FORBIDDEN LOVE

Ring!Ring! The school bell was ringing. It was the end of today classes. I tidied up my desk, putting all the books and stationaries back into my dark green backpack. The color soothed my tired eyes. It was my favourite color. "Eji, how are you going back today?". It was my desk-mate and also my best friend. She knew that my bicycle was broken yesterday. She was offering me a lift. "Thanks, but I think my brother is coming to pick me up", I answered with the best smile I could give her.

I walked to the school entrance, looking for my brother in the crowd. But he was nowhere to be seen. "Did he forget?", I mumbled unsatisfiedly. I headed to the bench under the mango tree near the school gate and waited there. Twenty minutes had passed. I could not sit still anymore. The mid-day heat was so hot and my heart started to burst into anger. I was regreting for declining my friend's offer just now.

"Aaahhh! Who are you???", I shrieked. I was shocked. There was someone who was trying to hug me from behind. My brother definitely wouldn't do that. I knew him well. So, it was somebody else. I tried to get away. "There is nowhere for you to run. I am here to take you with me. Let me stay like this for a while", a soft voice whispered. I knew that voice well. A voice that could melt any girl's heart. That was what I thought.

"You, crocodile species! Am I your wife? And why are you here at the first place?", I tried to push him away but no use. He was far stronger than me. "You're not but I am going to make you one. I love you.Ohhh yeah...I went to grandmum house, your brother was busy helping her repaired the ceiling, so he asked me to fetch you". What a despicable brother I got. How could he asked him to fetch me up? It was just like asking me to enter a hungry tiger cage. I asked him to let me go. We were still in the school compounds. If anyone saw us like that, i would be in real trouble.

Before letting me go, once again he whispered in a low soft voice tone, "I love you. What you need to do is just to choose me". He really knew how to flatter my heart. I pissed off with myself to always fall into his sweet words. But he never forced me to love him. If I didn't like him to hug me, I could yell or make any commotion. But I didn't. Did I really in love with him? He drived me home. Did we really love each other?

Uncle Li and my mother were having some discussions when we got home. Uncle Li was my mother's younger brother and he was also Fadlen's father. My mother asked me to make some drinks for them all. I went to the kitchen and came back a while later. "Eji, do you know that Fadlen is your brother too? Your mum breast-fed him when he was small." For a moment, I thought my heart stopped beating. If I had had a heart defect, I might be no longer in this world. I turned to see Fadlen. His hands were trembling. His face was as pale as the dead. Suddenly, I felt the world fell apart into a black darkness. I didn't know what happened next. Did I even come out from that darkness? I didn't know. Who am I? A lover or a little sister? I didn't know anymore.


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