26

1119 word(s)

Published

28

TANNER

Xax's hand trembled in the air as he took a good look at me. My eyes wandered to him, taking him in. My younger brother. He had grown bigger in the past two years.

My eyes closed as I found the past flowing into my head faster than liquor ever did.

"It's me, Xax. It's Tan." I replied, emotions tightening my throat.

Xazix's gun hit the ground and then we were hugging tight. My hand wrapped around the brother I have missed so much. The family I abandoned.

"God! It's really you! How...! Why...! God, it's really you...!" His voice filled my heart as we hugged tight like brothers that haven't seen each other in years.

Brothers that used to be tight. Brothers that a painful past separated.

Then, Xax was pulling me away, his eyes filled with anger and glistering with tears. "How could you do this to us!? How could you leave us like that!? We thought you were dead! How could you!"

He punched me hard in the face. I barely felt the physical pain becaus