An Unbreakable Bond

Five

Scott ran into the house, running in multiple groups of teenagers who were drunk, high, or both. Music blasted loudly from upstairs from Mitch's room.

Mitch's room.

Scott widened his eyes and ran upstairs, pushing a kissing couple out of the way. In Mitch's room, a boy and laid on the youngest Hoying's bed, making out intensely. Scott stomped up to them and got the boy up. Sure enough, the girl was Kirstie. She glared at her brother and crossed her arms.

"What the heck, Scott?" Kirstie yelled after Scott turned off the music. Teenagers began to groan in protest and demanded to turn the music back on. "I was in the middle of something!"

"You were not going to do it on Mitch's bed," Scott scolded, pushing the boy out of the room. "Party's over! Go away!"

The boy rolled his eyes and muttered something about a 'high-strung older brothers ruining everything' and walked out. Teenagers left, possibly breaking some stuff on the way. When they all left, Scott glared at his sister.

"What in the world, Kirstin Taylor?! I went out for a just a couple hours and you do this? You're grounded! No parties or anything like that! You are to come home right away every day after school!"

"Okay, I don't care," Kirstie scoffed, taking out a cigarette. Scott took it from her and threw it out of the window. "That was my last one!"

"And it's always going to be your last one," Scott finalized, shaking his head. "Where's Mitch?"

"How should I know? It's his fault that he's missing. Maybe the shooter found him again and made him blind this time."

Scott glared at his sister once more and was about to scold her some more when the doorbell rang. A bright light turned on too, which was Mitch's way of knowing when the doorbell rang or not. Scott went downstairs, being careful of red solo cups and food. He kicked a cup, staring at it angrily.

Kirstie is going to clean this up.

He opened the door, taking a sigh of relief. Mitch was on the other side, shaking a lot. Avi and Kevin stood there too, scared looks on their faces. The brothers shared a hug, Mitch's tears making Scott's shirt wet. Scott rubbed his back gently, hoping to calm him down while trying not to cry himself. Kevin cleared his throat, catching Scott's attention.

"We thought that we had to take him to the hospital, but he's fine now," Kevin informed Scott, smiling when the older brother held the younger one closer. "He's lucky, Scott. Also, I am a doctor. I work with deaf patients so if you ever need anything, come next door. I'll be more than happy to help."

Scott nodded as he watched the couple walk off, closing the door behind him. He refused to let go of Mitch, afraid of losing him again. Scott smiled at him softly, brushing the brown hair back. When he was younger, Rick and Connie used to called Mitch the 'surprise child' because when Scott and Kirstie were born with blond hair and blue and hazel eyes, Mitch was born with brown hair and brown eyes. Nobody knew how it happened, but he was called the 'surprise child' because his looks surprised everyone. He doesn't get called that anymore, but Scott will secretly call him that to his friends.

Scott walked upstairs, his hand connected with Mitch's. Kirstie walked out of Mitch's room, glaring at the brothers. Mitch looked down at the floor, afraid of Kirstie's stare. He was about to walk into his room, but Scott stopped him. He nodded at him, wondering why he did that.

*Sleep with me tonight. I'm sorry, Mitch. I don't want you to get triggered or anything like that. Did that guy hu-*

*I don't want to talk about it.* Mitch replied, signing quickly. His eyes looked scared for some reason. *He just did some things that I don't want to talk about. Not right now, anyways.*