I took the backpack and went to the control panel where the rest was, watching the concern with which they looked at the image on the screen and, the truth is that it got a chill through my body.
"It's time for you to teach me how to fight like in the future" I heard Kara speak, which made me look at her questioningly.
"Yes, it's time for you to become a legionary" my brother smiled at her proposal, making me really confused by the situation. "Mya, are you ready to leave?" he asked me, to which I nodded slightly allowing him to take, after much insistence, my backpack.
The way back to his apartment was silent, enough, and not because I did not want to talk to him, but because we did not seem to find any topic of conversation that pleased us both, because at the time I asked him about Imra I only got that him upset, which helped me to understand that they were not well, that the last discussions of which I had consciousness had gone to more.
"What about the classes?" He asked me looking for a way to change the subject.
"Good ..." I answered hesitantly, because the situation was getting more and more uncomfortable between Nicholas and me, so I could not say otherwise, however, I could see him raise his eyebrows in search of a more convincing answer. "You know I've been going to pick Erin up froms school, right?" I waited for him to nod to continue talking. "Nicholas turned out to be her best friend's cousin and, apparently, she had been talking to him about me for days" I ducked my head thinking I was going to be interrupted, but my brother did not say anything about it. "The situation is uncomfortable, enough, but partly it's my fault because I don't want to forgive him, not yet, I'm scared" I sighed looking for the way to say the following words. "I'm afraid that at some point everything will change and I will start liking him, that I can begin to have feelings for him" I murmured.
"Do you want me to be honest with my words?" he asked making me nod without daring to look him in the eye. "I don't like that boy, not for you, not after everything he has made you pass" he spoke at the same time I nodded, because it was obvious what he was going to tell me. "Stay away from him, please" he asked me to get me to look at him, maybe, for once, I had to pay attention to him.
Without wanting to talk about anything else, I prepared myself to go to sleep, without being surprised when he knocked on the door, or when he entered the room.
"Mon-el, can I ask you something?" I looked him directly in the eyes seeing him nod slightly. "I know that she has asked you to train together, but don't hurt her" I asked him.
"I will not do it" he said brushing the hair off my face. "It's time to sleep, Mya" he communicated making me lie down on the bed before he kissed my forehead and prepared to leave, which made me stop him.
"Stay with me," I asked, seeing him smile lightly as he sat on the edge of the bed, stroking my hair while I closed my eyes, falling asleep.
I walked down the hall keeping my head down, deep in my own thoughts, feeling like someone grabbed my arm and pushed me back, which made me destabilize and fall to the ground listening to the laughter of those who had pushed me.
I looked at them while shaking my head, they were Nicholas' friends, who had supported him in everything he had done to me during these months, and that since he had stopped doing it, they had resumed the action. They had been doing it for weeks and I was trying to cope with it in the best way I could, although I could assure that each day I was closer to break down.
I made the attempt to get up, but without getting it, they returned to throw me to the ground before grabbing my backpack, opening it and throwing all its contents to the ground while they continued laughing, all this before the eyes of some curious.
"What are you supposed to be doing?" I heard Nicholas approaching. "Leave!, leave her alone," he asked bending down beside me. "I said leave!," he shouted, scaring me, which made him place his hand on my shoulder. "I don't want to see you near her again" he warned shortly before they left. "Are you okay? Have they hurt you?" he questioned helping me to keep everything inside the backpack, but I did not answer anything, I did not have words. "Come with me" he grabbed my hand to take me somewhere we could be alone.
I left the backpack on the floor before moving away from him with the tears forming in my eyes, fighting against them, but at the moment I could not contain them, I tried to dry them, feeling watched by him, who ended up approaching.
"Mya, look at me, please" he asked trying to turn me towards him, getting it. "Are you okay?" He asked with concern after realizing the tears that were sliding down my cheeks, making me shake my head. "Shh, calm down, it's not worth putting yourself like that for them," he said, hugging me, getting me to hug him as if my own life depended on it. "They're not going to hurt you again," he said, grabbing my face between his hands. "Calm down," he asked drying my tears before returning to hug me.
"Thanks" I whispered burying my face in his shoulder.
"Don't thank me, Mya, after all I just try to remedy my mistakes" he answered by separating me again. "Do you want to call someone to come and pick you up?" He asked making me shake my head. "Do you want me to accompany you?" he questioned without wanting to pressure me, to which I agreed despite my own doubts.
The way back was silent for both of us and I honestly could not find words to talk to him. I stopped him outside the DEO, knowing that it was where everyone would be and that I needed to be surrounded by them.
"You should tell your brother, it will be good for you" he said before saying goodbye to me. "See you tomorrow, okay?" He left while I shook his head, maybe he was right in his words.
I tried to find my brother with the intention of telling him everything that had happened, but by the time I did, he did not want to listen to me, assuring me that he would talk to me later, but it was something I needed to do at that precise moment, because I was sure that the more time would pass, the more it would cost me to do it.
I sat inside a secluded room with the intention of focusing on my homework, but I ended up sobbing helplessly, trying to calm down. However, I was not able and it was that I had reached that moment in which everything had managed to overcome me.
He turned his head when he heard his sister scream his name, noticing the tears that were sliding down her cheeks as she approached him, which got him worried.
"Mya, are you okay?" He asked the moment she stood beside her, holding both of her arms to keep her from moving.
"You had to have listened to me" the nervousness and anger was present in her voice as she spoke. "You don't care about me, my problems either, because you are going to leave, at some point you are going to do it and I will become the responsibility of another person" she complained between sobs as she struggled to separate herself from him.
"What are you talking about, Mya?" He asked without understanding what his sister was referring to, because worrying about her was the only thing he had been doing since he arrived.
"I wanted to talk to you, but you haven't had the decency to devote part of your time to me," she replied. "I've been suffering it for weeks now and today ... Today I wanted to tell you because I can't do this anymore and I need help, but you haven't wanted to listen to me" her angry was getting worse, so, despite his confusion, he could not avoid calling Winn to give him an inhibitor while hugging tightly his sister's body in an attempt to keep her relaxed before the chaos that surrounded them.
When he put it on, he could see the fear and incomprehension in the eyes of the teenager, who distanced herself from him, whispering that she was sorry before leaving definitively.
He brought his hands to his face trying to keep calm before what had just happened. He was aware that she had been affected by M'yrnn, but the pain and truth in her words were still there, for yes, Mya had only said nothing but the truth.
He should not have told her that he would talk to her later, moreover, if he had known everything that happened, he would have done it at that precise moment, he would not have allowed his little sister to suffer in that way. However, all he could do was find her and make sure she was okay.
"Mon-el, are you okay?" He heard Kara ask and, although he wanted to agree, he could not and ended up shaking his head. "Go to look for her, we take care of this" she assured him making him look at her for a few seconds before nodding slightly and leave in her search.
He used all his senses to do so, surprised that his sister had not bothered to hide, but had ended up in his apartment, a place where they could easily find her.
In spite of being audible her heartbeat, the silence that flooded the room was overwhelming, hoping to receive some type of answer he knock on the door, but his sister did not mutter the slightest word. Without wanting to waste more time, in the panic that was invading him, he decided to open the door, at which point the idea that his sister could have committed the greatest stupidity of his life, was present.
The blood stained a large part of the sheets, a trace also visible on the floor, feeling as his heart began to beat strongly after looking at his sister's closed eyes, What if it was late?
"Mya!" A choked cry came from his throat causing the child to open her eyes startled.
Seeing that she remained conscious reassured him in part, allowing him to observe carefully that the blood came from the cuts in the palms of the teenager's hand, those that she recognized to make to release her pain.
Without letting her time to react, he picked her up and carried her to the bathroom, trying to hold her up so he could clean the wounds in the sink before bandaging both hands and picking her up again, this time to sit with her on the couch.
"Mya, sweetheart, do you want to tell me what happened?" he asked observing her indecision. "I'm sorry, I really am, I should have listened to you before" he apologized with regret. "Since when has this been happening?" he asked with worry, watching her duck her head.
"Several weeks ago" she responded with new tears forming in her eyes.
"Was it Nicholas?" he asked observing as she immediately shook her head.
"His friends, he ..., he has defended me" she explained making him nod while hugging her hard to try to calm her down.
"Everything will be fine, okay?" He dried her tears. "I need you to promise that you'll tell me in case it happens again," he asked, making her nod slightly. "Don't ever doubt that I don't care about you, please," he begged before kissing her forehead and hugging her again.
He remained in that position until he felt his sister fall asleep in his arms, at which point he laid her down in the couch and wrapped her in a blanket.
He stroked her hair without understanding how it was possible that he had not realized everything what his little sister had been going through, the one he had promised to protect from that day, who was currently in a very dark phase of her life, too much for how she had always been.
He got up from the couch when he heard the door of the apartment opened without being able to be confused when he saw Kara and Imra there, since, sincerely, none of them were expected there.
"I've found Kara in the portal, what is supposed to happen with Mya?" Imra asked.
"She has been suffering bullying again" he answered never stopping looking at his sister. "I don't know how we haven't realized" he grabbed his head.
"Was it Nicholas?" Kara asked. "Is she okay?" She questioned.
"Nicholas's friends and, apparently, he has defended her" he explained them to both. "She has done the cuts again in her hands" he said watching the concern on Kara's face.
"Mon-el!" The choked cry of his sister interrupted them, because he had to approach her only to find her blue eyes full of fear.
"Hey, shh, I'm here, I'm here" he hugged her wanting to calm her, it was going to be a long way for everyone.
It did not take me long to prepare to leave for school, knowing that my brother would not agree, much less after what happened yesterday, although the truth is that I could not blame him.
I removed the bandages from my hands, observing them, looking for the marks of the cuts, but there was no trace of them.
I left the room trying to make as little noise as possible, noting the concern on my brother's face, who sighed as he shook his head.
"Do you think you can go?" he asked making me nod. "Ok, but if something happens, call me" he asked me.
"I will" I assured wanting to calm him down.
"I would like to talk to Nicholas, invite him when you after class" he said, getting me to frown. "I just want to thank him for defending you yesterday" he explained.
"I will think about it" I answered hugging him. "I love you" I murmured with a slight smile.
"I love you too, little one" he kissed my forehead.
Thanks for reading,
Ayrin