Dana Hart and the Boy with the Green Eyes

Chapter 13

I stared at my brother, blankly. My eyes widened, and for a second, I swear I skipped a breath.

"What do you mean you...?" I trailed off, not being able to complete the sentence. I was confused. The person infront of me, telling me he found someone, was the same person who told me mere two months ago that love was bullshit. 

He chuckled to himself, and that was when I saw the shine in his eyes which was missing for so long.

"It was like that love at first sight shit." He snorted, and my eye twitched. "I dont know man, it happened, and fuck!" He clutched his hair in his fingers. He was smiling.

What the actual hell?

I tilted me head, trying to decipher what my brother was saying.

"You mean to tell me that you actually..? What? What's wrong with you?" I chided, slapping his shoulder. "You— when? How? Wha..?" What was going on? Was I dreaming all of this? It was then that Indus emerged from his hands, and gave me a small smile.

"You won't understand, sis. It's love." He gloated like an awe struck teenager, while my jaw dropped open.

I won't understand anything about love? Really? I folded my arms on my chest now, forgotten all about Zachary and the one night stand, and instead was amused at seeing my brother like this.

"Alright then, tell me how did you, um, realize that you liked her?" I asked, scooting a bit closer to him, chiding him to answer. Indus was probably making this all up to annoy me. He sheepishly smiled, and then opened his mouth to say something, but thought better of it and clamped his mouth shut. Knew it.

"Forget about me, what about you? Find someone? Five more weeks and I'll win this bet, sis." He smirked. I paused, and the smile on my lips instantly vanished. The pain in my heart became more evident, when I saw Zac that night with someone else. Someone who wasn't me. Last week, he was in my arms. Now he was in someone else's. Whose arms was he going to be in tomorrow? Jealousy striked me hard, and all I wanted to do was tear down his apartment, and kick that-that girl out. But then, I realized that I had no right to do that. 

What was I going to tell Indus, that the one who I love, is actually his best friend? I internally groaned at that thought. Great going Dana, you fell in love with your elder brother's best friend. I shook my head at that thought, and when I focused on Indus, I saw he wasn't smirking any longer, but infact staring at me with concern in his eyes.

"You found someone, didn't you? He's the same person you spent that night with, right?" He bit his lip, and I felt him silently begging me to deny that.

"What makes you say that?"

He chuckled to himself.

"Because you have the same softness in your eyes that I have now."

I didn't say anything. Just looked down at the hands that were fiddling in my lap. I felt broken and weak. I wanted to tell my brother— the closest thing to a parent— everything. I was tired. I was on the verge of giving up, and just continueing my life as if nothing happened.