𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬

12- miss you

My mouth drops open. I stare at him, shock visible I my eyes. It felt already weird enough for me having one random brother, but 5?

The boy in front of me just smiles at my reaction and gives me a knowing look.

He thinks this is funny. It's not. I feel my breath quicken and my hands trembling a bit. I feel a knot forming in my stomach.

What if those 'boys' are like Miguel? What if they don't like me and treat me even worse? I mean, this one in front of me, the one which I still don't know the name of, looks really scary with his 6"3 height and his terrifying appearance. Also let's not forget to mention the fact he came to a fighting match. He wouldn't come here if he doesn't know anything about it.

I feel it getting almost impossible to breathe. I feel my hands now heavily trembling and stare at a random point on the floor. There's a crack in the floor right in the left corner. I remember it being from when an upset guy tried to get his money back from Ted. He didn't know Ted knew something about fighting too and he got him out quickly.

I am still in my own mind, focusing on the crack in the ground, when I feel a hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me. I jolt backwards in a reflex, bumping into Ted, and I would've fallen if he hadn't catched me just in time before I hit the cold marble floor.

Once I'm put back on my feet by Ted, I could barely function alone and it seemed like Ted noticed that, I finally look the boy I front of me in the eyes. Once again I am met with the exact same copy of eyes as I have.

I recognize a mixture of worry and suspicion in his eyes when he looks at me and he makes no effort to cover it.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, perdóname." The strange boy in front of me says. He stumbles a bit over his words just like I do when I am nervous. Another similarity I can add to the list.

(Forgive me)

"It's all good. It was just a reflex." I try to reassure him, however, the worry and suspicion in his eyes don't dissappear. I wonder why he acts like he cares about me.

Is he a friend from Raina who want me for himself? Is he someone who wants to take me home with him so he could sell me to fight against other people? Does he has bad intentions with me? But why do I trust him then? Why have I believed him from the first time he opened his mouth to speak? Isn't that strange?

There falls a uncomfortable silence, which eventually gets interrupted by Ted.

"Okay all good and well mate, but we still have a lot of work, so If you'll excuse us.."He tries to push the boy out of the way but he doesn't budge.

The boy laughs a hollow laugh before he responds with a tad to much anger
audible in his tone; "I'm afraid you don't understand mate. I'm here to take her home."

Home? What does he mean? Is he taking me to my house. It's a bit rude to invite himself, but okay. Did he make a deal with Raina or Miguel? Should I ask him?

Before I can ask him any of this I sprint forward to pull the boy and Ted off of eachother. I have no idea how it happened but I think they got a bit carried away and don't like eachother very much.

"Whoa, chill out!" I try to tell them.

"You should tell that to him!" Ted says pointing to the boy in front of me. The certain boy looks at us unamused and with a protective glint on his face at the both of us. His jaw cleches and I basically see him getting angry. Is he assuming me and Ted are together? I look between both of us and see the state we're in. I mean I can't blame him for thinking that, but why is he mad?