and a big grin lit up his face.
Brothers? Was she in the wrong car?
No ... she didn't.
When she followed the little girl's gaze, her jaw fell almost to her feet.
"D ... this is your brother ????" she asked stunned.
Meanwhile, Seto was already standing next to the boy who claimed to be his little brother.
"That's a joke, isn't it? You eat children like that for breakfast!" it slipped out of her.
The look he gave her was so cool that she got cold feet.
"What do you want?" he growled. He did not respond to her statement at all. She didn't know whether that was good or bad.
Yes, what did she actually want? It took Jelana a moment to recover. Before she said anything, however, she looked him up and down."I ... uh. You are fine, aren't you?" she asked, although it was somehow totally obvious.
"Dazzling! Apart from the boil that is standing in front of my car and blocking my way, I can't complain!"
Wow. You were worried and got hit on the ears.
"I just wanted to know if everything was ok. I didn't notice what happened yesterday. Whether my brother did something to you ..." she said. She quickly noticed how pathetic that sounded. "... or if you did something to him." so she added quickly.
"Don't worry, we're both still alive. Was that it now?"
The guy was in a great mood again. She paused for a moment and then looked at him. However, she quickly lowered her eyes again. She just couldn't look him in the eye. They were actually beautiful. What was she thinking again? She didn't think an ice cube was nice either, did she ??? But it wasn't that blue either ...
“Do you know where he is?” The question came only softly from her lips and she hoped that he had an answer to it, but how should he of all people know?
"No. Why should I? See how you hold your strange friends and family members together."
She actually wanted to answer quickly, but she couldn't think of anything, the disappointment was too big.
Finally, since she was undecided, Seto simply pushed her aside. His little brother got in and looked a little confused at the strange girl. Obviously he didn't know what had happened.
Seto was about to get into the car when Jelana reached for his coat. That was the first thing she could grasp. He turned slowly and pierced her with his gaze. Before he could put her down, however, she said what had burned her soul for so long: "Thank you".
He seemed to pause for a tiny moment. Then he got into the car without a word, and it drove off almost immediately.
So she stood all alone on the sidewalk and watched him go. She shook her head. So now she was finally over with it. A thank you had to be enough. He already had everything. She couldn't offer him much more. But thank you was a good start!
Someone hit her on the back with a lot of force and she could not suppress a gasp.
Slowly she turned around and looked into two chocolate brown eyes.
"I.d.i.o.t" she said very slowly.
Joey grinned. "The others have already left. I thought I would be so nice and wait for you, even if you are really weird today." he showed her a bird.
Normally she would have grinned or confronted him, but she didn't feel like it. Her eyes fell on his black eye again.
"Tell me - where did you get that from?" she asked uncertainly as she pointed to his eye.
She saw his broad grin falter. Just a little, but enough to know that something was wrong."Well, I have to thank your brother for that."
She thought again. Could it be? A bruise took a while to become visible, but she was sure it was lying. In theory it would have been possible, but she couldn't help it, she just didn't buy it from him.
"You can do anything. Really anything. But do me a favor and don't lie to me!" she said calmly, but you could see how seriously she meant it. There was nothing worse for her than being lied to. She herself hated lies, they always ruined everything.
"You are my friend. I am really happy to have you and even scold you when you are not around my best friend.", She admitted, "I can tell that something is wrong. Why are you not telling the truth?"
Remain silent.
Aha, so she was right on target.
"Oh, it doesn't matter," the blonde dismissed the matter. He really just wanted to leave her here.
Jelana thwarted his plan and ran at his feet.
"You just stop. If you don't want to talk about it, I can't do anything, but then at least don't lie, ok? I just want you to know that you can come to me with your problems." she offered him again.
His expression, which had darkened shortly before, brightened a little.
"You are a pain in the ass!" he said and grinned crookedly. "Let's go get something to eat, okay?"
Well what else ?!
"Gobball! Forgot to shop again?"
For him the matter was probably over for now. She didn't want to urge him to tell what was going on. He would talk about it by himself if he felt like it, she was sure of that.
Giggling, laughing and fighting playfully, the two of them made their way to a pizzeria that did justice to their pocket money.


Jelana lay on the couch with a full stomach. It was fun with Joey. As always, they had laughed a lot. Jelana had tried to pair him up with the pretty waitress, which he had obviously been embarrassed about. The hours together had done both of them good. She was glad that she could now call him her best friend in public. He didn't seem to mind.
She zapped through the television program. Was there nothing clever on television in the afternoon? If it wasn't about family crises, it was murder and manslaughter. You could only be stupid.
So when a key was put in the lock, she immediately turned off the television and jumped up. She was disappointed that it was Aki who came in the door and not Takumi, but of course she didn't show him that.
She smiled and hugged him.
"Well? How was school?" she asked her little brother, not wanting to have to answer uncomfortable questions about Takumi.
"Fully super" The little one beamed. "I met someone new. He's vooooooll nice. I didn't like him before.I always thought he was stupid. But it's really cool. "He said happily. He was really excited.
"Oh, that's nice. What's his name?"
"Mokuba and Mama said that he could come to play today!" he replied, while he was teetering in front of her in the hallway. His eyes fell on the clock hanging over the kitchen door.
"Hehe, he has to come any minute!"
He ran past her to his room. As it sounded, he set everything up again for his visitor. The first impression is always very important.
It rang.
Shaking her head and smiling, she went to the door.
"I'll open up. You have exactly two minutes to get everything in top shape!" she said with a giggle.
Then she opened the door and when she saw who was walking up the stairs, she was almost hit.
"I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT"