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Matthew Moore Hardy was lying almost lifeless on his hotel bed after getting raped and beaten by his brother's boyfriend.

He couldn't believe that Chris would do something like that, beat him, rape him like that.

What had he ever done to Chris? He had no idea.

Sure, he loved his brother above all else, but Chris had no way of knowing that.

Matt had always been so careful around Jeff after he found out just how much he loved his baby brother.

Matt groaned as he tried to get out of the bed.

He had to end his life - he couldn't live this way!

He couldn´t live with the shame and humiliation that another man had taken him, against his will, while all Matt wanted was to save his virginity for his brother. How often had he dreamt about Jeff and him in bed together. But now his dream was shattered into million tiny pieces, he couldn´t live with it.

He couldn´t let Jeff knew either. It would kill his brother to know what his beloved boyfriend had done.

Matt just hoped that Chris would not do such things to Jeff.

Once in the bathroom Matt nearly collapsed from the pain his body was in. He grabbed the razor then fell into a seemingly boneless heap on to the floor.

"I love you Jeff" Matt whispered as he pressed the blade into his wrist, creating a deep cut. After he was done with the right wrist he changed the razor blade into the other hand to cut the left wrist. He threw the razor away and watched the blood flow, thinking about his beloved brother.

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"Matt are you in here?" asked Jeff after he had let himself into Matt´s hotel room using his extra keycard.

Jeff was shocked to see blood on Matt´s bed. He franticly searched around for his brother and gasped , horrified as he found Matt´s naked, bleeding body on the bathroom floor. The first thing that Jeff saw apart from Matt´s nakedness and his slashed wrists was the fact that Matt´s body was covered in welts and bruises that could not have come from a wrestling match.

Quick as lightning, Jeff wrapped towels around his brothers wrists, then called an ambulance.

"OH God Matty Why? What happened here? Please wake up Matthew, please!" Jeff sobbed, running his hand tenderly through Matt´s soft, dark curls, waiting for help.

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Sitting and waiting.

Jeff was nearly insane worrying about his brother. Matt had been in there for an hour now.

After the ambulance brought them here, Jeff explained that there was blood on the bed, even though Matt slit his wrists in the bathroom, he guessed that Matt seemed to have been beaten, because of the welts and bruises.

The doctor nodded then went into the room to see Matt, and Jeff was left alone with the fear.

"Jeff Hardy?" a doctor asked, startling Jeff out of his thoughts.

"Yeah. How is my brother?" Jeff asked timidly, almost afraid to hear the answer.

"Well our prediction came true, your brother got raped and beaten. He needed seven stitches. As for his suicide attempt, we stopped the blood flow and he survived, but his soul will need a lot of patience and a lot of time to heal."

"How can I help?" Jeff asked no one in particular, but the doctor answered any way.

"Well you need to talk with him a lot and I'll give you the number of a good therapist."

Jeff nodded.

"You can see him if you want, but not for long he is still sleeping and he needs his rest."

"Okay." Jeff said then followed the doctor.

"Here you go Jeff but not too long OK?"

"Yeah." Jeff whispered as he stepped into his brother's room and closed the door behind him.

"Oh my God." Jeff couldn´t help the tears that were falling from his eyes, at the sight of his beloved brother laying on a hospital bed his eyes closed, face relaxed but his skin has pale as the white bed covers.

"My poor brother, why?" Jeff took his brothers pale hand, noticing the bandage that was wrapped tightly around Matt´s wrist.

Jeff sat there holding Matt´s hand and stroking his black hair, that was fanned out around his head, looking so much like a dark halo on the white pillow.

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"Why did you come?" Matt asked.

Jeff gasped, Matt came back from the hospital just mere hours ago and had the nerve to ask him why he came?

"Why I came? I came there because I wanted to talk to you! I wanted to tell you that something bad happened !" Jeff cried despite his anger.

Matt´s big brother instinct kicked in as he saw Jeff cry.

"Oh Jeffy what´s wrong baby bro?" Matt asked hugging his brother tight.

"I wanted to tell you that Chris cheated on me. He came back to our room, smelling of sex and it was not me." Jeff whimpered.

"And what did I find? After I lost my lover I nearly lost my brother as well. Matty please don't leave me." Jeff look up and saw his brother cry.

"Matty what´s wrong?"

"Chris he... he... he..." Matt couldn´t go on then, the memory of Chris raping him too strong for him now.

Suddenly it hit Jeff.

"Chris was with you, wasn´t he? That's why you wanted to end your life. Chris raped you, didn´t he? Oh my God my boyfriend raped you."

Jeff knew with clarity that it was true even though he didn't want to believe it.

Matt nodded still crying, clinging to Jeff for support now.

"Jeff it was so, so terrible he came and I let him in, coz I thought he wanted to talk to me about you or what ever but then he back handed me so ... so hard that ... that I fell back and hurt my hip and then he ... he came over to me ..." Matt was crying really hard now and could barely tell his story. "At first I thought that he would apologise and help me up but ... but he just kicked me and ... and told me what a slut I ... I am and ... and he wouldn´t stop to insult me and then he picked me up and ... and threw me on the bed then ... he rip ... ripped my clothes off and he was still beating on me and he just took me with ... without lube or preparation. I didn't want that and screamed and beg ... begged him to stop, but he would just hurt me more until he was finished, he put his clothes back on, kicked ... kicked me again and just left, telling me again what a slut I was. God Jeff it hurt so much and to know that someone other than you took my virginity ... I just couldn´t live with that." Matt cried on Jeff´s shoulder, who had tears in his own eyes again.

Matt hadn´t even realized that he had indirectly told Jeff that he loved him, but Jeff realized that and kissed Matt on the forehead, vowing silently to never hurt his brother like that, then he spoke softly, still looking into Matt's dark brown eyes.

"Matty why didn´t you tell me sooner that you love me? How long have you had those feelings?"

"Six years now, do ... do you hate me now?" Matt asked still silently crying, hoping his brother wouldn´t leave him now.

"Matty no! I don't hate you, you are my brother, I could never hate you. I love you Matty, I think I realize that now. Chris always said that we had a strong bond, maybe he knew that we loved each other even before we did." With that Jeff gently kissed his older brother, hugging him tight and letting his hands stroke Matt´s back.

They kissed each other tenderly for a while, then broke apart and despite the pain they both felt they smiled at each other, their love over shining everything else.

"I love you Jeffrey Nero Hardy." Matt said lovingly.

"And I love you too Matthew Moore Hardy." Jeff grinned.

They both knew that their wounds, be it physical or emotional ones or both, would need time to heal but with the love they shared for each other they could conquer all.

THE END