IL MIO RE MAFIOSO

CHAPTER FIVE: A NEW FEELING

"Stop, give it back, its my turn to choose, what we'll watch, you chose yesterday" saint yelled as he chased, drake around the room trying to get the remote control from him,

"No I didn't, you have been the one who picked for the past three days, now it's my turn and besides I don't like watch law and order" drake was trying to catch his breath

" but you're been unfai...... Ah-hhhh" saint exclaimed as he fell to the ground, he missed his step, Drake stopped his tracks,

"Nice try, I know you're pretending" drake said as he hoped that was the case

"Ahhhh it hurts so much" Saint cried out as he rolled on the floor holding his leg, drake immediately rushed toward Saint to make sure he was okay

" Are you okay, where does it hurt?'' Drake assessed saint's leg

"You fell for it" Saint pulled the remote control from drake laughing.

"You're not playing fair" saint just kept laughing,

"You're just too easy, very easy" he stood up and patted drake on the head

"Now let's watch something more fun" saint sat on the chair

"I'll go get more popcorn and drinks, I'll be back" drake left the room

Saint scrolled up and down searching for a show to watch when he got distracted by the noise coming for outside the window,he stood up and walked towards the window, the view outside the window was really beautiful, it was a well groomed gardening the different colors of flowers gave it a more impressive look, the noise that attracted his was made by the gardener who was cutting the branch of a tree.

"what are you looking at" Drake asked as he dropped the popcorn and the drinks on the table,

" your garden looks nice, the flowers are really pretty" Saint said as he returned to his sit

" thank you, it took a lot of years to grow it" drake smiled as he sat close to Saint

" its just strange that we've been coming here for days and just noticing it" saint pointed out

"well do you want to go out to see it" saint nodded in response to drake.

They both walked together to the garden, Saint couldn't stop smiling, he loved the view and the smell of the garden, Drake stared at Saint there was something about the boy that affected him, saint ran around the place like a dog released from his cage. Saint ran over to where the roses were planted and used his bear hand to touch them

"ouch" he held his hand

"would you be careful, don't you know roses have thorns on them" drake looked at Saint's hands " now look you're bleeding, wait here I'll go get the first aid box" drake rushed off to get the first aid box, Saint looked around the garden and noticed two gravestones, he walked over to them.

On one of the stone was written Mira Daveson and the second stone lann Daveson, Daveson sounded very familiar that was Derrek's first name, so this must be his parents saint said to himself.

" Hello Mr and Mrs Drake's parents , sorry for disturbing your rest, but I just wanted to thank you for the way you raised your son drake, he's the best, I just got a little injury and his off to treat it, I really want to do something special for him but I do know wha......

"what the hell are you doing " yell a very familiar voice, the person Saint had been avoiding for days now

" I.... I.... was just.... trying to..." Saint was looking for the right words to use

" Haven't you and your dad done enough to them even in dead you're till troubling them" Derrek grabbed Saint by the shirt , saint noticed the Derrek was drunk

"no that's not it , I didn't mean any harm" Saint was trying to explain when Derrek cut him off with a punch on his stomach, saint fell to the floor groaning in pain Derrek continued to beat him up saint was struggling to get away from Derrek but he couldn't, Derrek started to straggled him, the only saint saw in Derrek's eye was hate for him, he couldn't feel his strength failing him, he could no longer breath

" Derrek stop" shouted drake at the entrance of the garden, immediately Derrek let Saint go like he came back to his senses, Saint started coughing in other to breath properly

"what's your problem" drake asked as he got to where Derrek was "what did he do to you that you trying to kill him? "

" his father and him doesn't deserve to live, they deserve death" Derrek was trying to go back to Saint but was unsuccessful because of drake, within second drake punched Derrek across the face making him fall backwards to the ground

" would you come back to your senses, I don't want to see you anywhere close to Saint, you need to pull yourself together" Drake shouted as he watched Derrek struggle to get back on his feet

" what are you supporting him? tell me? I'm your brother, I'm the one you should support, we both went through the hardship together because of his father, how could you just forget about everything" Derrek asked as he got back on his feet

" I didn't forget about it but this isn't the right way to do anything about it, unlike you I'm not filled with revenge, you are filled with hate that you're slowly turning into a monster just like Choral, I can no longer see the difference between you both" drake concluded as he picked saint in his arms and carried him away leaving Derrek to his thoughts.

He dropped saint on the bed and called for one of the servants to get the first box he dropped in his desperate attempt to save Saint

" I'm sorry for what my brother did, I shouldn't have taken you to the garden" drake said as he assessed Saints injuries, he could see the prints of Derrek hands around Saint's neck

"its not your fault, he is drunk and I'm perfectly fine its just bruises" Saint smiled trying to tell Drake that he was okay,

" it is my fault, I'm sorry" he repeated almost in tears " I don't understand Derrek most times he wasn't this way everyday I feel like his changing into a different person" he said as he remove saint's shirt

" if you get to know the real him, his really nice" there was a knock on the door, the servant came back with the box and handled it over to Drake.

He attended to his wounds, he was very careful so as not to cause Saint further pain, Saint on the other hand was hiding his pain so not to make Drake more worried. After dressing saint's wounds it was a bit late, Drake stood up to leave so as to allow saint to rest but he was stopped by Saint, " can you stay with me, just for tonight" drake gave saint a smiled and nodded, saint adjusted to create space for Drake to sleep beside him.

In a few minutes Saint was already asleep, drake just stared at saint as he was sleeping peacefully

" I'm sorry I couldn't protect you today, from now onwards I'll protect you from anything and everyone that want to cause you harm" he bent over and gave Saint a kiss on the forehead and continued admiring the sleeping boy in front of him.

Derrek opened the door slowly and saw Saint and his brother asleep, he stared at his brother for a while before his eyes went over to Saint, he closed the door and went to him room.