Our Life didn't come back to normal,
if you thought that.
In stories, there's always a happy
end. Everybody is lucky.
But life is different. It never
ends – and Happy Ends are rare. So this time, too.
Okay, Davis talks with us, and makes
some stupid jokes, but he isn't the same.
There is something in his eyes which
will never disappear, which will follow him his whole life.
I've never seen him so...weak.
So frightened.
And lonely. Lost!
When he sits in his big, white hospital
bed he seems to be so small. Like the little child he is. Small with big
eyes, sad eyes.
It will take a long time until he
will be healed totally, the doctor said. Maybe two or three years, probably
more.
He started speaking, but that was
only the first step. And he needs our help more than ever.
They finally let him go, now he lives
with us in our flat. He isn't allowed to go to school yet(well, he isn't
very unhappy about this; some things never change), so he stays home in
the morning.
Mum or Dad are always with him.
A caring Motomiya?
Never expected that, but now, when
I watch my parents, I notice how deep their love for us is. And it makes
me lucky to know that my parents love me so much.
Things seem to be so normal when
we have breakfast in the morning. Davis is yet very silent, but sometimes
he begins to talk, or he fights with me and we both enjoy it.
These are the moments I believe
that all the things didn't happen – that these five weeks full of sadness
and sorrow are only a bad dream.
That my brother is still the brainless
jerk, the kid, the soccer player...
But then, every night, I realise
that it wasn't a dream.
Every night Davis wakes up, crying
and sobbing, afraid of things only he can see.
It's always very difficult to calm
him down, he is so frightened that he doesn't recognise us. So we decided
that he'll stay in my room until it's better.
And every night when he has his nightmares,
I crawl to him and whisper to his ear that everything will be fine....that
he isn't alone, and that I will help him.
It breaks my heart how he clings
to my body, trembling of fear and sobbing in my t-shirt.
And you whisper with soft, cracking
voice: "Please, Jun, make this nightmare go away! They are hunting me,
everywhere, everytime. Jun, I'm afraid of it!" I just hug you, because
I don't know what to say. How shall I help you?
I can't go into your head and make
the nightmares away. That's a thing you have to do on your own. the only
thing I can do is to be there for you when you wake up in the darkness.
To show you that you aren't alone.
Poor, poor Davis, what have they
done to you that you cry in front of me, your big sister.
You wouldn't have shown me your tears
before this whole mess, never!
You've been too proud.
I'm proud, too. I was too proud –
I never wanted to realise that I love my brother. Hey, you've never been
very nice to me, so there was no reason for loving you....
I did it somehow, and you as well.
*
The time heals all wounds.
The nightmares still follow you,
and I have to be there for you.
But during the day things are back
to normal. We watch tv, make lunch, we quarrel with our parents or do other
useless things.
You go away with your friends or
play soccer. Such things which I missed so much.
But one things will never come back
to normal.
Our relationship.
Since I know how important you are
for me, I care more for you. I watch after you, like a worried mother.
And you, you tell me your problems.
We can talk seriously with each other, a totally new experience. I never
missed it, but now I am happy about it.
You didn't thank me. You just hugged
me, but that was enough. There are things which can't be said in words.
And we both know it.
*
When you came back to school, they
made a big party for you. Your whole class didn't have school because of
you.
After this day you asked me why
all these people would be so happy that you are back.
I just laughed, and answered that
that's one of the reasons. You didn't understand it and wanted to know
what I meant, but I just smiled and stayed silent. Your innocence and well,
stupidness is one reason.
I was so proud of you, lil'brother
when I noticed how many people celebrated his 'comeback'. So many friends,
and they all like you so much.
I'm proud that I have such a brother.
A brother who can be as nerving
and stupid as a fly.
But although a brother who can make
you laughing, who is so innocent and yet so intelligent in his very own
way. My brother. My brother with the big heart.
My brother the Motomiya who managed
it to live through such a horrible time.
Of course I would never, NEVER, tell
you that! I mean, I am Jun, what will the people think when I act in this
way around you?
They think that poor Jun has become
mad and they will call for the white man who carry me away....
Just joking.
But well, I am a Motomiya, you are
a Motomiya.
And you and I, we know what that
means, not?
It means being hot-tempered, crazy,
stupid, pigheaded, noisy, mostly happy and it means enjoying the life with
every second.
Nope, there's no end. Life never
ends, how I said. You would never expect such a philosophical sentence
of Jun, would you?
It isn't exactly of me. Someone
different mentioned it before, but I forgot the name.
This whole episode changed us a lot.
But it made us stronger, too.
How I said, Motomiya's are strong, and we don't give up that easily.
So be prepared – I am still Jun.
And Davis is still Davis.
We have both learned the seriousness,
and we have both tasted the bitter side of life. But that doesn't mean
that we stay serious. The people who take their life too serious are so
booooring, and we don't want to be boring, no, we don't. Definitely not!
It's hard, it's much more harder
to be happy than to be serious.
But...Imagine...A Jun who is serious?
A Davis who thinks before acting?
Yeah. There's an image we have to
keep!
Well, now I have to go...you know,
there is this concert of Matt...hmmmm....*giggles*
And the Life does never stop.
THE END
It's a relatively short epilogue,
I know, but I thought that it would destroy the story when I write more
details and so on.
Did you like it? Please let me
know and REVIEW!!! Thanks ;-)
Kaeera