“Whatcha doing like this, twatface? What’s up?”

He turns away from me, and flinches once I seize his arm. “You’re again.”

“Yeah, obtained off work late. Handed by the store, however it was closed already. Sorry I missed you.”

“No worries, mate.”

However now I’m, as a result of he nonetheless hasn’t checked out me, and his shoulders are stiff. “Did one thing occur at present? Come on, Jet, discuss to me.”

“The whole lot’s positive.”

The brittle, hole tone of his voice is what shatters my management. I seize his arm, yank him round and slam him again towards the wall.

“Cease hiding from me.”

“Such as you’re hiding from me?” His lips are cold, his eyes hooded. “Fuck you, J.”

“Dammit, don’t.” I shake him and he flinches, arduous. Rattled, I cease. “I’m not you. You already know what you need, who you might be. You already know your home on the earth. I’m fucking jealous of you.”

“You’re fucking nuts, that’s what you might be.”

“I’m confused as hell,” I admit, my voice tough, my pulse deafening in my ears. “However I’m right here for you. Have I ever allow you to down? Let me in, dammit. I do know your loved ones is a multitude, however—”

“You already know nothing.” However disappointment tightens his face. “J…”

Fuck. “Inform me. You stated, years in the past, that your mother and father have been kinda loopy, that they have been by no means round. Is there extra?” I can’t assist it, I shake him once more. I would like solutions. “Shit, Jet, I could also be confused about loads of issues however not with regards to caring for you. Discuss to me, asshole.”

His mouth twists. “Nothing you are able to do, J.”

“You don’t know that.”

“Fuck you.” However he presses again into the wall, as if he desires to vanish in it. His hair has misplaced its spikiness tonight. It tumbles softly on his brow. It makes him look very younger.

And I’m pressed actually near him, holding his arm towards the wall, and…

“Inform me about your mother and father,” I say, and this time I’m not taking no for a solution.

He has to see it in my face, as a result of he deflates.

“I all the time thought my mother and father have been regular,” he says, his delicate voice distracting me from the texture of his physique on mine. “Solely they weren’t. Mother was distant. Scared to talk or do something however clear the home and cook dinner, then rock in a chair on the window. And my father… He didn’t drink, or play playing cards, and even smoke. He went to work, got here again. However he had horrible arguments with my mom, and infrequently he’d get violent together with her.”

“And also you?”

Jet shrugs. “He’d beat me typically. Nothing life-threatening. Positive, I used to be petrified of him, however I by no means landed within the hospital or something. Mother would ship me to cover after they fought.” He licks his lips. “As soon as he beat her up fairly unhealthy. I used to be little, however I feel… I feel I do not forget that. It scared me shitless.”

Goddammit.

“Life was roughly regular.” He’s shivering, his face very pale, so pale I’m apprehensive he’ll slide down the wall. “The whole lot was okay, or so I assumed. Then, once I was sixteen, my dad… he killed my mother.”

Shock jerks me like a bullet via the chest. “The hell? How? Why?”

Jet shakes his head. “They hadn’t even argued all that loud that day. Picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed her till she died. Who the fuck is aware of why.”

Dread is seeping into my bones, chilly like ice. “And also you? The place have been you?” His eyes flick to the window, his cheeks ashen, and it’s like a punch within the chest. “You have been there. You noticed it occur, didn’t you?”

He nods. “I used to be there, on the steps.”

The ice is wrapping round my backbone, crackling. “After which?” When he doesn’t converse, I dig my fingers more durable into his arm. “Jet, did he harm you?”

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