“The worst kind of hurt is betrayal, because it means someone was willing to hurt you just to make themselves feel better”

“Do you think you matter so much for them?” Gemini asked. His voice was plain, devoided of any emotions. Chokun, who had never been his friend, was knocked down by Gem's right hand, most cruel of all people Gem knew: Force Jiratchapong. 

There were some urban legends saying that Joong and Force LOVED torturing poor people, who they had hated without any particular reason. Chokun was one of these people. He was never rich, he lived with his parents and grandpa in a small apartment near the Institute.

“Please, sir, I promise, I'll pay it back to you!” Chokun almost cried. He folded his hands as if in prayer and looked pleadingly at his tormentor, which only enraged Joong even more.

“How dare you to look into my face?!” Joong asked and slapped him. A moment later he grabbed him by his white shirt and lifted him up.  Gemini placed a chair in the very center of the dark, cold room, forcing the boy to sit down.

“I'm sorry... Please, forgive me sir. I promise, I'll give it back to you!”

“How are you going to do that? You don't have money, your parents are poor. Look at your clothes. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?”

«My clothes may not be expensive or brand new, but at least I got them all by myself and thanks to my honest work not like you, nepo baby!» Chokun thought with averse, but didn't dare to say this out loud. He didn't even dare to look up anymore. The slap he got from Archen was painful enough.

“I'm sorry...” He whispeared again.

Gemini laughed.

“You are dirty poor, you have absolutely nothing to give us. You are useless. You know what? I have work for you. At my friend's bar called 'Gemini'. Are you interested?”

Chokun gathered all the courage he had and looked up with a small hope that quickly disappeared when he saw nasty smile on Gem's face.

“And what kind of job this is?”

“A very easy job: all you have to do is shake your ass a little, do a little striptease on stage and make sure my friend's clients are happy.  Just remember, your services must be of a very high standard or I won't be as nice anymore”.

“I won't do it”.

“Oh, really?” Gemini laughed and Chokun thought it was the scariest laugh he had even heard, it was laugh without any positive emotions. “I don't think you have any other option left”.

“Gemini...” Chokun started, but Norawit interrupted him.

“Am I your friend that you call me that simply? Where's your respect?”

«I don't need to respect a monster like you!» Chokun in his own imagination took a revange on Gemini exposing him and his terrible behavior to all members of the Order of the Knights of Light.  Chokun imagined that he was standing in front of everyone gathered in the temple part of the Institute during the rune ceremony and telling them about all the crimes that Norawit and his gang had committed.  A smile of satisfaction appeared on the boy's face.  Gemini noticed this and punished him, ordering Joong to hold the boy's hand.  Norawit approached the table, took a sharp knife with a beautiful, richly carved handle and approached Chokun.

“Khun Gemini, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?!” Chokun yelled at the top of his lungs. He was scared. Joong and Pond laughed. They were never Gemini's friends, but sometimes they asked him to hang out with them. Today they had to have some talk with one of their debetors. It turned out to be Chokun, one of these unimportant KotL candidates. Gem knew that Chokun had been talking to Fourth sometimes but wasn't sure if they're friends. Either way he didn't wanted to let Fourth live peaceful life. Hurting his friends seemed like very nice idea to make Nattawat angry and reveal his real face. Deep down this Norawit believed that Fourth isn't always so kind and helpful and he hoped that with his friends help he will expose it and that will help him win the crown.

“I'm going to make you remember your promise and your place in society”.

And then Gemini put a knife to the inside of the boy's forearm, and Chokun tried to break free, but the strong arms of Force and Pond held him firmly in a chair in the middle of a gloomy room in the forgotten basement of the Institute.

“Stop moving or it will hurt more”.

Chokun froze. He didn't have any choice left. Gemini ran the knife across his skin several times, cutting it open.  The cuts formed the letter S from the English word servant.  Chokun hissed in pain, but gritted his teeth, not wanting to give his tormentors that satisfaction.  He was already planning his revenge in his mind.

“S like servant and s like slut”, Gem laughed. “Ok, now you can go away. But remember that you have to come tomorrow evening to Gemini bar for your work! If you won't come, I'll hurt Pahn and I heard you like that girl, right? Do you want me to hurt her? She will know that it's your fault and she'll never look at you again. Think fast, you have only this night to decide”.

On the sign given by Gemini Force and Pond freed Chokun. He stood up, he pressed his bleeding hand to his own chest and left as fast as he could.  In the corridor on the first floor where the boys lived, Chokun met Fourth, who, seeing him in such a condition (he had ruffled hair, a T-shirt stained with Coke and blood), stopped him.

“What had happened?” Fourth had bad feeling even before Chokun answered.

“It was... It was...”

“Are you scared? Are you injured?  You need to get this wound dressed.  I have a first aid kit and bandages in my room, come to me”.

“N-no... I better... I better not go there!”

“Why?”

“It's his room”, Chokun outlined word 'his' by his voice and Fourth already knew who was behind his classmate suffering.

“Come with me, he won't dare to do anything to you in my presence. I'll dress your wound and you will tell me everything. Don't hide anything, okay? I'm by your side, I'll help you”.

Chokun nodded and allowed Fourth to lead him ahead.  Once inside the room, Fourth gave him a glass of water to drink and he started bandaging his friend's wound.  When he saw the bleeding letter S, his blood boiled and he regretted that he had ever had any warmer feelings towards Norawit, because this sadist didn't deserve anything good in his eyes if he treated innocent people this way.  Fourth listened patiently to Chokun's story, but in his mind he was already wondering what to do to help the poor boy.  Suddenly he had an idea how to hurt Gem so that he would remember his lesson forever and never torment weaker people again.  Fourth didn't know where there was enough evil in his own soul to come up with such an evil plan, but he had heard that it was said that every person is born with a part of good and a part of evil, both of which he receives in the same amount, and only later life verifies that  which part will prevail: good or bad.

“And what was the reason? What did you do to upset them so much?”

“My mom is in hospital, I needed money. My dad works very hard to give us the best life and when he doesn't work, he spends time with my mom in hospital. I know he loves us very much and we had some problems, we couldn't afford to pay all the bills so I rented some money at first from Gemini and later from Joong, but I couldn't pay it back...”

“Why didn't you come to me? Why didn't you ask me?”

“I had two reasons: one, I didn't know you very well but I knew that you yourself don't have much more money than me; second we're not even friends, we're only classmates and I was scared, I didn't think much”.

“Don't cry, it's okay, I'll help you. And I'll make Gemini pay for all the bad things he had done. I won't let this slide. Don't worry, you have me by your side. Let me call Phuwin, he will help us”.

“No, please, don't call him”.

“Why?”

“Because... Because he's Gem's friend, he will tell him and we will be both in throubles”.

“Phuwin isn't his friend anymore. Now he is on our side”.

“Are you sure about that?”

“Yup. I trust Phuwin with all my life and all my soul. Don't be afraid, he's not like Gem, he only looks like Gemini, but inside they have nothing in common, Phu is nicer and has beautiful heart, you'll understand when he'll come”.

And Fourth called Phuwin, asking him to come to his room. Phu, knowing that it was also Gem's room, suggested that they should meet up in other place, somewhere, where they won't have to be afraid that Gem or one of his companions will show up and see them talking.

“Yeah, but do you know such place?” Fourth asked a bit worried.

“You're lucky because I used to love finding abandoned places, I found small cinema near to Institute, I'm sure nobody comes there anymore, come and meet me there”.

Phuwin have them hints how to get there and few minutes later they met in very old, sad building with large patches of colorful paint falling off the walls.  Huge dusty spider webs hung from the ceiling (Chokun's body shuddered with disgust, he never liked spiders), the windows had been broken long ago, and fragments of glass lay on both sides of the wall.  In the middle of the room, like a chuckle of fate, there were only four red cinema seats joined together, and various rubbish was strewn around, including crisp wrappers and bottles of not only carbonated drinks, but also alcoholic ones.  The place looked dark and oppressive, but Fourth knew they would be safe here and could discuss their plan of action.

Some time later after Fourth and Chokun told whole story to Phuwin, he said:

“Everything ok but it wasn't Gemini for sure”.

“What?! No, it was him, I'm sure, I saw him and heard him, it was his voice. Why do you think it wasn't Gemini?”

“Because he was with me and professor Earth all the time. We got our first task, someone had stolen F1 car and apparently this car is somewhere in Bangkok. P'Off thought it will be great practice for us. We were in P'Earth's office. You can ask him if you don't believe me. And I know Gemini, it was him with me, but I don't know who did you meet, Chokun. I think we have to tell this to P'Off, our chief”.

Fourth and Chokun looked at each other with real fear. Something was wrong.

“No, P'Phu, it's better not to tell anyone yet. What if it's some evil wizard impersonating Gemini to mess up the Institute?  And what happens if we tell our boss and he starts an official investigation?  We can scare away our target this way”.

“Ok, but we have to warn Gemini. Someone is using his body to commit crimes, he has full right to know and be prepared”.

“You're right Phuwin, but how will you know that you are talking to real Gemini?”

“I have some idea”. Phuwin smiled warmly.

“Come, let's do this. I believe Gemini, the real one, is still in P'Earth's office”.

Fourth felt huge relief when he heard this.

«So Gemini isn't actually a bad person, it's only someone, who is using him to separate us from each other. Maybe I shouldn't feel this way, but I'm somehow glad to hear that. So it's not my Gemini, who does all these bad things? Good, very good, because I almost believed that he is a monster with many faces and maybe it's only a demon or something like that».

Fourth breathed out heavily feeling that some heavy burden is lifted up from his heart.

“Yup, we have to tell whole story to Gemini. Also it won't be a bad thing to involve P'Earth. I know him very well, he takes care of the kitten me and my sister had found on the street. We named her Little Princess. I trust him and I think he has enough experience to help us solve this case”, Fourth said while they walked back to Institute.

Gemini shocked, when he found out what happened. He came closer to Chokun and wanted to see his forearm. Chokun took out bandage.

“I would never do something like this. This is not my way of working. Someone tries to sabbotage me, don't believe them, please. Myself I don't have good past behind my back, I won't judge anyone based on how much money they have. Someone who pretends to be me didn't prepare himself well enough. This is not me”.

Fourth smiled hearing this and it was his first sincere smile that he showed to others.

“I knew it! I knew you are not a bad person!” He screamed and hugged Gemini without any warning. Gemini, in total shock, slightly awkwardly responded to his hug by patting him briefly on the back.  A wave of pleasant warmth spread through his body again and he didn't want this moment to ever end.  In the arms of his recent enemy he felt so damn good and safe that he had the impression that his own soul, embedded in ice, was slowly melting and warming up to the temperature of the soul of an ordinary person who had a lot of positive feelings and emotions inside him.  This was so painfully new to him and so wonderfully pleasant that he wished he had never let Fourth out of his embrace.  He trustingly placed his head in the crook of his neck, forgetting about the existence of the entire world.  All that mattered was Fourth and the warmth of his own soul filled with goodness and love.

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Hi my lovely Magicals!!!

Did I give you a little heart attack? Yes? Then I'm sorry! Actually I don't want to say anything yet. Gemini as red flag 👀 well... Let's see, maybe he is a green flag with some red spots only? Or maybe he is true red flag and is just great in hidding and convincing people? Let's wait and see 👀

Also this chapter was inspired by a book I was reading here, on wattpad, written by:
(Wattpad doesn't let me tag you, so I post screenshot)

Go and read it too if you read my story, because it's really good and deserve more attention ❤️ thank you!

Also I'm not gonna read any fanfiction that has more than 2K views, but if you write any and your read mine I'll read yours regardless of how much views it has. I want to support those of you who work really hard on your stories but they're not getting enough attention even despite the fact that they're very good.

So if you write fanfiction, let me know in the comments and I'll go to check it.
Thank you my Magicals for so many views already, I love you all mak makkkkk ❤️