The Moments With You

RAINY NIGHT

“wow, this might be a heavy downpour… I should hurry” Mel whispered to himself as he looked at the sky above, through the car window beside him, he was on the steering wheel, still driving himself and drunk Sidney who is fast asleep to his house,

“ha… I don’t really good at driving on raining days” Mel thought as he made his grip on the steering wheel tighter, but hopefully enough for him, he’s house wasn’t too far from where he was,

He wanted to take Sidney to his house, but Sidney’s house was too far and even worse he didn’t know where it is, he just assumed Sidney house would be far since when ever he asked Sidney to take him to his house he always laughed sheepishly then said “my house… I don’t even go to my house, except only on weekend”  

Mel let a short laughter as he recalled Sidney’s words, “sometime, I wonder who’s the older between the both of us” he thought as he glanced at Sidney who was sleeping quite peaceful on passenger seat beside him in the car,

Then he focused his attention back on the road and drive solemnly home, he wanted to get home as fast as possible, because he noticed the rain had already started to drop to the ground. Soon after, he was at the front of his luxurious house and as usual, his gate had already sensed he was come from a few meters away, so by the time he got there, it had already open u for him,

But before he could enter inside, he spotted a grey colored care by his right, when the person who was in the grey car noticed the lights of Mel’s car, he knew Mel was coming through, so he got out

Then, Mel park his car just in front of the gate, and turned off his car’s light,  so he could see clearly just who the person was, at first he thought it was the police or some kind of authority but he noticed no police car would be as luxurious as the that was by his right side,

“something about this car feels so familiar” Mel thought as he git down from the car, normally he wasn’t supposed to come down, since it was a complete strange and he never really gets visitors, but this time his guard wasn’t up, he just didn’t feel the need to do so,

On the right side, the owner of the grey car came out, almost as simultaneously as Mel came down from his car, then he said to Mel “it’s been a long time Mel, why don’t you ever come home”

Mel’s eyes shrunk as he had the look of shock in his face when he saw who the person waiting for him was… it was his brother, Ezekiel Mavis.

But the expression on his face soon changed from shock to tiredness as soon as he became shocked in the first place, making Ezekiel not to be sure of how he’s little brother felt to see him,

“what are you doing here Ezekiel” Mel replied him with his voice sounding as indifferent as it could be

“wow, if I didn’t know better I’d say you really spite me but you are my little brother and we’re family, I don’t see why that should you should be feeling such emotion” Ezekiel said to Mel sounding a little Childish as he placed his right hand on his chest “you sound like as if you don’t want me here, people would think we are stranger you know” Ezekiel concluded still sounding so childish

But he knew, he felt way worse than how he sounded, and a part of him felt like Mel really didn’t want him in his house, he knew just exactly what his relationship with his younger brother is and you wouldn’t exactly call it peachy.

“well, did I say I want you here, just cut the carp and get to the point” Mel was getting more impatient with Ezekiel’s jokes, “he’s voice is causing a ringing in my ear” Mel thought as he squeezed his eyebrows together making a displeased face not even trying to hide his facial expression

“he isn’t even trying to hide his irritation from me… this kid really doesn’t care about my feelings” , “so, as you can see the rain is about to fall and its still a long way up the hill, to the mansion, so I was hopping  could crash at your place since it was quite closer to where I came from” Ezekiel asked Melvin with a smile on his face, ignoring how rude Mel was to him, he needed to stay at Mel’s place and he knew if Mel didn’t feel like it, he’d,  just kick him out and that would be the end of it,

Mel knew, it was kind of a family tradition in their family for them not to drive on rainy days, for dome reason it never made them comfortable and they didn’t know why, he would have just kick him out the second he said he waned to crash at his place but, he wasn’t heartless enough to let him drive in the rain, and he doesn’t want him to sleep in his car under the rain, it would be so uncomfortable for him,

After the few seconds of thought, Mel let out a deep sigh as he lifted his arm and used his finger to brush his hair back as if he was trying to free his body from stress then said “that makes two of you then”

“two?... Two of you? Mel, who’s the other person, you usually don’t have visitors” Ezekiel asked eagerly, as his eyes widen in realization that it could be Sidney, he knew ever since Mel was growing up, Sidney has always been more of an Older brother too him than he was,

“That’s none of your business BIG BRO” Mel replied him as he turns his back to him and climbed into his car, Ezekiel was still looking at him with shocked from being replied like that after he was anticipating a certain answer,

“you better come in right after me, my gate closes after I’ve entered and doesn’t respond to other cars” Mel advised him then drove through the gate, into his house, immediately, Ezekiel followed hm right behind,

As soon as the got into his front yard, the both parked their cards one after another, and came out of their cars respectively, once they had gotten down from their cars, Ezekiel proceeded on, was straight to the the entrance of Mel’s house, then he noticed Mel wasn’t behind him and he can’t actually open the door to the house, it was pass coded and he doesn’t know it.

“hey, if you don’t want to go in yet, you mind telling me the passcode or inputting it by your-” Ezekiel said as he turn to his back to find out what was delaying Mel but he couldn’t complete his statement when he say that Mel was trying to carry Sidney out from his car, he just stood the shocked watching Ezekiel struggling as he was trying to carry Sidney

“s**t! He’s so f*****g heavy… did he become a dead weight overnight” Mel complained, but just as he was struggling to move with Sidney in his arms, Ezekiel rushed to his side and said with his voice filled with concern,

“babe” Ezekiel’s voice was shaky and it sounded so weak, then he took Sidney from Mel, Mel was so surprised seeing as his brother’s face was so solemn as he held Sidney in his arms and carried him with ease and with out any complaints or Struggles,

“could he really be this serious with anything in his life, even with another person” Mel asked himself, “they must still be together” he mumbled to himself as he followed them behind.

Soon, they were already in Mel’s house, as soon as Mel closed the door behind him, Ezekiel asked him, “where do I lay him, my hands must be so un comfortable for him”

“well, you sure are protective of your lover” Mel said sarcastically “take me to where I can lay Sidney now” Ezekiel facial expressions changed, the look in his eyes became so intense and his voice sounded so firm it almost sounded like as if he was commanding Mel.

Mel looked deeply into Ezekiel eyes, his facial expression also changed, he felt insulted as his brother commanded him like that, he wanted to refuse him but he also had a soft spot for Sidney so he just held back his words and walked upstairs to the first floor without saying anything, but Ezekiel followed him because he understood that Mel was directing him to the room where Sidney would be laid.

So, when they got to the room, Mel opens the door of the room, it was clean and it has never been used before, it significant color was blue, dark blue was the color of the walls, the ceiling, the bed side table, the table lamp, the bad frame , the mattress and even the bed sheet used to dress the bed,

When Ezekiel enters the room, he was delighted by the color, it was a color that always calmed his nerves and most of all, that exact shade of blue was Sidney’s best color and Mel knew it,

“Thank Y-” Ezekiel was about to complete his words of gratitude but was immediately interrupted by the sound of the door shutting behind him as Mel left the room the room as immediately as he showed it to his.

As Mel left the room Ezekiel solemnly walked to the bed and then he gentle laid Sidney on the bed, the bed felt so soft it made Sidney feel comfortable the second he was put on the bed, then he made a sound that sounded like “hmm” and he adjusted himself to feel more comfortable,

Ezekiel watched Sidney as was moving himself on the bed, soon he wore a melancholic expression on his face, then Sidney said in his sleep, “Ezekiel, don’t leave me, you’re my happiness” then a single rolled down his cheek,

“Ba~be” Ezekiel’s voice shook as he tenderly wiped that single tear from Sidney’s face, “you complete me just as much too ever since we were young… tell me hmm… just how did we get to this point when we are so inlove with eachother” Ezekiel stared trembling, his voice began to shake as the hand he was using to touch Sidney’s face stared to shake as well, then he fell to the ground,

“Babe, everything I did, I did for you, I did it so I would never have to be separated from  you, not even for a single second, you are and will always be the light I see” as zekel made that statement, he softly held Sidney’s hand in-between both his hands, pulled it to his head then he stared to weep silently, making soft whimpering sounds, like a puppy who had just lost his owner’

In the middle of all that, Mel was resting by the door of the room, he didn’t go away fully, he was utterly shocked at what he heard, he thought his brother was going to take complete advantage of Sidney who is so vulnerable now, he always thought his brother was a frivolous bastard who was so obsessed with Sidney and that Sidney was blindly inlove with him,

But after hearing all that his heart grief with pain and fear and he was subconsciously reminded of Alec and he thought “I don’t want my relationship with him to be like this or end up like this”, then he slumped to the ground and made a ‘thud’ sound that alarmed Ezekiel,

Then Ezekiel stood up from the ground where he was seated and walked to the door, as he opened it, he caught Mel who was trying to make a run from it, then he chuckled a little bit and said “you know, you’re not that old,  and right now, you way younger”

“s**t! I was caught me red handed” Mel cried out in his mind, then he stopped and turned to look at his brother, who’s half of body was slantly sticking out the door,

Soon, they walked down together to the glass wall that was by the dinning and was staring melancholy, as the rain was already pouring down heavily, both in silence, the mood around the them felt so sad, not just for Ezekiel, but for Mel as well,

Ezekiel noticed this and took a glance at Mel, he saw how dull Mel’s face looked as he watched the heavy rain distantly, like as if he wasn’t watching the rain, he was looking at something else, then his face forged a light smile,

“you heard me right” Ezekiel broke the sad silence between them,

“yeah… I did hear you” Mel replied, “you must be the reason why Sidney got so wasted”

As Ezekiel heard him, he wore a sad expression on his face, and didn’t say anything because he knew that wasn’t far from the truth,

“I can’t blame you, I can’t blame any of you, love is just so hard to understand and at the same time its so simple and easy to develop” Mel continued “these feelings, feelings you can’t control makes you do things you didn’t think you would know how to do” Mel’s face became sore and his gaze became even more distant.

“you’re finally inlove with someone… aren’t you…?” Ezekiel question as he tilted his head to look at Mel, Mel became shocked, he was immediately brought back from the trance he was in, “… and it’s a guy, right?”

Mel looked at Sidney in bewilderment, he’s mind became blank.