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Sometimes, crying is the only way your eyes speak when your mouth can't explain how broken your heart is.

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-Chapter 9 part 7--Warmer and Warmer-

We spent a few hours watching old videos of them. Sometimes, they looked optimistic and other times they seemed so unhappy and stressed out with everyone.

Ms.Nancy wasn't as friendly as she seemed right now. She was much stricter and hard-handed with the boys. It showed a ton because they weren't as carefree and cheerful around their own mother at all.

It's like they were afraid to anger her in any way, shape, or form.

Seeing them like that reminded me of my old self constantly afraid to displease my mother or her lover in anything. And to tell you the truth, it was extremely draining having to always be on her good side. I had to even be careful with what I said or did around them.

But... When it was only my father with the guys, they seemed more relaxed, and, if I dare to say, more like kids. To tell you the truth, it was kind of heartbreaking. It's so sad that they feel safer with a complete stranger than with their own mother.

Now, I completely understand why Kevin is like that, so emotionally detached from reality and the consequences that follow.

It's like this guy enjoys getting into trouble. And it seems like... he likes pissing his mother off. But, I could be totally wrong with that one.

It's like he just doesn't care about the outcome of his own actions at all.

No matter how bad it is.

Leo, on the other hand, seems to care more about people than his twin brother. Of course, in the old videos, he didn't really seem to care that much about others. He always seemed serious and distant.

But now, he is the complete opposite of his old self.

It's like the two brothers switched roles throughout the years. Kevin became colder and more distant from people, while Leo softened up a little bit and became more caring towards others around him.

I simply wonder... How did my father even meet Ms. Nancy in the first place? They are literally the polar opposites of each other. And it showed throughout the old videos that my father always supported the boys more than their own mother.

He was more patient with the guys, while she wasn't.

I tried to remember if my father ever mentioned her in front of my mother or me.

I get startled when the door from downstairs slams open and then slams shut. The first thing that popped into my head was that a burglar got inside.

But that stupid thought goes away when I hear fast, soft footsteps going down the long hall and down the flight of stairs.

Then little voices filled the silent house, and I sat up, wondering what was possibly going on downstairs.

It was probably Ms. Nancy arguing with the guys. I looked at the clock and it was 3:00 am in the morning. It was still dark outside.

Well, she does have a right to be furious with both of them... For not contacting her or my father at all about their whereabouts and for coming home in the middle of the night.

They basically spent a few minutes arguing downstairs. I tried very hard to completely ignore them and go to sleep. But it was kind of difficult when they kept on getting louder and louder.

A few minutes later, everything goes completely quiet. The sudden silence was kind of deafening. It's like the commotion never happened.

Heavy footsteps make their way upstairs. The first pair of footsteps went directly to the end of the hallway.

The other two came after... But slower than the first pair of soft footsteps. I hear Kevin's bedroom door softly open up and gently close shut.

Then I hear my own bedroom door slowly open up and gently close shut. I instantly turned around on the mattress to look at whoever came inside my room so late at night. And it was Leo.

Leo doesn't even glance my way at all.

Instead, he starts taking off his dark shoes and then his white T-shirt. And by the time I knew it, He was in bed with me, laying right next to me.

The first thing that invaded my nostrils was the strong smell of alcohol clinging to him like an expensive perfume.

I stayed really quiet, afraid to speak up to him... He is so intoxicated out of his mind that I didn't want to take any chances if things go south from here-if I tried to disturb him from his peaceful sleep.

I was such a coward with these types of things. And honestly speaking here... This is the part of me that I detest about myself the most with all my heart...

I loathe being a pushover to everyone. But, what can I honestly do when my own body just simply doesn't cooperate with my brain?

Drunk people do a lot of crazy, stupid things when their sense of perception is off from reality. And especially when their emotions are all over the place... so you have to walk on eggshells with them when they're like this.

My eyes never wandered away from his peaceful sleeping form... I spent a few minutes staring at him like a freaking creep.

I wish I was this pretty.

He is so lucky.

I instantly get startled when he wraps his right arm around my waist, making my little poor heart erupt inside my chest in seconds.

Never in my entire life have I ever felt this much anxiety and nervousness before.

These guys are really going to be the death of me. I certainly don't know what to expect from them anymore.

It appears like these two words: Personal space - doesn't exist in their dictionary at all.

They love getting into my personal space way too much for my liking.

I wished for him to wake up and notice that he was in the wrong bedroom and in the wrong bed.

But, I simply knew... No matter how much I silently prayed for him to wake up and realize his mistake, he simply wouldn't.

He wasn't going to get up anytime soon because this guy was out cold. Not even if the world was falling apart outside, he wouldn't wake up to how intoxicated he is right now.

If Leo is like this, I can only imagine how Kevin is.

He's probably intoxicated out of his mind, too. I wouldn't be surprised by it either.

At least he's not the one in bed with me right now. Because if he was here instead of Leo, he'd probably start bothering me and assaulting me again.

Leo pulled me closer to his body as his calm breathing patterns became more rigid and much shorter.

A little frown softly forms on his face.

His body began to slightly tremble as his hold on me tightened. An inedible gulp exited my lips when his hold became painfully tighter on my waist.

Tears started sliding down his face nonstop. He seemed to be in so much pain. His jaw was clenched tightly together as tears kept pouring down his face.

He seemed so vulnerable and hopeless. It reminded me of myself when I was a kid who craved for an ounce of love or a little compassion from my mother.

He pulls my body closer to his body, seeking some form of comfort as he softly whispers, "Don't touch me. Please." Over and over again.

His little, gentle voice was so heartbreaking to hear. By his voice alone, you could already tell he was in so much agony.

When I tried to make him let go of me, he simply wouldn't budge at all. He was holding on to me like I was his lifeline. And if he lets go, he'll die.

What is he dreaming about that got him this way, so scared to let go of me?

How bad was it that got him trembling like this?

I started gently stroking his soft hair to make him slightly calm down as I softly repeated these words in a low whisper to not startle him: " Everything is going to be alright, Leo." I spent a few minutes doing that, to calm him down a little.

Eventually, his little frown faded along with his tears. His tight grip on me loosened a bit. as he began to breathe normally again.

He started mumbling gibberish things that I didn't quite understand or pay too much attention to.

For a few minutes, I spent gazing at his peaceful sleeping figure... As my mind wandered off completely again. Thinking of who he was telling so desperately to stop touching him.

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When I woke up, he wasn't next to me... He was gone like the wind. All he left behind was this lingering, strong scent of alcohol on my soft bed sheets.

That's how I knew it wasn't all just a simple dream. Everything that happened last night was real.

I stayed there for a while, thinking about everything that happened last night. It was so surreal to see Leo like that, so terrified.

He wasn't able to stay still in his sleep at all throughout the whole night. He needed reassurance that everything was going to be okay.

That whatever he was seeing was only a nightmare and that's it.

An enormous guy like him, who looked like he couldn't fear anything. At that moment, he looked so vulnerable and so miserably unhappy and terrified out of his mind.

And it honestly took me by surprise that such a happy guy like him has skeletons in his closet that he hides behind a warm, charming smile.

He kept saying random names nonstop. I caught a few of them and, oddly enough, they were all females for some reason-I'm simply afraid to even find out why they are all female names.

I gently sit up, rubbing my drowsy eyes with my soft palms, trying so hard to rub the sleep away from my heavy eyelids that are trying so very hard to shut back down again.

This soft click and the creaking sound that followed after, startled me. My eyes instantly shot up to the door that was wide open.

There in the doorway stood a very ashamed Leo. He was nervously touching the nape of his neck as he avoided his eyes from my sleepy ones.

"I am very sorry for coming into your room last night. I hope I didn't cause you any trouble. " His eyes finally connected with mine when he said that. His brown eyes appeared tired, as if he hadn't slept at all last night, even though he had.

He tilts his head slightly to the right and a small boyish smile overtakes his face when I don't respond back to him.

Then I felt it... This weird sensation in the pit of my stomach. It's like... I had a billion butterflies flying inside my stomach at a rapid pace, non-stop when I witnessed his small smile widen as his dark brown eyes slightly softened.

"That-that's alright, Leo." My cheeks gradually became warmer and warmer as I noticed that I was staring at him like a creep again.

What in heaven's name is happening to me? Am I coming down with a cold or am I losing it?

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