Indebted To Him

19//Keith

I was panting heavily, "Tank, please have mercy."

"No, you must build up your stamina. You are incredibly slow and idle."

"Wow, so kind of you to say that."

A familiar raspy voice spoke up, "You can let her go, Tank."

Tank pressed the button to stop it and I sighed in relief. I quickly sat down on the floor gulping water from the bottle Tank gave me.

I looked up towards him and grinned, "What's up, Ant."

"Shut up and follow me if you wanna see your brother."

I quickly scrambled up to my feet and suddenly fell down feeling weak. I gasped in horror, "Oh my God! I broke my legs—scratch that—Tank broke m-"

Ant gave me a glare which basically told me to shut up. Then, he did something unexpected and put me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. We walked away while I glared at Tank who's eyes showed amusement in them. My glare slowly turned into a smile while Tank followed us.

We were slowly walking to the guest room where my brother was. I looked down and saw Ant's ass.

Holy shit, Ant's ass is a ten layered cake.

Suddenly, I heard someone laughing their ass off and I looked up at Tank. He was literally dying. Ant shoved me off of his shoulder and we all continued to walk. I looked up at him in confusion, "You said that out loud, darling," Tank butted in.

I suddenly flushed red, "O-Oh..."

I went behind Ant so he didn't notice me. We walked for a while until he stopped and I bumped into his back. I pouted rubbing my forehead, he was made out of steel.

I straightened up quick and walked through the door with a smile on my face. I looked up at Keith who looked shocked and then suddenly smiled, "Baby sis!"

I continued my smile while walking to him and then it disappeared. My hand moved so swiftly and it connected with the left side of his face. "Are you fucking crazy?!"

His smile was long gone and he stayed quiet so I continued, "You're so stupid Keith Martin! You're my brother, not some dumbass who steals money from a gang! I could've gotten a job for whatever reason you needed that money for, I'm a senior in high school for god-sake! Do you know the trouble I went through just to make sure my older brother was safe?! We got our own apartment after running away from everyone, yet you seem no different from mother and father!"

It was all so fast, I realized fat tears were rolling down my face and I couldn't hold it in. We were running away from that life, how dare he ruin it by pulling this shit. He looked shocked was an understatement, mentioning our parents was something I would never do but it slipped up. He started sobbing really loudly and I felt guilty.

"I-I'm sorry. I only did it because I wanted to help you with college! We're going broke, I didn't want us to live on the streets! At least not you!" His voice cracked at the end and we both were crying furiously.

I clenched my jaw and I jumped on him with a hug. "Kee, I'm so sorry! If I knew we were going through thi-"

"Vee, you would've juggled multiple jobs and ruined your life by working. I don't want you to worry or stress, you're still young."

It was all my fault. I pulled back away from him, he did it for me. Everything started happening so fast and I didn't know what was going on. I stumbled back, I felt dizzy.

It was so hard to breathe right now. I looked around the room and I saw people from my old school laughing and pointing at me.

"Freak!"

"I'm not surprised her parents don't like her!"

"She's a mistake!"

And that's when it dawned on me.

I was a mistake.

My parents hated me, maybe my brother even hated me. My brother wouldn't have to go through all of this if I wasn't born. I fell and I heard muffled voices, I couldn't hear anything. My vision was blurry, I tried to gasp for air. Nothing was working and I felt myself being carried by someone. I didn't really understand much of what was going on, but then everything went black.