The Cold Mask

Chapter 7

Noah pov

A punch after punch I found myself getting rid of my thought

That for 3 days in a row are occupied by one person

Cataleya

That complicated genius little girl that barely get do my chest even with heels

My punch got harder and harder

"You know that this will be the 50th punch bag you'll ruin"

I swirled around and found my brother Sam looking at the punching bag that is barely hanging in the rotten gym, if you could called it that, with amusement

I smiled at him and replied with equal amusement "what can I do if no one want to challenge me"

"Maybe they don't because you already kicked everyones asses in this stupid neighborhood" he said while shrugging

We made our way to the house, I was  dripping with sweat, and him with his usual clean attire and his adorable glasses

"What did I do to be rewarded with your presence" I said in a teasing voice

He laughed a little than said in a small voice "I missed you"

I smiled at that

We always had a strong relationship especially when father died and our mother is on a wheelchair

I was the one who took care of him

"I missed you too buddy"

We walked in silence for a while until he spoke again with a blush on his cheeks

"I got the first place in school once again"

I beamed at him and hugged him close

"Really!!that's great I'm proud of you why didn't you tell me before, I would've brought you a gift"

"I didn't want you to spend money on me I know we need it for better reasons , it's not a big deal" he said in a small voice and begin to walk again

My smile faded

"I'm the worst brother,aren't I?

You should be living your life in the fullest and celebrating all your achievements but here you are fearing if we have enough money...

I'm sorry"

I said to him feeling the weight of the guilt and failure on my shoulder

"Hey!hey!! Don't say that! You are the best brother even if they give me the chance to change my family to a rich one I won't accept it . You do everything you can for this family, you pay for my tuition and our mother medicines, and more...
Thank you for that I don't know what we would have done without you"

He said in a serious tone that made my eyes water and to not let this evening be a sob story I tried to lighten the mood

"On the better view you didn't end up like me in school work" we laughed at that

Knowing that I am the worst in school

When we arrived home before he entered it he said to me

"Noah, we both know that if the conditions were better,you would have been also the first,byou just wanted someone to trust in you after dad died.

I am sorry no one was there for you back then"

And before I could answer him he was already in his room