Sunny 13th July

Chapter 2 Jem (2)

This chapter will mainly be a flashback slightly after the incident of the last chapter, so Jem is about 5 and Will is 8. I am really sorry for updating so late. I hope you guys will still read my story? ENJOY <3

Jem’s POV

Cold, that’s the first thing I feel. I lingered on the edge of consciousness, aware that Will was not in bed with me. Panic seized me, so I went and looked for him. Following the glimpse of dim light, there stood the brother I am searching, blank faced in front of my parents’ bedroom.

“Will…”

“Shush!” He placed a finger on his lips, signaling me not to talk.

I nodded and slowly walked towards him without making a sound as he told me to. There were murmuring coming from my parents’ room, I could just catch bits and pieces.

Tonight was a pretty chilly winter night. He stared at my shoeless feet, swiftly gathered me in his arms and went back to my room.

I asked him curiously, “Will is secretly listening to daddy and mummy…” (I think he didn’t know eavesdropping at 5, right?)

“I just go to have a glass of water and accidentally hear their conversation. That’s not eavesdrop.” He placed me back on the edge of the bed. He kneeled and removed the dirt on my feet with his hands, while my tiny feet were dangling and wiggling.

“Jem, stop moving around!” He searched under my duvet and found the socks that I took off, then helped me put them on again.

“Hehe…Will…Will…” I jumped onto him to bear hug him, and gave him a wet kiss on his cheek. He never thought of wiping his cheek after my every single kiss. After a manly giggling, he stuffed me back under the duvet, then laid down next to me.

“Jem, you can’t tell anybody about what happened tonight.”

“About you eavesdropping?”

“I didn’t eavesdrop, I just accidentally heard it!”

“Not eavesdrop…by accident?”

“Yes, so Jem shouldn’t tell.”

I grinned to show understanding, nodding my head forcefully, “Can’t tell others, Will eavesdropped…”

“I! DIDN’T! EAVESDROP!”

“By accident?”

“Yep, by accident.”

“Accidentally eavesdropped?”

“…” He sighed. “Little little Jem, are you not gonna let go the word eavesdrop? Huh?”

I didn’t tell him, actually, I heard it too.

Same as Will - by accident, eavesdropped.

However, I don’t know why, there was a keyword that I remembered it clearly. The funny part is that I didn’t even understand that keyword of that night. The word rooted deeply in my mind, days after days, it just couldn’t leave me alone.

Therefore, always a brother’s boy (act the same as mummy’s boy), I went to ask Will, “What is an orphan?”

The feeling of Will’s nails working at my scalp, washing my hair disappeared. He asked me suspiciously, “Where did you hear this word from?”

“That night, you eavesdropped…”

“Didn’t I tell you not to talk about it?”

“Then what is an orphan?”

“Orphan is…” He paused for a moment, helped me putting on my PJ, struggling in finding the right words to say. “Without a daddy, mummy and even relatives, that kind… that kind of children.”

“Mummy said I am an orphan, I don’t have family?”

So, daddy is not mine, mummy is not mine, and even Will isn’t mine too. I, am an orphan?!

Suddenly, the surrounding was quiet, he pulled me into his embrace, so tight, so tight.

*end of flashback*

After a very, very long time, I understood that hug came from his dearest love.

As time went by, I slowly had a better understanding of an orphan, so that to realize that hug rooted from compassion. The wave of emotions from this word also faded away with time. Before I got the time to feel blue of myself, there was too much feelings filling in my heart, too full to feel other emotion.

I don’t want to know am I really dug out from the garden anymore because no matter I really turned out to have nothing, I still got the dearest love from that special one. With this, I will never be alone.

Will, is not my brother anymore…

But who is him to me then? Before I figured out the answer to my question, I subconsciously hid years of love letters that Will’s admirers told me to deliver.

In year 4, my bff always complimented Will in front of me, saying “He’s so hot!” “He’s so smart!” “Oh look, aww I love how he walks…” She always found excuses to come around my house. Therefore, I cut every single connection with her when the term ended.

In seventh grade, our school diva constantly sent flirty smiles to Will. From that day onwards, he was forbidden to come to my school to fetch me. I went home by myself, which Will misunderstood me that I didn’t want to rely him anymore.

Jokingly, why do I need to let all those slutty girls (no offense to any girls cuz I’m one who keep checkin out guys too) to rape my brother with eyes every single day? He is mine, and mine only!

I am pretty possessive towards him, I can’t deny at this point. But slowly I realized what really lies behind this possessiveness, in the sensitive mind of a 14-year-old boy…

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V xx