The God And His Bride - Episode 24

Liang does not want to hear about Ezra having cancer.

He just doesn't care, Ezra can turn up dead for all his care in the world, the only reason Liang isn't outside pummelling Ezra /Alixi to death is out of respect for me.

"Li...."

"You are being very childish Star, you know, you know you shouldn't be doing this, not with this guy, not with what you feel for him"

"I feel nothing for him Liang, how do I have to prove that to you?"

"That's the problem, why don't you try to convince yourself of that before trying to convince us? We see you, we see what you don't see" He says and I nod before dropping the bomb.

"Starr is inside Ezra right now" I say and Liang pauses, his eyes flying to mine.

"Starr? Like the winged fellow Starr ?" He asks and I nod.

He looks at me for a moment before moving, directly to the sitting room, I glance at the abandoned breakfast on the table and I sigh, this is going to be a long day.

I enter the sitting room to see Alixi and Ezra in a stare down.

Oh, no.

"What are you doing here?".

"Get away from me human"

"You better get back to wherever the fuck you came for, my sister has a man, she doesn't need a slacker like you"

Alixi pauses, humour entering his eyes, wicked humour.

"A slacker? Slacker?" He says the word with a laugh. "Do you know what I have done for your sister? For this human? Do you know the lines I've crossed? The bridges I've burned? The fucking things I've moved just to fucking please her?" Alixi says, getting enraged, I hear the tone in his voice so i step forward, Liang mustn't have heard it, or maybe he heard it but doesn't care. 

"Get the fuck gone, Feather boy" Liang says, slowly, bitingly.

Before I can blink Liang is on the wall, looking down at a growling Alixi, smirking with ire.

"Alixi!" I scream, grabbing at his arm. 

"You see, this is the person you really are, this is the person I do not want my sister to be with, this is the person she mustnt fall in love with" Liang says and I just wish he would shut up.

All through this interaction I find it strange that Mila does not make a move, I turn to her, looking at her.

"Alixi, you must stop this madness" Mila says, her eyes flashing to me for a moment before going back to Alixi and Liang.

I become confused, how does she know who Alixi is? I've never told her his real name.

"Why Milo, is there something you want to say? Perhaps argue about how selfish I am?"

Milo? My-lo? Who the hell is milo? Before I can question that tidbit or ask Alixi to drop my brother Ezra's body suddenly drops.

"What? What's going on?" I ask, fear gripping my throat.

"Oh gods" Mila breaths, falling down to her knees, her hands on Ezra who is gradually becoming cold in my hands.

"What is going on?" Liang asks.

"He left, Alixi left Ezra" my heart clenches.

What? Why?

"Alixi! You bastard!" Mila screams, Ezra is beginning to look very pale, I know what this means, I've seen many patient look this way, they didn't last the hour.

"I'm calling an ambulance" Liang mutters over the noise in my head.

Its a whirl of activity as I watch a man I once loved slowly slip away from me.

The ambulance came and so did the police, they follow us to the hospital because I have no intention of answering them at that moment.

Ezra immediately gets admitted into the ICU by Mark who turns to me solemnly, asking me to say my good byes.

I don't cry at that point, I answer all the questions from the police and they get Ezra's health records, they get gone after confirming I had nothing to do with him needing an ambulance.

I still do not cry, I walk to the room where Ezra is in, watch the multiple life support he's hooked on and I still don't cry.

I step close to bed, holding his hand.

"Star...?" His broken voice whispers and I raise my head.

"Ezzy.." I whisper, my voice breaking, the tears forming but still not spilling.

"These few hours..

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. with you, being able... to see you, kiss you.. touch you, i cherish all of them Starlight" He says, his hands lifting, coming to my cheek, a sob leaves my throat but still the tears do not come.

"You were the best thing that happened to me starlight, loving you and receiving your love, I couldn't stay with you when I know that one day I would die and leave you" He says and it becomes very clear. The reason why he left.

"Oh gods Ezzy" I whisper, my eyes falling close, the tears come but not really.

"I made a mistake Star, I should have stayed, no man, no man who basks under your light will ever want to give that up starlight" He says and I sob again.

"You made my life worth living, I will love you to the ends of the earth and back" He says, gently pulling his hands from my face.

The tears finally come, I did not have to raise my head to hear the monitor flat line.

I cry as my face falls and burrow deep into his chest, I cry for the love that did not have the opportunity to grow.

I cry for a poor orphan who had cancer and no one.

I cry for the fact that he loved me enough to not want me to go through the pain of losing him.

I cry for the fact that I did not know all this and I resented him.

I cry so very much.

All through this, not once did I notice the presence of the great and mighty God standing sentry, giving support, giving me his presence to rely on.

AN

I feel like Ezra and Stars story can be another novel all by itself.

This got to me.

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Thank you for reading.