Killer Protector (Jeff the Killer story)

Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Jeff's POV

Forest green eyes. The eyes I used to see everyday. The eyes I see now, before me, staring back into mine. Liu, my dear older brother... Everything about this situation was just so puzzling. How is he alive? After what I did.... He couldn't be able to come back.. He couldn't be able to look so...real. Everyone else had this vibe to them but, even at a distance I couldn't feel that vibe, that feeling in the air. He was different. This one is different.

He just stood there, staring at me as I was frozen with confusion, shock and joy. It was an odd mixture of emotions and it didn't work well. Finally, I got my legs to work and I took a step forward, then another and, another until I was sprinting at him full speed. Once I was right in front of him, I barreled myself at him and hugged him tightly, practically clawing at his clothes. I held the back of his head and shook from the mixture of emotions I had. "Liu..." I whimpered. He didn't give any sort of response. He just...stood there.

I quit hugging him and cupped his face into my hands. I examined him and said, "What happened to you? Why do you look like this? How are you here?" I brushed his brunette hair back and just kept looking at him in awe over this unexpected reunion. Despite the stitches on his face, I couldn't help but marvel over the fact that he's right here in front of me. I couldn't suppress my silly grin and my eyes stung from holding back tears. "I've missed you," I told him. "I just can't believe you're here..."

There was a long pause of silence between us and I grew worried. Can he talk? Why isn't he doing anything? "Liu," I beckoned him softly, "Liu, say something, buddy. C'mon..."

He just kept looking directly into my eyes, though this time, he raised up his stitched up hands and felt at my face. His eyes darkened with a sort of sadness and he backed away. That's when he finally spoke.

"Why...would you do this to yourself...? Why...would you do this to me...?" he asked, grimly. I tensed up and looked away. "I don't want to talk about this right now...," I muttered.

Liu stepped up to me and practically got in my face as he said, "No, we will talk about this. Do you understand?"

The tone of his voice scared me a little. He wasn't yelling at me, or anything, he was just talking with a deadly seriousness. I felt like if I declined he'd bite my head off. I nodded reluctantly and he inched away from my face. I'm feeling uneasy right now. But why? He's not doing anything to me but standing and talking. Why am I so unnerved?

Liu looked down at the floor and said something that I could barely understand, though I managed to interpret it. He said, "The last thing I ever saw was you." He looked back up at me and clutched my chin tightly as he hissed at me, "The last thing I saw was this face...! This...unfamiliar face. And, knowing it was my brother made me feel all the more unfamiliar with everything." He shoved my chin a little as he pulled away and turned his back to me. There was another long pause of silence until Liu spoke once again.

"I wasn't scared, you know? I was...I was okay with it... That's what scares me..." His shoulders tensed and he added, "And, now that I see you again...I can't help but not be scared. It's a...it's a deep and terrible feeling, Jeff. It's getting near the point of agonizing pain."

Knowing that I was causing my brother so much turmoil just by being near him, hurt me. It hurt me more than it should've and I felt terrible for his frustrated emotions. "Liu..." I said softly. I quietly made my way closer to him and gently touched his shoulder.
Immediately, he spun around and shoved my hand away. "DON'T TOUCH ME! Not with your sin executing hands...!!!"

I jolted from the volume of his voice and I only felt more terrible. "Liu...please, let me help you."

"I'm too far gone for help," he stated almost immediately. His blunt and grim tone scared me again. He had this look of pure, utter betrayal in his eyes and he looked away again, frowning hard. "I miss your old face, Jeff..." He muttered. "I miss my brother..."