Siblings

Author: Lariat


No way. No. Way. This can't be happening. This can't.

This isn't happening. This is a lie. You're lying to me again, right? Isn't this just some sick joke you're pulling? It's too hard to believe. I am not finding you in your own pool of blood. You aren't dying right in front me. This can't be happening.

It just can't.

He slowly moved his head towards my direction, saying my name in a weak voice. I hurried over to his body. His body layed down on the floor, about to die away. I picked him up in a sitting position, holding him in my arms. "I'm so glad... that you came here for me... in the end." He looked at me and smiled, glad that I was here by his side in his final moments.

I was shaking, in fear, in shock. "No... no... why are you saying that? Why are you saying that it's the end...?" I still couldn't believe that this was happening right in front of me. Again. No, this was way worse, much worse than the others.

He put his hand on my face, cupping it, trying to comfort me. He said in a weak voice, "Ryuu... I have something to say..."

Without thinking, I found myself apologizing to him over and over again. "It's... okay. It's... not your fault..."

"Yes it is! It's because I said that I hated you, wasn't it!? It's because I yelled at you, wasn't it!?"

"Ryuu..."

I started saying, "I'm sorry" over and over again and was crying at that point, holding his hand in mine. It probably was my fault. Because I pushed him away for so long, that I'm pushed him too far, far enough that he ended up like this.

"Ryuu... remember that... I'll always love you, okay? Because... I won't be able... to say that to you... everyday anymore..."

"Nii-san...!"

I wanted to say that too. I wanted to say how much he meant to me. I wanted to say all of that. But I couldn't. Because his eyes started closing, his hand fell limp, and his body turned cold.

And then I screamed.