Sunday, September 13, 2009

Turns Out You're Kind Of A Jerk

A few hours later, Jenrin was awaken by the soft sound of his brothers voice half asleep.
“Jenrin…”He yawned.
“Yes.”
“Why do you think that people treat me like I’m different?”
Jenrin paused, contemplating over the answer.
“What do you mean? Stupid?” He asked.
“Yeah…”
Then Jenrin said something that came out like fire from his throat, something that he would feel ashamed of for the rest of his life. But he said it anyway, and then he realized that he had gone too far.
“Maybe because they’re right…”No, that wasn’t it. You had to hurt him. Why, you bastard? Why. Ego? Yes. You could never be any stupider than that fool next to you. But he was. He was smart, smarter that you, at least.
Jenrin knew now that his brother was crying.
Why’d you have to ask? Why, you knew the answer! But he would never know. He was better.
His stomach began to turn inside of him and he wanted to scream out in guilt.
He wouldn’t sleep for the rest of the night. He just la there, thinking of what he had just done. Why…

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