Falling Petals <BxB>

Incident

Accidents always happen, right?

Things happen for a reason, right?

But why did my parents have to overreact?

So, what if Leo is gay! Doesn't mean they have to kick him out. He's my only brother, the only one, I can trust with my secrets in this house.

~Flashback~

"I need to announce, something" Leonardo stood in front of, the Tv, that's playing a soccer ball game. "What is it, hijo?" Papi raised a brow, placing his beer on the table. All of our attention is now on Leo.

He seemed nervous about, something. Maybe it's about his grades, or something about school. He always gets worked up about, announcing something that's about school.

"I'm gay, I like boys" he blurted out. The room was so silent that you could hear a pen drop. "Qué?", Mami gasped in disbelief, "Qué dijiste?", She got up. Whenever she did that, it always brought up memories when, she use to spank Leo and I with the chancla for running around and knocking things over. Leo flinched.

"I'm gay, Mama", Leo said his arms crossing, trying to act like he isn't scared. "Don't call me 'Mama', you're seriously gay!" She snapped, and got very angry. Her harsh Mexican accent, kicking in. Usually, I would laugh by how she would kind of mispronounce words but, this is too tense. I mean I kind of caught Leo checking guys out sometimes, but I wouldn't have thought he was gay! He doesn't seem or look like the gay type.

Then I heard a slap. Mami had slapped Leo. "Mami!" I shouted "Cállate la boca, Landon!" She shouted at me, not even looking my direction. "Did you know, Landon?" Papi finally spoke up. "Did you know, that Leo was gay?" He asked, his tone scary "N-no, papi" I stuttered a little. I looked down at the ground, and squeezed my hands together.

"Get the hell outta my house!", Papi yelled. I didn't know, wether it was for me or Leo. "And don't come back, with your gay bullshit!" He shouted. My head was still at the ground and, my eyes were getting watery.

I hate screaming. If I'm being yelled at, my eyes would most likely get watery. Even if someone wasn't yelling at me, I would probably cry for them. It's pathetic, for a boy. But I guess it suits me, for not even being able to stand up for my brother!

I felt some tears go down my face and, the door slammed. The atmosphere in the house was scary.

~End Of Flashback~

It's been a week since that happened and the atmosphere, in the house is still thick. But not as thick, as it was before. I sighed, as I combed my hair with my hand.

It was now the weekend, and my parents weren't home. My mom is at the nail place, and, my dad is at work. So I have the house to myself now. I was scrolling through Social Media, till I got a text from a number I don't know. Of course, I tapped on it to see what it said.

(xxx)xxx-xxxx
Landon it's me Leo. Just wanted to see how you've been.
Sorry I haven't connected you.
Just a want you to know I'm fine and safe.
Love you man!
11:39 a.m.

I jumped off my bed and sat The the edge. I looked down at my phone is surprise. I immediately texted back.

LanBoi
Leo! I'm SOO glad you're ok I was worried. Where the hell have you been?!!!
11:40 a.m.

Leo
I've been staying at my friends house. How you been holding up?
11:40 a.m.

LanBoi
Which? And I've been tensed. Mani and Papi still are o think mad about ya know what happened.
I*
Mami*
11:41 am.

I corrected my small typos. Leo didn't answer back, I knew he looked at it by the notification. I put my phone down on the nightstand, and went to the kitchen for food.

•Hours Later•

I got a call at 8 in the afternoon "Hello?" I answered, "Is this Landon Lòpez speaking?" A lady's voice asked. "Yes. Is there something wrong?" I asked closing my bedroom door. "You're brother Leonardo Lòpez has been in an car accident, we want his guardians to sign papers to donate his organs" the lady's voice explained.

"Can you tell me what how it happened?" I asked, eyes getting watery. "It's better to explain at the hospital XXX Hospital" she said. "We're on our way" I hanged up and called my abuela.

"What do you want, Landon?" She answered rudely. I would joke with her but I wasn't and not in the mood. "Leo has been killed and we need to go to the hospital" I cried a little. "What? Leo's dead?", She gasped.

"Abuela, no time to explain, I'm gonna pick you up" I hung up on her as well and left. "Where you going?" Mami asked "Somewhere" I answered not looking back as I left the house.

•At The Hospital•

I ran towards the front desk lady leaving my Abuela behind, "I'm here for some papers for Leonardo Lòpez", I huffed and my kings hurt. "They've been taken car of already" the lady said "What? I'm talking about the- the organ donation" I explained. "They've been taken care of, by a young man. He claimed to be married to the patient" she said looking at me.

Married? Leo was only 20, he got married!

"Estùpido! You don't leave an old lady like me alone" Abuela held herself on the table counter.  "Someone already took care of his papers.. apparently he was married" I spoke quietly but hearable.

—

I don't know how, but I some how made it to my house. I was on my bed and I mentally felt terrible.

Leonardo, my only brother and sibling is dead. It's hard to process that the careful and cautious brother I knew is dead.

And I don't know the explanation to his death!

I went towards his room to mourn a little and, I ended up laying on his bed. I felt something hard under the pillow, I put my hand inside. Not sure what the cold feeling was I raised up the pillow and it was a black journal.

There was no title on the front, and Leo wasn't the type to read.

I opened the journal and the first thing I saw was

'Things I Can't Talk About So I Wrote Them Here'.

I turned to the next page and it was Leo when he was in Sophomore Year with a boy. The boys arm was hung over Leo, by his shoulder. There was a heart around the boy.

Journal Entry #1
Mr. Handsome