All Strings Attached

Chapter 10

Bright gritted his teeth in frustration, looking at the laptop screen showing error every time he tries to hack into top secret information.
"I'll destroy every bit of them" He muttered, his hand turning into fist, clenching so hard that his knuckles went white "And I will find him who turned my life upside down"

"Calm down my son. The revenge is just around the corner"  Gunther said, puting his hand on Bright's shoulder, calming him.

Bright jerked Gunther's hand away, standing up , he yelled. "DON'T CALL ME SON! YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER!"

Everyone around him stood up and stared at Bright. For few of them, it has to be the first time they had seen Bright breaking down.

"My father is dead! He killed my dad!" Bright continued to yell and kicked the chair away.

Gun moved forth swiftly and held Bright between his strong arms, refraining him from doing any damage. Gun has known Bright since he was 13, the first time he came to Gunther , the little boy was devastated. He was weak and traumatized and would spend every night crying himself to sleep.

And Gun has always been there to witness it .

"Calm down" Gunther whispered, stroking Bright's hair gently "Everything is okay"

Bright was breathing rageously, practically gasping for air. He tried to slower down his trembling heart.

"I am sorry" He muttered after a while and sat down "I didn't mean to yell"

"Its okay" Gunther said, smiling affectionately at him "I'll help you get your revenge. I promise"

Bright looked at him and saw nothing but sincerity. There was no doubt Gunther had fatherly love for Bright. He always preferred Bright over his other boys.

Bright might be agressive but he hasn't forgotten how Gunther used to feed him food when he first came to him weak and scared. He taught Bright everything and took care of him like a father. He was the one Bright would go to in the middle of night when his dreams would haunt him.

He used to live with Gunther until he turned 17 before he moved to his own apartment.

And only Gunther had the extra key to Bright's new living place.

"I need to go outside to relax my mind" Bright muttered, waking out.
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Win walked out of his class with handsfree in his ears, singing along the song, bobbing his head.

"My mama doesn't trust him
My oh my
He is only here for one thing
But so am I yeah
A little but older
Black leather jacket
A bad reputation"

Saint furrowed his eyebrows at him, giving him a weird smile"Whats up with you? You've been listening to such songs a lot these days"

Win took out one ear bud and smiled "Was just feeling like it"

"Is there a  mystery boy?" Saint teased . Win shook his head, chucking.

"I need to get my stuff from locker room" Saint said, waiting to walk in another direction "Lets meet at entrance gate"

Win nodded and they parted ways. He walked towards the gate and stopped at the familiar figure standing there, looking lost.

Win had a nervous smile on his face and he quickly fixed his hair with his hands, walking towards him with a thumping heart.

" Admissions only available in spring season" Win said, chuckling. Bright turned towards the source of sound and looked at Win.