A Match Made in Hell

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"Im sorry." I say quietly, giving up on yelling and screaming at him to forgive me. "I am, and it's childish of you to not forgive me."

"Fuck you." He says, not looking at me for once. His face is so expressionless, his lips blue, his skin a disgusting yellow that could make me puke by just looking at it.

"When was the last time you slept, aiden?"

"None of your fucking business." He rolls his eyes, his voice suddenly going weaker when I ask.

"When was the last time you ate?"

"Stop asking me unnecessary questions, Nicholas! You're not fucking helping, I don't even know if that's your intention." He tries to yell but his voice is raspy, almost gone.

"Just because we had a stupid fucking argument doesn't mean that I don't care about you." I walk up to him, sitting down infront of him. "You're still my brother."

"If you loved me like a brother you wouldn't have ruined my life." He slaps my hand away when I ruffle his hair, not wanting me to touch him in any way.

"You think I ruined your life because I said that you and Zachary weren't good for eachother?" I suddenly ask, a chuckle escaping my mouth as I grow angrier and angrier. "You and Zachary can be together, it's none of my business. Is that what you wanted to hear?"

"He feels threatened because of you. He's afraid of you because he knows you hate him." A tear rolls down his cheek, yet he doesn't cry or sob. Tears spill down his face nonstop, but he doesn't show any emotion.

"I never told anybody I hated him, because I don't." My tone suddenly switches to a more serious one, I try my best to make him listen to me. "It's your decision if you want to be with him, but he's always the reason you're upset, aiden. Every single fucking time. You think it's my fault that he is afraid to be with you? What if you never found me? What if you and Zachary had an argument back in wherever-the-fuck-you-were-staying?" He pretends he doesn't care, but I know he's listening.

"I don't care what you have to say, but you have no right to blame me for this." I state calmly. "He's terrified of everything around him, I'm not the problem here, he's the one with a problem."

I know he probably didn't want to hear this, not from me especially, but I have a point and he knows that.

"You're talking about him like there is something wrong with him."

"Aiden, for fucks sake can you please understand that you cannot keep defending Zachary 24/7? Maybe there isn't anything wrong with him, maybe I'm wrong, but that doesn't mean he's such an amazing person."

"Shut the fuck up, nick! I defend Zachary because I know that there is something wrong with him, even if I don't want to admit it. You defend yourself because you think you're so much better than everyone. Zachary's life is hard enough and you're not making this any easier." He finally explodes, like he can't take it anymore. "You dislike him for no fucking reason. You don't know the Zak that I know. He's not like this, we're just not in great terms right now. I don't care what happens to us in the future, perhaps we'll be together or maybe we'll both even die in a few days but he'll be my bestfriend no matter what, and you cannot change that."

"You love him?" I ask, looking up at the crying boy.

"I do."

I nod simply, keeping my anger to myself. It's hard not to dislike Zachary, especially while knowing he dislikes me, too.

"We all went through hell so we could find you, nick." He says, like he can read my thoughts. "Asher, Cleo, ela and especially Zachary. I did, too, and I personally don't think it was worth it." He admits shamelessly, not breaking eye contact. "I've said this before and I'll say it again, if you hurt any of us, we'll all be out of here."