you and only you, forever and always (nalish fanfic)

resolving the fight with neshan (ch. 11)

A/N: this chapter probably should have gone along with the last chapter, but at the time I published chapter 10 I didn't realize that. this chapter is also significantly shorter, so I have combined it with chapter 10. it will still be its own separate chapter, but you will be able to find it with chapter 10. 

word count: 631

neshan's pov:

nidal still hadn't apologized for punching me saturday night. my face still hurt, and it really hurt to eat. our mom comes home on tuesday and if this still isn't resolved she'll be able to tell something is up. 

I suppose I should probably apologize to nidal too, but i'm not going to apologize until he does. 

nidal's pov:

"hey salish? I think i'm gonna go. it's nothing against you, I just really need to talk with neshan. after our big fight and all, I think it's finally time I make up with him.", I said

"don't worry about leaving me nidal, i'll be fine. go get your brother back", she said.

I leaned in for one final kiss and then got up to find neshan. 

"neshan!", I yelled

"neshan where are you?", I called for him worried.

I could feel my heart rate picking up and I felt a pit in my stomach. 

"i'm in the kitchen", he called

"neshan can we talk?", I asked him

"bro finally, i've been waiting for you to want to talk", neshan said.

"I just wanted to say i'm sorry for punching you, it was really messed up of me. I was just really angry at the time because of the things you were telling me to do. I guess the things you were saying didn't line up with my values, so I let that get in between us. nothing should ever come between family and i'm really sorry", I said

"nidal, thank you for apologizing. I really appreciate it buddy. I shouldn't have said those things to you either. I mean you're only 16 and I know how much you care about salish. I also wanted to say i'm sorry for bringing it up around her. I know I made you seem like the bad guy and that was really foul and immature of me.", neshan said

"to be honest, i've always been jealous of you and salish.", neshan said

"jealous of us?", I asked

"yeah, you've known each other for so long and found love at such a young age. love is one of the things i've struggled with in the past, and seeing you so happy made me jealous. I thought that by telling salish about our conversation and framing you, I could come between you two. which obviously I did, and I caused destruction that shoudn't have happened. I wanted to say i'm sorry for trying to ruin your relationship with salish", neshan said

"i'm sorry neshan, I never knew that you were jealous of us. I guess I can sorta see that now and I was just oblivious all these years. thank you for apologizing, it means a lot.", I said

after our lengthy apologies we hugged it out. 

"would you like an ice pack for your face? that looks pretty bad", I said. 

"yeah, probably. you've got an arm little dude!", neshan said messing up my hair 

"hey! ", I said.

"sh!t.", neshan said

"what?", I asked

"mom comes home tomorrow, and my face is still black and blue", neshan said

my eyes widened in realization.

"you're right..", I said

"maybe jehan could put concealer or foundation over it, i'm sure that would cover it a bit", I suggested

"that's a good idea, thanks bro", neshan said

I was happy that everything was finally okay again. neshan didn't hate me, salish didn't hate me, everything was going smoothly. i'm positive nothing else could go wrong this summer. after everything that has already happened, it can't get much worse than that.