Chapter 5: One day + One cousin + Surprise Tala faints

Whew hours later:

"Wow… That was something…" Tala said and sigh.

"Yeah. Tired?" Kai asked. He was laying on Tala's lab.

"You bet. I think I can't move never again…"

"Don't be foolish, Tala. Of course you will move. At least tomorrow."

Then they heard a knocking sound.

"Tala, baby, are you there?"

"Mum! Oh… Yeah, but don't came here yet! I'm… Uh… Just don't come!" Tala panicked.

"Okay, honey. By the way, Is Kai up there? Did you just-"

"NO!" Both young males yelled at the same time. "I mean, Kai IS up here…"

"Okay. When you're ready, could you come to kitchen?"

"Uh, okay."

Tala wear his trousers and his pullover and went to the kitchen. His mother started to talk:

"Honey, why were you so mean to Brian? You can't treat your friends like that. Yes, he told me everything when I saw him yesterday."

"He pissed me off!"

His mother was like she wouldn't even hear his son's (Who was adopted, by the way) answer.

"What's his surname?"

"What kind of an question is that!"

"Just answer please."

"Kuntzenov."

"So, I was right. He's your cousin. At least cousin in-law. He's my sisters son. I didn't even know that she had a son, but when I saw him, Brian, yesterday, I saw it. He was just like my sister -may she rest in peace- who was like that every time she sulked. Oh, poor Natalie… If I just would know that before… But no… Tala? Are you okay? Honey?"

Tala had fainted. His mum carried him back to his room and told everything to Kai:

"… I hope he's not sick… Hospitals are so awful here, yes indeed…"

"No, I think he just had a big shock. Very big… Does Brian know?"

"Not yet, I was thinking that Tala would tell him, or even call him. Oh, my baby is so sensitive…And poor Brian too… "

And that's how she left, muttering.

"Well, it's sure that right now you can't do anything, right?"

Of course Tala didn't answer.

Brian's POV:

"Ian, wait up! Spencer, order Ian to slow down, we're not at zoo, we're just going to visit his parents!"

"That's why he's so excited, Brian. This is his first time when he sees them."

"I wonder… Why doesn't he live with his parents when they really exist?

Spencer didn't answer. Maybe he didn't know, or maybe he didn't want to talk about it.

Maybe Ian's like me… Except that I'm orphan and he's not. I don't actually even know where he lives besides the Abbey…Where does Spencer live when he's not in the Abbey? Maybe I should ask. Or as a second thought, maybe not, he might get angry or something…

"BRIAN!"

"What? Don't yell, I can hear!"

"No, you can't, I've called you for… six times and no answer!"

Brian didn't answer, he was reading a text-message. It said:

Hey, could you come to park? Now, please. Tala.

Brian tried to make up his mind. Stay with Shrimp and the Tall guy, or go to see the man of his dreams? He chose the man of his dreams.

Half hours later:

"You wanted to see me, Tala?" Brian said and sat to the snowy ground.

"Yeah. I have tell you that…"

Brian senses woke up. Does he admit his love for me? Does he say "Brian I love you?" Or maybe "I have been such an idiot that I didn't understand that I loved you?" or "Brian you-"

"Are my cousin. In-law of course."

What? No, that's not it, you should say- Wait, did you say cousin?

"What? Can you repeat that?"

Tala repeated his words, that were shocking.

"Yes, we are cousins, In-law"

Tala left.

"Isn't there anything else that you have to say?"

"Yeah, there is. I'm sorry, but I don't love you."