My Queen, My Terror

CHAPTER 1

I woke up to the heavy crashing I heard at the stairwell. I got up and picked my pocket knife, only to find out what tore my heart into pieces.

My kid sister had tried to get down the stairs and I met her and her wheelchair at the end of the stairwell. I quickly rushed down to her and raised her up, amidst putting the knife away.

"Zephyr, what are you doing to yourself? You could have told me what you wanted to get instead of hurting yourself"

I placed her on the couch and she was laughing while I placed her chair in order.

"Why are you scared? I'm fine. You've padded the house with soft rug plus, a little bit of activity is actually fun. Getting to sit in there is actually boring, if you can relate" she said with a low chuckle.

She wanted me to believe she was fine, never wanting to bother anyone, especially me. She doesn't want to be a burden but she can't also understand that she isn't.

Zephyr is sixteen and has been in a wheelchair since she was 10 due to an accident that took our mom. I was born with heterochromia, a condition that made my eyes to be different colors; blue to the left and green to the right. I was taunted with it as a kid a lot and she was always trying to be of help even though she was a child. After the accident, she was not herself for years,even till now, cause she sees herself as a burden and still want to hide her pains, which hurts me a lot.

After fixing her chair, I walked to her and asked if she was fine, which she answered in the positive, the way she always does.

"Don't you have a painting to deliver?" she asked as my phone rang because she was concerned and mostly because she wanted me to attend to my life and not worry about her. I raised her gown to reveal the cut on her calf and her long brown hair she'd just let down, I pushed it aside to reveal another on her neck.

"Don't you have wounds that I should take care of?" I asked with my eyebrow raised

"I can take care of it, more like, it doesn't hurt" she said with a sigh. She couldn't hide it from me and I was glad she couldn't. I smiled within myself.

"If you can, how about you go and get the first aid box from my room? I'm kinda exhausted trying to fix your chair, you know" I said and sat on the couch, with a sarcastic smirk on my face.

"You're the worst brother I ever had" she said and wheeled herself to the kitchen

"You didn't tell me you had "other" brothers but I'm the worst, Zeph. Come on, who are they?" I asked and followed her into the kitchen.

"Go and bathe, breakfast will be ready and whosoever needs painting will soon call again. Ugh, you never take your hobby turned job seriously"

"You have a point. I really should, so I can earn enough to take care of you"

"Sylv, it's okay with the taking care of me. I'll beat this chair and prove to you that I can and will be okay"

I smiled and kissed her hair before adjusting the table lower and bringing what she needs to cook, before I went upstairs to have my bath.

I wore a simple blue T-shirt and a pair of black jeans,grabbed the first aid box and went downstairs.

"You look to sexy in that. I don't want anyone to ring my phone and have me swing you their way" she said teasingly.

"I'll just go back and change then, your majesty" I answered and slowly got up but her stare got me back on my ass

"Geez, I'm just kidding, what's with the death stare?" I asked laughing

"I'm not taking pain killers, am I?" she asked with puppy eyes. She's not a fan of medication actually.

"You will, miss and now reveal the legs which makes all mortal beings stare in awe" I said and she was already faking sniffles while lifting her gown.

I cleaned the wounds, had breakfast and told the AI assistant in the house to watch over her, before I left.

I just closed the door when I felt that the amount of breeze I felt on my face was unusual. I instantly remembered that I didn't wear my glasses. I went back inside to meet a disappointed Zephyr.

"f**k you man, you seriously can't just move without covering your eyes? Girls find it attractive and even if they don't, you're no longer the kid that was bullied anymore" she said and I opened my shelf to reveal my shade collection.

"What if I want to reserve that view for you alone so that, you'll be my only admirer and bully at the same time?" I asked and she laughed slightly.

"I want the best for you, Sylv, you need to get over your fears. It's what got Natalie angry, remember?"

And I went into thoughts. She was a girl that I liked and she did also but had an issue with my eyes always being covered. I've even grown somewhat super human reflexes that from any angle, I must grab the hand that wants to take the glasses off my face.

"I'm fine with you for now. I'll overcome it when I'm ready" I said and wore them before leaving again.

I was delivering the painting to a hospital that was also making an awareness about preserving trees and positive attitude towards nature and environment. I was asked to paint a picture with specific holes to place and remove some items for explanation like waste, humans cutting trees and the likes, not so visible from afar, but the major scene being a river and trees around it. I was on my motorcycle to get it delivered, when a lady going to get coffee across the road entered without looking.She was on a call and was searching her bag simultaneously when I screeched to a halt in front of her.

"I'm really sorry, I'm actually late for work and...I really shouldn't be explaining right now, I'm very sorry"

"It's fine. I'm late also, just please have your eyes on the road. Are you hurt?" I asked and got off the motorcycle.

"I'm fine, how about you,are you okay?" she returned the question

"I'm okay. Well, since you're fine, I'll be leaving" I said and got on my bike and zoomed off.

I got to the hospital and delivered their package. On my way out, I saw the same lady outside and another doctor was reprimanding her. Seems it was due to her being late. After he left, I walked up to her

"Quite a number of things for one morning"

"Hey, you came for medical attention? Has anyone attended to you?"

"No, I came to deliver a painting, if you noticed a large board on my bike earlier"

"Oh, you're the painter? That's great, I'll go have a look at it but I just want to be sure, no hard feelings right? At least you now get why I was so confused and in a rush earlier"

"It's fine, like I said, I was late also. I've been called a couple times too. Had to attend to my sister before leaving. Nice meeting you though, I'm Sylvester" I said and stretched my hand

"I'm Roxanne, nice meeting you. I better get in before...." she was interrupted by someone calling her name.

"Gotta go, hope we meet again Sylvester" she said before rushing inside.