AU: Dragon Twins Draco/Suoh Tekina

While they had never truly met when they were born, the Tekina brothers  still had a strong bond to one another. Residing in different parts of  Japan separated them for many years, especially also since Dr. Moeko  placed them in different parts of the world. However, they had managed  to find each other somehow over the vastness of the world, eventually  coming to Japan through their genetic tie to one another. It was an odd  experience, to say the least; To see someone who looks exactly like you  and is apparently your twin. Though the separation at birth wasn't too  bad in the eyes of Draco, his older twin brother thought it was one of  the most heart-wrenching stories. Upon meeting each other, they  instantly knew who one another was, and Suoh instantly broke down into  tears. Being only at the age of 15, these reactions were natural, and  with Draco's caring spirit, he comforted his older twin with strokes on  the head and gentle words. Eventually Suoh had managed to compose  himself, and he looked up to his younger twin, surprised that he would  be so kind and so caring even if negative situations were presented to  him. Not that their meeting was a negative experience, but to have  someone break down in your arms wouldn't be an easy thing to do. At  least, for Suoh. To be honest, he was really surprised that he had a  twin brother who was a manifestation of what Suoh was insecure about.  Suoh wanted to be outgoing and courageous like his younger twin, but  with growing up in harsh conditions, it was hard to really be like that.

Even  when Suoh would get bullied at a young age, there was no one there to  protect him other than himself. He would merely take the lashings and  the beatings from the other kids and the adults, all of them telling him  that he was a street rat and wasn't of any importance. They degraded  him, tossed him to the scavengers on the streets. What had kept him  going? Was it just that inner, primal desire to live, or was it  something else?

Suoh had instantly come to realize what it was  that kept him striving for life the minute he met his brother. Something  about his brother's smile made him feel warm inside. Protected. Loved.  Nurtured. He was wanted, not just because they were brothers, but  because they were so different. They complemented each other in the  strangest way, to the point where they were a Yin and Yang of one  another. You could see it, the way one was so spirited, so energized to  help others, while the other remained reserved, timid, almost like a  turtle hiding in its shell. The thing was though, that while they had  those differences, they helped one another along. The energetic dragon  would always bring the turtle out of its shell little by little with  tiny adventures, while the turtle told the dragon to calm down sometimes  and to think logically. It was a beautiful combination, something that  Suoh never realized he would be able to have with his twin brother, let  alone, a sibling in general.

For a while, I thought I had  fallen into the abyss that was my darkness. I had thought that it was  ready to swallow me whole, consume me for everything that I was. I was  ready to go into it.... I was ready to dive in head first, with no  second thoughts... But... when I felt a hand grab mine, and the darkness  start to fade... I knew that there could still be something else to  look forward to.

Without thought, I found myself gripping back onto the very hand that saved me from that darkness.

"Onii-san!"

My  eyes slowly opened, letting the light come through to my vision. I saw  my brother standing there, looking down at me with that dorky grin he  always wore. As much as I wanted to smile back at him, I felt my muscles  tighten and start to ache.

I was hurt. My legs and arms were  bruised all over, and I even felt something caked onto the side of my  head. But even so... that all didn't come to matter when my brother  offered his hand to me, that smile still beaming on his face.

"Onii-san.... daijobu. (Big brother... it's okay.) I'll help get you cleaned up... ne, onii-san?"

I  felt my muscles on my face tensing again, but it wasn't a negative  feeling. Even though another liquid started to sting against my skin, I  knew I was smiling. I had to be. There was no other way to explain what I  felt, than through a smile... For a very long time in my life, I knew  that I would be wanted... Even if it was only by one person.