"I don`t want to die", Alex whispers scared, buries his face in Lucas`s neck and cries.
Lucas doesn`t know what to say, he can`t say that Alex wont die, because they don`t know, there is always chance that police comes in worst moment possible and take him away.
Their neighbour has an Angel. Well, he is not really neighbour, but he lives near them and Lucas walks past his house every day, so he can`t help but notice the Angel. She is a small, beatiful girl, hardly 14 years old, with big green eyes and brown hair, and something in her reminds Lucas about his brother. It`s not only the fact that her face is like female version of Alex, but the way her eyes shine.
Lucas tries to tell with his eyes how sorry he is, knows he succeed when she smiles to him. She is usually outside, (because people treat Angels like animals, and some think they don`t deserve to live inside), so she is here almost every time when Lucas walks past and smiles softly. Lucas almost believes he can keep the girl alive, talks to her about his brother who is also an Angel, hushes her playfully when the girl screams and he giggles.
That`s why it`s so crushing when after few weeks Lucas notices the shine in her eyes is fading, she has bruises in her face, and Lucas have to bit his lip not to cry when he understands that she is slowly dying inside. He tries to make her smile, succeeds only barely, and sometimes she cries. One day she is gone. Lucas runs all the way to his home, curls up in Alex`s arms and makes a million promises to always keep him safe.
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