FEUD: MewGulf

Chapter 28

Schools opened and it was chaos. How the students came back knowing the full rape story baffled Gulf.

Many people sympathized with Gulf and Faffy and were not so kind towards Mew. They had no idea about Mew's dilemma.

During lunch time, Gulf and Faffy met and were having lunch on their usual spot when Mew showed up in the canteen. People followed his every movement wondering if he had the guts to sit together with Faffy and Gulf.

Mew who had been looking forward to lunch so he could talk to Gulf lost confidence when he saw every eye looking at him. The whispers were not hushed so he could hear what people were saying.

It was his brother who raped his boyfriend's sister.

Talk about fucked up.

Are they still dating?

No they can't do that to the little girl.

His brother is a rapist.

What if it runs in the family?

Is he still coming to school after what his brother had done?

Is he seriously going to sit with them?

If he has a heart then he wouldn't.

With every step Mew took, more questions were loudly thrown in his way. He saw Gulf and Faffy sitting together. He saw Gulf look up as he approached. He wished for a different reaction to what he got. Gulf looked away and continued eating so Mew had no choice to pass by their table and sat alone a few tables away from the siblings.

Still people didn't stop talking and pointing fingers at him. Mew figured he couldn't swallow his food. The first spoon he ate was still playing around in his mouth and he suddenly realized he was full. He came out of the building not before throwing his food away.

"P'" Faffy called out feeling bad after watching Mew walk out.

"Not now Faffy," Gulf replied as if he knew what she was about to say.

"P' he is also a victim in this."

Gulf turned his head away. He knew Faffy was right, Mew was also a victim but he was also Manny's family.

"He also hates his brother the way we do, p' isn't he part of us."

"Faffy,"

"P' if someone is to hate Mew it should be me not you. You're supposed to be by his side. You're suppose to be his boyfriend."

"I don't hate him Faffy,"

"Then why are you ignoring him? Why are you avoiding him. He is probably feeling so lonely and out of place right now."

Gulf didn't say anything further after that. He was afraid he would get up and run after Mew. He gulped down his food greedily not because he was hungry, but because he didn't want to think about it anymore.

Maybe he shouldn't have eaten his food like that. After lunch he was in the restrooms, crouched over the toilet seat puking his life out. He felt miserable. He looked even worse.

It took him about ten minutes to pull himself together and when he was done he left the bathroom after flashing the toilet and cleaning his mouth.

He was on his way to class when he saw Mew approaching from the other side of the hallway.

He reduced his pace. Everyone else disappeared and all he could see was Mew coming to him.

He thought if opening his arms so he would embrace him and tel him all is well. That he was ok.

He though of holding his hand and kiss it.

He though of kissing his eyes to make his tears stop.

He though of kissing his mouth to make all his worries disappear but that's  all he could do

Think.

Mew's eyes were glassed over with tears the moment he saw Gulf. He didn't make them fall, that meant he didn't blink at all. They sat on his eyelash and bounced with each step he took.

His mind was screaming save me.

It was screaming love me.

It was screaming hold me.

It was screaming take me.

And as he drew near to Gulf his heartbeat increased. The tears fell as soon as Gulf passed by him without acknowledging him and all he could think of was why.

Why was his life like this? Why did he go through everything? He became so curious.

So as soon as school ended he asked his new driver to drive him to the prison. He had some questions for Manny. He had to know why he hated him so much when they shared the same blood. When they came from the same testicle. Why he couldn't be like Gulf and Faffy.

He was 18 and he could visit the prison. He signed the papers and he sat on the other side of the glass. He saw Manny come in and getting uncuffed so he could sit comfortably. He sat and they both raised the receivers on the wall.

"Why are you here? Miss my hands?" He sarcastically asked.

"I'm here because I want to know why you did that to me?"

"They still have told you?"

"Told me what?"

"How you wrecked my family."

"But I'm your brother p."

Manny moved his jaw thinking where he should start telling Mew.

Father wanted another baby just after having me. I don't why he was so unsatisfied by me but he felt like I wasn't enough for him and mother had some complications during her second pregnancy so she had a miscarriage and she became depressed. She hated me so much after that and father was still not content with me.

I don't even know how it happened but you came home and father became so happy. I'm guessing you don't remember being with him all the time but he was never with me like that. Mother liked you at first but then noticed the special treatment you were getting from father. She saw how lonely I was and started loving me again but father never came around after you came. All he could see was you and it was unfair.

"But I'm your little brother. What is wrong with you people?"

"No you have to blame father for all this mess. He slept with another woman so you could be conceived.  He betrayed me first."

"Wait, he slept with another woman?"

Manny laughed.

"I don't know how you missed the fact that you don't look anything like us but rather you look so much like the house keeper."

"What?"

"That woman who cleans our house, is your mother."

Mew blinked his eyes trying to process the information he just received,

"Aunty is my mother?"