Gilbert flew into the window of Matthew's window and was about to greet him, but before he could, he had noticed that the teen was crying. He sat next to him and looked at him with concern. "Mattie... What happened?"
Matthew threw his arms around Gilbert and sobbed into his shoulder. "M-my brother! H-he's such an- an ass!"
The demon rubbed his back soothingly, trying to comfort his friend as much as possible. "You guys had another fight? What did you fight about?"
The blond looked up at Gilbert with red puffy eyes, and the demon wiped his tears away. "It all started when he wouldn't clean up his mess..."
~Previously~
"Afred, god dammit! Clean up your mess!" Matthew was pissed, his brother not cleaning up the mess he made during breakfast. The blond was fed up with always cleaning up after his brother, and instead of cleaning it up himself like he usually does, he decided to bother Alfred about it.
Alfred walked into the kitchen and looked at the mess, and decided he really didn't want to clean all that up. "But Mattie! Isn't it your job to clean stuff?"
The retort only pissed off Matthew more. "Alfred, it is not my job to clean up every single mess that you make! That's your responsibility!" The blond could have sworn, his brother was like a five-year-old sometimes.
"Why should I clean it up? You always do it for me!"
"No! I'm not your servant, and you are not a little kid! Now do it!"
Alfred grumbled and started to pick a few dishes up. "Maybe if you cleaned up more, Mom and Dad would notice you more often. It's not like you do much anyway."
That had struck a nerve in Matthew, and he clenched his teeth and stomped over to his brother, slapping him across the face. "Don't talk about me like that! Mom and Dad love me! Maybe if you weren't such a fat-ass lazy douche they wouldn't be as pissed at you all the time, ever think of that?"
Alfred only glared at his twin with icy blue eyes, rubbing the red mark on his face. "No wonder nobody notices you. You're an ass that only knows how to call me names. You're unlovable, and all you care about is yourself."
Matthew looked at him with a hurtful expression. He looked down at his feet and his eyes watered up. "Is that true? Is that what you really think about me?" The violet eyed boy then ran out of the kitchen and into his room, slamming the door shut behind him.
~Present~
Gilbert held Matthew close the whole time he explained, getting angrier the more the story went on. How could Alfred say all those things to his precious Mattie?! He swore to himself he's going to get revenge for him. "Don't worry, Mattie. Those things he said are not true. He's just being a douche.
Matthew looked up at the demon, giving him an appreciative look, and Gilbert smiled at him, hugging him.
~Later that night~
In the middle of the night, a scream tore through the house, which woke Matthew up. More screaming sounded, and it was coming from Alfred's room. The teen jumped out of bed and rushed to his brothers room. He opened the door and gasped.
Gilbert was hovering over an unconscious, bloody Alfred, strangling him.
"Gilbert, STOP!" Gilbert released the teen and looked over at Matthew, grinning.
"No need to thank me! I-"
Gilbert was cut off when Matthew ran up and punched him in the jaw, pushing him off his brother. "How could you?! That's my brother!"
Gilbert looked at him, surprised. The punch didn't hurt the demon physically, but it did hurt mentally. "But Mattie... He was mean to you, and-"
"That doesn't give you an excuse!Go away! I don't want to see you anymore!" Matthew, was shaking, and his eyes were wet and puffy, and tears rolled down his red face.
"But... I don't want to leave..."
"GO AWAY! How could you do this to my own brother?!"
"Matthew, I... I did this because... Because I love you..." Gilbert looked down, feeling ashamed.
"Leave, Gilbert! I don't care if you 'love' me! I don't want to see you ever again!"
Gilbert nodded and opened the window, then perched him self at the edge, unfurling his wings. He looked back at Matthew with a sorrowful and hurt expression. "I'm sorry, Mattie. I love you." With that, the demon flew away, far into the night and deep into the woods.
Matthew's parents soon ran into the room, finding Matthew crouched next to his brother and sobbing. His father checked his pulse and declared that he was still breathing. The called 911 and the ambulance soon came, taking Alfred away.
Wow that was intense... Well, I think this chapter was a bit longer than most, which is good. The story is now getting to the main part of the plot, yay! Welp, until next chapter~!