A mental battle of Father and Son.
After a beautiful night of sound sleep , Emel woke up by early dawn . Looking at time , 6 o'clock , he decided he should jog around the estate .
Putting on a hoodie and sweatpants , sports shoes. Emel put the hood down covering half his face and walked outside and started jogging , half an hour later he was still jogging and started picking up pace .
Running for an hour around the Estate , Emel finally went back to his room. He washed up and went back to his space and started meditating , finally after 3 hours did he exhale foul air from his mouth , brushing his teeth and readying himself once again ,Went downstairs for breakfast.
Unbeknownst to him , During his jogging session , Two pairs of eyes were fixated on him . Being watched all his life as if he were a celebrity , Emel did not care about the gazes fixated at him .
He thought of servants watching him jog and continued.
While he was doing so , Both his father and brother were fighting a mental battle .
'Brother was soft and sweet . Did His mother's news of limited time shock him that much?. He wants to vent his frustration by tiring himself out!. I don't know if I should cheer him up . Can' t believe he ran for an hour . He's but a child . huuu' Raymond was mentally thinking of ways to cheer his soft younger brother up.
He always kept his distance away from to not scare the child. Ray thought of him and thought that if he touched him , he might break. His concept related children could not be anymore warped.
He thought of children as fragile and annoying creatures. But his younger brother was different . He was soft and obidient.
But he always feared he might scare him until at the hospital his brother grabbed his sleeve and hid behind him as if that was the safest place. He knew he should have talked to him.
Looking at his sad brother who was tiring himself out of sadness, Ray decided he would talk to his younger brother if that could ease his sadness.
In another balcony , Mason was also fighting a mental battle .
He was thinking of all the changes in his youngest.
His youngest was always soft and obidient child. When Mason first met him , He saw him when he was 3 year old.
His lover told him that he had a child and he could not be anymore happy . But after he went to a buisness trip abroad , Amelia broke up with him telling that he was a married man and should stay next to his wife.
His marriage to his wife was a political one.
At that time his Family was in dire staits and Blezvin was going through an internal strife.
He married his wife Neila Umber .
At that time she was already a successful buisnesswoman . She proposed that if he cannot work this marriage out , she would divorce him without question.
Both parties agreed. After his eldest was born, Neila gave him a pair of twins and his daughter.
He loved his children but when Umber found out that he slept with his girlfreind , she was mad at him.
He knew he was drugged and so was Amelia.
Neila did not pursue this matter , But she later divorced him when she found out the existence of his youngest. He himself found out from his wife that he had a child.
The twins and his daughter were decided to be raised by mother and his eldest was his heir by right and choice altogether. So he raised him by his side and taught him everything.
Finally 2 years ago Neila sent him his daughter. She told him that she is busy with twins and would need him to supervise thier daughter. He agreed but was contacted by Amelia almost after a decade.
He first was angry then calmed down but couldn't help but feeling sad when he found out that she had late stage abdominal cancer and would soon leave them .
His was entrusted to take care of his youngest.
Although he was soft and obidient child , He was awkward talking to him. He missed all the childhood of his youngest and it would only incur his hatred knowing that a father showed up suddenly one day .
He saw that Child was shy and tried to talk to him as less as possible so as not to make the child feel awkward and more shy .
(A/N: Both father and son , and thier warped understanding of children. sigh.)
But yesterday he found out how wrong he was. His youngest was sad but he was insecure with his father and ran to his brother for sense of security. His heart hurt.
Today his youngest was tiring himself out early in the morning.
The child was although soft and obedient , But never was gloomy. Now he could see the child becoming quiet and introverted all of a sudden.
Although it looked like he is still soft and obidient , he could feel him occasionally being in daze.
(Mr. Dad, He was plotting against you , not in daze . sigh . awkward family and warped sense of emotions . hahaha)
Mason decided he would ask him if he needs anything . He does not wish to see him sad. And he would ask if his eldest could accompany Youngest more .
Finally at the breakfast table , the family sat together. Evya was visiting her mother in Country C . She would be away for few months .
Emel walked to the dining hall , nodding to his father and brother , sat and prepared to him . Unaware of the sadness of both Father and son exchanging glances thinking how to make thier youngest release his emotions and not being sad anymore.
Finally after breakfast when the awkward family sat together , Mason picked up his courage and switched a seat nearest to his Youngest.
Awkwardly he beath out a long breath and asked finally ," Would you need anything? ".
Emel almost jumped out of seat being scared at sudden sound in his ear. He dropped down the children book .Looking up at his Father , He once again almost ran for hills.
'Huh?! Why is he awkward while asking this. What happened to him . Why is he having red eartips for God's sake.?'
" Why do you ask Father?".
" You were sad " .
He almost slipped out of his chair thinking they noticed something . 'Was I that easy to read ?'
Mason thought he caught him and the youngest was again hiding in his shell and repeated," We cannot save her.You were sad . Do you want anything ? ".
Emel almost thought this was an alternate universe. He finally understood what his Father was talking about . 'He's thinking Im sad about my mother and wants me to cheer up. Giving me something is his way of cheering. Awkward man.'
Although he was feeling warm , But he experienced far too much to be swayed by this but it still helped him make him a decision, He knows now that the way his Father and Brother acted , No way they would go out of thier way to hurt him if they wanted.
Both men being straight as pole would rather destroy him head -on than engaging in schemes and conspiracies against a mere child.
His urgency to know the truth once again kicked in.
He finally breathed out and said , " I wish to learn Martial arts and weapons Father."
Mason almost couldn't keep his face straight and twitched his mouth. Heaving a sigh he asked ,"why? ".
Emel already had his nonsense prepared.
"I wish to always healthy Father. And I want to protect myself too.I read articles on internet that children who are short and soft are bullied at school".
"who dares!", Suddenly Mason's aura comlletely changed. This was the head of Blezvin. The current Blezvin have influence far greater he imagined. But looking at his Father like this , Emel had a bewildered look on his face. He saw him looking angry at the thought of him bullied .
At the same time he had an urge to ask ,'why did you throw me away ? ,Was it because you found out I was not your child ?,was It because I wasn't as important as your daughter.?Did you shed a tear when you found out I was no longer in this world.? ' He wanted to ask but couldn't .
He was alive and kicking. He had an urge to cry. He wanted to ask in this game of chess where players unknown , Why did he became a pawn? He did nothing wrong , then why was his life manipulated like a puppet and died without knowing no reason.
He was not a fool . How could he not know that all the reasons given to him were excuses. A smoke bomb to hide the true cause of his death.
Mason looked at his Youngest who was about to cry and was awkward again. He opened and closed his mouth but no sound came out . Finally he said awkwardly ," Don't cry."
Emel looked at his Father's awkward consoling and tears almost fell.
Heaving a sigh he ran Ice Wave meditation Art Subconsiously and his emotions stabilized .
"I am not crying Father. ".
"I will arrange for your Matial Arts tutor and Weapon, Although I do not approve of you learning weapons but if it is for self - defense , It is good." Mason finally said.
Meanwhile the awkward brother was standing looking at his younger brother. Clenching his fist he decided he would never let him cry again. Dark emotions brewing in his eyes.
' If someone ever made him cry , Death would be cheapest price they could pay '.
"If you want to learn buisness, I can teach you " , Although the tone was cold , The intent was warm. Then Raymond walked away.
Finally the socially awkward family gathering ended and Emel ended up again in his space. He already told everyone not to disturb him and locked the room. Meditating for few hours he lied on his back in the vast field.
' What changed ? Father and Brother acted differently . They looked like wanting the best for me . Would they do the same if I show them My DNA report? Would they protect me if I tell I'm not thier son and brother? '.
' whatever . tch'
'I would let them find out my DNA analysis after Amelia's death. Since I would be thrown away, The sooner , the better' .
He didn't even care calling that woman his Mother anymore. He knew he was being hypocritical.Her assets would be of a big help to help as he is merely a child but he does not care about her life and death anymore.
'If they wish to protect me , I would do the same .'
Emel did not notice how he felt niether glad nor disappointed at his own thoughts.He was losing his emotions at faster rate.
He showed only appropriate amount of emotions and would stabilize again. His emotions became less and less.
He would run Ice Wave Art unconsiously due to his habit of long meditation.
He was turning colder each passing day.
From his soul to his body.