Toxic [BoyxBoy] Discontinued

Chapter 17

I have started a new book - a collection of oneshots. There are only two out for now, but there will be more. Feel free to check it out!

Ps: Lockdown is ending for me. What about you? And how are you all holding up?

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Theodore's POV

I smiled at the sight in front of me. Mia was wrapped in my arms, cheek against my bare chest as he slept. I kissed his nape softly. He whined, his eyes opening slowly.

"Morning, sleeping beauty." I whispered. He grinned, pecking my lips. I let my hands roam his body and rest against his ass, squeezing his cheeks as I grinded against him. He moaned, staring at me. I pressed my lips against his as I pulled his shorts down.

"What if someone hears us?" He asked, pulling my trousers down. I laughed, shrugging. He blushed, spreading his legs apart.

"So eager." I growled, grinding against him a second time.

Afterwards we showered and headed downstairs where Elias and Kathryn were.

"We should perhaps talk about Jess." I told them, sitting down on the sofa. Mia sat on my lap, snuggling in my arms. I smiled, kissing his cheek.

"We're better off without him." Kathryn grumbled. Mia pouted, glancing at me. He had been mad at me when we decided to throw my brother out. He refused to sleep in the bed with me for a week. The following week, he stopped speaking to me. In the end I decided to hear him out.

Turns out, he was right to be mad at me. I hadn't known the extent of my brother's pain, nor his hatred for himself. Mia went through similar torture, but never as bad as him. And I was stupid enough to throw him out. It's been a month since that day, and to be honest, Mia and I miss him - which is funny because we hardly know him, even though he's my twin brother.

"What about Jess?" Elias asked, frowning.

"It's time he comes home, don't you think?" I questioned. Elias sighed. He looked so conflicted. I knew he loved him, yet he couldn't get passed the killing.

"Mia," I whispered, "tell him what you told me."

Mia sighed, turning round to face the two siblings. "He was captured by hunters." He whispered, whimpering. Everyone knew if you were captured by a hunter, you either died there or killed yourself from the horrors they went through.

"Starting from the age of 6 years old, they already started torturing him and raping him. He never went to school. All his life he has been chased by them. Lastly, he spent 20 years caged there. I swear you should have seen the look on his face as he told me. Pure horror. If I had 4 animals roaming inside of me, I too would lose control on every full moon. He keeps everything in, never talks about the abuse. So when the full moon arrives, the four beings come out. And they are angry and hurt. They have never healed and have never learned to heal. Jess is in so much pain. You just have to look at him, and you'll see, deep in his eyes, there is no person more troubled than him. Knowing you, Elias, gave him hope. However, you are so blinded by the killings that you never noticed. He loves you and it kills him to know that you see him as a killer. He sees himself as a killer, a monster. And you are the one that matters the most to him. Knowing you think he's a monster kills him. He was terrified when we found him in the forest a month ago. You should have seen the look on his face - there is nothing more broken than him." He finished, a tear falling down his cheek.

I held him in my arms, pecking his cheek. "We have to see passed the killings." I said firmly.

"But he killed two human beings!" Elias exclaimed.

"Not to mention his lover." Kathryn grumbled.

"He loved him!" Mia shouted at them. "He loved him so much! You have no idea how much it broke him!" He yelled, crying.

I bit my lip, hugging my mate. "Just try and imagine being in his skin. He hates himself for what he is and what he has done. And I hate myself for pushing him away. We should be helping him, trying to figure out a way for him to gain consciousness on full moons, and all we've done so far is reject him and push him away. Don't you guys feel for him?" I said, quietly.

"I do still love him, it's just hard." Elias huffed.

"It doesn't have to be hard." I said firmly.

He sighed, nodding. "I know, you're right." I smiled, glancing at Kathryn.

"I still dislike him very deeply." She grumbled. I sighed, but nodded.

"Then we must go find him. Let's just hope he stayed close by." I said, getting up.

"We've looked all around town, where can he be?" Elias groaned.

"We should try the forest." I said, holding Mia's hand. Elias tensed but nodded.

We headed straight to the forest. I sniffed around, frowning as I smelled my brother's blood. We continued to walk around until we found his bag, but he wasn't there.

"Something's wrong. I can smell his blood." I muttered, looking around.

"Can you smell anything else?" Elias asked, wide eyed.

"Humans. I smell humans." I said, as I inhaled deeply.

"Hunters?" He then questioned, his heart bear quickening.

"Maybe. I don't know." I whispered. "But they've hidden their smell well. This is the only place I smell any of them."

Elias ran a hand through his hair. "I'm so stupid. I should have known they would find him by now." He groaned, walking away.

"We'll get him back, don't worry." I said, patting his back.

Truth is, hunters hid so well, we probably wouldn't find him.

A month went by, and we still hadn't found him. I had asked some of my colleagues and my boss but they had nada.

I was so worried. Elias was stressing out even more, and Kathryn was trying to comfort him but it wasn't working. We were desperate. We thought we would never see him again - or at least until a few years went by.