I Choose You [VegasPete]

Chapter 12 : Father

Macau has seen so many versions of his brother and despite everything he still loves and adores his brother so much. He has no one in this world that will choose to be on his side except Vegas. Even though he rarely said it often, but to Macau, his brother is his most important person. So the view of Vegas entering his room looking all shambles and broken, brokes him too.

"Hia, are you okay?"

He never saw his brother cry, this is the first time he sees that man shed tears in front of him. Tears flow from his eyes, but Macau can't find anything in his brother's eyes except for darkness and nothingness. And that's the scariest image of Vegas Theerapanyakul, because at this point, he can do anything .

"No."

And also, the first time his brother isn't lying about his feelings. All a little Macau could do whenever his big brother hurt or in pain was asking him, if he is okay, if he needs something. But his brother always lies to him, he always says that he is okay. But today is different.

"Father took Pete."

His brother is in love with the main family head bodyguard. And that love can either kill him or heal him. Macau can see that the moment he sees how his brother looks at Pete and everything he did just be with that man. And today, if father decides to kill Pete in front of Vegas, Macau is sure the kind of love Vegas has for Pete will kill him.

And Macau can't live in this world alone, he needs his brother, the only reason why he didn't jump from the balcony of his bedroom in every dark time he had.

Hia, can you love me enough not to leave me alone?

"Macau, can you pack your stuff and go to Green's house? I will pick you up later after all of this is over." His brother's tone of voice is so calm, but Macau can see the hurricane behind that.

Macau only nods.

After that, his brother turns his back on him and starts to walk to the door. Macau is afraid that will be the last time he sees Vegas so before his brain can proceed with what he will say, he blurts it out.

"Hia, please pick me up." Tears start to flow from his own eyes. "Please, don't leave me alone."

Vegas doesn't say anything to reply to him but his movement's stops.

"Hia, you are everything that I have."

Vegas looks back on Macau, he looks at Macau for a while, his eyes are still sad.

"I promise mother to take care of you, I will fight for the three of us. That's the only thing that matters now."

And with that his brother leaves him alone in this room, leaving Macau alone with his thoughts.

***

Pete is exhausted.

His body almost can't bear it anymore. He can collapse anytime soon, the only reason why he still stands right now is his will. This kind of pain on his body that comes from minor family's bodyguard hands is really familiar with what he felt in that safe house before, in the first version of his coming back to the past. When Vegas' father caught him in the safe house.

But right now, he's not even sure where he is. They played a cunning way to abduct Pete, when Pete was busy fighting them, one of them smothered Pete with chloroform that paralyzed Pete in an instant. He was unconscious for he didn't know how long, when he woke up, he was already tied to the pole in the middle of an abandoned bunker with ten men surrounding him and Vegas' father standing all arrogant in front of him.