4. Revert

In the night, after another busy day visiting places as the public figure he was now, he came back the same time as his brother. Although having a younger brother being the latest protector had his brother’s life a bit changed; he still could do the same as before like going to work, now moving with a driver and car set by the government, going early to the gym and in the weekends with their mother and aunt to the supermarket.

Because Teshal was too popular, it was normal for them to be stopped to receive presents, cards and stuff that were meant to be for the protector, some for them. They weren’t really bothered by the actions, people were careful and not to all over them, but still took some time to deal with everyone. They weren’t surrounded by hundreds, sometimes between five or even twenty.

His brother chose the government transportation due that in the first days after all was settle, he arrived late to work because he didn’t want to be rude to the people who was being so grateful towards his younger brother. While his mother and aunt had their own cars, they weren’t as bothered as him.

“Hard work today?” asked Teshal’s brother while both went upstairs to change their shoes and clothes, after saying hi to their mother.

“The usual, going from here to there, talking and the stuff.” All his life, Teshal’s answer to the usual question of how was your day? Was fine. In contrast as how his brother sometimes answered talking about the thing that made him upset or were funny at work. He didn’t know why but for him, speak about something as trivial as his day, was too hard, too useless.

That’s why he never told them how hard started to be being that popular. He, who was bad at socializing and speaking out his mind, now had to talk to so many strangers about him and his new powers. As the trainers and other people told them, he could have chosen to have a bit more of privacy in his life, be more secured and less public, however that option always led to make people more curious about him and, as a result, being more intrusive and persistent. In order to keep his family safe and less bothered by strangers, he opted to be the one who always fed their curiosity to the fullest.

“Would you had liked it if was you the one with the powers?” Teshal asked his brother when they were about to begin to play videogames, as they do before everything changed, they had like one month since they could do it again.

“I’d thought about it for some time and I don’t know, maybe,” he answered with a calm expression, almost confounded. “I’m not jealous, if that’s what you’re thinking, but it might had been easier for you if it was me.”

Teshal was silent for a while, because of that his brother started to play until he stopped to look at his brother again “Would you like to revert it?”

“I don’t think so, someone has to be the hope for all to feel protected, I’m ok with it now,” he lied while smiling, making his brother smile too.