XinXin sat quietly while being observed by WenWen, XiangXiang, YuanYuan, Yaya and LinLin. He started to feel uncomfortable when all eyes were on him like he was an alien in a laboratory.
Pam!
Everyone jolted in surprise. JiaJia looked really angry. He slammed the first aid kit on the table while giving XinXin a deadly glare.
"You're dead brother XinXin.." WenWen sip his water slowly while he gaze at XinXin face.
The others looked at each other while swallowing their saliva. JiaJia rarely got angry, but once he got angry, it really shook the entire world. If XinXin's anger can make them not dare to speak up, JiaJia's anger can make them not even dare to move. Let alone to speak up.
"Give me you hand!"
JiaJia said harshly. XinXin just obediently did what JiaJia told him without any objection. His face showing how happy he was at that moment. There wasn't a single trace of guilt or sad at all on his face. "Tsundere!" XiangXiang muttered in his heart.
JiaJia applied medicine to the wound on XinXin's hand. He looked angry, but his every movement was gentle. Blowing on the wound every time XinXin hissed in pain.
"Done. Now tell me who is that annoying man?"
JiaJia's voice was deep. It was full of warning as he packed the first aid kit on the table. XinXin adjusted his seat on the sofa. His eyes glanced at each face in front of him one by one before stopping at JiaJia's face which looked very disappointed.
XinXin sighed deeply. He didn't know where to start. His life story was too boring and there was nothing valuable in it to tell.
"Err...he is my half brother."
Said XinXin as his eyes glued at JiaJia fierce face.
"If he's your brother, why does he treat you like a shit?"
"Shit?" Everyone swallowed their saliva. JiaJia had never uttered such dirty words before.
"Err...I want to make a correction here 'half brother'."
XinXin carved a bitter smile. As bitter as the reality that he had to swallow for the rest of his life.
"JiaJia...it's normal when you're not a legitimate family member to be hated. It's normal for him to treat me like..."
"Shit...? Urghhhh...how could you get that sentence out of your mouth JiaJia?" XinXin's face turned awkward. JiaJia's face was too casual even after uttering those dirty words. There was no guilt at all on his face.
"Err...like that thing. If I were in his place, maybe I would also treat him the way he treats me."
Crash!
As soon as XinXin finished his sentence, the glass in JiaJia's hand was shattered into pieces.
The food from YuanYuan and XiangXiang's mouths fell onto their laps. The water Yaya and LinLin drank flowed out of their mouths which were gaping wide like a whale's mouth. XinXin and WenWen's jaw drop like a yawning hippo. Their eyes stared straight at JiaJia's face which looked like a dragon from hell. His hands were already bleeding but his face didn't show any pain.
"Do something before he completely changes into someone else . This is not only about you, we will also suffer the consequences." XiangXiang poked XinXin's thigh, asking XinXin to do something immediately.
"JiaJia..."
XinXin called JiaJia softly while his hand gently slapped XiangXiang's hand that had been poking his thigh.
Using his eye gesture, XinXin asked Xiang Xiang and the others to clean up the broken glass that scattered in the living room. Without further ado, they ran together to clean up the broken glass. Really behave like good kids at that critical moment.
"JiaJia...calm down. Let me treat your wounds first. Then we'll continue our conversation. Okay?"
XinXin gently persuaded. But JiaJia remained petrified in his seat. The fire of his anger is still not extinguished. His soul is still rebelling for his rights. His right to XinXin. He wants to be everything to XinXin. But the more he chased the more he felt XinXin getting further away.
"JiaJia...let's go to the hospital. The wound on your hand needs to be disinfected before it gets infected."
Persuade XinXin again while wrapping the wound on JiaJia's hand with a clean towel.
JiaJia stared at XinXin's face with a deadly gaze. Not knowing who he should release his anger that has bolting in his heart. At XinXin who was never serious about him or at himself who was think too seriously.
"Are you the one who asked to be an illegitimate child?"
JiaJia asked after a long silence. XiangXiang's hand that was busy sweeping the scattered glass stopped right away. So did the others. All eyes were focused on XinXin. Waiting for what answer would come out of XinXin's unrefined mouth.
"Whoever I am..."
Crash!
XiangXiang threw the pieces of glass that WenWen had painstakingly collected onto the floor. His eyes looked fiercely at XinXin's face. "Watch your mouth before you speak, gorilla. Don't try to cause us more trouble." XiangXiang pointed the broom at XinXin. It seemed like he was really tired of putting up with XinXin's childish behavior.
"XiangXiang...calm down." WenWen tried to caress XiangXiang but stopped when the end of the broom reached his chin. "You! don't you dare side with him. Tch! All men....Urghhhh...I'm a men too. How could I forget." XiangXiang turned annoyingly to look back at XinXin's face after he almost cursed himself.
"That's... "
XinXin glared at XiangXiang who was ready with his broom. "That...is none..."
"Not..."
"Of your business..." XinXin gulped as his eyes caught the glimpse of XiangXiang trying to throw a broom at him. He was lucky because WenWen managed to hold XiangXiang back.
"My right to choose... Err...I'm sorry if I made you angry. Now listen to me. Let's go to the hospital. Please..."
And finally he managed to stop himself from continuing to elaborate on the sentence that would hurt JiaJia's feelings again and again.
JiaJia remained unmoved. His heart was literally shattered like glass scattered on the floor. XinXin's persuasion felt like a lie. Just empty words which comes from guilt. No meaning at all.
"If you love him, just tell him you love him. Why play tug-of-war or play hard to get? It's really annoying." XiangXiang quickly stepped towards XinXin. His hand was already raised high. Ready to unleash his great slap on XinXin's cheek. Luckily YuanYuan, Yaya and LinLin managed to pull him away from XinXin before the disaster come.
WenWen could only be stunned. His innocent XiangXiang had turned into madness. "What happened in this house?"
"If you don't like this gorilla, let me beat him until he's limp. If you love this gorilla, get your ass out of here and go to the hospital now before you lost all of your blood. There's no need for you two to play out your unrequited love drama."
XiangXiang said angrily. If you like each other, why do you have to play hard to get? Then regret it when it's too late. It's totally heart wreaking. XiangXiang pursed his lips, holding back the feeling that was starting to suffocate his chest. A feeling of regret that has no cure.
JiaJia, who shocked by XiangXiang's madness, quickly got up and pulled XinXin away with him. "Kids nowadays is indeed scary."