Blood and Water Pt.2
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Summary: Your brother is slowly getting… into terms with the situation. It’s up to you to convince him not to snitch.
Bold= Yaujta Language
Your eyes peeled open as light filtered through the windows. It was warm, almost to warm. A heavy arm was secured on your waist, making you unable to move.
“You are awake,” Your husband stated, “Time to get up.”
A whine escaped your throat, you didn’t like getting out of bed. He let out of huff of amusement as he gently rose from the bed.
“Did you forget about your guest?” He asked.
You made a confused noise.
“Your brother.”
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That woke you up.
Right. Your brother was locked in the guest room on the other side of the house, you did in fact forget. You let out a groan as you realize what you have to deal with today.
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You almost didn’t want to open the door.
On the other side will be your brother, who— if he wants— has the chance to expose an entirely new alien species to planet Earth. That was the last thing you needed.
You adjust your tube top and ankle long skirt, having learned your lesson from the lion cloth situation yesterday. The bruises were will there. You had small bones and ropes around your waist, neck and wrists as jewelry, your sandals, and your wrist armor.
Pressing the button next the door, you peek in as the door slides open. Your brother snaps up from the bed on the far right corner of the room.
He breaths your name in relief, “You scared me.”
“Sorry,” You apologized, “We need to talk.”
He nods, “Yeah… Yeah we do..”
You bite your lip, this was a little awkward. Wait!
“But first!” You exclaimed, startling your brother a little,
“Breakfast!”
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Okay maybe having breakfast together was a bad idea.
Your husband was glaring your brother down as he ate, growling whenever they met each others eye. Your brother hasn’t touched his plate, making your husband feel even more offended considering he was the one who cooked.
You awkwardly pick at the meats on your plate.
“It’s safe to eat,” You start, “You’ll make him more mad if you don’t.”
“What even is it?” He asked, almost whispering.
“It tastes like jerky, trust me just try it.”
He glanced down at his plate, a nervous look on his face as he slowly picked up a small piece of meat. Only to drop it right back on the plate.
“No- nope i can’t do it.” He shuddered.
Your husband let out a growl at your brothers distaste.
“He cooked it for us, now eat. it.” You sharply whisper.
“It’s fucking green!”
Your husband roars, standing from his chair and snatching the meats away from your brother. He walked away chewing it in anger. You sigh.
“Well, no breakfast..” You aren’t hungry anymore, so you push your meats away.
Your arm was yanked away and you were pulled from your chair before you could. Your brother dragged you to the front door, opening it and rushed outside.
“What are you doing?!” You yell, trying to tug yourself away.
“We’re getting out of here!”
“Are you insane?!” You growl, ripping your arm away from him as you look at the direction your husband left.
“You are going to get us killed!” A desperate tone left your throat.
“He’s gone! i figured out how to use one of their ships before they got me, we can leave! We can go home!” He cupped your shoulders as a way of confort, but to you it felt threatening.
“You don’t understand!” You whisper, “It’s not what you think! I lied to you!”
He stopped, confusion twisting his face as he looked at you. “What?”
“I married him. Consensually. We fell in love and i don’t want to leave.” Your face was desperate, wanting— needing your brother to understand.
He hands fell from your shoulders. Shock filled his face as he stepped away from you. You felt your heart plummet. You knew this was going to happen, but as he turned away from you, the pain turned into something worse than you had ever imagined.
You called out his name softly. He turned back to you.
“I’m sorry..” He said.
“Sorry? For wha—“
You twist your body out of reflex. His fist inches from your face. The shock in his face tells you he didn’t expect you to dodge.
“What are you doing?!” You made sure to keep your voice low enough to not alert anyone around.
“I’m taking you home one way or another, this place has done to much shit to you!” He charged at you once more, opening his arms as a way to try to wrap them around you.
“I am telling the truth! I understand it is hard to believe, but it is true!” You run to meet him, striking him directly in the stomach as you dove under his arm.
His breath leaves him as he crumbled to the ground.
You let out a tsk, “I’ve fought in the arena for years. Unless you catch me by surprise, you won’t win this fight.”
You tried your best to ignore his desperate gulps of breath, “The truth is, the scars are not from training or slavery. They are from frighting in the exact same arena I saved you from. My time on Earth left so many locked emotions i never knew i had until i started fighting, it made me feel… free. The king took a liking to me so we started meeting… and meeting, and meeting, heck, even fighting. Eventually, we fell in love, and he took me in.”
He pants, gripping his stomach in pain as he groans out, “…of all things… why that… why.. why so far from home…”
You gaze softens on his crumbled form, “We never planned this, but we are happy. And i don’t wish to leave.”
“Why not?!” He croaks, “You have so much back home! You have us!”
“You all left me!” You strut to him, grabbing his chin to make him look up at you, “After you all chose me as the problem, you left me! I have nothing on that planet!”
You released his chin, standing back to your full height, “Here i am respected! Here the people are treated equal! I am an equal!”
He huffed, pushing himself off the ground, “So it’s a pride thing?”
“No, you never realized, but you never respected me. None of you did.”
“Didn’t respect you?” He scoffed, “You were spoiled!”
“Spoiled?! Spoiled physically yes, but never once have any of you checked with me! I always changed myself to make you all happy! But never once did you all see my struggles! My attempts!” You yelled, not caring for your volume anymore.
“You all saw through me! You all assumed i was fine!” Your voice started to crack as you stared him down.
“I-! I… I hated it there… I dreamed of running away, of cutting you all off so you felt the pain i felt all those times i was ignored…” Tears started to seep out of your eyes, no matter how hard you tried to hold them in.
“I thought… that if i went missing… maybe you would care…” You sniffed, wiping away any fallen tears.
Your brother stood, wincing as he held his stomach. “We’ve always care about you.. I can’t believe you think so low of us.”
“Just come home,” He sighed, “Please?”
You blinked, “…No.”
“You can’t be serious,” He scoffed, “He’s an alien! He doesn’t know you like we do!”
“You’re right… He knows me better.”
You interrupted him before he could speak, “I can get you out. Under one condition, you can not speak of this planet, this species, any of this to anyone.”
“Wha— Im not leaving without you!”
“Then i guess you’re not leaving.”
He sputtered, looking at you as if you’ve grown a third head. You gaze held strong.
“Let me help you,” You spoke his name softly, making yourself appear less of a threat, “You can go home, and if you’d like, i will give you a communication device so we can speak to one another.”
He stared at the ground for a moment, his eyes turned red with tears and yet none had fallen out. After a moment, he shook his head.
“…I wanna go home,” his voice shook, “But I… I’m scared. I don’t want to leave you here but you… want to be here. And i can’t… i can’t change your mind, can i?” He lifted his head for the question, staring directly at your eyes, hoping he’d fine the answer he wants in there.
You pursed your lips, “…no, you can’t.”
A small sob left his mouth, he quickly looked away. “…i just got you back… and i have to let you go again…”
…You didn’t know what to say, so instead, you wrapped him in a gentle hug. He immediately reciprocated, holding you tight as if you were going to fade away.
To him, you technically were..
He cried softly on your shoulder, you gently rubbed his back.
“…you could stay for a day, i could give you a tour before we send you back…”
He didn’t answer for a few seconds. It wasn’t until he slowly peeled himself off, he nodded.
“…i’ll keep quiet. But i want that communication thing.” He wiped his face as he spoke.
You nodded, “As long as you don’t speak to anyone about this, then you can get the communication device. Trust me, we will know if you say anything.”
Your brother nods, “I promise to keep quiet.”
You smile.
Footsteps from behind you made you turn.
”Oh! I’ve explained ev—“
“I heard.” You husband spoke.
You blinked. He heard? You for sure thought he had gone back to the bedroom.
“We will meet his conditions of the device and the tour of our territory. I’ll get a ship and guards ready to take him back first thing tomorrow.”
He chuffed as he stared down your brother, “I will play nice for now. But you owe me an entire day for us wife.”
“Of course, i’m sorry about all this, it obviously wasn’t planned. I’ll go hunting for your favorite meat as well!”
He turned to look at you with a growl in his voice, “That his not what i meant when i said an entire day to ourselves.”
His sharp gaze trailed from your eyes to down south.
“Oh!” You flushed.
“What? What did he say?” Your brother asked.
“He- Uh- He just agreed to your terms!” You stuttered out.
“Wait for us outside alright? We will be right there.” You move to the door and opened it for him.
He gave your husband a suspicious look before giving you a wary one, “You sure everything’s okay?” He whispered as he approached the door.
You nod, “Do not worry.”
“Alright… if you say so…” With that, he walked through, letting your close the door gently behind him.
As soon as the door closed, you felt a large hand cup the back of your head and turn you around.
“I hate giving you away.” He clicks.
“It’s only for today,” You hummed, taking his other hand to press kisses on his knuckles. You know how much he likes the feeling of your soft skin compared to his.
He purred, “Show him what we pride ourselves with.”
You let out a hum as you leaned on him, “I will… Maybe not the arena or how err… violent, we can be, but everything else i’m sure he’d love to study.”
A hand cupped your face and tilted your head up.
“I’m glad you are loyal to me, and only to me.” He growled.
You giggle, “You belong to me just as much as i belong to you.”
He clicks in satisfaction.
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