Welcome to my first ever Days of our lives-story. To be honest, I haven't been following the series for that long, but I got inspired by reading all the stories here. Anyway, this first chapter is kind of the Prologue towards the actual story.
I hope you'll like it, please let me know what you think..
Sonny was gazing over the magnificent view, watching the sun settle down behind the skyline. It had always been his favourite place in the city, but he found himself coming here more often recently. Preferably by himself, he could just spend hours here silently thinking. He smiled sadly, as it wasn't the boy he used to be, the boy who always had tons of friends around him and loved spending time with his family. But now he didn't feel like talking, or didn't know how to, so he mostly kept his head down and his mouth shut.
'Hey little bro' he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him, causing him to jump up. The other guy put his hands up, ' Whoa, didn't mean to startle you'
Sonny couldn't help but grin as his oldest brother pulled him up and in for a big hug, 'I didn't even know you're coming back today' he managed to let out.
Alex smiled, 'thought I'd surprise everyone' he explained, while Sonny put up an eyebrow and shot his brother a disbelieving look, 'what?'
'cut the crap Alex' Sonny grinned, knowing his brother better than anyone, 'No way you'd cut your travelling short just to surprise us. So what is it?'
Alex smiled guilty, 'Okay okay, I kind of leave again next weekend for Australia'
Sonny's lips formed an 'o' and he hit his brother in the chest, 'Let me guess, you're skipping family Christmas' he accused, 'How did mom take that one?'
Alex grinned, 'That's actually why I came to find you, I haven't told her yet' he explained, 'I kind of need you there to back me up, you know how she is around you Sonny, only you can soften her temper sometimes'
Sonny just shook his head, 'You might want to stop calling me Sonny then' he pointed out, 'You know how mom hates that nickname'
Alex shrugged, 'It's already out there man' he simply said before changing the subject, 'But what's up with you man?'
Sonny bit his lip for a second, before looking up to his brother again, 'What do you mean?' he responded innocently.
'Don't give me that' Alex frowned, 'I heard about you and Chloe, want to talk about it?'
'Let me guess, you spoke to mom' Sonny sighs, 'there's nothing to say really, we just broke up'
The boys kept silent for a second, just staring at the view. Alex observed his baby brother for a second and couldn't help but feel distant. Sonny had always seemed like an old soul to him, not as carefree as a boy his age should be, but somehow it felt he was carrying an even bigger burden now. And for the first time, Alex didn't have a clue what was going on is his head. They used to be so close, but somehow Sonny shut him out too now. Alex knew it probably was his own fault for being absent, but it still hurt. He heard Sonny sigh besides him and snapped out of a trance.
'I don't want to sound like an ass, but remember you're sixteen Son.' he started, 'no matter what happened, it's not the end of the world'
Sonny bit his lip for a second, but nodded, 'I know, Alex' he spoke silently, ' it is just..'
' It is what?' Alex pressed, 'You know you can tell me anything, right?'
Sonny nodded again, but remained silent again. After a few minutes, he took a breath, 'Remember what you once told me when I was younger and I caught you making out with that girl?'
Alex smiled, partly because he remember the memory but also because his brother was finally communicating with him, 'Yeah, I remember you were really disgusted with me, just because I kissed a girl' he reminisced.
Sonny smiled flatly, 'Yes I was. But then you explained to me that it may look gross to me now, when you find someone you really like it's just something you want to do. And once you found someone like that, I'd understand?'
Alex nodded, 'Is this you trying to tell me that Chloe wasn't that person?'
Sonny bit his lip, 'Yeah I guess'
Alex observed his brother, feeling he kept something back when he suddenly really understood. 'Wait, that's not what you're trying to tell me' he spoke, 'you're trying to tell me you found someone like that, only it wasn't Chloe'
'Bingo' Sonny honestly said.
Alex smiled broadly, 'Are you kidding me? That's great!' he said while patting his brother on the back, 'You had me worried there for a second, bro'
Sonny smiled thankfully, 'Don't think it'll work out though' he responded quietly.
Alex looked up, 'Why not? She'd be crazy not to like you!'
Sonny didn't respond, so Alex just put his arm around his brother, 'I'm serious Sonny' he pointed out, 'but tell me something about her, what's her name?'
Sonny bit his lip for a second, not daring to look his brother in the eye when he silently made the decision to let someone in, 'Karim' he spoke quietly, so quiet he didn't know Alex had heard him.
Alex frowned his eyebrows for a second. At first he thought he'd misheard, but as he observed his brothers features he understood that was certainly not the case. Sonny was tense, his eyes focussed on his hands and Alex couldn't help but feel concerned first and foremost. He realized he needed to same something soon, but didn't even know where to start.
'Karim' he ended up just repeating.
Sonny didn't acknowledge his brother saying anything, so Alex tried again. 'You sure?'
Sonny kept his eyes down, but finally nodded his head slightly. If Alex had blinked, he probably would've missed it, but he got the message loud and clear. His brother just admitted liked his schoolmate, his best friend.
Alex felt gobsmacked and didn't even know what to say. They were both quiet for a few seconds, an uncomfortable silence before Sonny actually broke it by scraping his dry throat. 'Could you-' he started in a voice that was so far from his own, 'Could you please say something?'
Alex looked up and saw his brother fidget with his fingers, his eyes still casted down. He looked so small right now, but Alex didn't even know what to say to make it better. 'But you won't do about that right?' he finally said the first thing that was on his mind since Sonny told him he liked his friend, 'Promise you won't, you know it's illegal right?'
Alex didn't know what he wanted to achieve with that, but all I did was make Sonny stiffen up even more. 'Sonny' he started again, feeling he needs to say something, 'Sonny, I'm worried about you'
Sonny kicked some sand with his feet, 'Why?' he asked, 'I'd rather you'd say anything but that'
'But it's true' Alex responded, 'Sonny, people get prosecuted here for doing, for feeling, for being..'
'Gay' Sonny finished for him. Alex bit his lip, and nodded.
'Are you?' Alex asked. Sonny looked up for the first time since he told his brother what'd been hiding and their eyes met for a second. Alex could feel his brothers' eyes burn into him, reading him, while he himself read the untold story behind his brothers eyes. Then, just like that Sonny's eyes changed, became unreadable, like he closed the door again and shut him out.
Without speaking a word Sonny grabbed the forgotten bag next to him and started brushing the sand of his clothes, 'Let's head back home' he spoke like nothing had happened, 'Try if we can make sure mom won't kill you'
The brothers both never spoke about their conversation on the hill, but both knew something changed that day. That was the day they stopped being each other's best friends, but became just brothers instead. In fact, they'd now remember it as the day they had their last real conversation.
When Alex got back from Australia, Sonny was distant and packed with schoolwork and that summer Sonny went travelling around the world himself. They send the occasional postcard from travel destinations, send texts, but most of the things they'd learned about each other they now got through their mother. She never understood what happened between her boys, but could never get herself to ask them head on. Somehow, she'd always felt like her getting in the middle of it would make it even worse.
