Chapter 121: Chapter 121

I turn around, pulling away from Ethan and my mom screams, almost falling backward in shock. My Dad is standing near the stairs looking at Ethan with widened eyes, as if seeing a ghost. Mom scrambles towards him in horror, stumbling on her path.

" Alex..! ", Dad utters, his Adam’s apple moving upward and downward.

" Y..you can also see ?", Mom mutters, her whole expression scared.

" Mom, Dad..it's..it's not Alex. This is Ethan.", I say. They both look at me dumbfounded. I turn around and Ethan is staring intently at both of them, just looking like a ghost. His hair is all messy and his eyes are so red.

" I'm not a spirit.", he says nonchalantly. " I'm Ethan, Michael's boyfriend."

" He...he is your boyfriend ?", Mom asks me, still not out of shock.

" Yeah..that's why I didn't sh..show you guys his pic.", I say averting my eyes to Dad. He is now staring at Ethan from head to toe. By the looks of him, I think he already started doubting Ethan is his Son.

Anyway both of them are in in real shock that I don't think they will ask Ethan to come in or sit down anytime soon. So I turn around and grab Ethan's hands, pulling his inside. Then I closes the door behind, shut and turns around to see Mom crying, looking at Ethan.

" Mom...", I call her.

She slowly starts taking steps towards us whilst staring at Ethan, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She comes so close and stands in front of Ethan, studying every feature of his face. Ethan stares back at her nervous and uncomfortable. Then she stretches her hands and cups his face with her both palms. Ethan tilts his head a little and looks at me worried, through the corner of his eyes as Mom keeps on looking at him with endless tears running down her face.

Then suddenly Mom throws herself on Ethan and hugs him tightly. He stand there still without hugging her back. I look at Dad and he too has tears Pooled in his eyes. His lips are trembling as she looks at Mom crying on Ethan's shoulders.

Ethan looks at me from her embrace, not knowing what to do. I can't make myself to ask Mom to leave Ethan. When I first saw Ethan, I also wanted to hug him and cry on his shoulders like this.

At last Dad comes and pulls Mom away from Ethan. He then looks at Ethan for a moment. " You know Michael's older brother looked like you ?", he asks. Ethan nods. " Yeah..that's why...that's why she got emotional." Ethan again nods to him.

"Joshua, he is my Alex itself. ", Mom says looking at Dad.

" No. Didn't you hear him ? He is his boyfriend, Ethan.", Dad says.

" Then he is..."

" Emma ! ", Dad cuts her before she could complete her sentence. Then he shakes his head, looking at her.

Things are going out of control. What should I do ? I look nervously at Ethan and he already has his eyebrows scrunched up.

" Yes ! You lied to me, right ?", Mom sneers at Dad, her face furious as she stares at him.

" Emma...stop..", Dad utters lowly. She stares hard into his eyes for a few more seconds while he continues to shake his head uttering 'No'. He then grabs her hands and looks at us.

" You guys go upstairs. We will talk to you, morning.", he says.

" No..he..I need to..", Mom says but Dad cuts her off by sternly calling her name and forcefully pulling her towards their room.

" C'mon Ethan..", I say and grab Ethan's hands. He is frowning looking at Dad pulling Mom away from him while she protest, looking back at him. Soon Dad succeeds in pulling her inside and their room door closes shut.

" Come..let's go to my r..room.", I say. Ethan tilts his head and nods. I then lead him to the stairs.

He still has his eyebrows scrunched up as he walks up with me, holding my hands. He sure got doubts that my parents actually knows. I should have showed Dad and Mom his photo earlier and avoided such a situation.

" This is my room.", I say stepping into my room with him.

" Oh..", he hums looking around.

" Oh Ethan ! D..did you call your Mom ? She is worried.", I say on suddenly remembering about her.

" Did she call you ? How she found out I'm not at home ? I left home after she slept.", He says in surprise.

"Actually I- I called her and asked wh..whether you are there. Sh..she is worried now. ", I say.

" What the ! ", he exclaims fishing his phone out of his pocket and hurriedly switching it on. " Michael, Why did you call her at this midnight ?", he asks as his phone starts to vibrate and continuously make notification sounds as soon as he switch it on.

" I'll tell you. F..first call your Mom.", I say. He has already dialled her number and placed the phone near his ear.

" Hello Mom...", he says and the next moment he is rubbing his forehead whilst biting down on his lips.

" I'm actually at Michael's house, Mom.", he says. Next moment his right eyes squeezes tight and he moves his phone a little away from his ear, as if Mom is blaring profanities into his ear.

" I'm sorry Mom. I'm fine.", He ruffles his hair whilst pacing away from me. " Ahm..I..I just..I missed him. That's why. " He looks at me and ruffles his hair, frustratedly. " Ahh..C'mon Mom..I said sorry. I'm fine now, right ? Why are you yelling at me ? " He then sighs and rubs on his forehead again.

" That's because I was in flight. And I didn't have any particular need to switch it on. I thought you are sleeping and I was planning to call you morning. Ahh..okay, I'm really sorry, but why did you have to contact the cyber cell? At least I'm a 18 year old boy."

So Mom contacted cyber cell ? Shit ! I shouldn't have called her.

" Oh..C'mon..stop being mad at me....Oh what ? He cried ? Accident ?? Me ?", he says and looks at me. I look away, feeling embarrassed.

" Ahm...We...we actually had a small problem. Michael Wasn't talking to me. He switched off his phone and I was worried. So I came here. Everything is alright now. Mom, you please go and sleep. I'll talk to you morning.", he says and hurriedly ends the call, leaving a heavy sigh.

"Baby, you had a nightmare?", he ask me softly whilst walking towards me.

" Uhm..yeah..", I nod without looking at him.

He comes closer and gently grabs my chin, tilting my face to make me look at him. "Mom said you were so worried. What did you dream ? ", he asks.

" Nothing. I just dreamed you g..getting struck by a truck and dying. That's all.", I say nonchalantly, crossing my arms. He stares at my blank face for a moment and then chuckles.

" You know Michael, you are so stupid. How could you assume I'm asking you for break up ? And why you had to switch off your phone ?", he asks.

" I didn't switch off my phone. L..look at that. My phone broke.", I say pointing at my table.

" Oh..! How it broke?", he asks. I sigh and tell him what happened. " Ahh..then why couldn't you call me from some other phone ?", he asks shaking his head.

" I was m..mad at you ! You said you can't s..suddenly break up with me.", I say.

" Jeez..didn't I tell you I got the words wrong ? I meant I won’t break up with you. I don't fucking know how that 'suddenly' got in between. Do you know how much worried I got ? ", he asks.

" But you t..told, if we continue to d..date, your Mom will find out. And you d..don't want her to find out.", I say.

" I didn't mean it like that. I was just worried baby.", he says and crashes his lips on mine, making me slightly flinch from his sudden action.

" I love you so much, Michael. I will never ask you for break up. ", he feeds against my lips with so much sincerity in his tone that my heart skips beats. His fingers grazes my ears ever so slightly as his lips brush softly against mine with so much passion and affection. My eyes involuntarily pool with tears. And it soon slither down my left cheek and he pulls away shocked.

" Baby..what's wrong ?", he asks.

" Nothing... I- I just got a bit overwhelmed. I'm s..sorry for yesterday Ethan.", I say.

" It's okay baby.", He wipes my tears away with the pad of his thumbs. " I'm sorry too. I made you feel like you are not important for me. You know, I was so shocked when I suddenly knew all the things. I didn't know what to do. But I shouldn't have left you at the dorm like that. I was being foolish, not thinking you are also hurt like me."

" It's okay Ethan. I- I understand.", I nod my head. " And I didn't mean wh..what I said yesterday."

" But you need to know Michael, you are so important to me. You are as important to me as Mom and Eve. You are my love. I can't even breathe properly, knowing you are upset, baby.", he says staring into my eyes and more tears slither down my cheeks.

" Hey baby..don't cry.", he whispers and leans in kissing away my tears. Then he kisses my forehead and pulls away wiping my face with his palms. " Smile baby..show me your gorgeous dimples."

I smile at him and he pats on my cheeks, smiling wide at me. " That's my baby."

" I love you, Ethan.", I say and smashes my lips against his spread ones. Soon our lips starts brushing against each other in sync. I snake my hands around his neck and pulls him deep into the kiss.

" Jump..", he instruct without taking his lips from mine and I instantly complies jumping up and wrapping my legs around his waist. He continues to kiss me whilst walking to my bed and gently lays me down before hovering on top of me. He peppers kisses on every inch of my face and trails butterfly kisses down my chin and jawline before attacking my neck. He nibbles and sucks on my skin, sure to leave hickeys whilst whispering how much he loves me and how much precious I'm to him.

I feel so loved, special and important.