Odd Jobs

Chapter 18 - Finding Him

CW /// mention of physical abuse

The girl let out another frustrating groan and she scrolled Twitter. Another dead end. The boy, seated on her bed, noticed.

"Nothing?"

"Nothing!", she yelled. "Fuck, how hard can it be?! Where are you hiding, you little shit?"

They'd made many attempts to find their... third, half. The last two years, the poor girl had done nothing but desperately scroll any social media, in the hopes of finding her eldest brother. Just as the siblings were about to call it quits, the boy yelled out.

"I found something!" The girl's eyes widened, as she scrambled over to her bed, where her brother was seated on. "Ferid's Palace, here, they have a listing of people that work there."

"Are you sure? It doesn't seem to list full names."

"Allow me to work my magic." As the boy clicked on the names, pictures popped up. Most likely of the people that worked there. The girl slightly gasped, pointing at one of the names on the screen.

"Look. Crowley, isn't that Lacus' older brother?", she asked. The boy nodded.

"I think so. We might be onto something." As they continued to scroll and click on names, they've eventually came across one that sparked them hope. It simply read 'Mika'.

"Do you really think it's him, Ashera?"

"Let's hope, Krul." With trembling fingers, Ashera clicked on the name. An image popped up, of a blonde boy sipping a McDonalds soda, not even noticing the picture being taken. Ashera noticed his sister choking up. He was barely able to contain his own tears, as Krul engulfed him in a hug.

"We found him!", she sobbed. "Big brother Mika!" Ashera wiped his tears, continuing to click through the website. Soon, he'd gotten an adress of the place their brother supposedly worked at.

"Damn, that's far... There's no way we're back home on time."

"Ugh... Maybe we should tell mom. She could drive us most of the way there.", Krul said, scratching her neck.

"And risk getting found out by dad? Nu-uh. We'll be dead if he finds out we're trying to get into contact with big brother Mika. Judging by his outrageous reaction of kicking him out, I'd say he's actually capable of murdering us."

"But, Ashera... I don't think mom can take it anymore." There was a certain glimmer of sadness in the girl's eyes. "You know big brother had always been her favourite..."

That was true. Normally, the youngest was the favourite. Krul was in fact her father's favourite, but that didn't mean much with that man. It simply meant he'd raise his hand at her less often than he did with Ashera or their mother. Mika, on the other hand, was detested by him. They already had a rocky relationship prior to Mika's coming out, and his eldest son being gay pulled the trigger on that relationship. His mother, on the other hand... Mika had always been her baby boy. It was painfully obvious, even to the youngest two when they were only 13 and 12. So, when they overheard her not defending her eldest son when their father kicked him out, they were so confused. It was only recently they found out she didn't have a choice. As much as she adored her golden boy, she loved her other children, too.

If she had defended Mika, she would have left with him. She would have left her youngest two with a man that couldn't be trusted.

"You still think we should tell her?", Ashera sighed. Krul nodded. "Dad won't be home for another three hours, right?"

"I think so, yeah." Eventually, the two siblings left Krul's room, and made their way down the stairs. Once inside the kitchen, they were greeted by their mother doing the dishes. As she dried off a plate, she noticed the presence of her children behind her.

"Hello, dears.", she said. As loving as that smile of hers was, it was empty. Her mouth smiled, but her eyes remained cold. It wasn't hard to guess why. If it wasn't for her youngest two, she would have been able to leave, together with her golden boy. Ashera decided to rip off the band aid.

"We found Mika." The sound of porcelain shattering echoed through the open house. Tears bubbled in her eyes, quickly resulting in choked back sobs. The kids ran over to their mother, catching her as she fell to her knees, sobbing.

"How is he?", she managed to ask inbetween sobs.

"We haven't had the chance to talk to him yet, but we found where he works.", Krul said as she started to collect the porcelain shards that scattered across the floor.

"Where? Where is he?"

"The other side of the country.", Ashera said. "Crowley works there too, so I think the three of them moved away."

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"What do you mean, he kissed you?!", Lacus asked as the group of three were seated on a bench at the school's fountain.

"I mean what I say, I say what I mean!", Mika replied. He was honestly such a flustered mess. He hadn't talked to Yuu at all today, and maybe that was for the better. He was terrified to think about what the ravenette would say.

What started out as a simple kiss, just to see if Yuu felt anything, soon turned into... something. Mika had found himself sitting on the bed with his back pressed against the wall, as Yuu sat inbetween his legs. Perhaps it was just forever ago since the blonde had kissed someone, or perhaps the sensation of the other's lips on his was too incredible to describe. Outside of Mika's initial gay panic, all was good. But when he had quickly opened his mouth to take a breather, the panic returned when he felt Yuu's tongue slip inside. He remembered letting out a soft moan, which earned a chuckle from the other boy. Mika always thought he was on the more dominant side when it came to stuff like this, so he would have never even dared to think he would melt like putty in Yuu's arms. Despite the initial disbelief in himself for crumbling like that, it was nice. He still felt everything so vividly. The softness of his lips, the taste of his tongue, his breath on his neck... Instinctively, Mika raised his hand to touch the spot were Yuu had been. As he thought back to it, his mind grew fuzzier and fuzzier. It started out as simple pecks and kisses, and quickly became sucking and gentle nibbling. Mika hadn't looked in the mirror yet, this morning.

He had no idea if Yuu had given him a hickey.

"No need to cover up, Mika, we've already seen it.", René said as he scrolled through his phone.

Oh.

Oh.

So Yuu did leave a hickey.