The Other Half of Me

Chapter 2 ~ He Stole My First Kiss!

Elliot

During the summer, Trinity made me see a therapist. I did counseling at school, but now that we were on break, I couldn't talk to him. I told her I was fine and could deal with everything until school started, but she said she was worried. We compromised with me doing one session, and then I could see if I wanted to continue or not.

My sister was concerned for my mental health because of the things that happened with our parents. Trinity wasn't around when I lived with them because they kicked her out and abolished their parental rights when she came out as lesbian to them. To be honest, it was good she was out of the house. I would rather she be somewhere safe than there. Our parents were junkies and could be abusive at times because of it.

Trinity moved in with our uncle, and he wanted to get me too, but he also didn't want to cause any more problems involving my parents. When Trinity turned twenty-one, she moved out of my uncle's place and began getting ready to fight for custody over me, which she won. Thank God. Not too long after that, both of our parents died of an overdose. A part of me cared for them still, but it wasn't as strong as my hatred towards them.

After that event, Trinity made me do counseling at school so that I could talk about everything that happened in my childhood so I could cope better. I never harmed myself or attempted suicide because of it, but sometimes I'd just be low. I don't really know how to explain it. Sometimes I don't sleep, and other times I sleep too much. I never wanted to go out and do anything, and I distanced myself from people as much as I could. The counselor told me that I might be suffering from depression. I don't feel depressed. I'm not sad or anything, so how could I be depressed?

I did my session with the therapist. She was really kind and patient with me. I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but I still wasn't sure if I wanted another session. Trinity took me out to get ice cream afterwards as a reward. We ate it in her car and then headed back home.

When we made it back, we saw Kyran sitting down on the porch, and his bike was in the grass. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and saw that he texted me. I silenced my phone while I was doing the session and forgot to put the sound back on. We got out of the car and walked to where Kyran was. He was wearing the Goku hoodie that Atticus got him paired with some black sweatpants and slides. His brown curls looked healthy. I guess he finally started taking care of them again. Most of the time his hair was messy and some of his curls were dead. He looked up at me, revealing his dark brown eyes that strangely made me think of a black hole.

"Why are you here?" I asked as he stood up and hugged Trinity.

"Ruland and Mysha are out with some friends, and my parents are at work."

"Why are you here?" I repeated again, Trinity unlocking the door and walking inside the house.

"I'm bored and—"

I walked inside the house and closed the door. Trinity loured, but I ignored her face, walking upstairs and going into my room. I petted my cat, Tsuki, and then I began cleaning my room. I wasn't cleaning it for Kyran. I was cleaning it because I wanted my room cleaned. He just so happened to be here, unfortunately. I heard someone coming up stairs, and when they made it, they knocked on my door. I went over and opened it to see Kyran. I closed the door in his face.

I stared at the door for about three minutes before I opened it again and let him inside. He went over and petted Tsuki, and then he looked at me. He pointed to the bed, and I nodded, giving him permission to sit on it. I went over to my desk and grabbed the Uno cards.

"We'll play a few rounds just us and then ask Trinity if she wants to play," I said as I went over to sit on the bed.

I shuffled the cards before giving each of us seven cards. I flipped the card over from the deck, and we began the game. I always beat him no matter what. I'm just lucky. He decided to shuffle the cards to see if I was cheating. I still won anyway. We invited Trinity to play, and I still won. They even decided to team up against me and somehow still lost. I was just lucky when it came to Uno.