Elemental brothers oneshot story

the forgotten

There were seven of them.

Seven brothers, born under the same roof, same sky, same storm, people said they were inseparable, indivisible, a perfect unit.

But they didn't see the cracks between them.

And no one saw Gempa.

He wasn't the loudest, that was Blaze.
He wasn't the smartest, that was Solar.
He wasn't the cutest, that was Thorn.
He wasn't the toughest, that was Halilintar.
He wasn't the happiest, that was Taufan.
He wasn't the calmest, that was Ice.

He was just… Gempa.

There, but easy to miss.

He watched them from the corners of the rooms, sat with them at the table, laughed when they laughed, nodded when they nodded.

But his words never made it far, they always got buried under someone else's louder thoughts.

Sometimes he would speak, and no one would answer, sometimes he would share an idea, and someone else would repeat it louder, then get the credit.

"Oh, I just said that" Gempa would murmur with a small smile.

But no one heard.

No one ever heard.

In times like this, he wish he never existed, not in a tragic, dramatic way, Just… a quiet observation.

An honest one.

If he vanished, how long would it take for them to notice?

A day?

A week?

Would they even realize he was gone?

He sat by the window most nights, not to jump, just to feel something.

The night air was cold, but it wrapped around him like a friend. The moon didn't talk over him, the stars didn't forget him, the wind didn't ask him to smile when he was breaking inside.

He imagined a version of himself out there, walking alone in a different world. A world where no one expected him to always be okay, a world where he could be more than a background character in his own life.

He screaming out for help, but even his silence is ignored.

He looked back at the room where his brothers slept in chaos, blankets on the floor, books stacked high, someone snoring, someone talking in their sleep.

And not once…

Not once had any of them looked him in the eye and asked.

"Are you okay?"

Because Gempa was the steady one, the rock, the ground they all walked on.

But even the earth can crack, tomorrow, he would smile again. Say 'good morning', Help Taufan find his keys.

Help Thorn tie his shoes, help Solar in his lab, help Blaze not set the kitchen on fire, help Halilintar manage the chaos, help Ice get out of bed.

He would be there for everyone, like always.

And no one would notice how hollow his eyes looked, no one would notice that he never said how he felt.

Because in this family of seven...

Gempa was the one you forgot until the world started shaking.

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Hi- have this extremely short chapter-

Currently don't really have any mood to write, soooooooo.... Yeah have this instead-

Better than no chapter ಡ⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠ಡ

Ehem anyways-

That is all for today~

Stay happy and healthy everyone~

Peace out~

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