" I wish...you'd said it before itself'
Xeron spoke halfheartedly to Helen, whose head was still now pivoted to the door. The opening where his brother had barged off to, after the subtle introduction.
"Helen?'
Xanthus was shocked, his eyes weary and now a bit tearier.
"..No way!'
The realization dawned on him, only to push him out of the way and make for the door.
"..NO WAIT! XANTHUS....."
And, here they were, breathing silence and awkwardness, as Helen softly talked.
"You guys are ...I mean..we are brothers."
Xeron nodded, taking in softly what he had to.
"I guess, its wrong to say, now that he is different and so am I"
"How did you drift apart?"
A whisper, because the mask had cupped his face again.
"Well, it's a long story. Cannot be talked out in the open like that"
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