not sure about Reiner's taste in movies but he was sure about one thing he was not a fan of cartoons.

"Nice choice baby," Reiner told in a teasing manner. Brandon looked up from his seat his face burning up from the way Reiner was talking to him. He stopped and just stared at him, it felt like speaking to his Reiner again. The one with a sinister smile adorning his lips.

Reiner leaned in and he froze, he held his breath in anticipation. Reiner reached his hand to Brandon's pocket got his wallet and sat back in his seat. Brandon frowned at his action and raised his eyebrows at being robbed in broad daylight. Reiner took his credit cards and kept them in his wallet and returned Brandon's wallet to him.

"That is called stealing," he pointed out.

"It is not stealing if you saw me take it. And it is payment for all the stares you keep throwing my way," he replied.

"Does this mean that I can stare at you for as long as I want?" Brandon asked laying his head on Reiner's shoulder and wrapping his hands around him.

"Knock yourself out."

They watched the rest of the movie in silence. Brandon enjoyed the peaceful beat of his heart, it had been long since his heart was that calm but he was still a bit worried. He and Reiner needed to sit down and talk to clear out their misunderstandings or else they would never be at peace with each other.

There is a lot that they both had said to each other in heat of the moment and they had to sort things out. He looked up at Reiner who was busy sleeping instead of watching the movies and decides not to disturb his sleep.

Reiner took Brandon's hand and held it in his, this move startled Brandon but he soon relaxed to it. Until Reiner started pressing on his hand tightly that it began to hurt. He opened his mouth to talk but stopped when Reiner spoke first.

"I am sorry. I am sorry for being a jerk to you and for the way that I treated you in the past," he said to him. His voice was soft and with a lot of emotions.

"Don't worry about it. It's all good, at least now that you accept that it was all your fault and have apologized," he replied to his apology.

"Thank you, Brandon," he said his hand loosening a bit on his hold.

"I know. I am the most generous person in the world to forgive you after everything but there is no need to thank me," he said.

"Since when did you become cocky?" Reiner asked opening his eyes and stared at him. He wasn't able to see his face clearly but he was sure that Brandon was smirking.

"Since I met this cocky boy with a very sweet smelling scent," he replied taking a deep breath on Reiner's chest. "But why are you thanking me anyway?" he questioned. Reiner held his hand tightly again when he asked about that.

"Because you saved my life," he said.

"All I di..."

"I don't know how you did this and changed our lives but I am grateful that you did," he said interrupting Brandon. "Thanks to you I got to know what it feels like to celebrate Christmas with my whole family. I got to know what it is like to have a birthday celebration and to understand what it means to be a part of a family," he added his hand that was holding Brandon started shaking and his body soon joined in.

Brandon was confused at what was happening and had no idea why Reiner was reacting like that. What he meant by what he was saying didn't make sense to him, he was pampered by his sister and father like crazy so why he was speaking like that troubled him.

"What do you mean?" he asked out of curiosity and concern. He moved closer to Reiner and hugged him tightly to stop him from trembling. He had seen Reiner being vulnerable but never did he ever see him become so weak.

"I grew up in my house with my father, he gave me the world as long as his money was able to but it but he was never there for me. His business meant the world to him after my mother left him for another man and he neglected me."

Brandon listened to him and felt bad for him. He for one knew what it was like to be neglected by your family since he too had the same life.

"I'm sorry," he said to him.

"My mother met her boyfriend when I was seven years old. They became close and got closer as time passed. She started going away from me and she too stopped caring about me. One day she had taken me to the swimming pool to teach me to swim," he said wrapping his hand around Brandon with his fingers digging into Brandon's skin.

"You don't have to tell me if you are not ready," Brandon told feeling how uncomfortable the topic was making Reiner.

"She got me in the water and was keeping me floating on the water while she taught me different swimming styles. But then her phone rang and I remember seeing that man's name on the screen. She left my hand and got out of the pool and went to answer her call. I had no idea how to swim and I was in the middle of the pool with nothing to hold and started drowning," he said and took deep heavy breaths.

"Reiner I think we should just watch the movie. We can continue this talk some other time," he said Reiner's body shaking more and more.

"The butler was the one who saved me and took me to the hospital. After that they decided to divorce, their divorce was messy and they also fought for custody. It hurt me so much when my mother chose to take my older sister over me. And just like that the two of them walked out of my life. Rocky and I stayed in touch and we're close but only for a year and then she too became too busy with her life to remember her younger brother. My calls went straight to voice mail, my texts were never read and my letters remained unanswered," he continued Brandon's forehead getting wet from the tears from Reiner.

"Rein, I.."

"From then my life becomes dark in every corner. I lived alone in the mansion with the servants and spent every occasion and festival alone. I spent my birthday waiting for my family since I was nine and not once did any of them ever come. At times they sent gifts while other times they forgot to. I did everything that I could to be the perfect child thinking that it would bring my family back. I studied ahead of everyone and scored perfect grades. I wore a smile on my face every day but nothing ever changed," he said with a pained voice.

"But your sister loved you so much when we met. How come you two were so close then?"

"We weren't close. That was her trying to make it up to me and trying to bring back the brother she one's new back," Reiner replied his voice getting smaller and smaller.

"What do you mean?"

"On my fifteenth birthday, I was walking near the pool and accidentally slipped. I fell into the pool and almost drowned but was saved. The family thought that it was a suicide attempt and became concerned. They started showing their pity love for me out of guilt since then they wouldn't leave me alone," he replied.

Brandon had never expected that Reiner's life to be so sad. He had thought that he had known loneliness but he was beginning to question his definition of loneliness.