Picture Me & You- The Perfect Two

19. Scarred Bonds

As soon as Kao opened the door he heard a familiar laugh.
"You look like crap"

"You're the one to talk, you look like a worn out granny" Kao lightly punched Pete.

"How's he now?"

"Sleeping... for hours now"
Kao looked worried.

"Hmm... he might feel better once he wakes up"
He patted Kao's shoulder.

"Hmm..."

"What did you tell his parents?"

Kao laughed bitterly, sitting down.
"Nothing"

"Huh?!"

"His parents... well they know better than to ask. They know he prefers to try dealing with his problems himself before going to them.
That's why he... he's strong, ever since he came out, they made sure he gets to deal with life. This... this is nothing, he walked out of worse, unscratched. He'll be good as new in no time, so... yeah!"

"Worse?!"

"You have no idea"
He looked exhausted. Pete nodded and sat beside him.

"Did you eat?"

"Nah, I feel like throwing up"

Pete shook his head.
"You said he's strong"

Kao turned to look at him and slowly nodded.

"Look, I... I took notes..." Pete looked down.

Kao raised his eyebrows.
"You don't take notes"

"Exactly! I don't! I did it for you"
He got up and offered Kao a hand.
"Soooo you better get your ass off that couch and come eat with me"

Kao blinked at the hand and the embarrassed face infront of him and finally took it, standing up.
"You are weird"

"Well not all of us can turn the world upside down by looking edible"

"Huh?!"

"Nothing Einstein"

That got him smacked.
"Are you calling me stupid?"

"So what?"
He got smacked again. Twice.
"You devil!"

Smack

"Fine, me! I'm stupid, happy?
Damn you have bricks for fists"

He had to run out of Kao's reach to save his head.

"Go clean up, I'll make noodles"

"Perfect!"
With a big smile, Pete ran towards his room.

"Did I damage his head?"
Kao scratched his head.
.
.
.
"Hey! did you cleaned my house?"
He looked around.

"No a devil came all the way from hell"

"Atleast you admit you're a devil"

"Turd"
He got smacked again and laughed.
"I was bored"

"Sooo you... cleaned?!"
He raised an eyebrow when Kao nodded and laughed.

"It's... hey, stop laughing at me bastard!"

Pete bit his lips when Kao hit him and pouted. He felt happy regardless of the situation. Kao has that affect on him. He did things he won't do otherwise. Like what he did yesterday. When he insisted on bringing Rome to his place, he didn't do it for Kao. Not exactly.

He didn't even do it because of Pick. Why would he? What he saw was a mess. He just thought if he were Rome, he won't want the people he loved and cared for to see him in that state.