August 10, 2005, a hospital in France.
In a hospital room was a tired looking woman, her eyes looked with great love at the two newborns in her arms, she would never think that a day like this would come and even if it did it could never have become so magical. as it is now.
"Anna, you should rest"
The woman named Ana turned around when she heard that, there next to her was a strict and severe looking man but she knew that inside he was deeply worried about her, Ana just smiled as she showed him the newborns.
"Come on my kids say hello to daddy."
Vincent looked at her wife while he heaved a slight sigh but he couldn't help but smile when he saw her, her face full of joy and happiness while he carried her children was immense and he couldn't help but feel the same way. joy than she
"Ana, I think it's time for us to give them names."
"Right, I think it's time to name my babies."
Ana looked at the girl and with a slight smile she said, "Your name will be Irina and your name will be Eli" she said as she looked at the boy.
Vincent looked at his wife and although he wanted to say something better he stayed silent.
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Time flew by and from the day Eli and Irina were born five years passed. In these five years the twins' bond strengthened and they became very close, they did everything as a couple and always went together wherever they went, no matter how Whether it was playing, eating, bathing or sleeping, they did it together, but there was something in their lives that changed this, a turning point, the start of classes.
They started preschool but there was a snag, they were assigned to different classrooms, so this insignificant almost unimportant event would give birth to many future pains and regrets.
The naive twins promised that even if they weren't together, their relationship would not change and they would be the same as always, an unfulfilled and naive promise made by a couple of children who didn't know the world.
While Irina had a cheerful, introverted personality and was very charismatic Eli was the opposite, he was introverted and had a hard time socializing with those who were not part of his family, those little ones defined his life in preschool.
Irina quickly climbed the social ladder without knowing it, she was loved by both her teachers and her peers, everyone wanted to be her friend and spend time with her, Irina feeling these new emotions quickly became intoxicated and her ego swelled and began to feel superior in a certain way.
For his part, Eli could not fully fit in with his classmates, his teachers loved him but felt sorry for him, but that does not mean that everything was bad for little Eli, although he was not very sociable, he was born with a photographic memory and was also very smart and with a great thirst for knowledge, thanks to this he was avoided by the other children since they saw him as a weirdo by always having his nose glued to a book.
The life of the twins took a 180° turn with respect to before and after starting preschool, Irina began to go out more and more with her new group of friends while ignoring Eli and even began to look at him with some contempt and speak badly. of him on their backs, after all in the mind of that young girl she was superior to her brother.
For his part, Eli took refuge in reading to cope with his loneliness, whether in science, mathematics, foreign languages, geography, computer science and other subjects, whenever Eli interested him he would investigate it with great enthusiasm.
But both Eli and Irina's side received great news from their parents' side, they were going to be older brothers, her mother was pregnant again.
This changed the family dynamic a lot, at home both their mother Ana and their sister Irina spent time together talking about the baby, their bond was strengthened while Eli could only see on one side without knowing what to do, he also wanted to be with his mom and sister by his side but he couldn't and that only made him sad which made him immerse himself in reading even more.
Eli longed to be with them in this magical moment but his inability to express himself made it impossible for him to do so, it depressed him even more and the cycle of just despising himself for being like that and immersing himself in reading was repeated over and over again.
By the time the preschool years were over the once identical and inseparable twins became distant from each other, Irina started wearing beautiful dresses and wearing short hair, it made her look like a beautiful girl and her ego and self-esteem grew with each passing day. passed.
For his part, Eli left his bangs hiding his face, he was always stooped thanks to the fact that he began to develop an inferiority complex when he saw his sister succeed socially while he became a social outcast, if before they were both like a couple of drops identical to each other was no longer like that, now they were more similar Irina being a drop of pure and crystalline water and Eli as dirty and cloudy water in the eyes of others.
Months passed and the twins would enter their first year of primary school but as if fate played a trick on them both played in the same classroom, this would not be a problem before, on the contrary it would bring great joy and happiness to the twins but as mentioned that was before, now with a completely different status from each other and a different mentality from their past, I didn't like the idea of playing in the same classroom.
Irina strongly reneged on that idea and demanded that her parents do something but they couldn't since after all the school had the last word.
Eli was not very happy with that idea either, because he believes that it will bring problems to his beloved sister, because although she began to despise him, he still loves her and appreciates her since in the end they are brothers and brothers have to get along, it is not like that ...?
The school year began and quickly a hierarchy was formed in the classroom, Irina was next to the most popular at the top of the pyramid while her brother Eli was a clear contrast to her since he was at the bottom of the pyramid. social pyramid, at the base.
The first ones were difficult for poor Eli, most people already had groups of friends since kindergarten so it made it difficult for him to even try to enter those social circles, meanwhile his sister became even more beautiful as time went by and together With her great charisma and social skills, she became the queen bee of the classroom.
Loneliness and sadness once again overwhelmed young Eli, but like the previous times he once again took refuge in books to repress that feeling of abandonment that devastated his heart.
Although it was a matter of time, that turning point again came to the life of young Eli, in the middle of the school year he began to be verbally harassed but it never reached the physical, but even if his body was not damaged by the abuse, his mind was. , he began to suffer from social anxiety and developed a strong inferiority complex.
In the twins' first and second year of primary school there was no significant change in their routines, while Irina mainly spent time with her friends in her spare time, Eli simply read and researched the anatomy of the human being and some animals already that when he grew up he wanted to be a doctor and save lives.
The biggest change that came to the twins' house was in the family dynamics, their mother now mainly cared for their little sister while their father was promoted in the company he worked for, that meant that although the income and quality of his family's life improved his time at home was greatly reduced.
Eli felt lonely even when he was surrounded by his family, his sisters and mother got along well and seemed happy with each other while they talked and took care of the baby, his father was always someone serious and of few words and Eli always looked at him and was afraid of him .
In this house Eli felt like a stranger, he didn't feel the warmth that he once felt, he no longer felt that happiness of a few years ago, he no longer felt like part of his own family.
This is how Eli and Irina's elementary years passed, distancing themselves more and more from each other, while one shone brightly like the midday sun the other was the shadow, not standing out in anything except his intelligence, a weak body and will. weak Eli was truly pathetic.
But the real change and the turning point that changed everything came in their first year of high school, Eli and Irina finally played in different classes so Irina no longer had to see her pathetic brother almost every hour of the day and finally he felt free.
In these years her beauty increased considerably and her body was beginning to develop and although she still looked childish she was already taking the step to become a woman in her own right.
Instead Eli simply remained the same, a fringe that covered a large part of his face, thin and with pale skin from not going out much in the sun, he gave the impression of fragility and together with his beauty made him look more like a woman than a man. and thanks to that he became the object of ridicule.
When Eli entered classes he felt hopeful, believing that this year things would change, the years of verbal abuse bordering on the physical would be left behind and he would take a step forward to live his life at its best, he would find friends and maybe a girlfriend, he was full of hopes and dreams but as they say: "the higher you fly the more painful the fall".
The physical abuse did not wait and he quickly became the target of bullies from not only his class but from most of the first years, it did not help to be the best in his class either since the bullies beat him for it and forced him to to do his chores, Eli's life turned in a hell.
The innocent Eli told his father about the abuse he was suffering but contrary to his beliefs his father hit him, he called him weak and if he was a real man to stand up to those bullies, he did not support him and instead instead I punish him for being weak, that night a piece of Eli's heart died.
That night she arrived at the room she shared with her sister with her body battered and full of bruises, when she arrived she noticed that her sister had not yet gone up to sleep so she assumed she was with her mother and sister but it's not like she cared, her only interest at the moment was sleep.
His mind felt tired and out of place, all of this seemed like a dream, his father beat him for being weak and not much of a man, Eli throughout his life never gave trouble and always got excellent grades while helping with the housework , he always gave his all to help his family but the only time he asked for help he ended up like this, with his body full of blows and bruises.
Feeling the warmth and security provided by his bed Eli began to sob, tears ran down his face and seemed to have no end, years of sadness kept he was overflowing and in the end he fell asleep while he cried.
Later that night her sister came to the room and noticed that her brother hadn't changed into night clothes and hadn't even taken off his shoes but she didn't care and just changed into more comfortable clothes and went to sleep. .
She knew it was weird to see her brother do such a thing, she knew every aspect of her brother and the sight of him sleeping like that was truly strange and perhaps a wake up call but she turned a blind eye, she didn't even notice. she thought twice before ruling out that there was an anomaly, in the end she never found out that her father had beaten her brother for being a little man.