Undo My Heart (BXB)

44. Undo my heart

I almost couldn't recognize him at first!

That was Brandon. But he looked nothing like my baby.

"Brandon?" I jumped right off my place, running towards him. He was staring dumpfoundly as if he was trying to identify me or something!

I stood in front of him, looking at his half hidden face. Something's off!

I pulled his hood off his face. He flinshed. My eyes popped wide open. I gasped to the scene.

His head was shaved! His golden curls were gone. I came closer. It was fuzzy when i put my hand on his head. He looked skinnier than before. His skin was more pale than usual. His eyes were surrounded by heavy dark circles.

When I focused on his eyes, they were lifeless. There were no light in them. No sparks! He was just looking at me as if i was a ghost. He glanced at me with no life in his glances.

I pulled him into my arms without saying a word. I hugged him as if I was going to lose him again. My heart broke a million times in one second. He didn't hug me back! He had no strength to.

"Baby..." I whispered, fighting the edge to cry in his shoes.

I drove him to sit on the wooden chair. I pent down to his knees, resting my hand on it. I looked up at his slackly face. He was just quietly looking down at my face. Did I look like a stranger to him! It was painful enough.

I swallowed my saliva nervously, getting ready to speak. "Brandon?"

I got no reaction at all, so I started to get real concerned. "Baby, where have you been? I was so worried. Tell me you're okay. Tell me anything, please."

It took him a moment to form his words into a sentence. I could tell he was struggling to make any.

"M-My dad sent me to an in-institution." He was stuttering strangely!

"What institution? What are you talking about?" I furrowed to the word. My heart skipped a beat. This can't be good.

He started to fiddle his hands into his lap nervously. "A- An institution where they fix wrecked and damaged boys."

"What!" My heart dropped. I felt the lump growing in my throat alongside a burning sensation inside my chest.

"Wrecked and damaged! What did they do to you?" I couldn't take my eyes off his eyes. He was trying so hard to look anywhere but my eyes. He kept avoiding it intentionally.

"Brandon?" I tilted my head, fearing what I'm going to hear. "Baby, what did they do to you? Tell me." I begged.

"Th- They gave-gave me medicine." He gulped. He's hiding something.

He put his hand in his pocket and grabbed a small tablet of pills, and showed it to me. I took it from him and started to check it out, but I couldn't tell what it was for exactly. What does it cure! I knew I'll have to search it later.

My eyes betrayed me. I was tearing up to the pain I was feeling down my heart.

"For what? What is it for?"

"Th-They said if I took it, I won't have feelings for boys anymore. I-I'll be normal." Our eyes met for a split of a second, then he shifted away.

"You are normal, Brandon." It came out as a whisper since I was fighting so hard not to cry. I closed my eyes tightly. I let a sigh or two out.

"Did... did they touch your body?" I asked the question I was fearing from the beginning.

He didn't say anything, and that's when I freaked out.