The Secret Door Of Austin's Family (BL) (Indefinitely Onhold)

Act 3 : Complete Again

The Secret Door of the Austin’s Family

“Dad, dad, dad!”

Julius shakes his head as he saw the exhausted from running son of his.

“Please don’t run in the hallway.” The nurse sigh as he saw Xavier. He looks so handsome she cant get mad at him.
Xavier face flushed and apologize. After the nurse left he grabs his father shoulder.

“Dad, is mother alive? Is she behind that strange door at home?”

“What? Do you see her? Did it opened? Did it opened?” Julius is so excited he wants to leave the bed.

“No. No. Stop Dad. You are not that allowed to go yet?”

“Hurry tell me what happened.”

After the two calm down, the room got quiet.

“Xavier, the truth is we are from the other side of that door. You are only 5 back then and very innocent. I have 2 older son and you are my youngest. Your mother is pregnant at that time. 20 years had passed. I can never forget that time when the door swallowed the two of us. Your mother is just across us. If I extend my arm I could have taken her with us but I am still glad I didn’t. If I did that, what will happen to your brothers and your mother was pregnant . What if something happen to her and the baby?”
I don’t know what happened but that door is very important to our family. My father told me that the first generation of our family carved that door. It is not use as a door but a decoration. I am not sure why it swallow us. Maybe it has something to do with the turmoil happening in our country. There are war and a lot of strange phenomenon. Maybe the door sense trouble and it want to preserve our family’s life and swallow us. But unfortunately it only swallow us.”

“Dad, why cant we return then?”

“I don’t know. I tried all the things. But maybe it didn’t recognize me as its master. But you, you are recognized by it. You can open the door so we can cross over.”

“Maybe. I am not sure.”

“But be prepared Son. Once we cross over there are people who are very unreasonable there. I will still go but you can choose to stay. This place is better. There are fair law. There are police to ask for help. But there….if you are poor then you cannot complain.”

“Is it an old western place?”

“More like a Chinese old culture. The naming in our country is more like western though.”

“Oh. Is that why I heard Mother and Brother worrying about sisters dowry?”

“Your sister dowry? Why would they worry about that? Father assured me that if Layla’s baby turns out a girl he will give your sister a handsome dowry when she reach the marriageable age. Your sister is already 20. How can she not yet married? 16 is the peak of a woman’s youthfulness. If she fails to get married until she got 20…what..what will happen to her? No. I have to go. I have to see her.”

“How can she not get married just because she is 20? 20 is a young age. I wont allow her to get married.”

“Silly boy. In that place its impossible to marry a girl when she turn 21 above. I know you think its unreasonable but what can you do? Do you wish your sister wont get married?”

“That….okay. But you have to recuperate first. I will only ask you to stay still for a week. I will ask the doctor if we can leave by then.”

“I understand.”

“What can we bring? Money. What can we exchange money? We have to help my little sister and it seems eldest brother is injured but still had to work.”

“What? What is happening? Did they bully your mother and siblings because I am not there? Is father not there anymore?”

“Calm down father. I will ask mother. If we can bring things . We will bring a lot. You tell me what we can bring them.”

“Okay. But do not do anything yet. We don’t know if you send anything and the door will close. We should cross over first.”

“I understand. I wont risk it Dad. Don’t worry.”

Julius grabs his hand.
“I am so happy.” He said and his hand is really trembling.
Xavier is also happy. All his life he thought his other family members are dead.
It feels so strange now that he is actually an elder brother.

Xavier keeps communicating with the door. He heard his eldest brother and he also sound so kind. But no matter what he never heard them tell him anything wrong. They always say there is nothing wrong. He also talks to his sister. He asks her why she is not yet married but she did a lot of effort to change the subject. He feels very angry but he knows that they just wish him well and don’t let him worry. But he is more worried if he doesn’t know anything.

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“Dad,”

“Xavier, son, is your father here now?”

Julius starts trembling as h3 kneeled in front of the door crying.
Xavier smiles and rub his father’s back.

“My wife….”

“Husband….husband…”
On the other side, his mother starts crying too.

“What are you two doing? Cry when you meet.” Gerald, the eldest son said but his voice is also hoarse and cracked.

“Yes. Come back here.” Layla said sobbing.

Julius took a deep breath and he looks at Xavier.
Xavier is hugging a sack of rice. He blinks when his father laughs at him.
“Don’t laugh. What if we cant bring anything? At least we try.” Xavier said smiling.

Julius nods.
“What should I bring in then? I know, Ill bring seeds and my farming equipment.”

“No. No. Don’t bring so many things. What if we failed? Just bring seeds.”

“If I know I should have ask you to buy me more seeds.”

“Do you want to delay? We can go to town and buy more.”

“…..no. Im very anxious so I want to make sure we can cross now.”

“I see. Im also anxious.”

Julius rubs his head.
“Don’t get scared. They are your family.”

Xavier nods and smile.
“Okay. Here comes nothing.” Xavier takes a deep breath and open the door. His father grabs his arm as they walk inside the dark room.
But its not a dark room.
When they step in they both see the people anxiously waiting at the other side.
There is deafening cheer coming from both sides.
It took a while before they all come down.
The tears and the happy smiles envelope the whole room.
And then it broke when Xavier scream in pain.
The back of his left hand burns. As if an invisible laser is making a drawing on it. The carvings in the door are now in the back of his hand. Xavier is full of sweats as he fell unconscious.

Everyone tried to stop him from falling to the ground.
Xavier wakes up in a shabby room. It took him awhile before he realize where he was.

“Third brother, you are awake.” A beautiful girl in a dress walks in and smile at him. She has a wooden glass and offer it to him.
She looks pretty and a good child but her clothes looks so old but still clean. She is 20 but she is not very tall and looks very thin.

“I don’t believe we will marry you off. You look so young and small.”

Cheska hears her brother praise and her face flushed red. She pouts.
“You are bullying me. If I still don’t get married. I will never get married. Maybe that’s better. I will stay with you and Mother and Father.”

“Silly girl. I will marry you off to a good guy of course. Your big brother wont bully you.”

“Brother, are you okay now? Your hand …Is it still hurting?”

“Hmm..It doesn’t. Look. It looks fashionable. Isnt it?”

“Fashionable? More like sorcery!” Cheska said pouting even more.

“What happen to the door?”he asks as he stands up.

“It disappear.”

Xavier nods.
“I understand. I can use this mark to travel here and to other world. Isnt your brother amazing?”

“Amazing! Amazing. Can you bring me to the other world?”

“Unfortunately, no. I can bring them here but cannot bring anyone here there. I cant even bring anything from here back there.”

“That is so unfair.”

“But I can buy you a lot of dress.”

“Dress? I don’t need it. I have 3 dress. I want food. A lot of good food.”

Xavier looks at the thin Cheska and hugs her.
“Yes. Brother will buy you a lot of good food.”

“Even Chicken? Can brother buy roasted chicken?”

Xavier heart hurts a bit.
This girl is asking too little
What food cant he buy for her? Is his family living so poorly that eating chicken is already so expensive? He lives in the farm and they are poor back then but his father still able to buy him a lot of chicken wings.

“What roasted chicken? Ask more food. I will bring you pizza and spaghetti. You are like a kid.”

“I am not. You are bullying me again.” Cheska’s face blush and she pinches his arm.

Xavier cant help but laugh a little




A/N:
Am I doing it right?
Is my life doing alright?
I wonder if in this life of mine, if I did something from the past other than my choice...Is my life different now?
Well...Im sure itll be different but will I be morr happy perhaps?
Im not complaining, just having the 'what if's'in my head. Lols