passed over.

             “Have you ever trie not being absolutely              ridiculous? Being evil is the best option.”

              He feels nothing and he is nothing. It’s not fair              that they just had to go and die when Kahmun              was supposed to be living the careless life! He              holds the hand of his little brother, perhaps just              a little too tightly, at his parent’s funeral. He tries              to ignore Ahkmen when he asks when Mom              and Dad will wake up but the kid asks one too              many times and Kahmun snaps at the boy. It              isn’t until he realizes that Ahkmen is curled on              the floor, body pretty much convulsing with sobs              that Kahmun takes the boy in his arms and holds              him, whispering apologies.

             Kahmun suddenly has to grow up and he doesn’t             know how to do that. He looks like a single father             and people look down at him on the streets of             the city but he has to ignore them because he’s             got mouths to feed and an apartment to pay for.

             One day, Ahkmenrah is threatened to be taken             away from Kahmunrah and he doesn’t know what             to do because the boy would be so much better             off without him and even growing with a new             family but Ahkmen is Kah’s only family and he             refuses to let go of that.

             He never knows what to do in this kinds of situations             because Kahmunrah cannot stand when Ahkmenrah             crawls into his bed but when the kid is pretty much             sobbing under the sheets, he can’t send him away.             (If mostly because his father would yell at him for not             consoling his baby brother because Ahk gets whatever             he wants–!! Irrelevant.) He feels a little bad for his             little brother and remembers the times when he had             a bad dream and his father all but told him to get over             it. Kahmun would let out a sigh and turn over, making             small sounds to let Ahkmen know that he’s there.

            Other times, Kahmunrah would tell little Ahk about the            places that he’s traveled to until the boy falls back into            a peaceful sleep. He would describe everything in full            detail–Ahkmen never seemed bothered by his speech            issue. He would tell Ahk how he would fight the bad            dreams away and that bad dreams were no match for            a mighty Pharaoh. He would tell the stories of the            stars and listen to the even breaths of the boy and then            begin to question himself.