Aquarius I
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Aquarius groaned as he rolled over in his bed and pressed the snooze button on his alarm. He had no idea what the time was. He only knew it was too early to be awake.
"Aquarius! Come on. Breakfast is ready." A voice spoke from his bedroom doorway.
Mentally cursing Aquarius pulled the blankets over his head to try and block Sephtis' nagging voice.
"Shut up Sephtis." He groaned, muffled by his thick blanket.
His older brother only laughed and he felt his bed shift, indicating Sephtis sitting on it. Suddenly a hand was shaking his shoulder.
"Come on Aquarius. School is today." His voice was soft, unnaturally soft.
Aquarius grunted sleepily but he moved his out of the cover. His eyes narrowed and his older brother just smiled innocently back. His mind tried to figure out why exactly he was up at, he looked at his clock, 7am.
Sitting up he yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Is sleeping beauty up yet?"
Sephtis pursed his lips. "Yep. No luck in getting him up."
Ah Borak. You never fail to amuse me. Aquarius thought groggily as he followed, well stumbled after, Sephtis.
He could tell he was trying not to laugh. That made Aquarius scowl at him.
"What Sephtis?" He snapped, he wasn't a morning person, neither was Sephtis nor Borak but that wasn't the point.
Sephtis just shrugged nonchalantly. "Nothing. Just amusing seeing you like this. It's like your hung-over or something." Then his face turned serious. "You're not are you?"
Aquarius stumbled and almost tripped over the floorboards. What made him come to that conclusion. Then something caught his attention.
"Do you know how someone is hung-over then brother?" He asked ignoring his question.
Sephtis frowned. "Don't ignore my question Aqua."
"No I'm not. Just stayed up late last night reading something on my iPod." Aquarius answered and glared at Sephtis. "Now answer mine."
That got him a death glare, that if they were younger would make him shiver but it hardly worked anymore. Then Sephtis turned not bothering trying to answer.
Aquarius wasn't like Borak who demanded things, but when he asked his brothers something and they didn't answer. Well that was his biggest pet peeve. Well along with cheating and bad mouthed people. But that didn't matter either.
"Seph." Aquarius growled suddenly wide awake as he sat down in the chair at the kitchen and waited for Sephtis to place his food for him. "Don't ignore my question. You know how I am when no-one answers my questions."
Sephtis sighed as the plate full of waffles was placed before Aquarius who dug in. Even though his mind wasn't fully awake he knew Sephtis was not wanting to say it.
"It doesn't mean anything to you." Sephtis replied.
That got Aquarius mad. He was his brother. Of course it meant something to him. It was crazy that Sephtis thought that. He felt hurt. Didn't his brother trust him enough.
He looked at his food not really hungry and sighed. The two uneaten waffles just sat there and Aquarius glared at them. It was like it was their fault.
"Don't you trust me?" He spat.
Glancing up he saw Sephtis freeze and turn to look at him. It was unlike Aquarius to lose his temper. It wasn't really nice to those it effected when it was uncontrollable.
"Doesn't trust you with what?" A younger voice asked in curiosity.
Both turned to see their younger brother Borak standing in the doorway. His electric blue eyes studying the kitchen before keeping his gaze on Sephtis. His lips parted only slightly and his eyes were still only slightly droopy.
"It must be a very big thing if you don't want to tell Aquarius. It must be a first." It was meant to be taken as a joke but the humour wasn't there.
Aquarius glanced towards their older brother who was biting his bottom lip. A nervous habit he never grew out of. Borak and Aquarius caught onto it as well but Aquarius normally drummed his fingers.
"Well...I'll tell you one day perhaps. Not for a while though." Sephtis replied as he and Borak sat down with their own waffles.
Aquarius pushed his away and stood up. "I'm not hungry anymore. I'll go get ready for school."
Walking off to his room he shut the door and looked around for a shirt and pants. He was hurt deeply. Sephtis was hiding something and Aquarius wanted to know what it was. No matter how long he would get it out of him.
Finding a good shirt and pants he opened his door and walked down the hall to the bathroom.
Just as he opened the door he heard Borak's voice.
"Seph will tell us Aqua. Don't worry. He never breaks a promise."
Aquarius nodded and forced a smile in his younger brothers direction. "I know Borak but I wished he never keeps things to himself." He thought. We're his brothers. We care about him and we want him to be truthful to us. Even if it hurts us. After all the saying is "the truth hurts".
