Chapter 10 “First Little Brother”
“My brother! Hey, I'm back!” An unidentified voice could be heard yelling from the living room. The sudden unfamiliar noise jolted Allen awake. He stroked his eyelids, convinced that he was dreaming about the voice. He massaged his eyes. However, he was incorrect.
As quickly as a blink of an eye, a stranger had entered Kaien's room. That person stayed still at the door and was staring at them. Allen speechless. He was stunned, did not know what to do.
“Hmmm?” Kaien mumbled as he opened his eyes. “What is it…” before Kaien finished talking, the figure interrupted.
”This can’t be happening! I left my brother just for 8 months and he’s lying with his girl… I mean, boyfriend in front of my eyes now!” the figure shouted. Allen could see clearly that figure was shocked, not believe his own eyes.
“Is… is that you, Dominique?!” Kaien asked as he got up suddenly. The blanket almost fell into the floor, but Allen’s hand immediately catches it, using it to cover his body.
“Brother… I’m…gonna wait outside…” Dominique said as he left the room.
“Kai…” Allen called.
Kaien was totally forgotten and finally realized that Allen was still next to him.
“I'm sorry, it seems that my brother freaks you out...,” Kaien whispered as he stared into Allen's eyes in a gentle eyes.
“Before going out, go take a bath first...” There was, in fact, a scent of sex as well as Allen's fragrance present in the room. It was quite necessary for them to clean themselves.
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At the same time as Allen was taking a short bath, Kaien was in the living room, possibly having a conversation with Dominique. Kaien had already taken the bath before Allen.
Allen toweled himself dry and was prepared to put on his clothes. He had moved some of his clothes to Kaien’s apartment a few days ago. There was a mirror in the restroom. Allen's back was reflected in it, exposing the scar that had been there for a long time. In the midst of having sexual relations with Kaien, he completely forgot about it. He pondered whether or not Kaien had also witnessed it. He was unaware that Kaien had witnessed it on the same day that he had rescued Allen from the storm and from the harm that his father had caused him.
“Kai…” Allen called Kaien’s name, without realizing it.
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“So… my brother is having an affair…” Dominique’s voice echoed as Allen walked into the living room.
“No! What are you talking about?” Kaien protested. He was confused with Dominique’s words.
“You said that you will always belong to me…” Dominique pouted, leaving Allen chuckled. It made Kaien and Dominique aware of Allen’s presence and turned to look at him.
“Hi, Dominique. I’m Allen Lun. Nice to meet you,” Allen said as he joined the brothers.
“Dominique Kim,” Dominique said as he shook Allen’s hand.
“Kim?” The question came out of Allen's mouth without him even being aware of it before it was spoken. Although Allen was unable to determine the reason for this, he was able to see that both Kaien and Dominique's eyes were concealing an unidentified emotion when he posed the question.
“Hmmm, I’m Kaien’s half brother,” Dominique said as he force smiled. Allen knew that it was just a fake smile, but he did not want to interfere anymore. Kaien stayed silent all the time and looked like he was staring at nothing. They were obviously uncomfortable talking about their family.
‘Kai… What are you hiding from me? Is it about your family?’ Allen asked himself. Thinking about it, Kaien never talked about his family seriously, and Allen did not bother to ask, because he was afraid that Kaien would ask his, which was really a chaotic family. Looked like both of them did not want to talk or let each other know about their own family.
“Brother… I’m hungry, I haven’t eaten breakfast,” Dom whined.
“I’ll prepare breakfast fast, OK?” Allen said and rushed to the kitchen.
“OK!” Dom smiled.
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“Eat slowly, Dom…” Kaien said.
“Buuutt, disss…uisss freakinnn… thastieee!” Dominique mumbled with his full mouth and continued to eat more and more. Allen smiled happily, thinking that Kaien’s lil brother liked his cooking too. Of course, he always loved Kaien’s praise, but this time it feels different. It was like he was having a younger brother.
Since he was a child, Allen has longed for a sibling. However, due to the economic situation of his family, he made the decision to give up hope. Despite the fact that he was the only son and child in the family, they were already struggling. What would happen if they had two children or more than two children?
“Kai, since it’s Sunday, let’s go somewhere today, the three of us!” Allen suggested.
“I wanna go anywhere there’s delicious food! I miss my hometown food!” Dominique said. He just finished eating.
“Dom… you just ate…” Kaien stared at his brother's disbelief.
“All right, this is it, let's go!” Allen remarked as he pulled the brothers’ hand. Despite his desire to protest, Kaien ultimately chose not to. Allen and his brother were both smiling, and he did not want to break their grins. Aside from that, he missed his brother a great deal. Perhaps this would be a wonderful occasion for him to make up for something.