Once Sei’s body stopped moving, I removed my foot from his spine. I could hear a grumble of sorts emanating from my mute brother’s throat as he weighed his options against me. I had revealed to him that the person he considered at one point to be his best friend was nothing more than a hindrance to his performance. Even I had to admit that such a truth bomb would be a lot to take in at once. Sei eventually turned himself around and the snowflakes slowly began to bury him underneath their frosty wrath.
“What do you mean ‘bragging rights’?”
I smiled and clutched one of my fists while my pinky was left extended. I placed the digit into my mouth and made sure to take extra care in coating it with my saliva. Sei’s eyes widened at the motion as I sat down upon his chest. I distributed my weight well enough to not outright crush my kin beneath my girth, yet still had enough pressure to keep the powerful Mystic pinned down. “Sei, I want you to admit that I’m the better brother when it comes down to me or you.”
“Fine,” Sei rolled his eyes before they moved right back to my spit soaked pinky, “I admit that you are my better in this instance.”
I shook my head and brought my pinky down closer to my family member, whose facial expressions appeared more terrified now. I could feel Sei’s body tremble, whereas mine had started to recover from my self-induced beating. “No sir, I don’t want your sneaky little ‘only in your mind’ thing you do. You’re one of the most powerful telepaths on Althanas, and I want most of the known world to know today that I have you dead to rights.”
Sei looked reluctant at first, but once my pinky was within an inch of his earlobe, I heard him ‘shout’. “LET ALL OF ALTHANAS KNOW THAT TODAY WAS THE DAY STEPPENWOLF ORLOUGE HAS BESTED ME IN SINGLE COMBAT NOW FOR THE LOVE OF THE THAYNES GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!”
I smirked, patting Sei on his cherub like cheeks with my other hand. “See, that wasn’t so hard, now was it?”
I laughed as I jammed my large pinky into the ear of Sei. My brother began to wiggle for freedom one more, very reminiscent of a fish trying to escape from a hook. I twisted my Wet Willie several times before I stood up and laughed. Sei glared at me, a hand on his violated ear. I began to walk off, Pepper’s footsteps quickly trailing behind my own. “So, see you next week for dinner, right? Dad’s roasting a duck.”
Sei remained true to his namesake until he was no longer in my field of vision. A part of me was worried I had gone too far to humiliate my brother. I felt a strange tinge of guilt in my heart as I approached my desolate Salvar cabin. As I reached for the doorknob, a familiar voice entered my head, and brought a smile to my lips.
“…I’ll be there….”
((All bunnies obviously approved :P))