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❝ BUT WHO PUT THESE WAVES IN THE DOOR? I CRACK AND OUT I POUR ! ❞

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THE NEXT DAY felt like absolute hell, every inch of [M.Name]'s body ached, his pale face covered with bandages and bruises. Yet even if he felt like collapsing, he continued to prepare breakfast for him and his brother.

"[B.Name], come down now." he called out, placing a large plate filled with fried eggs and bacon on the table. Said male jumped down the staircase and plopped on a seat, an energetic grin on his face.

"Wow! You rarely cook a lot, what's the occasion?" he asked, stuffing his face with rice after. The latter slid a glass of water infront of the younger before answering, "No reason, needed to do groceries later anyway."

The younger nodded and focused on eating, slipping small glances at his brother's face. As he swallowed the food in his mouth, he lifted a hand up to touch the older's cheek.

"Are you still going to school?" his [e/c] eyes looked at [M.Name]'s dull ones in worry. He gently held the other's much smaller hand, his thumb caressing his knuckles. "You don't have to worry about me, I'll be fine. Finish your food so you can go to school early, okay?"

[B.Name] nodded and did what he was told, placing his plate in the sink after he was done eating. While the younger was preparing for school, [M.Name] washed the dishes quietly, already in his uniform.

Once the two were done, the both of them walked silently to [B.Name]'s middle school, bidding goodbye to each other as the younger ran to his group of friends.

[M.Name] admired at how friendly and outgoing his little brother was, as opposed to him who barely had any acquaintances.

It was a very unexpected miracle when Zoe approached him in his middle school, giving him a box of caramel cubes, she said she got it from a prankster.

Then Eli came along, he met him at a park, a dog was chasing him while he was holding a baby. He felt pity and so took it upon himself to distract the dog so the two can run away.

Zack wasn't an expected friend either, the boxer had accidentally swallowed his cigarette butt, nearly choking him if it hadn't been for [M.Name] smacking his back for him to cough it back out.

The [h/c] haired male shuddered as he remembered that incident, he'll never forget his first meeting with Zack.

As [M.Name] reached the gates of his school, gossip erupted once people saw his beaten state, the purple hues and bandages on his face catching everyone that passed him off guard.

"Holy shit. What happened to him? Did he get into a fight?" one commented, pointing rudely at his face and didn't bother lowering his hand as [M.Name] walked by him. "I don't know man, he doesn't look like he fights. Look at his hands, he doesn't have bruised knuckles, so he didn't fight."