Zack felt an object land on his bed and heard his name called again. He felt his heart skip a beat, unsure if it was because he just heard Cody's voice or because he hadn't heard a soul enter the room, either way he just wanted to be alone so he ignored it, and just pretended to be asleep. His plan worked and Cody got off the bed and started heading for the door. A second before Cody left the room though, Zack felt what seemed like his stomach explode, forcing him to shriek out in pain. In less than an instant, Cody was back by his brothers side.
"Zack! Zack!"
Zack shook violently, his face glistening from a torrent of sweat. He breathed rigorously.
Upon not receiving an answer, Cody was beginning to worry-the pain evident in his voice.
"Zack! Do you hear me?" Cody cried, shaking Zack.
Zack just continued to whimper quietly in restrain, with his back well turned to Cody. He wasn't about to show his younger brother that there were thousands of tears sliding down his dampened cheeks. A thousand tears that finally managed to break through the brick wall- nonetheless, his blanket can serve as a temporary makeshift shield.
"Zack? Do you want me to call someone?" Cody yelled shaking him some more.
Zack would've have laughed hysterically, but a wave of sickness rose up his throat. With much strength, he pushed himself off the bed, surprising Cody , and rushed to the toilet. Cody silently rose and walked to the toilet's door- helplessly watching his brother retch. Zack coughed and went to the sink. He washed his face and rinsed his mouth, meanwhile, Cody solemnly watched him. Zack paused.
"What are you looking at?"
Cody continued to silently watch his brother, eyes filled with concern and distress, he made no movement what so ever and just continued leaning against the supportive wooden door. This frustrated Zack much more causing him to quietly curse beneath his breath as he made his way past the stationary Cody and back to his bed. Cody didn't seem to notice that he was gazing at an empty dark toilet until a drained voice from behind him snickered.
" Discovered something worth a Nobel prize in there? "
Cody was quickly snapped out of his thoughts as his head jerked a little at the sudden voice he heard, looking around he realized he was still leaning against the toilet's door with his twin nowhere in sight. Sighing at his own stupidity he straightened and fixed his shirt and was making his way to Zack's bed when his brother exclaimed.
" Do you have a death wish, jerk?" Zack snapped, " Get the hell out! "
Once again he ignored his brother's rude remark and decided to not do what he was told. He had a sour look that ate his face. He didn't understand. He had no idea why Zack was being very snappy and inconsiderate, maybe he was feeling very ill and didn't want his twin to see him in such a state. A smile slowly crept onto Cody's lips at the thought of that, typical Zack.
" What's so amusing?"
Zack was irritated, the last person he wanted to see right now was sadly the only person his eyes could spot. Life just wasn't fair. To complicate matters even more, Cody never seemed to reply to any of his remarks and instead of getting offended he was smiling. Was Cody this sadistic?
" Nothing! " Cody grinned as he sat next to Zack.
" Well you wouldn't be smiling if there was no-"
Cody had to interrupt Zack or else he would of continued rambling and arguing like the sun wasn't going to set tomorrow.
" Come on, let's get you to the infirmary, you need to get checked!"
Zack frowned deeply, he didn't want to go to the infirmary, scratch that, he didn't want to go the infirmary with his younger brother. He didn't need any help, he was going to be just fine with a couple of pain killers. Actually he wasn't the right twin who needed help.
"I'm not going anywhere with you " Zack cried, making sure he emphasized the "you" part. He just wanted to be alone, a place far away from Cody, was it too much to ask for? He thought not.
Cody winced when the word "you" escaped Zack's lips. It had so much emphasis on it, that he couldn't get himself to shrug it off, like it was nothing. It was that moment that Cody figured it wasn't Zack's illness that was getting on his nerves, it was him. Zack didn't want him around? Or was there something else his twin was hiding? Or maybe just maybe his brother decided to leash his anger out on him. He hoped for the third, but being the perfectionist he was he decided to find out. He hated having so many questions with very few answers.
" S-So if someone e-else was here to take you to the infirmary, you'd go with them? "
He dreaded his brothers response more than that time where he was….Cody didn't get enough time to even re-think his memory before his brothers rapid and definite reply struck the short lived awkward silence in the room.
" Definitely."
Cody paused. Replayed his brothers word in his head. Paused again. Allowed himself to breathe. Had he heard what he really heard? Or was all this just a figment of his nasty imagination? Had his twin just rejected him so openly? Why?! Why would he?! Cody did nothing but look out for him, what happened? He definitely didn't see this coming.
Zack watched his younger brother fight his own emotions and the tears that were threatening to make their way downstairs. He was such a cry baby. Always the victim never the criminal. However, Zack felt no remorse wash over him after seeing the state his brother was in. It was all Cody's fault after all. If he hadn't changed into such a jerk this wouldn't be happening. True, he wasn't that jerky but jerky enough to not be the Cody he knew.
Nonetheless, there was one thought that never seemed to cross Zack's busy mind: Cody wasn't the only one who changed, he had too. The Zack the world knew, would never purposely hurt his brother and enjoy it. No. Too many changes were taking place. Way too many for the twins to handle.
Cody wasn't sure what to tell Zack. If Zack didn't want him around then maybe he should just leave. But his brother was ill he couldn't just leave him. He needed to get him to the infirmary. Yet, he was incapable of doing such a simple thing. Ugh No wonder his twin didn't want him around. He was so useless and stupid when he had no books to refer back to. He could sense the tears making their way down his face. He gave up. He slowly stood up, glanced one last look at Zack, before turning around and heading to the door.
" Jerk, Feeling like the victim are we? Poor Cody! Why don't you go run to your little chicken and tell her just how mean your older brother was to you? Maybe she'll help " Zack snickered, with some pain revealing itself every now and then.
Cody turned around. Wiped some tears from his eyes and said " Don't you dare talk about her like that, Zack, I'm warning you."
Zack couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Was his brother threatening him?
" What can you do Cody? Beat me up? Strangle me? You don't even have the muscles to kill a fly!"
Cody felt anger boil through his veins. He had enough. He had had enough of being made fun of all the time. He could no longer take this. He hadn't done a thing and there he was being abused by his brother.
" Shut up Zack, just SHUT UP!" Cody yelled, " what the hell have I done to you? I came here to check on you, and this is how you repay me? Does it mean nothing to you that I care so much about you? Do—"
Cody felt a hand connect with his face as he lost his balance and fell over. He found himself rubbing the burning spot where Zack had slapped him. Cody looked up at the figure above him, eyes packed with misery and confusion, How could Zack do this to him?
" You. Are. The. Most. Selfish. Trash. Talking. Jerk EVER to live!" Zack burst, " all you ever think of is yourself and that chicken you call your girlfriend! But your brother, where is he in your thoughts?"
Zack didn't wait for an answer, he continued bitterly.
" Heck, Where is he in your life? Did you even notice I was gone? Do you even know why I feel like explosives are firing in my stomach? I'll tell you why, it's because of you Cody," he stopped to take a breath, then he spat," yes you "Mr. I'm so innocent" But clearly you don't deserve a brother like me"
" Zack, I.."
" Save it Cody, I really don't care anymore, just go! "
" You know what Zack?"
" What?" Zack couldn't help but snap back, his brother wouldn't leave. Why couldn't he just go? Right now he actually felt rather bad for Cody. Guilt was building up inside him every time he looked his brothers way. The grief and pain on his twins face was not endurable especially since he was the reason behind it.
" Why can't you just disappear? I Hate you!" and with that Cody was up on his heels and out the door in a matter of seconds, never once did he look back.
Zack stood there gaping at the intensity that flew with Cody's words before screaming " W-Well I-I hate you even more!"
Zack continued to lie down in his bed, with pain present everywhere in his body and soul, for almost another half an hour. He couldn't explain the grief he was feeling and the loss he was sensing. He felt like half of him had been ripped apart and scattered around. Cody's words were too much. He knew that he had meant all the three words he had pronounced. It killed him.
Sure he was the one who sounded like the jerk all along but still. Cody should've understood him, understood that there was no other way he could've expressed himself to him. But he didn't. His own twin brother no longer understood him, no longer cared for him, no longer loved him and no longer wanted him. He should just die. Maybe his stomach would soon explode and he would bid farewell to the world.
A/N: Sigh, where to begin? I had to re-write this because my best friend wouldn't let me keep up my old chapter. Best friends can be so hard at times. But either way, I would still like to thank her loads and loads, without her I don't think I would've done a thing xD She edited it for me, wrote some of the begining herself and encouraged me. So thank you. I would also like to thank tiger002 for rewriting the first paragraph for me. I think it was stunning. I would also like to say that SkarletMetals fic is what inspired me to write this somehow, so check out her fic xD I also hope that you guys liked this, please let me know. So read and review! even a private msg if you can't review bcoz you reviewed it before xD Yes I can be quite demanding!