Jeff sighed as he looked across the room into darkness before throwing the heavy sheets off himself and resigning to the fact that yes nature was calling. And no, his body would not let him go back to sleep. He could hear Nick snoring lightly from the other side of the room and couldn't help himself from smiling as he slowly made his way out of the bedroom.
Unfortunately he wasn't one of the lucky ones who had a bathroom in his dorm, those reserved to those students who parents were ridiculously rich. Jeff himself, was on a scholarship and there was no way he could afford the steep increase to upgrade his room. Not that it bothered him. It just meant he had to walk down the hallway to the shared bathroom.
Grabbing his phone off the desk for extra light he turned on the flashlight as he wandered down the hallway quietly, his eyes slowly adjusting to the light.
Jeff caught himself before he overbalanced as his foot struck a figure when he went to open the bathroom door. He could feel his heart beating through his chest and it felt like forever before his hand went up to reach the light.
"David?"
Jeff was alarmed by the muffled sob coming out of the other boy who was obviously trying to hide. Deflect.
The guys here didn't cry. Well at least David didn't. Ever. And that scared him more than anything. He remembered back to when the older boy had broken his leg at a lacrosse game. No tears. Nothing. And they could all see the bone poking through, so that was definitely a feat. Nothing seemed to get to him.
Along with Wes, David was the rock of the warblers. He was serious most of the time, but everybody loved him and the senior was the first to offer advice, to help out.
The blonde crouched down to his knees and reached out a hesistant hand to rest it on the other boys shaking shoulder.
"David? Talk to me man. It's 2am" he advised when he took a quick look at the time on his iphone.
David shook his head as he tried to wipe away some of the tears on his face with his sleeve.
"I'm okay. Sorry"
Jeff raised an eyebrow at his friends shaky words. He noticed the wobbling lip, the reddened eyes, the unshed tears that he was trying to keep in.
"C'here. It's okay David. I promise." he said as he released the hand on his shoulder to envelope him in a hug. Jeff breathed a sigh of relief as the senior hugged him back.
"You don't have to hold it in man. It's fine. You need this. We can talk later"
And so they stayed. The blonde made sure to keep the hand rubbing David's back a constant as he shook from sobs. He bit his lip when he realised the other had finally exhausted himself and his breathes had become even.
Taking a deep breath to calm his own self he pulled the Iphone from his pocket and dialled Wes. He didn't know what else he could do at the moment.
"Wes..Yeah..Hey can you come to the shared bathroom?...It's David"
Jeff had no clue. No clue whatsover what could have happened to make the older boy so upset but he was determined to make it better. They would make it better. There wasn't any other option.