Soul Detachment

Daun

Cahaya: What's going on?

Brothers: "What's going on"

Huh?!?

My lab?

Cahaya looks at his hands, legs. He unconsciously touches his face, feels it and looks around, he was floating near the roof of his lab

Is this what they call soul detachment?

A book fells down from one of the tables, grabbing Cahaya's attention downwards. He looks at his elder brother with a green cap, picking up and keeping that book while holding one.

His brother sits down on a chaise as he reads a biology textbook used in high schools.

Cahaya floats down near his brother, little surprised to see the contents he was reading.

"In chapter 6, you have studied about root apical meristem and shoot apical meristem. You know that they are responsible for primary growth of the plants and principally contribute to the elongation of the plants along their axis. You also know that in di- dickcoty- uh-"

Dicotyledonous plants

"Dicoty- dicotydonous"

Dicotyledonous

"Dicotydonous"

Di-coty-le-don-ous plants

"Di-coty-ledonous?"

Yes

"Dicotyledonous plants!"

Yes a group of flowering plants having an embryo with two cotyledons

"Ohhhh got it!"

Daun?

"Yes?"

Why are you reading it if you aren't comprehending it

"Because I miss sunshine"

Miss me?

"Yes! I miss you" said Daun with teary eyes, "I miss spending time with you, I miss playing with you, I miss gardening with you, I miss bickering with you, I miss everything! I miss everyone! No one is the same since Sunshine left! All are acting weird"

You're acting sane?

"Huh?"

Sitting here, reading books, not able to grasp its contents, abandoning our brothers or friends is it right?

"N-no"

I hate seeing you like this Daun, please take care of yourself and don't worry about me! I will return

"Promise Haya-"

"Huh?"

Daun snaps out of his trance. He looks around but don't see or hear anything. He lumps down his saliva and holds the book tightly to his chest. He lies down on the chaise he was sitting. Tears roll down as he sniffs and remembers his brother. Unknown to him, within few minutes he dozes off.

The door of the lab opens. "Daun it's time for-" Tanah stops in his tracks as he finds the lab silent. He looks at the side of it and sees his younger brother sleeping there. He sighs and walks up to one drawers and takes out a greyish-white blanket he kept there to cover Cahaya who often fell asleep in his labs.

Tanah covers Daun and takes the book gently from his grasp as he keeps it on the table.

"Sunshine why are you not putting fertiliser there..." mumbles Daun as he unconsciously pulls the blanket to himself

Tanah who heard that smiles sadly and leaves.

Sleep well Abang

And Cahaya felt a force pulling him backwards 

**********************************************************************

Here a fast chapter 1 :)