30. Embrace Me

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"I wanted to save her....."

Dylan just cries. He cries until James's shirt was soaked in his tears. James couldn't understand what he should say to make him stop crying. To make his pain go away. It broke his heart to see Dylan crying so much.

He just sits down, with Dylan now hugging his waist and still sobbing.

"Hey...shhhh....shhhh...it's all going to be okay...I am right here....." James tries to assure him.

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"Is everything alright baby?" William asks looking at Noah's pale face. He thought the two brothers must have fought in the cab.

Noah was ready to burst into tears too. He hugs William tightly, sobbing into his loving arms.

"Are you okay? Did Dylan say something?" William asks again.

"No...no...I....the fire....I don't know why I was reminded of it.......I spoke about it......with Dylan today....I don't.....know....why...." Noah speaks in between his sobs.

William shudders at the mention of fire. Noah told him how his parents died and how he was scarred for life.

"Baby, is the scar hurting?" William tries to lift his shirt up. The scar was still there. When young Noah went inside to save his parents, he slipped on something and fell. A burning rod fell on Noah's stomach, scarring him for life.

William always kissed his scar while making love to him and said the scar was beautiful. He was beautiful.

But they never spoke about the fire ever again. He did not want to remind Noah of those painful memories. But today, it was a shock that Noah himself mentions it.

"No...but my heart.....my heart is hurting....." Noah says clutching on to William more.

William picks him up and slowly puts him on the bed, not losing any contact with him. He sits beside him and lets him cry on his lap as long as he wants.

"It's okay baby. I am right here." He says as he caresses Noah's hair.

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"Are you okay now?" James asks when he feels Dylan is quiet. He was quiet for some time now but James wanted to make sure.

"You...you came early..." Dylan says. His voice was a bit coarse from all the crying earlier.

"I just couldn't wait to see you." James caresses Dylan's hair as he feels Dylan pulling James's waist closer.

"Water?" Dylan asks.

"Yes, petal. Just a sec..." James moves a little to hand him a glass of water. Dylan finally leaves his waist and slowly gulps the water.

"Are you okay?" James asks again.

"Yes." Dylan nods his head like a small kid.

"Good. Let me bring you something to eat." James gets up to bring some food from the kitchen.

He meets William on his way, who was carrying a tray of food himself.

"Did something happen? I mean between Noah and Dylan. You said they were sharing a cab." James asks William. When he came back, he sat in the living room, waiting for everyone. Clive, David, and William were happy to see him but were too tired to greet him. William told him Noah and Dylan were just behind them, so James hid in Dylan's room to give him a surprise.

"Don't worry. Just normal brotherly fights." William shrugs it off because he doesn't know how much Dylan told James.

"Didn't look like normal to me." James murmurs under his breath and goes to bring a tray of food for Dylan.

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