Fight & Kiss
Keifer's POV
"Keifer! Where the hell are you?"
My eyes automatically open. It was Honey's voice echoing in my head.
I tried to move my head and pain immediately kicks in. I hit my head because of the pain. I just got hit by alcohol like this.
Or maybe because I don't have a proper sleep.
I shook my head to remove the pain. I got up and went to the door.
I stopped when I realized that the door wasn't in front of me.
I forgot!
I was in another room. Our room was at a different angle than mine. I opened my eyes and looked for the door outside.
"Keigan! I can't find Keifer!" Honey shouts.
The shrill and annoying voice of this woman greeted me when I opened the door. But it was better than seeing her crying again.
"Can you shut your mouth?" I said in an irritating tone.
She looks at me with an arch brow. "Are you just there? Damn it!
Your brother even bothered me!"
She turned her back on me and walked away. I went into my room.
I removed my shirt and threw it away. I don't care where.
That's where it's going.
I also took off my pants and the rest of my clothes. I went into the bathroom and almost hit the door.
Open your eyes wide Keifer!
I place myself under the shower and turn it on. I took a cold shower to get ready. I need to go in now....I need to.
Fvck! I don't like what I feel right now. The weird feeling in my chest is
dragging my whole body in it. Why does it still feel like there's a hole in my chest?
"Jay... What have you done to me?" I said and started sobbing.
Why am I like this? I'm a man I shouldn't cry like this just
because of a girl and a pain that she'd cause. I shouldn't feel this way.
She's ruining me. She's breaking me into pieces and the worst part is I'm
letting her to do this to me. Why did I let her? Why am I letting her?
She's the only one who did this to me. I never reacted like this before. Even with Ella, I felt pure anger. Despite knowing that she never
loved me.
Is this the payment for loving Jay-jay too much?
They say Watson are not allowed to fall in love, they will turn into a
beast. But I'm not turning into, I'm breaking like a shuttered glass.
The pain, it's making me feel empty and numb. I don't like this
feeling. But even so, I still want to see her. I badly
wanted to see her.
She's my strength.
Without her I'm completely weak.
"I love you my Jasper Jean..."
I ended my dilemma and turned off the shower. I grabbed a towel and
dried myself. I walked toward my walk in closet. I first faced the mirror and looked at the dirty work of Clyde's men. It was now fading out. My stupid cousin is a big pain in my ass. In fact, he's more of a brother than Angelo. We have similar habits when it comes to some things. One of the things that probably makes us different is his constant smile and his disdain for women. He's also better at getting along with other people, business partners or not.
But I'll admit, sometimes I envy him for having too much confidence.
He's not afraid of anything. He got the position of CEO of Watson
Enterprise without any difficulty.
I got some clothes and got dressed. My regular white polo shirt uniform.
When I wear these clothes I feel like a normal person.
A normal student, studying, making friends and falling in love.
In fact, I could have changed schools a long time ago.
Yuri was the same way but we chose to stay. I don't know the reason for that. I just thought
that he was doing the same thing I was doing.
I really wanted to annoy Aries. I wanted to show him that he could never beat me. It's no wonder that I'm smarter than him and better at sports. I was planning to beat him. But he's a
smart guy, he just put us in Section E for enrollment. What's worse,
he got Felix involved.
He also made sure that the board members would understand us. They are
fools for following Aries.
After completing my attire, I look at my own reflection.
I look miserable.
I never felt conscious about my looks until now. I can't let Jay-jay see me like this. I don't want him to think I'm so hurt.
He'll hurt himself if he does.
He always hurts me. I don't want that to happen. I tried to fix my hair but I still look the same.
I sighed. I looked for a hair comb but I couldn't find anything.
I opened one of the drawers to look inside. While rummaging around, I found something.
It was a wallet size picture of Jay-jay. She's wearing the Sexy Santa
Claus costume that she received on our Christmas Party. I print those
pictures that she sent to me as a souvenir for myself.
I can't stop smiling.
Those are the days I want to take back. Because those are the days that
we can be happy without risking anything.
"My Jay-jay."
I heard a loud knock on my room door. Sounds like someone wants to
break it.
"Brother! Are you still there?!" Keigan said while knocking hard.
I put Jay's picture in my chest pocket. I walked over to it and opened it.
Keigan looked so stressed. His hair was messy and his uniform wasn't even fixed yet.
"Let's talk." He said.
I turned around and picked up my bag from above the study table.
"Maybe later." I didn't feel like answering and walked past him.
"Can you see yourself?!" He shouts but I choose to ignore him.
I continue walking until I reach Keiren's room door. I knock and waited
for him to open it.
"What?" He said while rubbing his eyes.
He was still wearing his pajamas. It was like my knock woke him up. I can't believe Keigan didn't wake him up.
"Get ready. You're going to be late for school."
"I'm not going to school. I don't want to go." He said in a serious
tone.
I glared at him. "Why? Do you agree? Get ready or I will make
you." I command with authority.
"Brother Keigan said not to come in. You won't notice either."
I immediately look at Keigan who's walking toward us. He looks
different now. He looks clean and he's wearing his uniform properly now.
His hair is also properly combed. He seems like he's a different person.
"Why did you say that?" I ask trying to remain calm.
"Why not?" He answers in a sarcastic tone. "You're too busy with
your girl, you seem to have forgotten that you still have a sibling."
The way he talks makes me think that he's not Keigan. He's different
when he answers me now. If it weren't for his face, I would think he's a different person.
He suddenly smirks. "Do you think your girlfriend is loyal to you?"
I feel irritated. "What did you just say?"
"See? You can't even pay attention and this all happened because
your head is occupied with your stupid thoughts about her."
"Shut the fuck up Keigan!" I shouted while clenching my fist.
"Why? Afraid to hear that you're not the only man in her life?"
I couldn't stop myself. I grabbed her clothes and
He leaned against the wall. For some reason he doesn't show any fear on me
unlike before. He can still smile while I'm furiously mad at him.
"Don't you dare!"
"You are more than ten of his male classmates. Most of them are his
friend. You think none of them felt attractions to her, especially that
she's the only girl in your room?" He said and smiled. "...maybe they're
doing something behind your back. Maybe they're fvcking her while
you are busy."
"Shut up! Shut up!"
"Why don't you ask your friends? Maybe one of them already
claimed her before you do." He laughs. "Maybe one of them already
fvck her."
"Don't test my patience!"
He laughs again like he's an evil person. "You can't accept it? What?
even when it's all nonsense? What if there is a plan?
Is that Jay-jay among you all?" He looks at me seriously. "...maybe
Aries did this. Maybe she sent that girl to ruin
you? To flirt with you all. You're the STUPID one, acting stupid!"
I'm trying to hold my anger. My breathing feels so heavy.
"She doesn't really love you, she's just flirting with you like your ex
Ella. She's just using you."
"My Jay-jay will never do such a thing!"
She can't do that. She's not that kind of person. She has no reason to
do that to me. She never will.
"Let me guess, you're convincing yourself now that she will never do
that."
I didn't say a thing.
"I knew it! You're just late. She's already done—!"
"No!"
"—she's already fooled you!—"
"No! Stop!"
"—she must have flirted with your friends!—"
"Shut up! Stop!"
"—and the next thing you know? He's flirting with someone else!"
"STOP!"
I don't want to hurt Keigan. I'm trying to stop myself from getting angry with him as much as I can. But I can't control it anymore. His words are making me furious. I
am burning with anger.
I punch the wall beside his head. I punch it until it forms a hole. My
knuckle is in pain but it's nothing compared to what I feel in my chest.
I stopped when I saw him closed his eyes and crying. He was also shaking in fear.
"I'm s-s-sorry. W-whatever I said... P-p-please don't believe it. I
didn't m-mean to s-say it." He said between his sobs.
I let go of him. What is happening to Keigan? He was different to me
before. He was also different when he spoke badly. And now he seems
a different person.
He has been like this for a few times. I can't understand what's happening.
He sat on the floor crying. He seemed so scared of me and
couldn't move. He hugged himself.
What have I done?
I pulled myself together. I looked at Keiren who was peeking at us
from behind his bedroom door. I could see the fear in his eyes.
What is happening to me? I never did this before. I'm not like this to them.
"I-I didn't do it on purpose Keigan." I said and kneeled down beside him.
He tried to squeeze himself against the wall just to get away from me. I
immediately hugged him. I could feel his trembling. He also tried to push me away but my hug became tighter.
"I didn't do it on purpose. Believe me."
"P-please... I-i will n-never do t-that again. Don't s-send me b-b-back
to Dad. P-p-please... I don't w-want to be with h-him. H-h-he will hurt
me a-again." He said that broke my heart.
He still carries that fear with him to this day. He thought that if he did something wrong, I would return him to Dad. I made it clear several times that I wouldn't do that but sometimes he didn't seem to understand.
"Ssshhhh... I-I won't do that. I won't give you to him.
He won't take you from us." I said trying to calm him down.
"H-he will point h-h-his gun in m-my head. H-h-he will kill m-me
just l-like—."
"No. No. I will never allow him to do that. I won't let him hurt you."
"I w-want Mom. I-i want h-her."
Shit!
"Keigan... Mom is gone. She was killed."
I heard Keiren slam the door. I knew he was hurt when he heard that. He never got to experience having a mother, and he lost his father.
"Keifer!" Someone called.
It was Honey rushing toward us. She was accompanied by the maids who were looking after my siblings when I was away.
"S-sir... I-I'll take care of Sir Keigan." A Maid said as she approached us.
"Help me bring him to his room." I commanded.
We helped Keigan stand up. I didn't let go of my hug as we walked to his room.
He still continued to mutter something. When we got to his room, we immediately laid him down and hugged him.
His body looked so vulnerable. I felt like I was neglecting them. I couldn't take care of them anymore. They only have me but it seems
that I am also missing from them.
Keigan fell asleep while the Maid who helped me was looking after him.
"What is your name?"
She looked at me. "Kate Kristine Joy po. I am the one who replaced Sir Keigan's
caretaker."
I nodded shortly. "T-thank you for taking care of him."
She smiled at me. I'm about to walk out of Keigan's room when I notice
something. There's a few drops of blood on the floor. And now that I notice
it, I look around and I saw scratches on the wall and wooden door. His belongings on the floor are also in a mess.
"K-kate..." I called the Maid.
"Sir?"
"What happened here?" I ask while looking around.
I didn't hear any answer from him so I looked at him.
I immediately noticed her hand being held tightly by
Keigan's hand. My sister was still closed her eyes so it was surprising that
he was holding her like that.
"I-I don't know. S-maybe it would be better if we left
her to rest." She said. "M-you go ahead, Sir.
I'll watch over her."
I don't like the way she talks to me but there's something wrong.
She looks begging by the way she looks at me.
I force myself to nod and leave. When I left the room, Honey
came to me with the Maids.
"What the hell is happening? And why is there a hole in the wall? Are you
doing something?" She asked me irritated.
"Honey, I want to talk to the Maid who was inside and the ones who
used to take care of Keigan. Make sure that he won't know anything
about it." I said and walked away.
She immediately followed me. "What for? Can you answer my question first."
"There's something wrong with Keigan. As time goes on, I'm noticing it more and I feel like it's getting worse."
"Are you saying that he's sick?"
"I can't say that for now."
Suddenly she stopped me and stopped me from walking.
"What's going on in your mind? You haven't talked to your brother
for a while and now you're accusing him of being sick." She said annoyed.
"If you talk to him first, you'll know what his
problem is."
I stared at her for a moment. She's right. We haven't talked to Keigan for a long time, maybe he has a personal problem. Maybe he's just afraid to tell me.
But I'm not putting aside the idea that he's sick. Dad came back to us
with Keigan before but it seems like something is wrong with him. I try my best to
show him that I will never allow someone to hurt our family again.
Gradually he returned to the Keigan I knew but there were still some concerns
that he couldn't get out of his mind.
"Maybe, I will talk to him later after school."
We both continued walking. I headed straight to the Dining Area.
I need caffeine to wake up my senses. Just this for now. I need some
strength before I go to school.
When I got there I saw Keiren eating breakfast. He was already dressed in
uniform and carrying his bag.
"I thought you're not going to school." I said and grabbed the cup of
coffee.
"I don't want to stay here. Kuya Keigan is out of his mind again."
"Keiren, don't say things like that to your Kuya." I scolded him but
he ignores me. "...Do you understand?"
"I do." He said without looking at me.
I finished my coffee and waited for Keiren to finish. I was the one who would
take him to school. I didn't wait long.
After drinking water, he walked out of the house.
I followed him. I first ordered Keigan from the Maids. I knew
that Honey would also leave because she couldn't stay home long.
I made Keiren get in the car and fastened his seatbelt.
"I can do it." He said but I didn't let him.
After fastening his seatbelt, I got in. I started the
car without saying a word.
"Kuya..." He called me. "...Is it true? Dad is a bad person?"
I gripped the steering wheel tightly. Now he asked again about Dad.
"Well, he did bad things." He killed our mother.
"How about Mom? Who killed her?"
A monster.
I cleared my throat. "You're still young to understand."
He no longer says a thing until we reach his school. I let him go down alone and just watched him enter the gate.
Before I leave, I make sure all Keiren's bodyguards are in their positions.
I want my brother to still be able to move around properly even though there are guards. They surround the school with various arrangements.
Some of them even work inside the school. I add them to confirm that my monster father has returned.
The same process goes to Keigan. They are also far away and let my brother move around properly.
But that's not the case with me. No one guards me when I'm in the Philippines. I know no one will target me here.
Dad only wants my brother and besides I can defend myself.
When I got to school I parked the car immediately. I'm almost late to our
first subject. I wonder what that girl will say when Sir Alvin gets ahead of me again.
I saw Aries and his classmates looking at me like a predator ready to
attack it's prey. I'm not in the mood to give a fvck about him.
But if he's here, Jay-jay might be here too. I need to
get back at him. I've been acting out my anger again.
I didn't even listen to him because of the pain I felt.
When I'm really overcome with anger, my mind goes blank.
Maybe that's the reason why they call us curses. Because when we're hurt by the one we love, our minds become closed.
I was almost in the room when I saw Mayo and Kit. They were obviously
fighting. They were about to fight.
"Stop it! What if someone hears you?" Kit said.
"What if they hear you? Are you scared?!" Mayo answered.
I don't know what their problem is but they're blocking my
path. They don't seem to notice that I'm nearby.
Kit tried to walk away from Mayo but the other one kept stopping her. I rolled my eyes. They were like lovers in the act—.
"Do you like Jay-jay?!"
I stopped. I can't move a muscle from what I heard. Mayo just ask
Kit if he likes Jay-jay.
"I don't like him! Stop it!"
"Why did you kiss him?!"
I felt like I was deaf to what I heard. He kissed Jay-jay. He kissed my Jayjay. Everything Keigan said flashed back to my mind. Am I being tricked by my
own friends? They're worse than what Yuri is doing.
Are they just fooling me? Is he just fooling me?
In just a snap everything happened so fast. I found myself grabbing Kit
and punching his face.
And no one can stop me.