So - I said if I got 25 reviews, I'd post the next 2 chapters. I did - so now I will! Here's the first of two. My next review goal is THIRTY FIVE.
VI
He had left.
Right after their unusually quiet breakfast, he had left without a word. He said he wouldn't be back until much later.
The boy was puzzled – he had never done this before. Of course, when he did occasionally leave the apartment he would say goodbye with a smile and a peck on the cheek. He would say what he was doing and when he would return. But this time, he was just… gone.
He was bored, all alone.
He tried reading one of the many catalogues strewn around various surfaces in the apartment. There was, however, nothing that interested him – even if he did have the money to buy it.
He dosed, upright, on a chair for a few minutes before having the sense to move himself to a bed. Once there, he found himself unable to sleep. He sighed and picked himself up. He found one of his roommate's clean towels and headed to the bathroom to shower. His pajamas found their place in the corner of his room and he found his under the hot spray of the shower.
He had been in there for a good few hours. Now the water was frigid and goosebumps developed on his arms and stomach. He shook out his waterlogged hair and left the bathroom.
He rifled through the drawers until he found some clean denim jeans. He pulled them on and started across the room towards the shirt cupboards.
He stopped suddenly.
He was standing in a sunspot; toes buried into the warm carpet as he headed towards the window. It had been raining since he had got here. He pulled open the window to let the bright warmness seep into his bones. He sighed and pulled in a deep, long breath of fresh air. He hadn't been outside in so long…
The door opened.
He froze.
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Somebody go read 'Tears of Loss'.