Chapter 3: Locked Outside
Shun's Point of view
I slowly opened my eyes. I saw that it was already dusk and I felt the cold ground beneath me. I was probably lying on the ground.
Urgh… My head, it was hurting like mad…
I sat up slowly.
Argh… My stomach was hurting too…
I looked around. What time would it be? I looked down again.
A rat was nibbling on my shoe… The critter seemed to be enjoying every second of it, until a cat chased him away.
I slowly stood up. Everything was still hurting, so I walked as slowly and careful as possible to the door.
About ten minutes later I stood in front of the door, that, ironically enough, was locked.
And I didn't have the key with me.
I slammed against the door.
'Let me in!' I yelled.
No answer came, but I was sure that Grandpa was in there.
I yelled again, this time with a higher volume. I also slammed against the door again.
'So you're awake already' a voice sounded, probably Gramps.
'What do you think, fool?' I yelled, still mad with him.
'Cool down and watch your words! You can sleep outside tonight!' Gramps yelled at me.
'Let me in!' I slammed the door again.
'The more aggressive you get, the longer you can stay outside!'
I slammed the door one last time and walked away angrily.
How could he do things like this? This was called child abuse…
I decided to sit down under a tree.
Sigh… Seeing the sky it was probably around nine o'clock. In the evening. That meant I had been passed out for quite some time. Last time that I saw the clock it would have probably been around 4 o'clock… However, I rarely look on a clock… Bu still…
How could I ever sleep here? It was quite cold…
I heard buzzing noise behind me, followed by a stinging pain. I hit the place where the pain came from and looked my hand as I scraped the tiny dead insect of my hand.
Maybe I should go to sleep…
I climbed into the tree I was sitting under and fell asleep.