Short tempers and the wrong words tend to send fists flying. Â Anything that gets in the way of the fight end up scattered and broken. Like a hurricane had blown through, the dark apartment had furniture turned over, papers thrown around, glass shattered and the only two occupants sitting in the middle of the wreckage. They were both bloody and bruised but finally calmed, one resting against the toppled over couch and the other against the balcony doors. The angry blue eyes that were once glaring at each other were now relaxed and staring in a more respectable sense.
Noel licked at his busted lip, checking if the bleeding had stopped, and let out a gentle chuckle. He watched his little brother rub the side of his hand across his nose, wiping up the blood that had already dripped passed his mouth. His head rolled to the side, a low rumbling coming from the glass door, and dug into his pocket to pull out a partially crushed pack of cigarettes. "You look like shit," he commented, placing one of the least broken sticks in between his lips then tossing the pack over to his brother.
Once he caught the pack, Hansel's head turned so he could spit out the blood that had gathered in his mouth then he hissed back, "You're one to talk." He placed a cigarette in his mouth then threw the pack back, clenching his fists to hear his fingers pop and admiring the bleeding tears in his knuckles.
The silence filled the room once more as they passed a lighter and lit their cigarettes. Hansel's head fell back against the couch and exhaled smoke into the air above him. He could hear his brother move around in his spot on the other side of the room. "You still messing around with that slut who runs the jewelry store?" asked the younger male, picking his head up just slightly to look over at the other.
Placing his cigarette at the corner of his mouth, Noel gave a dull look to his brother and responded, "You still trying to get back with that red headed, hipster bitch?"
Hansel could only return the nasty look and simply spat, "Fuck you."
~~ @ofpoisoning
