Chapter 6

     We lost everything    

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Techno closed the door. He had finally convinced the land lord to solve his problem tomorrow. He sat back down in the same dirty sofa as before. He opened his contact list with the intention of calling Nic but he got a message from the hospital.

When he opened it, he saw a bank statement telling him how much he was to pay the hospital for the services he had received. Not long after a notification from his work group chat popped up onto his screen. Techno felt as if the world was ending. He scrolled down, quickly reading the message. When he was done he realized that he was now officially unemployed.

He sighed as he looked at the next message to pop up.

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Manager: You will receive your salaries tomorrow midday. I hope you all can bounce back from this. It was nice having you all as my co-workers.
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Techno’s mind tried to wrap around what just happened. A lot of things were happening at once. They didn’t give him enough time to think over anything or process the situations.

He put his phone down as it was not giving him any solutions. He noticed the time was close to hitting 2am.

Technic had been gone for 2 hours now. Techno tried to call him but it was taking him straight to voice mail. He was slowly getting upset while he masked his worries.

He walked out of the apartment down the stairs in the direction of the bar Technic recently started working at.

It wasn’t far from were they stayed. He passed a few corner shops and went through 2 alleys and 30 minutes later he had arrived. It was a well known place that got a fairly large crowd of people. That day wasn’t so different because it was a Friday end of the month.

He walked in to close proximity of people dancing and drinking all around him. He struggled to pass people as they jumped and throw them selfs in all directions. Once Techno was able to get passed the crowd he went to look for Technic at the bar but to his surprise he wasn’t there. Instead it was a friend of Technic that Techno got to know over a few meetings.

“Ahh…Tay?!” Techno called to him as loud as he could, trying to get his attention. He seemed to notice Techno’s call but didn’t see were it came from. So Techno raised his arms trying to get Tay to look at him. “Tay!” Techno called again and this time Tay saw him. He put down a glass he was holding and walked towards Techno.

“Hey P’No!” He screamed trying to be louder then the music playing in the club. “I haven’t seen you in a while P’!” He smiled and his dazzling white teeth deared to blind Techno’s eyes. “Yea…”
For a moment Techno was hypnotized by his smile but he soon remembered what he came here for. “Have you seen Technic?!” The bar tender frowned before leaning forward. “Huh? I didn’t get that!!” Techno leaned forward ready to repeat himself. “HAVE YOU SEEN TECHNIC!!?” Tay’s face turned into one of someone who just realized something. “Yea… I did. He came in an hour ago!”

Techno listened carefully trying to get every word that came out of Tay’s mouth. “He didn’t look to good…He ordered some pretty strong stuff and he didn’t seem like he wanted to stop…” Even though Tay started to talk in a low voice as he explained, Techno heard every thing he said and now his worries boiled up to the surface. “Where is he?!” Techno made it a mission to find his brother. “Uhm…In a corner table at the back there…” Tay pointed to a crowded area near the back of the club. Techno stood up not thinking to thank Tay, he began walking to the back but only half way to his destination Techno was stopped by a hand holding tightly onto his arm.

When he turned around he was meet by a tall man. He seemed to be dark skinned but the room had flashing lights of different colors so Techno couldn’t tell. Techno tried to free himself from the hold but the man only held him tighter as he leaned towards Techno. “Stop struggling, am not trying to hurt you…” Techno heard his low deep voice flow from the man’s mouth into his ears. “What do you want!?”  Techno had no time for foreplay. He wanted to make sure  his brother was okay.

“I just want to get to know you…” The man got closer to Techno.  Techno watched a shadow of a hand moved up and got close to his lower waist. In a heart beat he was pulled chest to chest by the man. “What are you doing…?” Techno widened his eyes as he was manhandled by this stranger. He tried pushing the man away as he could feel a hard rod rubbing up against him.

As Techno tried pushing the man away his anger growing with every move he played out. Finally after using his knee to force distance between the two, Techno was able to free himself from the perverted asshole. He quickly managed to pass through the crowd. Once out he saw the area that Tay had pointed to him and in a dark corner Techno saw his brother.

As he got closer to him he began to realize that Technic was not sitting by himself. Next to him a slender looking guy throw him self onto Technic. Appon seeing this Techno hurriedly made his way to Technic’s side just in time to stop him from taking another drink. “Aii…! What are you doing?!” Technic complained as someone stopped him from drinking.

“You had enough, let’s go now…”

“I DON’T WANT TO GO WITH YOU!”

Technic pushed his brother away from him. Techno was shocked at his behavior but didn’t notice the man sitting next to his brother display a smirk.

“I don’t think he wants to go with you?!” The man finally spoke but it was not good words. “And we were busy discussing something important before you disturbed us…” The man put his arm around Technic’s  shoulder before going to whisper something in his ear.

Techno’s temper grew. “Hey! Hey! Leave him alone!!” Techno stepped up near the slender man to push him away from his brother.  He quickly pulled his brother up, ready to walk away. “Am just offering him a business proposition…”  Techno frowned.  “His not interested…”

Techno worked on pulling Technic’s  phone out of his pocket. Once he had it he  called Tay…

“Oh but I have a feeling that we’ll get a call…” The slender man said before standing up and leaving to enter the dark  crowded area.

What is it with you Nic? Always making me worry about you?

The phone was finally picked up. “Nic?” Tay’s voice was heard from the other side. “Tay. Can you come here? I need some help with Nic…”

“Okay P’… Am coming.”

Techno put the phone back in Technic’s pocket. This is really unreasonable Nic! You think your the only one hurting right now!?

Techno struggled to keep Technic up straight. He was to heavy for him but luckily Tay came in time to help.
“Let me hold him on this side P’ ”

Technic’s body was held up by Techno and Tay as the tried to move through the club. Once the exit sign was in view, both boys felt a bit more relieved.

They slowly made it through the door and found themselves outside. They began walking in the direction of their apartment.

20 minutes into the walk Techno really started feeling the weight of his brother. He started to slow down and Tay noticed.

“Let me carry him P’…” 

“Oh…no Tay, you don’t have to do that…”

Tay stopped walking, then took Technic on to his back. “It’s okay P’, His my friend. I care about him too so I don’t mind doing this…”

Techno watched as Tay walked the rest of the way. He was thankful that his brother had a friend like this.

Not long after, they entered the building and went to their apartment. Techno opened the door making way for Tay to walk in and take Technic to his room.

“I can’t thank you enough Tay…”

Tay put Technic down gently before talking. “It’s okay P’, is there anything else I can help with? I don’t mind cleaning him…”

Techno looked down to his drunk brother, feeling sorry for him…

“No… It’s okay. You have done enough for us…” Techno walked out of the room but then returned with some money in his hands.

“Here, take this so you can get back to work. It will be quicker then walking…”

Tay shock his head. “Oh…No thanks P’. Am fine.”

He turned around trying to avoid Techno offering him the money again. “If that’s it, then I’ll leave you guys… Tell Nic to call me…”

Techno stood with money in his hands as he watched Tay leave their home.

He sighed out loud before turning to tend to his brother.
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After collecting some water in a bowl, Techno used a cloth to whip away any fluids on his brothers skin. He unbuttoned his shirt, then went to pull his jeans off after placing his shoes down.

The jeans came right off after pulling only twice but as Techno held them upside down, things began falling from the pockets.

Technic’s phone, some coins maybe sweet wrappers and a white card….

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