DROWNING DESTINY

Chapter 5

Naizen narrowed his eyes that he seems to be unsure of what his father just said while Ellen gasped and covered her mouth in shockness.

"What?!" she mumbled, startled but whispered. Naizen looked at her and he was asking for confirmation of the words they let out from their tongue.

"What did you say, dad? What do you mean gone? Who is gone?" he asked. He saw how his father's eyes sharpened it's sight while looking at him. He heard the words but he didn't get it right and that is why he was asking.

He don't want to think the possible meaning of the word gone where the subject was his brother.

"Naizen...." his mom called while sobbing. He looked at his mother and blinked when his face was cuffed my her. "How can I live losing a my son?"

"Mr. Alvarez, Captain Alvarez had said goodbye to his team," the military said. It was the man that his father spoke earlier when the came here with.

Naizen took a deep breath for the news his ears just heard kind off draining his air. He felt Ellen held his elbow. He looked at his friend and saw the woman looking at him with so much pain in her eyes and tears were flowing down her cheeks.

"Naizen, Harry is dead," Ellen directly said.

The word she used to mention made his mother sobs heavily. His heart was shuttered and his knees trembled. He was not strong and was never but the news he was trying to accept kind off weaken his entire bones. He looked at his father and his dad's eyes were shouting of anger.

Naizen couldn't fine a tears to come out from his eyes. Instead, he was nearly let his anger out of his head. Although, he still had no idea on how his brother — his real bestfriend died, he is mad with the fact that his brother died and forever gone.

Because even the fact that his father was only fond with Harry, he didn't care at all about that. He only has one best friend all his life and that was his brother and that is why this time, he felt something in his life was going and nearly get shuttered that could also bring him into death.

"Where is Harry?"

Those are the words he first speak after realizing everthing. His voice were calm but it was full of authority. He couldn't pull a thing in his mind of what was he wanted to do. His mind was full of questions he don't even know has an answer.

"Captain Harry Alvarez and his team was in this small town called Herria in the South. They will be home in the next 2 hours via chopper," the military man answered.

Naizen gritted his teeth and emotionlessly take Ellen's hand in his elbow and turned his back away from them without words.

"I'm sorry for your lost Auntie," Ellen said while sobbing and enveloped Naizen's mom in her arms.

"Why did this happened, Ellen? What did my son do wrong to experience the cruelty of the bullet that was supposed and made for those who are the enemies of the country," madam said and brought her knees down the floor. Ellen immediately succored the madam and she held her carefully for Naizen's mom seems to be losing her strength after the news.

"Auntie, I do not have an exact words to say that would lessen the pain you have feel in your heart. Harry was a big brother to me that I couldn't believe nor accept the news they delivered," she responded and that made Naizen's mom pulled her into a tight hug.

While looking at the nothingness, Naizen was trying to bring back the life of his brother in his mind. He was trying to reminisce of all the good times they had together. How can he even accept the fact that Harry was gone when they shared the same birthdate.

He was no longer a kid that would cry when their parents nor big siblings are leaving their home but he just felt something the same now. He seems to be back into the time where he cried and crawled all over the floor when he spotted Harry leaving their house.

"The news was that, he died while the exchange of bullets between them and this certain terrorist was ongoing."

He glances the person that spoke behind him. He knew this voice and it was belong to the person that his brother always talked about — Harry's fiance.

"I would never asked how much pain you are feeling today. But I want you to know that Harry was so inlove with you," he said trying to lift up the atmosphere around. He glanced the woman and saw her swollen eyes, hurting eyes and all.

"He promised to come home and we even planned the wedding when he came back. How can I accept this, Naizen? How can I just said okay with this news? How can he leave me like this? How can he leave me without saying goodbye to me?"

Naizen couldn't find the exact words to tell for he understand the pain that Leticia was feeling this moment. He himself was hurting because Harry was his brother but he couldn't question the pain that Harry left for Leticia.

"I lost my best friend Leticia, I lost the only person that I know would die for me. I maybe not a kid anymore but I know that Harry would die for me," he mumbled seriously while looking back the nothingness here in their terrace.

He was trying to bring the scene of the war in his mind and the way on how his brother fell down, lifeless after getting shot by the enemy. He gritted his teeth for he wanted to be there and pulled Harry away from there. Naizen held his head for he was upset and overthinking.

"How am I supposed to sleep at night, Naizen? How am I supposed to accept wait the time that he would come when I know for fact that the coming Harry will no longer be spreading his arms for me?"