Emil and Lukas stood waiting for the bus. The salty air stinging their faces as the wind whipped around them. Lukas turned and zips Emil's jacket. Emil tried to pull away but Lukas doesn't pay any attention to the protests. After the coat is zipped and Emil's gloves have been put on Lukas turns to look back down the road. Its still empty and the light dusting of snow make the two shiver slightly as another gust of wind came off the ocean.
The white bus rolls up to the nearly empty station, Lukas taps his card twice against the register then heads to the back of the bus. The bus is almost completely empty except for a man with an umbrella wearing a lab coat. Emil takes a seat near the window and Lukas sits beside him. It takes a moment before the bus lazily pulls away from the stop. Lukas looks out the window, only to see Matthias running after them.
Lukas turns away from him. It doesn't take long for the bus to leave Matthias behind. After a moment Lukas starts to think about the past few hours. Getting locked in the basement, dealing with Matthias's and his excessiveness, getting in a fight with Tino, and the while thing about Matthias and the car crash. Lukas really just wants a break from all of the drama. He hated that he knows that he's forgetting something. But what?
When they arrived at their stop Emil had fallen asleep, so Lukas shook him slightly, "Hey," Emil yawned but stood up quickly. The brothers walked off the bus and started to head home. Emil occasionally bent down to pick up some small stones and then throw them down the path.
Lukas followed him silently, holding Emil's hand whenever he had strayed to close to the road. When the two arrived home, the home that they had gotten from their parents who had had it built, they took off their coats and kicked off their shoes. Lukas walked over to his desk and started on his paperwork, he couldn't bring any priceless artifacts home from the museum, so he would have some time to catch up.
It took a moment for Lukas to calm down enough to read the writing in front of him. His eyes stung with tears, and the worst part was he didn't know why he felt like this. It seemed like whatever resolve he had had to stay grounded, he had lost it. What was it about Matthias that was tearing him apart? Why did the Dane seem so familiar?
The next few hours were spent busily filling out documents and writing up new reports. Emil had buried himself with his crayons on the floor next to Lukas.
Lukas was used to memories occasionally showing up, it was normal, in fact the doctors loved it when he had remembered some old "lost" memory. Of course they were usually only fragments, pieces. This one was no different, only it was, this one contained a person far too familiar. Matthias. Lukas couldn't hear what he was saying, but Matthias was scratching the back of his head, blushing. He was clearly saying something to Lukas, but Lukas couldn't read his lips, and just like that, it was over.
Lukas shook his head, he needed to concentrate on work, not whatever Matthias was doing. Or had done. Anyway, whatever it was it had happened a while ago. Emil had noticed that Lukas had stopped working, "Lukas?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm bored, can I go outside?"
"Sure, be careful."
Emil quickly grabbed his stuffed puffin and ran outside. Lukas went back to work slowly and meticulously filling out his paperwork. It took several hours of deliberate and careful work, the entire time Lukas felt his hand was going to fall off.
After he had finished, Lukas stood up to look outside. Emil was happily dumping his puffin into a slush puddle. Emil was no cleaner, mud was caked to his face and coat.
"Emil! Come on inside now!" Lukas called through the window. Emil rushed in quickly.
"Can we have chicken nuggets?" Emil asked.
"Wash up first, then we can think about it."
"Okay!" Emil ran off to the bathroom, after a few moments Lukas could hear the bath running.
Lukas pulled the dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets from the freezer and put them on a baking sheet.
When Emil ran downstairs in his pjs, Lukas pulled the chicken nuggets from the oven.
"Thank you Lukas!" Emil smiled as he grabbed his plate and sat down at the table. Lukas sat next to him, Emil talked about his day, and how Mr. Puffin had found a brand new world. Lukas listened, he felt so peaceful. Even if Mr. Puffin needed a wash as soon as Emil fell asleep.
When Lukas had put Emil in bed, he decided to look at Matthias's social media. Lukas wanted to know who this guy was, why he was familiar.
It didn't take long to find out why.
Authors note:Hey you all, sorry for the super late update, I just got a little stuck. Hopefully you all like it! I know this chapter is super short, but I wanted to post something before I leave for camp. Please guys, any comments really motivate me to write a little more, so if you can please do. Love you all hope you enjoyed.