Hide and Seek (Waycest)

Hide and Seek (Part Five)

Mikey laid down on his bed and looked to the ceiling. His new room was pretty bland with the pure white walls, floor, and bedspread. 

Mikey rolled over to face the smooth white wall and exhaled. All he wanted to do was find his older brother... Even if it meant spending the rest of his life looking for him.

A soft knock on the door startled Mikey. Mikey's light brown eyes hardened as he got off the uncomfortable bed. He trudged over to the door and rolled his eyes before he opened the door. Mikey's jaw would have dropped if he didn't restrain himself. 

"G-Gerard..."

Mikey fell to his knees and sobs clawed up and out of his chest. Mikey's heart was so full of joy but at the same time, it was breaking because his brother was completely different from the last time Mikey had seen him.

"Who's Gerard? My name is Damon."

Mikey looked up at Gerard in confusion.

"What do you mean your name is Damon... Gerard, it's me, Mikey... You know your little brother? I've been looking for you for so long. I thought I would never see you again..."

Gerard gave me a weird look and burst out laughing. Mikey wiped his tear stained light brown eyes on the back of his hand and got up off the floor.

"Why are you even here Damon?"

Mikey refused to look into Gerard's eyes; maybe it was because he felt like a total idiot for basically having a mental breakdown right in front of Gerard.

"This is my room... Why are you here Mikey?"

Mikey sniffled and sighed softly.

"I'm here because I spent the past 10 years looking for my older brother that was kidnapped when we were kids... My mom couldn't take looking at her failure of a son so she dropped me off here to rot."

Gerard's face dropped slightly and he tilted his head.

"You mean to tell me your mom abandoned you because you were trying to find your brother? That's kinda fucked up."

Mikey nodded and went back over to the bed that he was laying on before; he slowly sat down and the aura of the room took a dark turn.

"I love my brother a lot... I would do anything to get him back. He is an inspiration to me and I just want him back."

Gerard came and sat beside Mikey on the bed. Confusion clouded Gerard's light brown eyes.

"I know how you feel Mikey... I was ripped away from my family when I was younger. I was experimented on and tortured and when they were finally done with me they attempted to kill me but that didn't work so they just dropped me off here saying that I went off the deep end."

Mikey's face erupted in shock as he looked at his brother with new eyes.

"Do you remember anything about your family? I hope you don't think that it's rude of me to ask?"

Gerard smiled softly as he looked at Mikey.

"I had a younger brother... He was such a little scaredy cat; I wish I would have taken him seriously when he told me to come out of hiding. He looked a lot like you; he was such a good kid and I bet he's doing amazing things with his life."

Gerard's eyes sparkled as he talked about Mikey. Mikey's heart beat fast as Gerard was talking; would Gerard be disappointed if he found out that I hadn't turned out so great?

Gerard's eyes hardened one more as he cast his eyes down. Gerard lowered his voice and his voice was like slime slipping down a sewer grate.

"My mother wasn't very kind to my brother so we never really got along very well. She would try and hit my brother and abuse him but I would step in and take the beatings when she was angry... I would do anything to keep my little brother safe."

Mikey placed a gentle finger under Gerard's chin and lifted his face up so that Gerard soft light brown eyes were staring into Mikey's matching ones.

"You are an amazing older brother."