You know that moment when your world turns upside down and you saw the signs that it was gonna happen and tried your hardest to prevent it? Now take that moment shove it into your passenger seat because we're going on a ride.

Laurent Bourgeois has been living a nightmare on repeat for about two years now. Him and his partner of three years Jaden met in high school, typical Jock with failing grades and the straight A dancer cliche. Jaden flirted with Lau behind the scenes then acted like he was a stranger out in the open... again the typical cliche. When they graduated Lau eighteen and Jaden nineteen, Lau came out to his mother and siblings about his sexuality which they unsurprisingly accepted. Him and Jaden began their relationship which started off great... for the first year, then things took a dark turn...

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"Laurent! I thought I told you to have dinner ready when I got back? What's the matter huh? You can't fuckin hear?" Jaden stormed into the kitchen to find Lau at the sink washing the dishes from earlier that day. Lau gazed at him with a knowing glance, he knew what was to come and he accepted his fate. "Baby your plate is in the oven" he replied wiping his hands on a dish towel before walking over to the stove to reveal Jaden's plate.

Jaden glared at him snatching the plate from his hand glancing down at the entree. It consisted a bed of yellow rice, asparagus and grilled Salmon. He scowled throwing the plate across the room at Lau barely missing his head "you incompetent useless bitch!". He then grabbed Lau by the hair slapping him in the face before pushing him into the island causing Lau to lose his footing and hit his head on the edge. Stepping over him he made his way to the fridge grabbing a beer, taking a sip as he tossed the dish rag at him "clean yourself up" being the last thing he said leaving Lau on the wooden floor silently crying.

Sadly this had become a routine for him, Jaden wasn't always abusive. He once was loving, caring and a gentleman until he discovered a new love and hobby: Drugs and Drug dealing.

Meanwhile across town his twin brother Larry was on edge, he could sense something was wrong and couldn't shake the feeling that it was his brother. He knew something had been off for awhile now but Lau wasn't budging. Everytime he tried to get him to open up he'd get shut down with excuse after excuse. Larry knew his brother better than anyone and he wasn't stupid, it was clear Jaden was doing something and he was going to confirm it himself no matter the consequence.

The next morning Jaden left for "work" around eight o'clock walking past Laurent who had fallen asleep on the couch after cleaning up the kitchen and his face last night. A bruise was already beginning to form and his lip was busted slightly, nothing makeup couldn't fix. What he didn't know is that he was going to get an unexpected visitor...

He woke up around nine removing himself from the couch to grab some pain medication for his head and a glass of water when he heard a knock at the door. Not thinking about his bruised face he went and opened it, his heart dropping to the ground as he came face to face with an identical face as if he was looking into a mirror.

"La-" was all he could get out before Larry invited himself in crossing his arms across his chest, a stern look on his face. "Where have you been Lau? You no show up for practice and you no been home in weeks, mama and I are worried." He inspected his brother's face immediately noticing the bruise and busted lip along with a cut under his eye that Lau didn't notice. "What happened to your face?"

Lau's face twisted up in confusion before it dawned on him: he didn't cover up the damage. "Nothing Larry, I fell no big deal" Larry glared at him not buying that story at all. "A fall? Lau you can no lie to me, what's wrong? What happened? A fall no do that" Lau shook his head placing his hands into the pockets of his sweats "Nothing happened Larry, I told you I fell. I fine now so please leave". Larry was taken a back by this, he was puzzled as to why Lau was behaving this way and he wasn't gonna just drop it, something was seriously wrong.

He wrapped his arms around lau's waist gently and looked into his eyes for the truth "Lau... please tell me who's hurting you.. please? Let me help you". His eyes pleaded with his brother as his soul begged him to open up. Lau slightly melted into his hold but shook his head as he felt his heart speed up "I-I can't" he sighed not meeting his brother's eyes. "Please Belle, let me in" Larry pleaded once again holding Lau close to his chest "Please Larry, you have to leave before he comes back". It was Larry's turn to twist his face up in confusion, "who's He Lau?"

Lau's eyes filled with tears as he pleaded with his twin "Larry please... I love you and I no want you to get hurt, please leave.. I okay.. just please..". Larry sighed in defeat gently wiping Lau's tears "Oki oki, but please text or call me to let me know you alright, oki?". Lau nodded gently squeezing Larry "I will... bye Larry" Larry sighed once more taking in his brother giving him one last look over "Bye Lau"

He untangled his arms and released Lau from his hold before he turned walking towards the door. He gave Lau one last once over before leaving. He was still concerned and it didn't take rocket science to figure out what was going on. He climbed back into the car as the words replayed in his head like a broken record "Larry please... I love you and I no want you hurt please leave"

They replayed over and over in his head that night as he tossed and turned finally giving up on sleep. He sat up in his bed thinking about the conversation with his other half, sighing to himself. He was determined to confirm his discovery himself "I'm gonna get that son of a bitch Lau and you never have to worry again.. I promise" he silently promised his twin... a promise he'd break in the future