Summary: Jordie is alive but Kaz doesn't know. Some accident happened, his parents and brother died. . Years later a man shows up at school asking for his brother.

It was a normal day at Ketterdam High.

Students were learning useless stuff they would probably never need to know and teachers permanently reminding them that they will.

Ah! Good old school!

Kaz was in his English class. They had to read something about Shakespeare. Or something, he didn't really care.

Suddenly the class perked up. Someone knocked at the door.
Kaz looked at his friends that were sitting beside him. They looked at him in confusion and shrugged in unison.

He looked his teacher, Pekka Rollins (why did I do that?), who rolled his eyes clearly annoyed and set his book aside.

"What?!"

The door opened and a man walked in. He seemed to be in his early twenties, he had dark brown hair, almost black, and his eyes that darted over the class nervously were almost as dark as Kaz's. Almost.

The man looked at Rollins, who looked at him in a way that said, Either you tell me what you want, or I'll do something I might regret!.

The man swallowed hard. "I-I came looking for my br-brother..."

Rollins raised a brow "And?"

The man's eyes darted over the class again.
"I-I figured out that he's in - in your class..."

Rollins rolled his eyes. "Good for you. Who's your brother?"

"His name is Kaz. Kaz Rietveld."

Instantly all eyes went to Kaz. A shocked expression on everyone's faces. Okay almost everyone. Inej just looked slightly surprised.

Kaz on the other hand just looked the man up and down. His face was blank, he stood up, arms crossed.

"Who are you again?"

The man's eyes filled with tears as he took a step towards Kaz.

"Kaz? It's me, Jordie!"

Kaz looked at the man skeptical.
"Jordie's dead", he replied in his usual rasp.

The man - presumably Jordie - looked at him desperately and shook his head.

"No Kaz. I-I survived, okay? I did everything I could to find you after...after...", he looked at the class nervously.

Kaz rolled his eyes and snapped one of his gloved fingers (can you snap with gloves?).
Jesper, who sat next to him, stood up and handed him his cane. Kaz then walked to the door and looked at 'Jordie'.

"Let's discuss this outside. Shall we?"

Rollins was on his feet in an instant. "Mr.-"

Kaz held up a hand, silencing him. "This is a family matter. I will come back soon."

With that he and 'Jordie' left the class.

Kaz looked at the man again. "So? What's your explanation?"

'Jordie's' eyes were full of tears again and he looked like he desperately wanted to hug Kaz. Disgusting , Kaz thought.

"After the accident", 'Jordie' started, making Kaz wince. "I woke up in a hospital and I didn't know were I was, or who I was. I didn't know what I was supposed to do, but I desperately wanted to find out what happened. So I stayed in the hospital, looked up everything I could find and, after a while, got my memories back."

He looked at Kaz hopefully, but all he saw was a blank mask. He sighed.

"I found out that my brother was in a different hospital than I was all thase years ago. So I searched every city in Kerch, in hope to find you somewhere. But there wasn't a Kaz Rietveld anywhere! So I asked if anyone knew a Kaz in general, since it isn't the most common name around here. It took me a whole year to find this very school, where someone finally told me that they have a student with the name of Kaz. And I-I was just so happy when I saw you! Because I recognized you, you may look different but so do I! If I didn't you would have recognized me by now."

His tears were streaming down his face now.

"And I beg you, recognize me! Tell me that it's you, that I didn't tell a stranger how I want to find my little Brother after eight years!"

Kaz stared at the man, at Jordie, and he felt his own eyes getting wet. He reached out for Jordie but shortly before they touched Kaz's eyes grew wide and he drew his hand back.

Jordie looked at him in concern.
Kaz looked back and took a deep breath.

"We-we will talk. But- but not here, alright? Let me just get my stuff and we can go."

Jordie nodded slowly and watched as Kaz went back into the classroom and went to his desk.

Kaz grabbed his stuff and walked to the door without sparing the class or his friends a single glance.

When Rollins saw that Kaz wanted to go he sprang to his feet.

"One moment, you can't just go!"

Kaz glanced at him. "I'm just doing it."

Rollins looked at him annoyed. "Mr. Brekker-"

"Rietveld."

Rollins's eyes widened. "What?"

Kaz's voice was calm, but you could here the challenging tone in it.

"Rietveld. That is my name and you will use it as such."

Rollins looked as if he had been struck.
Kaz rolled his eyes.

"Now if you will excuse me, I have to talk with my Brother."

With that, he left the room. Leaving a confused class and an angry teacher behind.

As the Brothers went down the corridor together Jordie chuckled and clapped Kaz on the back.

"I missed you little brother."

Kaz smiled at Jordie. He wouldn't mind that hug now.