Cat Needs Help

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗫'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗩

"It's okay.." Alex rubbed Alastor's back in a soothing manner while rocking him gently in his arms.

"I am sorry.." Alastor sniffled while burying his face in Alex's neck, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Sshh.. It wasn't your fault, sweetheart... I am here now.." He gently stroked his hair and whispered, "You are safe with me.."

𝗙𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗢. . .

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗫'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗩

"Answer me!" I punched the wall beside him and he looked up at me with tears rolling down his cheeks, "He...he is my ex..."

"Stop playing tricks on me!" I growled while striking my fist and he flinched.

𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠... 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑡!

I took a short breath and wiped his tears with my thumbs, "Okay, love.. Tell me the truth... Please.."

He sniffled again and looked at me, "A-Aiden is my ex.."

"Fuck.." I ran my fingers through my hair while my breath was getting heavy, "Are you fucking serious?!"

"I-"

"Alice never lies, boy."

I turned my head to the side, just to realize that it was that motherfucker Aiden!

"Who the hell are you?!" I shouted while clenching my fists.

His eyes glowed red for a second, "The one who came to take Alice back."

"Shut the fuck up!" I wouldn't stop myself from punching his fucking face if Alastor had not held my hand tightly.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑐𝑟𝑦.. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡...

𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟...

"𝑨𝑺𝑲 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺𝑬𝑳𝑭..." was all that he said before disappearing all of a sudden.

𝐵𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑑𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡?! 𝐼𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡?!

"Alex.."

I heard Alic- I mean Alastor sniffle and I turned my gaze towards him.

"Al.." I sighed in concern as I saw him shaking in fear and then I gently held him in my arms, "It's okay.. He's gone.."

"A-Alex.." He buried his face in my neck while crying, "I want to go home.. Please.." His arms were holding onto me tightly, I could never let go..

"As you wish.." I kissed his forehead while wiping his tears gently with my thumbs, but then...he passed out in my arms and I just held him while leaning against the wall.

Then I gently caressed his cheek with my thumb while holding him even closer to my chest, his hands were cold today so I took them in mine.

𝑨𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏.. 𝑮𝑬𝑻 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝑻𝑶 𝑭𝑨𝑪𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛

The other students were still in class, so there weren't much people in the corridor or school compound. Even if there were any people, I would never give a fuck. I was only thinking of my Alastor. And then. . .

"Alex, what happened to Alastor?!" shouted Mrs. Smith from a distance while running towards us.

"He's sleeping.." I stroked his hair and kissed his forehead.

𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘. 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚...

"Sleeping?" She stood beside us with a concerned look on her face, "but what happened..."

I gently wiped the tears that were staining his cheeks and said, "He passes out when he's way too stressed.."

𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑... 

"Well then we should take him to the school nurse!" she said while starting to panic.

"No.. He'll be okay.." I gently lifted him up in bridal style while he seemed sound asleep.

𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢...

"But he-"

"I am here for him. Can I take him home, Miss?" My voice was soft as I kept looking at him.

"Alex.." She seemed surprised by the sudden change in my voice but then she shook her head and said, "Yes, okay. You can take him home. I'll handle everything else."

𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑔𝑜𝑑...

"Thank you, Miss." I sighed in relief, and fortunately Alastor started to open his eyes while whimpering, "Alex..?"

I felt really happy to ses him awake again and I kissed his forehead before whispering, "I am right here, Al.. We'll go home now, okay?"

"Okay.." He mumbled while closing his eyes again and I smiled.

"Excuse me.. Alex, Alastor.. Are you two..." Mrs. Smith cleared her throat.

Alastor's eyes widened and his cheeks turned red as soon as he realized that I was still carrying him in bridal style infront of Mrs. Smith.

"N-No, A-Alex and I are are just-"

"He's like a brother to me. My little brother." I said while chuckling at his cute reaction.

𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 "𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟" ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡..

"Y-Yeah.." He mumbled while hiding his face in my neck.

"Oh, okay.. and well, Alastor, if you are feeling sick, you can go home." She said while placing her hand on Alastor's forehead to check his temperature, "You are burning up.."

"Yes, let's take you home." I smiled and leaned down to kiss his forehead again but he placed his hands over my mouth to stop me and I chuckled while biting his fingers softly, which Mrs. Smith didn't notice.

"Go and get your bags now, Alex." she said with a sigh and Alastor jumped off of my arms.

"You stay right here." I quickly pecked his cheek and ran straight to class to get our school bags.

𝐼 𝑊𝐼𝐿𝐿 𝐷𝑂 𝐴𝑁𝑌𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐹𝑂𝑅 𝑀𝑌 𝐵𝑂𝑌!

𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥'𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗩

"You stay right here." he quickly pecked my cheek and ran straight to class to get our school bags.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑦..

I rubbed my cheek while blushing as I watched him run.

"Brother, huh?" Mrs. Smith nudged me lightly and chuckled, "Sorry, I was just teasing you. He really seems to care about you... I am sure he would be a great brother if they were alive.." Her voice faded along with the last sentence.

"What do you mean?" I asked, clearly unconfused and curious too.

𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥'𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡?

"Oh.. I thought you knew.." she sighed while looking at the corridor where Alex had gone, "Alex.. had an elder brother and a little sister.."

𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡..

"what do you mean he "𝗵𝗮𝗱"?" My eyes widened a little.

𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒...

"He was only 2 years old when.. he lost his brother and sister during an..." She took a moment to breath and continued, "an assassination... He probably doesn't remember them now..."

𝐵𝑢𝑡... 𝑤ℎ𝑦... 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒... 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡.. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝐹𝐴𝐼𝑅!

She sighed and lowered her gaze while saying, "His parents...were also murdered when Alex was only 1 month old.."

𝑊𝐻𝐴𝑇?!

"WHY?! HOW?! WHO DID IT?" I didn't realize how loud I shouted but in the next split second Alex came running towards me while panting.

"Alastor, what happened?! I heard you shout! Is everything okay?!" He was panting when he placed his hands on my cheeks and forehead, "Are you hurt, Al..."

I saw concern in his eyes and I gently placed my hand on top of his, "I am okay.. Let's go home now..."

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥..

He nodded and took my hand while heading towards the exit, "We will take our leave now, Miss. If his health improves, we will come back."

I nodded with a smile while walking beside him.

"Take care, boys." She smiled while waving us "Goodbye"

I sighed softly and looked at the school gate.

Alex had carried both of our school bags and I felt bad about it..

"Alex, let me-"

"No, thank you. I can carry them. It's a piece of cake." He patted my head while we reached his bike.

Then he got on the bike and told me to sit behind him.

I nodded and sat behind him while keeping my hands on his shoulders.

"You won't tell me to wear a helmet this time?" He smiled, but it was a tired one.

I nodded and gently placed the helmet on his head.

"I love you, okay?" He said in a low, soft voice while starting to ride the bike in the highway.

"I love you too, Alex.." I smiled and softly hugged his torso, "Can I ask something?"

"Ask away, sweetie." He hummed as well in response while riding the bike and smoothly overtaking some vehicles.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥.. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑝..

"What are you thinking, Al? Just ask away." He said while glancing at me through the side-mirror.

"Um.. Can we have some ice cream on the way?"

𝐽𝑒𝑒𝑧.. 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠...

"Sure, love.. I have a question too.." He replied, his voice got a little serious.

"What is it?" I asked in a soft voice while starting to feel anxious.

"It's something related to that fucker.." He muttered with growl.

𝐷𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛? 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡, 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑤..

"Is it okay I ask?" He sighed while stopping the bike infront of an icecream shop.

𝑁𝑜..

𝑁𝑜 𝑁𝑜..

𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑦, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑦. 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑦, 𝐴𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒! 𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡!

"H-Hey, I am sorry.." He wrapped his arms around me and said worriedly, "I am sorry.. I didn't mean to.."

"It's fine..." My voice cracked as my past memories started to flashed in my mind and I covered my face with my hands.

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒?! 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑚 𝐼 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔?! 𝑀𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝.. 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠.. 𝑤ℎ𝑦?!

"Al.. Love.. Look at me, please.. " He gently held my chin and reached his hand out to wipe my tears but then a sudden past's incident flashed in my mind and I ended up pushing him away.

He stumbled and moved a few steps back, his face looked surprised yet concerned.

"What is wrong with me?!" I gripped my hair while bursting into tears. "I am sorry!"

"Hey, it's okay.." He again held my face gently and wiped my tears with his thumbs, "I can understand what you are going through, love... I know how it feels.."

I sniffled and clinged to him tightly while tears rolled down my cheeks, "I was really scared.. I am sorry.. I didn't mean to push you like that.."

"It's okay.." he rubbed my back in a soothing manner while rocking me gently in his arms.

𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧. . .

"I am sorry.." Alastor sniffled while burying his face in Alex's neck, tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Sshh.. It wasn't your fault, sweetheart... I am here now.." He gently stroked his hair and whispered, "You are safe with me.."

After a few minutes of holding Alastor, he finally calmed down and Alex wiped his tears gently again, "It's okay.."

Alastor sniffled and nodded while looking down.

"Let's have your favourite icecream now, shall we? It will help to feel better." Alex tried to cheer him up, his arms were still around Alastor.

Alastor nodded his head a little but he was still looking down.

"I love you.." He kissed Alastor's head and whispered, "And you are safe with me, okay?"

He nodded again and he finally raised his head up to look at Alex.

"Now let's get some icecream for my sweetheart.." He whispered softly, hoping Alastor will smile again. . .

𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 getting the icecreams, they leaned against the bike while eating the icecream. Alex's worried eyes were still watching Alastor while he fed him gently with the little icecream spoon because Alastor was still sniffling and not saying a word.

Alex wanted to say something but he didn't want to make him cry again...

There was silence between them until Alastor finally spoke, "Alex.." He wiped his eyes and took a deep breath, "I think I am ready to tell you about my past..."