Descending into Darkness part 4
"Goodnight you two," Bob called to the two sprites as he made his way from the kitchen into the living room, and lat down on the sofa.
"Goodnight Bob" Matrix and AndrAIa called over their shoulder as they, closed the door and headed to bed.
After serveral nano's of silence, Bob slowly got up from the sofa, pushing back the covers and tiptoeing across the room, to his desk. He kneeled down beside it, pulling out several large medical books, from behind. Turning on the small table lamp he picked up one of the texts and began to read through the table of contents.
heart conditions,..... Brain ailments..... ..hmm ...diseases of the eyes ..and their cures...
The small blue sprite leaned over , his face pressed close to the words as he read silently through the night.
It was early the next morning when AndrAIa, got quietly out of bed, and made her way out of the room, and into the living room.
"Bob..?" She walked into the kitchen, finding a small note stuck to the fridge.
gone to get groceries .. Be back later......Bob
Bob...she sighed. The guardian, was a true friend, to them. It was odvious he cared very much about Enzo.
She gave a sad smile and went about making a cup of tea for herself, before heading out to sit on Bob's balcony. A small breeze was blowing past, and AndrAIa let the wind whip through her long mane, leaning back against the door frame, losing herself to the moment.
"Ow !!" Matrix's voice rang from the hallway following a loud crash, that shook the small apartment.
AndrAIa was on her feet in an instant.
"Matrix !" she cried, dashing in from the balcony, and into the living room. She grasped hold of one of the large sprites green arms, as he swayed.
"I'm fine !!" Matrix shouted, pushing her off. "I just hit the coffee table that's all." he made to take another step.
"Stop ! The Vase !! Matrix, you broke a vase, there's glass everywhere... stop .."
Matrix, held still, his brows fixed in concentration.
"I'll clean it up.." he muttered.
AndrAia, shook her head her eyes filling with tears. "No...I can.."
" I don't need your help..AndrAIa..ok.." Matrix snapped.
"Oh users sake Enzo, stop it !!" the game sprite suddenly snapped at him. "You do !! What's wrong with a little help anyway.?"
Matrix grumbled something under his breath that sounded a bit like an apology, before he grudgingly let himself be led into the kitchen.
He sat quietly listening as AndrAIa cleaned up the broken mess, then came back into the kitchen.
"Do you want to come sit with me?" she asked.
"Where..?" Matrix asked turning to the sound of her voice.
"Out on the balcony.."
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Watching the sunrise as usual .." she smiled. Matrix shrugged, but got up and let her take him to the balcony, sitting down next to her.
It's so peaceful out here in the morning, before everybody wakes up.." AndrAIa murmured.
"...yes...." Matrix agreed, he couldn't hear a soul , nothing at all say for a few of the morning birds calling to each other. It was rather nice.
"AndrAIa..?...Where's Bob..?" he asked, suddenly remembering their host. Surly Bob would have heard that crash he'd caused.
"He went out to get some groceries..." she smiled "Apparently, a bachelors fridge, is lacking in a few of the essentials to keep more than one person going for so long."
"He's...he's a good friend" Matrix choked.
"Yes...he is.."
The silence resumed for several nanos until it was broken by a loud sniffle.
"Enzo..?" AndrAIa turned to the large sprite at her side. "What's wrong....?"
"I always did it don't I...? Always just take things for granted....You, Dot ..Bob...." he rubbed a hand over his eyes. " everything...................even the sunrise.."
Enzo,... it's not like that..... you just.." she began to comfort him.
"No it is like that, !" he sobbed. "It's exactly like that! I had a chance, I had a million chances to sit and watch the sunrise with you, to gaze into your eyes, to look To really look and see .and I never bothered. Never bothered to say thank you to Bob for all the things he's done , never bothered to tell Dot how much she means to me......never took the time to sit with you, and watch the simple pleasure of the sun rise, and capture the look on your face as it happened.
I never worried about watching the sunrise. I just figured it would always be there for me to see whenever I felt like it" he lift his head to the sky. Sightless eyes staring blankly., as tears slid down his cheeks. "And now..........now I'd give anything just to be able to see one sunrise with you Ani..."
To Be Continued.....................................