Chapter 72 - Seventy

At that I see my brother downstairs, looking side to side with a heavy expression on his face, ears down and a hand on the chest.

"He is probably looking for you."

"Pff, is alright, he never looks u-"

"Oi, in here." Leo says, catching my brother's immediate attention, not before earning a glare from my part. My brother trots closer, then as if hesitating goes back to a slow walk, opening and closing his mouth like a fish as he tries to find the better way to say what he wanted to say.

I felt tired of all the sudden and sigh. I had always been the best one with words and languages from the two of us, guess one more thing I may as well help him out with.

"Brother, we need to talk." I say, making him surprise as he nods at me when I jump down my hiding place and walk towards him, feeling Leo's gaze on my back, somehow managing to take off a little of the pressure as his serene aura always manages to calm me down for some reason.

We walk further away from the buildings until no light could be seen, making sure that we were alone so we could talk in private. I look the place over and find a good spot to sit down on the grass, watching the light pas by the tree leaves as I pet the ground beside me, motioning for Hulthor to sit beside me.

We stay in an awkward silence for a while, pulling grass from the ground or throwing some small stones away, a strange tension between us as none knew what to do, uncomfortable with the situation as both try to think of something to break the ice. We have never fought before, well, not like this at least, not this… seriously, so that was a first I wished we never had.

"I'm sorry…" My brother starts, but I just nod my head sideways.

"No, I'm sorry, I lost my cool there and I should not have slashed out as I did, I could have hurt someone seriously."

"Uhm." He mumbles, and we are back to the awkward silence.

"But…" I start before I have no more courage to do so, and continue, feeling a weight on my chest: "What I tried to say was that… I don't want you to give yourself away like that…"

"I know, I know, but I really like him…"

"I bet you do, but you should have told me before, we should have talked about it, about safety and stuff, and is just… Look, I just don't like you doing things behind my back and have you simply going on with the flow just because it feels nice or because you like the…"

"S.e.x, yeah, I know, I'm an a.d.u.l.t now ok?"

"Pff, I doubt that." I say, making him puff his cheeks as he gets ready to retaliate, only so see a smirk on my face as my tail wiggled slightly behind me.

"Hey." He says, bumping my shoulder lightly as I continue, looking him in the eyes, serious again.

"I just want you to know that being in a relationship is far more than just skin deep and touches. What keeps you both together no matter what is love, and I want you to stay with Aeglos because of it, not just because you experience something new and thought that that passion and pleasure was love. Can you understand?"

"Uhm… So-so, but I understand that I should not have my relationship based on what we do but in what we feel for each other, right?

"Y-yes, geez, that's hard to explain."

"Haha… So, what about you and Leo?" What! So direct!

"What about it?" I say, looking out in the woods.

"Are you two going out?"

Wait, my over the clouds brother noticed something? He actually noticed it? What now? We will see flying cows?

Ok that's totally possible here and I'm exaggerating a bit, my brother used to notice things I do not, so we are even in that area.

Still…. I thought we were being discreet. Well, better say it now than ever, right?

"… Yes, but I wanted to tell you about it, we just got together not long ago."

"Uhm… did you do it?"

If I was drinking I would have choked to death.

"Oi, you, that's not something you ask!" At my fl.u.s.tered face he laughs, and soon after I laugh as well, like two dumb brothers enjoying a not so funny joke.

I put my arm over his shoulder, bringing him into a half hug, shaking my head sideways, very happy yet very sad.

How was that even possible?

I see Aeglos and Leo perching in the corner, far away not to hear us, only looking at us, making my brother instantaneous happy as his tails wiggle furiously behind him.

"One last thing..." I say before he goes running about like he always does. "I…I do accept and support your relationship." I say, making him look back at me. "I may not look like that right now, but I want you to be happy and what is best for you, I'm just very worried…"

"You always are, especially since mother died." He gives me a small smile, joining our hands together.

"Haha, that's true. I just want you to know that… Love is a very complicated thing… Is like giving the other person a knife for him to hold right against your chest, and the only thing stopping him for piercing the skin is his will and his alone."

"I don' understand…"

"Is like… Giving them the power to hurt you deeply because of how much they matter to you."

"… I don't think that's true."

I frown. "Why?"

"In that case I would have a knife too, wouldn't I? That's just stupid, why not just let go of the knife? And how the hell do you hug someone with a knife between the two?"

"But what if the other doesn't let go of the knife?"

"Uhm… Well, you can always dodge, but even if it hits you I don't think you would die from one stab, so I would just let it heal on its own. Why? Do you have a wound in your heart?"

"I-I…" I'm left speechless as I stay shocked by his words, not even knowing if my brother knew the deep mean his words carried.

At that Aeglos and Leo had come closer, making my brother stand and hop towards him, leaving me with his words and a heavyweight in my heart as I look at both of them chatting up close,together, their eyes shining with the sigh of each other.

My brother… doesn't know how to be subtle, and had always been very direct and honest, like a child almost.

No… no a child, not anymore.

Leo stops beside me, look at the two walking away, smiling, laughing, holding hands even.

"Leo…" I say, almost inaudible as I avoid eye contact. "I could really use a hug right now."

I didn't need to ask twice as I was engulfed by his warm embrace, my face right on his chest, his heartbeat sounding like a lullaby to me, his strong arms making me feel safe and secured.

But, above all, it made me feel like I was home, that this is where I belonged, on his arms.

"They grow too fast, don't they?" He hums a response as I hug him tighter, wanting to hide the tears that wanted escape my eyes.

I think it was time to let the bird out of the nest.

That night I went to bed with a heavy heart, using the bed in Leo's room as my brother went for Aeglos room.

I had my head on the pillow, looking at the wall, my mind too active for sleep to come, making me sigh.

"Cannot sleep?" Leo head appears on the side of the bed, his chin on the palm of his hand as he looks at me, probably aware that I would not be able to sleep tonight as he had no trace of sleep on his face.

"None of your business." He laughs, making me smile as I cover half my face with the blanket, appearing to be in a cocoon.

Leo stands then, making me look out from my covers only to see him getting comfortable beside me, laying on top of the covers since I stole all of it to make my cocoon.

"Oi, what do you think you are doing now?"

"Sleeping with you?"

"Ha, don't play dumb!" I say, kicking him slightly on the leg, receiving an ouch in return as he turns towards me, bring his arms over my shoulder and pulling me closer.

"What? Was wrong with hugging my boyfriend?" Damn he knew I had a weak spot for that word.

"Humf, none I think." I say, but I could hear the tap tap of my tail hitting the bed.

He gives me a low chuckle, making his golden eyes upturn like crescent moons as his face comes closer and met in a soft kiss, our lips exploring each other as he licks mine, asking for entrance that I give, feeling his moisty tongue exploring my mouth, our lips smacking together as our tongues brushed and rasped at each other.

We separate to breath, looking with l.u.s.tful eyes at each other as he says:

"Cannot have the older brother being left behind like that… can we?"

I almost purr at his words, answering with my hands as I explore his abs, pulling his shirt up to trace the muscles there.

And yet…

Before anything could escalate any further I freeze, frowning as my ears turn as antennas, searching for the something that caught my attention.

"What is it?" Says Leo, but before I could answer I stare at him with widen eyes as an explosion of magic makes the house tremble and dust fall upon our heads, making me close my ears with my hands, screaming at Leo over the ruble and explosions:

"We are under attack!"

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