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Chapter 22: Bitter truth
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Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed. Their hearts were too fragile to handle such heart-shattering revelation and no matter how strong the willpower of a person was, knowing that what you believed in your whole life was made up of lies, that person will crumble.He sacrificed but was played with instead. He sacrificed but ends up hurting him doubled. He sacrificed but..."I'm sorry Kole. I didn't know. Please, forgive me," Sky was sobbing, kneeling, and asking for forgiveness.This wasn't what Kole wanted to see. He came to apologize, he came to reconcile, he came to see him again and to properly tell him that he will pursue him, again. What was Sky talking about?It was already a big thing that Sky went out by himself, walking in the crowd despite his still-to-overcome fear."Sky, what are you talking about? What are you apologizing for?" Worries and pain were evident in Kole's voice and aura. He has a bad feeling about how
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Sky lovingly listened to Kole's heartbeat and was startled when he heard the other talking in his sleep, "No... stop. Stop it! Kai stop it!"Kole's body trembled, his forehead starting to soak in sweat, his hands grip on Sky's shoulder tightly, murmuring over and over a name, Kai. His heart pained hearing the name of his deceased husband, Kole woke up still gripping tightly on Sky."Are you okay?" Sky who was startled quickly sits and holds Kole's hand, his voice panicking. Hearing Sky's voice, he calmed down a bit.Soaked in sweat, Kole instinctively pulled Sky into an embrace, his vision blurry after waking from that bad dream. He's been panting, his chest moving up and down, and holding tightly the thin man in his arms."Kole..." Sky said softly."I'm fine... I'm fine," said Kole. He's not fine, the rim of his eyes reddened as he thinks back on his dream. That was a scene from a long time ago, so long but still vivid in his memory."What did you dream about Kai?" Sky asks still in
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It's not enough for heaven to just slap him, and spit on him, they step on him until he lost all the will to live, the will to see the light again. Knowing you love your enemy, knowing you married your enemy, slept with him, cry for him, live your life for him now... the heavens wanted to knock out all the life in him.Remarkable. What the heavens laid out for him deserves a standing ovation, and applause from all the bystanders who only watched him trampled so low and left him so pathetic."Kai... he is... alive," Kole's lips trembled while dropping the bomb. This secret only he and Yara knew, not even his family.Sky who was embracing him pushed him away and look Kole in disbelief trying to digest what he just said."You're... joking, right?" he doesn't understand what he was feeling right now. It's like someone was pouring a bucket of ice on him and under his feet an unquenchable fire trying to eat him alive."I don't understand. I saw... I saw him getting buried. I saw that car ex
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[TW: mention of human trafficking, child abuse, sex slaves]It was the truth. Kole fought hard for Sky, he did everything for Kai to stop whatever evil plan he wanted to do but he can't physically hurt his brother not even emotionally.Sky sits in the corner of the bed a few meters away from Kole. He was quiet, even his breathing was controlled, not even a movement or eyes blinking. He only listened to Kole. He wanted to be slapped with truth at once, even if it hurts."I didn't know that he was alive at first not until the burial. He was there." Kole continued.During Kai's funeral, Kole was there hiding in the big tree when a man in all black approached him and tap his back, when he turned to see the person, his soul almost left him... Kai was alive and well.Kai pressed his shoulder, looking straight at the scene in front of them, his face grinning as a crazy person would do, "Brother, let's all suffer together. Let's be tormented together, will my brother live with me?" His crazy
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Between a blood brother and a lover, if you can choose one, whom will you choose? If these two people needed saving, who will you save first? In a bloodless battle, where the heart was your only weapon, who will you hurt, and who will you try to protect?It wasn't easy to leave one and be with the other. Kole felt like a patty in between the two buns, if he leaves both then there won't be any life left.Again, Sky did not answer Kole, he wanted to say something but all words were still stuck in his throat. Shall he say I forgave him because of his sufferings or I'm fine we all have our own story to tell. Because right now, his heart was full of anger and madness.It would be best if Kai remained dead, at least he will remember their memory and can still cherish it, after all, he felt Kai's love but now, knowing he was really played with, and toyed with, like a dumb person all those sweet memories turn to nightmares.When all that he did was to give him his heart he was given a hundred
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With everything that happened, Kole sincerely understands how Sky felt. He sincerely does but his heart refuses to understand, refuses to accept that after many years they still can't be with each other, refuses to accept that after all the suffering they will still end up... suffering away from each other.Was it selfish to dream of Sky by his side now? Was it wrong of him to fight for Sky? Even if it was, he will still do it, he will dream, he will fight and he will be by his side no matter what."SKY HARREN! I know your hurt, that word would even be an understatement of what you feel right now. I know that you hate everything including me but remember this, I will not leave you and you cannot force me to do so. I don't have the right to say it's fine, everything will be okay cause it will not but I will face it with you, that painful past, the troubled present, and the uncertain future, I will face it with you and you cannot tell me otherwise."When he came last night, he was deter
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It was already noon when Kole finished cooking but the person inside the bathroom was still in the bathroom, still sulking, sitting in the bathtub with his clothes on.knock! knock!"I'm going in." He pushed open the unlocked door painted white and just as he thought that person stayed in the same position as he left him."What happened to privacy?" Sky said in a tiny voice."I left it outside the door. Now, let me wash you."Sky was stunned, he quickly turns his head to face Kole who was smirking and reaching for the shower. "I hate your face. I'll do it.""Want me to wear a mask? hahaha... I can't change my face, okay?" while saying this he went into the bathtub still with clothes on. Kole was wearing a simple white shirt and faded denim pants."I said I'll do it!""Let me serve you.""You don't have to... I'm still angry.""Hahaha... my baby is still angry.""Kole! Do you think I'm joking?""No. I think your feelings are valid, but I need to do my part. I can't just leave because y
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Winning Sky was like coaxing a feral cat, you'll get scratched, you'll be bitten, and worst the feral cat will treat you like a stranger... literally a stranger."Hey! Kole..." Sky called him in a rising tone.Kole who was busy tidying the living room turned his head upon hearing Sky's voice then without any warning a lip landed on his cheek. "I'll cook, how does fried rice with steamed dumplings sounds?" With a good and cheerful aura, Sky smiled brightly at Kole.Ah, cook? How can he stop this man from getting into the kitchen without hurting his ego? The last time he burned the egg, then a fish, then a chicken. Poor souls of the food may they rest in peace. They had a tough second death.There was also a time when Sky was heating water in a stove, that cat forgot about it, and... the poor water evaporates leaving the kettle alone all back under its butt."No need... I'll cook for you" Kole replied brimming with a smile but internally he was praying that Sky would agree, they can't b
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