Help Me Love Myself

Chapter 7 - Milk

Please don't do this..
...
No, not again!
Stop!!
...
Don't touch me!

Not there! Please!

It doesn't feel good at all!

Go away!

Leave me alone..

I don't want this...

It hurts..!

Claus woke up, struggling to catch his breath again. The younger brother tried to hug them, wanting to give him comfort. However, the ginger shoved him away.
Lucas looked at his twin, and soon began to sob, hiccuping a little bit. Then he tugged the older twin close, by grabbing the redhead's collar on their neck.

"What am I doing wrong, Claus? I try so hard all the time! I even fake my smile sometimes! Am I not trying hard enough?! Or is there something i should do-!"

"You're not doing anything wrong! I'm the one who acts like a dick! You're doing such amazing job, and how i'm repaying you? By acting almost like as if i didn't care! But i DO CARE! And i appreciate how much effort you're putting in dealing with me! I'm just burdening you and make you feel worse! You deserve a better sibling than a monster like me! I just make everything worse! Including your own mental health! I can't even give anything to you in return of everything you're doing for me!"

"Claus.. Your geniune smile is more than enough."

Lucas gently caressed Claus' cheek, trying to soothe him.

The little Eevee was curled up in a corner, startled by the yelling and tension between the two.
The chimera realised how afraid the small creature must have felt, from the twins shouting.
Lucas decided to act quickly, and gently picked up the bundle of fluff.

"Sorry for scaring you like this. We just.. couldn't handle this much longer. We had to let those feelings out. But we shouldn't have done this right in front of you."

The Eevee accepted the apology, and tried to reach out to the cyborg twin.

"Voi! Veee!"

Claus took the Eevee from his brother, and hugged it close. Then they began to gently cradle the creature, almost like you could do to a human baby.
Without saying a word, Claus walked out of the room and headed towards the kitchen. Then he looked at the young Pokemon, gently petting it.

"Are you thirsty..? Or maybe hungry..?"

The Eevee wagged tail happily, and squirmed out of the embrace, searching for the thing he wanted. The Pokemon managed to find a bottle of milk in the storage, with the bottle having a sticker portraying a pink cow-like creature.
Claus picked the milk up, inspecting it.

"You want this... 'Moo-Moo Milk' ?"

"Eevee!! Vee!"

Eevee was suprised when he saw the hooman take out a baby bottle (where did they even find that anyway?) and used their PSI powers to warm up the milk. Then Claus filled the baby bottle with the milk, and checked if it was a perfect warm temperature.

"Yo, what'chu doing there, Claus?"

The redhead flinched and noticed that Ninten has walked towards them, curious.

"What's that bottle for?"

Claus hissed angrily, and picked up the small Eevee. Turning away from Ninten, they layed the Pokemon child on the (Eevee's) tummy, and put the bottle's nipple in front of the Eevee.