The Guardian: The Elementalist

Brotherhood II

Tesla immediately yawned, he looked pale and extremely exhausted. "Who? What's the matter? You sick?" ask Hendra.

"It's nothing, it's just Jetlag, it's supposed to be night in America" Tesla said. "Jetlagging? What'sthat?" Alex doesn't understand what that means.

"You who have been home many times do not know what it is?" alesse asked who suddenly treated the warm tea to the two of them. "Drink, this will make you feel calm and easy to sleep," Alesse told Tesla.

Tesla nodded, not expecting it to be so awkward dealing with Alesse. He felt guilty for thinking of her as a girl.

"I don't think Jetlag applies to Alex, because he's a Nature operator" Tesla said. Alesse just silently listened to Tesla's words.

"Is that so? Sorry, I don't know about the Elementalist and how it works" Alesse said.

Alex leads Tesla to his room after brewing tea. Before arriving at the door leaf of the room, Andin suddenly intercepted.

"Men should not just go into a woman's room," said Andin. Alex just fell silent, he did not think that far because Tesla was always as good as going into his room.

Eventually Andin replaced Alex leading Tesla into the room.

"Good job! He sleeps in your room. Now, where are you sleeping?" ask Alesse. Alex is confused about what to answer, he is not comfortable if he asks Alesse to allow him to sleep with him.

"No need to think, you definitely sleep in my room right," said Alesse, he also did not want to argue a lot with Alex.

They both entered Alesse's room.

Alex who had just entered was very impressed, this time Alesse allowed him to enter his room.

"I didn't expect to step into this room" Alex said. "It's too late, even my father and mother several times entered my room" said Alesse.

Soon enough, the cupboard on Alesse's right side was about to collapse. Alex immediately held him back with one hand, he returned him to his original position.

"Your hand is amazing, yes" said Alesse. Alex looked speechless with a somewhat moody face.

Alesse continued to watch his expression, turning his back to Alex as his eyes suddenly turned blue.

"What's bothering you, Alex? You're disappointed in something?" ask Alesse. Alex was silent.

"There's no need to hide, Alex. I'm not the Alesse you know, I'm not the same Alesse you know. You also know that the real Alesse is dead, he will never come back to you again" Alesse said.

Alex is honest in the end. "I think I was expecting too much. Alesse who used to feel anxious with me, he was always outspoken with his feelings. Sometimes he hates me so much, thinks I'm weird, and terrible. But I like his nature like that. Even though he hates it, he stays with me no matter what," Alex said.

"Yeah, obviously different from me who always avoids you. I'm not your brother anyway. You blew me up yourself. Should I call you dad? Technically, you're the one who triggered my life, you're the one who got me into this world" Alesse said.

"No, I don't want that. You are Alesse! Although different from Alesse before, you are still Alesse" said Alex.

"It's easy for you to say that. Unfortunately I don't take it easy. The more you come here to think of you as a sister also feels very strange to me," said Alesse.

"You're going to be my brother, Alesse! You're a grown man who motivates me a lot. You are the best brother!" said Alex. Alesse was silent for a moment.

"If you want to take it that way, what else? It seems that I should also accept it," Alesse said with a resigned smile. Alex was surprised to see him smile.

"You..... just smiled?" ask Alex. Alesse's smile instantly faded, he was reluctant to admit it. "No, I'm not smiling at all" Alesse said.

"lik! I just saw you smile!" said Alex. "You're this...... Really sucks huh," said Alesse. Alex laughed too.

Hendra and Andin could only hear his laughter from outside and it made them feel happy. "It turns out Alesse was also familiar with Alex, I just found out," said Hendra. "You better not destroy the closeness of the two of them" Andin warned.

Alex who had no other activities finally started to go to the field. As usual every time he went home, he always practiced in the field. He can do that to the maximum because the air around his house is still fresh.

"Hey, Alex! What did you just do?" asked Hendra astonished when he saw his son's clothes were torn in various parts.

Alex just scratched his head and went into the room, he found Alesse staring at the window.

"What are you wearing? Why are you wearing a headscarf? Anyway, why all the blue?" ask Alex.

Alesse did not comment on his words, he was still staring at the orange sky from the window.

Alex came to him patting him on the shoulder, thinking Alesse was daydreaming. Alesse turned his head at him, making him surprised.

"A..... The alesse? What's wrong with the color of your eyes?" ask Alex. "My name is Aqua, not Alesse" the head-hooded boy said, staring out the window.

Alex does not understand what he means, unfortunately he does not have a second chance to check back the color of Alesse's eyes because the boy is already back staring at the window.

Finally Alex decided to wait for him to finish staring at the window, unfortunately until sunset the child was still staring at the window, Alex did not even dare to turn on the room lights. He let the moonlight rain down on the room through the window.

"Alesse, what do you really see?" ask Alex. The boy remained unmoved. "A... Aqua, what are you looking at?" ask Alex.

"The sky, the trees, and the moon, there's nothing special" the boy said. Alex increasingly does not understand where the conversation leads.

"Alesse, that's enough! What's the matter, actually? Why is your name Aqua suddenly?" alex asked, he was already impatient because of the boy's cold attitude.

"Maybe because the content of his mind is unstable," said Aqua.

"What does that mean, Alesse? Mind fill? Why are you talking about yourself as if you're talking about someone else?" ask Alex.

"Because I'm not Alesse" said Aqua then turned around. Alex is convinced that the boy's eyes are blue.

"I'm not Alesse! I'm not your son" Aqua said. "Alesse isn't my son, he's my brother!" said Alex.

"Physically he is not your son, his body does belong to Alesse Jawara who was born by your parents, but his soul was born because of you, you who ignited life in this empty body" Aqua said.

"I don't understand what you're talking about this soul. What is clear.....why do you confess your name Aqua? What is this actually. The alesse? What's your problem?" ask Alex.

"I have to say how many times that I'm not Alesse? Just so you know, there are more souls residing in this body. I'm just one of them. I can take over because Alesse's new soul is so vulnerable, it's not even more than ten years old" Aqua said.

"Why are you talking about the soul? Can it be seen with the eyes?" ask Alex.

"We who are water controllers certainly can. The soul is like water filling a container. If the container is not fully filled by it, then other souls can fill it, that is the current state of Alesse.because his soul was born not in accordance with the size of the container," said Aqua, said, he looked back at the window while Alex kept silent to digest his words.

Soon enough, the all-blue clothes attached to Alesse's body suddenly disappeared.

"Who? What the hell just happened? Why am I sitting in front of the window?" Alesse looked confused.

Alex kept watching him. His eyes were black, even his hair was not blue anymore. "What are you doing there, Alex?" ask Alesse.

Alex did not answer, he just walked up to Alesse and hugged him. "You're my brother, Alesse! No matter what happens, no matter what the reality is, no matter what people say, you're still my brother" Alex said.

"That's weird! Why did you suddenly say that? Uh.. wait a minute! You...... sweating like this hugged me instead? You kidding?" alesse asked, he immediately got rid of Alex's large body.

"Oh, sorry! I forgot to take a shower" Alex said, scratching his head. "You are just there! Don't even think about hugging me again! I'm not a kid!" Alesse.

"Yes-yes!" alex laughed, saying he could not ignore the fact that Alesse remained small even though he claimed not to be a child.