Dear Daughter [TomTord]

A Relaxing Day

~+Morning: Red City: Penthouse+~

Tomi woke up slowly, as his eyes fluttered open to taken in the sight before him as he came to from his sleep. The first thing he saw was black fabric, the one his brother is wearing since last night.

'That right... I apologized last night...' He thought as it processes through his hazy mind.

~Flashback~

Torm had picked up his brother carefully after telling his parents he'll take Tomi to bed. Tika stayed behind for her own reasons with their parents, possibly to give them time to talk once more.

Once his older brother had successfully brought him up the stairs and into their room, Torm then set his brother on the bed. Tomi sniffs as he scoots over to the middle a bit to let his brother sit down beside him on the bed.

Familiar arms hugging him close, so afraid to let go for a moment and lose his warmth again.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Tomi bit his bottom lip.

"You saw Asher kissing me that day didn't you?"

The brunet trembles a bit in his embrace, Torm instantly hugging him a bit closer. "What could I do after losing my memories of you..."

"You could have told me when your memories came back. Tomi I'm here for you-"

"No-" Tomi interrupts still shaking in his brother's embrace. "Stop giving me false hope... please Tormy..."

"False hope?... Tomi look at me." Torm gently unloops one of his arms from hugging his brother to gently turn the boy's head his way to face him. His expression sad seeing the rim of his little brother's eyes red with tear trails continuing to lead salty tears down his cheeks. "We're talking about this, let's not avoid this problem like last time. I need you to tell me what's going on with you."

Tomi swallows hard as he tries to will himself to speak his troubles.

[Come now Tomi, speak]

"I...I don't like it... The thought of you leaving me..." The demon said shakily as heard in his voice. "I'm afraid you'll leave me forever..."

The devil expressions towards his little brother portrays as sorrow as he swipes away the tears with his thumbs.

"You're the closest person to me ever Tormy. We've been together for years through the good and bad. We were always there for each other..." Tomi's hands move to rest on the top of his thighs, clenched tightly that his knuckles were white. "I always had this thought in my head, 'We'll always be together forever no matter what!'"

"Tomi..."

Tomi smiles sadly as he relaxes the grip of his clenched fist.

"I was wrong..." He admits as he lets the last rounds of his tears escape the corner of his eyes. "I kept you selfishly close to me that I forgot about your happiness. You never learned to be selfish for own good."

Torm was always the one protecting him, staying by his side, playing with him, keeping him company, and so on. His older brother never made any selfish request unless it was for his little brother.

So Tomi blames himself for Torm's lack of selfishness.

"When you fell in love for the first time, I could already see it." He saw the way Torm and Asher looked at each other their first time they met at the peace party. There was no denying the small attraction that was waiting to bubble up soon enough. "I wanted to pull you away, I didn't want to believe you would actually leave me."