[Playing With Fire] Chapter 3
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Chapter Three
The door suddenly opened catching our attention. And there he was, Gum, looking breathless and dumbfounded. For a second it looked like he was going to run up to me, but I think I was just imagining it. But now I was able to notice, he looked slightly different from what I remembered on the day of the robbery, even if the memory was a bit foggy to begin with. He didn't have long straight hair, and he definitely didn't look rough and edgy like I remembered from several days ago.
"Johnny wasn't lying."
I looked down to avoid his eyes, "No he wasn't."
Mac hurried to settle the awkward silence, "Ai-chan has just told me that you saved her several days ago."
He was confused, "I saved you?"
I was starting to feel insulted, "Yes! You rode on your motorcycle, killed the criminals, then came up to me. Which by the way, I didn't even know you knew how to ride a bike."
"I don't..."
"What?" I was sure I heard motorcycles. "But then... Look! I know what I saw." He remained quiet, and even seemed angry. "So..." My voice got quiet, "How come after all this time I see you and you don't say anything?"
Mac cut in, seeming to understand what Gum was thinking. "Look, Ai-chan, you need to understand something, Gum was with me when that incident happened. So what you think you saw, it wasn't real."
I sat down in the leather chair in front of Mac's desk, "No, that's not possible..."
"You told me that you were about to die right? Your life probably flashed before your eyes."
I stomped my foot, "No!"
Mac's brow creased as he began talking, "Look, who you saw was-"
"Mac! Don't!"
I realised Gum wasn't going to share the truth with me, so I decided to leave. "I'm sorry to have bothered you. I'll be leaving."
Gum raised his hand to rub his forehead as if having an intense argument with himself. I was getting impatient so I walked towards him to try and leave. I didn't have time for this. But he stuck out his arm to keep me from leaving.
"Wait...Ai, I'll tell you." He walked in farther into the room so that he could close the door, leaving only the three of us in the room. He pressed his lips together in thought, and after several minutes broke the silence, "Who you saw was Pyro, my older twin brother."
I stepped backwards in disbelief, "Twin brother? But how? I never met him-"
"He left Sunshine before you got there." Gum looked really uncomfortable.
"What happened..."
He walked past me to sit in one of the two leather chairs in front of Mac's desk; Mac took his own chair. I felt out of place being the only one standing, so I took the last seat in the room, across from Gum.
"My brother was always...different. He enjoyed violence, and became particularly obsessed with fireworks and explosives as a kid. So it became a bad mix, he'd light firecrackers and throw them around, particularly at animals." Gum sat back in the chair, not looking at anything in particular, just lost in his story. "One day he told me he was going to try and detonate a new type of explosive inside the school. He was so excited because it was a new explosive he had been playing around with for a while. I had to stop him, so naturally I told someone at Sunshine, they told the school, had everyone evacuate..."
"You've got to be kidding me!" I found myself on the edge of the seat.
Mac leaned back in his chair raising his arms to rest behind his head, "I'll never forget that day."
"They sent him to a juvenile detention center since he was only just 15-"
I was astonished, "Only 15..."
Gum continued his story. "He was released a year and a half later. But just months after he was released he actually suceeded... he blew up a building... people were inside..." I held in my breath, trying to imagine it. He gulped like he almost couldn't swallow, "So they managed to arrest him again, but this time they deemed him too dangerous for just a juvenille center so they sent him to prison. I heard he actually found ways to make bombs inside of the prison..."
Mac opened up one of his drawers to pull out some whiskey and a glass, "Yeah,I heard the yakuza had their eye on him, tried to smuggle him equipment to make bombs for them while he was in there."
The image of Pyro kneeling over me flashed through my mind, I was starting to feel sick to my stomach.
Gum leaned over covering his face with his hands, "It's all my fault. I should have tried to be there for him. He must have felt so alone."
Mac downed his drink, "It's not your fault he turned out that way. It's his own fault!" He quickly poured another glass and drank it in one gulp. It looked like regretted something.
But a thought occured, "What makes him different? You kill people too..." I looked up as they both looked at me with shock in their eyes. "What? It's true isn't it?"
Gum stood up quickly, "Are you defending that psychopath?! He killed people with his bombs!? Innocent people!"
"Gum! STOP!" Mac hurried around to grab Gum as he was getting closer and closer to pure rage.
I don't know why I said what I said, but I felt they were being unfair. I shook my head; I no longer wanted to be here. I was too confused and scared to think about what he just told me. Mac let Gum go as he calmed down. I've never seen him like this, even when he broke up with me. Suddenly the memories of Gum breaking up with me all those years ago came flooding back. I really wanted to leave.
I got up and walked towards the door, but Gum was quick in blocking the way. I looked up at him and he gently raised his hand to touch the bruise on my head. He had a worried look on his face, and it pained me to see him looking so vulnerable. But I was still eager to leave. I closed my eyes as his touch sent shivers down my spine.
"You're so cruel." No... I'm the cruel one...I shouldn't have come here.
I stepped to the side, walking around him and down the stairs. I realised again how loud the music was when I got to the bottom floor. I walked around seeing the bar, Johnny and Jacky noticed me. I nodded to them and kept walking. I exited the busy club, but didn't get far down the street before I felt someone grab my hand. I was suddenly spun around, just barely noticing it was Gum before he leaned down and pulled me into a kiss. I got lost in his lips, kissing him back.
My heart yelled at me to stop. I pulled away from him, still in his grasp. Tears poured down as I slapped him hard across the face. It actually hurt my hand. He didn't turn back to look at me, only frozen in place. Johnny ran over but stopped just short of us, shocked at what he was witnessing.
"What gives you the right to kiss me!?" I was so pissed. Pissed at myself for pushing him away. Scared.
He slowly turned to me, "Ai... I-"
I punched him in the stomach, but it didn't really hurt him, as it did me, "Shit!" I massaged my hand slowly as I turned to leave. He grabbed my hand again but I snatched it away.
"Just let me explain-!"
"Then explain! Why would you break my heart into pieces, and then suddenly try kissing me again? I thought you couldn't handle being with me?" My voice was barely a whisper, "Even after all this time, I still... I miss you..."
"You miss me? Ai... I..." But he stopped talking. He clenched his fists and bit his lip so hard it started to bleed.
After several moments of silence I spoke up, "I can't handle this Gum... About your brother... Seeing you again. I know I was the one to come here, but I can't go through the pain again. Please..." I looked at him with the most honest face I could give him, "I don't want my heart broken again."
"Whatever you do... just stay away from him."
It's not like I was going to seek him out. I sighed, "I've taken care of myself without you all this time, I think I can handle it."
He stood lifeless from my words, his arms limp at his sides, and no energy behind his eyes like there always was. I knew he'd let me leave this time. So I turned around and kept walking; walking until I could no longer hear the sound of music in the air.
Johnny walked up to Gum, standing next to him as I disappered in the darkness, "Why did you let her go a second time..."
"I've already caused her so much pain. She's better off without me."
"Don't give up! Face her! Tell her the truth about why you broke it off! The deal you made with Pyro!"
"Johnny!" Gum let out a frustrated breath then turned to put his hand on Johnny's shoulder, "Thanks, but I want to be alone right now."
Johnny creased his brow as he left his friend alone, worried for him, and worried about me.
I walked down the small street that led to my apartments, my mind and my body was literally at it's limits. I wanted to crawl into a hole and never come out. Sleep and never wake up, well at least until I felt better. I reached around and pulled out my keys from my backpack as I just got to my apartments.
"Yo. Miss Hostage!"
My eyes widened as I looked to my side to see him sitting on his bike, arms crossed, chewing on gum. He was wearing a leather jacket, ripped jeans, and boots. Pyro.
"You're real..." That sounded stupid.
"Of course I'm real! Are you an idiot?" He chuckled.
"Just stay away from me" I stepped back.
He uncrossed his arms to put his hands in his jean pockets and started walking towards me, "I see... You know who I am, don't you?"
My heart was racing. He looked just like Gum, but he definitely was NOT him. He was rude, dirty, and terrified me! His eyes were wild and full of darkness, not like Gum's sweet child-like eyes.
I wanted to run towards my apartment, but from the running I had done earlier, not to mention the stress of learning who he was and seeing my ex, I was running on empty. He cornered me against the wall outside my apartments and smiled, "So how's my baby brother doing anyways?"
His grin had me terrified, and regretablly sent a thrill through me that I hadn't felt in a long time.
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Interesting tid bit for you: I changed Pyro's backstory at least 5 times before I liked it. lol Hope it sounds legit! XDb See ya next time~
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Chapter Three
The door suddenly opened catching our attention. And there he was, Gum, looking breathless and dumbfounded. For a second it looked like he was going to run up to me, but I think I was just imagining it. But now I was able to notice, he looked slightly different from what I remembered on the day of the robbery, even if the memory was a bit foggy to begin with. He didn't have long straight hair, and he definitely didn't look rough and edgy like I remembered from several days ago.
"Johnny wasn't lying."
I looked down to avoid his eyes, "No he wasn't."
Mac hurried to settle the awkward silence, "Ai-chan has just told me that you saved her several days ago."
He was confused, "I saved you?"
I was starting to feel insulted, "Yes! You rode on your motorcycle, killed the criminals, then came up to me. Which by the way, I didn't even know you knew how to ride a bike."
"I don't..."
"What?" I was sure I heard motorcycles. "But then... Look! I know what I saw." He remained quiet, and even seemed angry. "So..." My voice got quiet, "How come after all this time I see you and you don't say anything?"
Mac cut in, seeming to understand what Gum was thinking. "Look, Ai-chan, you need to understand something, Gum was with me when that incident happened. So what you think you saw, it wasn't real."
I sat down in the leather chair in front of Mac's desk, "No, that's not possible..."
"You told me that you were about to die right? Your life probably flashed before your eyes."
I stomped my foot, "No!"
Mac's brow creased as he began talking, "Look, who you saw was-"
"Mac! Don't!"
I realised Gum wasn't going to share the truth with me, so I decided to leave. "I'm sorry to have bothered you. I'll be leaving."
Gum raised his hand to rub his forehead as if having an intense argument with himself. I was getting impatient so I walked towards him to try and leave. I didn't have time for this. But he stuck out his arm to keep me from leaving.
"Wait...Ai, I'll tell you." He walked in farther into the room so that he could close the door, leaving only the three of us in the room. He pressed his lips together in thought, and after several minutes broke the silence, "Who you saw was Pyro, my older twin brother."
I stepped backwards in disbelief, "Twin brother? But how? I never met him-"
"He left Sunshine before you got there." Gum looked really uncomfortable.
"What happened..."
He walked past me to sit in one of the two leather chairs in front of Mac's desk; Mac took his own chair. I felt out of place being the only one standing, so I took the last seat in the room, across from Gum.
"My brother was always...different. He enjoyed violence, and became particularly obsessed with fireworks and explosives as a kid. So it became a bad mix, he'd light firecrackers and throw them around, particularly at animals." Gum sat back in the chair, not looking at anything in particular, just lost in his story. "One day he told me he was going to try and detonate a new type of explosive inside the school. He was so excited because it was a new explosive he had been playing around with for a while. I had to stop him, so naturally I told someone at Sunshine, they told the school, had everyone evacuate..."
"You've got to be kidding me!" I found myself on the edge of the seat.
Mac leaned back in his chair raising his arms to rest behind his head, "I'll never forget that day."
"They sent him to a juvenile detention center since he was only just 15-"
I was astonished, "Only 15..."
Gum continued his story. "He was released a year and a half later. But just months after he was released he actually suceeded... he blew up a building... people were inside..." I held in my breath, trying to imagine it. He gulped like he almost couldn't swallow, "So they managed to arrest him again, but this time they deemed him too dangerous for just a juvenille center so they sent him to prison. I heard he actually found ways to make bombs inside of the prison..."
Mac opened up one of his drawers to pull out some whiskey and a glass, "Yeah,I heard the yakuza had their eye on him, tried to smuggle him equipment to make bombs for them while he was in there."
The image of Pyro kneeling over me flashed through my mind, I was starting to feel sick to my stomach.
Gum leaned over covering his face with his hands, "It's all my fault. I should have tried to be there for him. He must have felt so alone."
Mac downed his drink, "It's not your fault he turned out that way. It's his own fault!" He quickly poured another glass and drank it in one gulp. It looked like regretted something.
But a thought occured, "What makes him different? You kill people too..." I looked up as they both looked at me with shock in their eyes. "What? It's true isn't it?"
Gum stood up quickly, "Are you defending that psychopath?! He killed people with his bombs!? Innocent people!"
"Gum! STOP!" Mac hurried around to grab Gum as he was getting closer and closer to pure rage.
I don't know why I said what I said, but I felt they were being unfair. I shook my head; I no longer wanted to be here. I was too confused and scared to think about what he just told me. Mac let Gum go as he calmed down. I've never seen him like this, even when he broke up with me. Suddenly the memories of Gum breaking up with me all those years ago came flooding back. I really wanted to leave.
I got up and walked towards the door, but Gum was quick in blocking the way. I looked up at him and he gently raised his hand to touch the bruise on my head. He had a worried look on his face, and it pained me to see him looking so vulnerable. But I was still eager to leave. I closed my eyes as his touch sent shivers down my spine.
"You're so cruel." No... I'm the cruel one...I shouldn't have come here.
I stepped to the side, walking around him and down the stairs. I realised again how loud the music was when I got to the bottom floor. I walked around seeing the bar, Johnny and Jacky noticed me. I nodded to them and kept walking. I exited the busy club, but didn't get far down the street before I felt someone grab my hand. I was suddenly spun around, just barely noticing it was Gum before he leaned down and pulled me into a kiss. I got lost in his lips, kissing him back.
My heart yelled at me to stop. I pulled away from him, still in his grasp. Tears poured down as I slapped him hard across the face. It actually hurt my hand. He didn't turn back to look at me, only frozen in place. Johnny ran over but stopped just short of us, shocked at what he was witnessing.
"What gives you the right to kiss me!?" I was so pissed. Pissed at myself for pushing him away. Scared.
He slowly turned to me, "Ai... I-"
I punched him in the stomach, but it didn't really hurt him, as it did me, "Shit!" I massaged my hand slowly as I turned to leave. He grabbed my hand again but I snatched it away.
"Just let me explain-!"
"Then explain! Why would you break my heart into pieces, and then suddenly try kissing me again? I thought you couldn't handle being with me?" My voice was barely a whisper, "Even after all this time, I still... I miss you..."
"You miss me? Ai... I..." But he stopped talking. He clenched his fists and bit his lip so hard it started to bleed.
After several moments of silence I spoke up, "I can't handle this Gum... About your brother... Seeing you again. I know I was the one to come here, but I can't go through the pain again. Please..." I looked at him with the most honest face I could give him, "I don't want my heart broken again."
"Whatever you do... just stay away from him."
It's not like I was going to seek him out. I sighed, "I've taken care of myself without you all this time, I think I can handle it."
He stood lifeless from my words, his arms limp at his sides, and no energy behind his eyes like there always was. I knew he'd let me leave this time. So I turned around and kept walking; walking until I could no longer hear the sound of music in the air.
Johnny walked up to Gum, standing next to him as I disappered in the darkness, "Why did you let her go a second time..."
"I've already caused her so much pain. She's better off without me."
"Don't give up! Face her! Tell her the truth about why you broke it off! The deal you made with Pyro!"
"Johnny!" Gum let out a frustrated breath then turned to put his hand on Johnny's shoulder, "Thanks, but I want to be alone right now."
Johnny creased his brow as he left his friend alone, worried for him, and worried about me.
I walked down the small street that led to my apartments, my mind and my body was literally at it's limits. I wanted to crawl into a hole and never come out. Sleep and never wake up, well at least until I felt better. I reached around and pulled out my keys from my backpack as I just got to my apartments.
"Yo. Miss Hostage!"
My eyes widened as I looked to my side to see him sitting on his bike, arms crossed, chewing on gum. He was wearing a leather jacket, ripped jeans, and boots. Pyro.
"You're real..." That sounded stupid.
"Of course I'm real! Are you an idiot?" He chuckled.
"Just stay away from me" I stepped back.
He uncrossed his arms to put his hands in his jean pockets and started walking towards me, "I see... You know who I am, don't you?"
My heart was racing. He looked just like Gum, but he definitely was NOT him. He was rude, dirty, and terrified me! His eyes were wild and full of darkness, not like Gum's sweet child-like eyes.
I wanted to run towards my apartment, but from the running I had done earlier, not to mention the stress of learning who he was and seeing my ex, I was running on empty. He cornered me against the wall outside my apartments and smiled, "So how's my baby brother doing anyways?"
His grin had me terrified, and regretablly sent a thrill through me that I hadn't felt in a long time.
Next Chapter
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Interesting tid bit for you: I changed Pyro's backstory at least 5 times before I liked it. lol Hope it sounds legit! XDb See ya next time~