Kindergarten: Brothers in Grief

Twin Trouble

The figure did turn out to be Ted, damaged and dirty from what happened to him earlier that day. He was slowly panting, "Felix...", he growled in a sinister tone, clutching the ax tighter in his angry grasp. "I... though we killed you.", Felix said standing up, "The kid you made bury me had passed out from his blood loss half way through burying me, I crawled out... But you won't go ANYWHERE.", Ted said in a sinister tone as he backed Felix up against the wall, "W-What are you doing? Teddy?!", Felix said, slowly starting to panic.

"MY NAME IS THEODORE! I gave you all my things, I always stood by by your side, I even took the blame and injuries for you! And what I get in return? My own grave! How could you do this to me?! You never cared about me, even though I cared about you greatly! And THIS is the thanks I get?!", Ted shouted back.

He was burning with pain, hate, and betrayal, Felix knew this was all his fault. "It's time for me to stand up for myself! If I can't be the company's heir, THEN YOU CAN'T EITHER!", Ted yelled before pinning Felix to the wall by his clothes with the ax and wrapping his hands around his throat with violent shakes.

Felix tried to breathe but couldn't even speak, his own hands trying to pry Ted's off his neck. Ted then realized what he was doing and let go of his brother in shock, Felix gasping for air and rubbing his neck in relief at the sudden release. Ted calmed down, but he was mortified at what just happened. He never tried to hurt Felix before, it just felt so wrong. Felix hoped he would now understand how he felt once he realized his mistakes as he freed himself.

"I... I don't know anymore... It is true, right?", Ted said, "Teddy-", Felix tried to say before Teddy lifted his hand briefly to interrupt him, "Just forget it, I don't want to hear what you think after I tried to strangle you... You'd never empathize with another living thing, anyway...", his twin said before starting to leave the room. Ted genuinely thought that Felix never loved him or anything in their lives, but deep down, that wasn't true. There was nothing that could change him forever.

Felix just felt even worse from it, and that was when the emotional dam broke. Felix fell to his hands and knees loudly, causing Ted to stop and turn around. Felix was starting to sob louder than Teddy ever heard him before, his eyes sending down waterfalls of tears and his nose like a dripping sink faucet. Three years of bottled up emotions was finally let out all at once, Ted grimacing at the sight as he tried to comfort his sibling. Felix looked up at Ted and wiped his face.

"Y-You honestly think I was always h-heartless? I w-was just trying to make f-father happy, b-but h-he doesn't care for me e-either. He l-lied to me and t-turned me i-into what he wanted...", Felix admitted, "I.. I JUST BECAME A MONSTER, A FUCKING MONSTER! And I did enjoy it! I'm the one who deserves to die, not you! I was so abusive, it wasn't fair to you! Maybe I should choke on something poisonous while I'm at it... I'm just... I am so sorry... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...", he continued and apologized, revealing to Ted how hopeless he really was.

Ted was shocked, he didn't know Felix would regret something like this right of the bat. How could he know they both were in pain at such a young age? They were just kids, they shouldn't have gone through this. Ted hugged Felix for the first time in a long while, Felix finally excepting it and hugging him back. "I forgive you, Felix... I love you...", Ted said calmly to his twin, "...I love you too, Teddy...", Felix said shakily. The twins may might have lost their mother, but at least they have each other. Though, their story was not over yet.