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The Winter Dorm
Chapter Four
"If the police had evidence like this, why is he not in jail?" Jack asked as he reached out with a hand to touch Aster's back.
Aster flinched at the cold touch, Jack always had cold hands, but on his sensitive back they felt even colder. He normally didn't let others touch his back, but strangely he was allowing of Jack to touch it; he didn't know why though.
"Those bloody ecilops were idiots. They thought a traumatized kid wouldn't hold up in court, plus Pitchiner had what seemed like a solid alibi so they dismissed the whole thing," Aster growled, anger flaring in his voice and green eyes about the injustice that had been done.
A second cold hand joined the first before both wrapped around him in a hug. "I'm sorry," Jack said into his back.
Aster stiffened at the hug, he didn't like hugs. He wouldn't even let Toothiana hug him and she was known to be a big hugger. But again for some reason unknown to him, he let Jack hug him.
"I have something to admit too," Jack whispered as his arms tightened Aster. "I almost drowned in a lake as a child."
Why is Jack telling me this? Aster wondered, but stayed silent to let Jack talk.
"Someone saved me, but before I could ask my savior their name, they ran off," the white haired young man said in a quiet voice as if he was reliving those events. "I searched everywhere for them until a week later I saw their picture in the paper. Their family had just been massacred and they were the only survivor. My savior was you."
What? I don't remember doing that! But then again, Aster didn't remember much before Pitchiner killed his family so it was possible Jack was telling the truth. It does sound like something I'd do though.
"Jack, I…" Aster began, but Jack continued.
"Even knowing what happened to you, I still searched for you; I wanted to thank you for saving me. I somehow found Sandy, but Sandy thought I should wait until seeing you again as he thought you'd take badly to seeing me again so soon after what happened to you. We kept in touch through the years, I never stopped wanting to thank you. Sandy told me what collage you were guys were going to, so I couldn't help myself even though Sandy said you still weren't ready, I applied. I didn't know you were going to be my roommate, but I was thrilled when I walked in to find you here."
Aster's eyes widen in shock. Is that how Sandy knew what Jack looked like? But why would Sandy not tell me any of this?
"I finally found you; I don't want to lose you now. So please stay, I'll protect you from Pitch and I won't let him hurt you ever again," Jack said his voice strong with a strange emotion.
Bunnymund flushed. It sounds like he is saying he… loves me. No! He's just attached to someone who saved him! "Look, Jack, I…" What was he going to say to that?
"I'm sorry, I just thought you should know," Jack murmured as he pulled away. "And thank you, for saving me." He headed into the bathroom, firmly locking the door behind him.
Aster let his shirt fall down over his hated scars and moved over to his bed, sitting down on it. He was at a loose for words. What does one say when someone tells them something like that? He sure didn't know.
He let himself fall back on the bed, curling up on his side as he tried to figure out what he was going to do. What could he do?
Exhausted from recent events, Aster let himself fall into the blackness of a dreamless sleep. He'll think about what to do when he wakes up.
So sorry for the short chapter, but hey you found out lots of things in this chapter!
You now know why Pitch isn't in jail, why Jack acts stalkery towards Bunny, and most importantly the world now knows how Sandy knew what Jack looked like.
