A Change of Plans (wip)

A Not So Happy Reunion...

He sighed with slight disappointment. And a bit of relief. "What's it with ya' and screwin' up?" said my brother.

I had lost him years ago, due to him stealing a puny little crumb from a cake... would you go crazy and kick someone out of your place, just for stealing a crumb? Of anything? Well, the leader sure did, and wasn't that a kick in the teeth with metal spikes welded to them. (maybe a bit too harsh of a judgement there...)

But oh man did it feel great to see my brother again. He was hesitating to hug me. I'm pretty sure he was deciding whether to hug me (really hard... more like squeezing me) or to punch me. He ended up hugging me and said "so ya' still alive eh'? I thought they'd have chewed ya' up and spat ya' out. And I can see that knock made ya' go quiet... i don't like it when ya' quiet... makes me think ya' don't got anythin' to say... ya' usually have some good ideas about stuff..."

"Y-yeah... i know..." i was hesitant to speak after that, but you just can't keep quiet around long lost family members. "S-so... how have y-you been? You know... a-all these years?"

"I've been great! Well... except for missin' you of course!" he had a slight tone of grief in his voice... or regret... i couldn't tell... maybe it was a bit of both. " how have ya' been anyway? You haven't told me how ya' been yet!"

So many false and weird things to say but... but i guess i need to tell the truth... "i-i... I've been better... well... w-what i mean to say i-is that i haven't had f-food for t-three days... and i o-only had a drink w-when i was tied up... o-on the cross... the leader h-had water splashed on m-me to wake me up... i-i managed to get some to go in m-my mouth..."

"Ah bother!" my brother yelled. "And why is this? is it because you aren't getting the wage? or is it because of the lack of food they have?"

"n-no..." i didn't want to say that it was because of the fact that the leader said that we can't buy food for three days... which was true... i guess that it was just that i had a feeling of... well... distrust in my brother... i mean he is my bro and all but... he stole things... and if he was to steal again from the leader... i may not have a bro anymore... but... it was the right thing to say anyway. "i-it's because the l-leader put in a n-new rule... everyone (except for the leader) had to b-buy food every three d-days... he wanted to ration the food... well... that's what h-he said anyway... b-but i know w-why... h-he wanted most of t-the food to be h-his."

"AH HA!" exclaimed my bro. "I KNEW IT!!! I KNEW THAT DIRTY RAT WANTED ALL THE FOOD TO HIMSELF!!! *he clears his throat* sorry... i didn't mean to yell..." he probably said that because he saw me going white, trembling and wanting to hide under the table...