He felt a small bubble of jealousy well up inside of him, the other boy was simply oblivious to the rain; he just sat there seemingly without a care in the world. Thankfully for the two of them the region they were currently in was still in it's last vestiges of summer, the rain feeling like a luke warm shower cascading across his exposed skin. The older of the two sighed and watched as the other boy moved his head to look up, his eyes hollow, almost as if he were soulless…almost. The elder knew better, he could see the flashed of understanding in those luminous eyes, the pain, he knew there was a person buried in that human shell sitting across from him. Running a hand through his thick hair he grimaced as it came back covered in a thin layer of grime, looking over at his friend seeing that, he too, could use a shower. He could barely remember the last time he had gotten a decent shower, and he didn't try to stop his mind from bringing the memory surging forth, he smiled as it flooded his mind…
Music filtered through the small apartment, his own rich bass bellowing out the lyrics, his hips swaying this way and that as he stood under the spray. He barely heard the door open as his room mate entered.
"You got that crap loud enough? I heard it all the way down the hall!"
He merely chuckled and peeked around the shower curtain flashing a smile at the younger of the two. Receiving one in return he ducked back under the steaming water pounding against him nude form, his smile growing as he heard his room mate singing as well, his light tenor blending well into the music…
He snapped out of his thoughts as the sound of a vehicle caught his ears, he leaned around the tree he was leaning on able to see the road from where they were he saw the small SUV type motor vehicle drive past slowly. The bright spot light on the roof of the car and large bold, red lettering told him everything he needed to know. Muttering a curse under his breath he stood and padded quietly over to his friend, ruffling the soft hair he knelt down just in time to see a small look of annoyance cross the young man's face due to the gesture.
"Hey Kid, we gotta move, they're close to us."
Understanding and fear flashed through the glowing blue orbs and he nodded. Picking up the slighter man he slung him onto his broad back and tied their meager supplies to his belt before he began to jog further into the woods. His feet digging into the dirt kicking it up and giving him momentum and speed as he moved through the undergrowth the tree tops were so thick that not even the rain could penetrate through to the brown and withering grass under his boots. Seeing the fear in his friends eyes had lit a fire under his determination to get to where they were headed by the end of the next day. He glanced over his shoulder and still noticed a hint of fear in the empty stare of the azure eyes, he held the smaller man to his back slightly tighter in reassurance.
"Don't worry buddy, I won't let them get you. I promise."
The nervousness seemed to drain from the blue eyes and he seemed to understand that he was safe as long as he was with the other. The older let a small smile slip to his features at the trust his friend was putting in him, he wouldn't betray it. Neither of them would be going back to that place, ever, he would die before he let that happen.