âItâs not a big deal? How can you say that?â CĂ©tan watched as Agron paced around the room, an action he often did when his temper was high. Yet CĂ©tan never thought heâd see a day when that temper was directed at him, especially when he was not in the wrong.
âWhy is it always âsome other timeâ? Why does your brother always come first? Didnât you promise Granny youâd take care of me⊠That youâd love me more than anyone?â CĂ©tan faltered a bit and broke eye contact. To say it outloud felt petty and selfish, but he was only being open and honest. So many times CĂ©tan had felt like he was in second place behind Duro. Always close to catching up, but never finishing first. But he knew Agron loved his brother and of course family came first, still, wasnât CĂ©tan his family too?
CĂ©tan had tried to suppress the selfish side of him, reasoning with himself that he didnât have a brother, he didnât know what it was like. It worked for a while until he began thinking that maybe Duro was inventing his own problems just to draw Agronâs attentions to him. Maybe Duro didnât like his brother being taken from him⊠The thought frustrated him because he could understand that reasoning but Duro was also an adult in his own relationship! Why did Agron feel the need to drop his life entirely and rush to his brotherâs rescue over every little thing?
CĂ©tan wasnât sure what he wanted to hear from Agron. He didnât want to monopolize him and demand he never see his brother again, but he was growing weary of the apologies that never lead to a change in behavior. He didnât like feeling that heâd always be runner up in Agronâs life.
A dangerous and hurtful thought came to him and he looked up at Agron once more. âAre you bored with me?â
Agron had known this was not going to be a small fight, and he usually tended to avoid such confrontation. But . . . he couldnât do that now. They were too far past that. He felt the pain in his chest when Cetan spoke of how he had promised Granny to take care of him. That he would love him more than anyone. Words he had made promise of to Cetanâs grandmother before she passed away. âAm I not fucking doing that?!â He snapped, voice not raised but strong in tone. It caused those feelings of failure to resurface in Agron; and this whole situation, reminded him of when Duro would get angry with him. Obviously the nature of both relationships was different, but those feelings of failure were the same. Because Duro and Cetan were the two people he loved most in this world.Â
âI canât just abandon my brother when he needs me. Just like I wouldnât abandon you.â His voice continued on that tone, now standing still and looking at Cetan. His next question causing him to pause and just look at him. âIs that what you think it is?â He rhetorically questioned. âThat Iâm bored with you?â As if in disbelief. âOf course Iâm not fucking bored of you, or us. But if this isnât good enough for you then maybe you should just fucking move back home.â He didnât mean it; the words came out of the intensity of the situation, for Agron knew that sometimes in the heat of the moment . . . he could say the wrong thing. And, instantly regretted it after the words left his lips yet made no apology. Cetanâs home was here, with him, and he knew it but . . . it was too late to take back what he had said. Â