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Sean continued down the street where he lived, the mysterious girl was still with him, being carried with his right arm. He had been walking back home for almost half an hour, but it was quite a relief that he had made it back where he lived.
The girl in his arms, by the name of Xion... she still hasn't woke up from the moment that Sean had found her lying down in the forest. Knowing nothing about her other than the strange name and the black coat that she wore, it was somewhere inside of him that showed that he wanted to help her regardless of what trouble he could be in if he brought a girl that looked his age back home with him.
Had he even seen her at school? ...No. In fact, of the days he had been to the school, he hadn't once seen her coming out from a class, coming to lunch or leaving a class to go to the next one or to head home at the end of the day.
It's almost as if she came into existence out of nowhere to him...
His house was closing in, and Sean continued, carrying Xion with an arm around her as she still with her eyes closed, looks to be moving a little bit from walking alongside him. She's still unconscious when Sean turns to look at her. Not even her eyes has opened, to see what color they are in the case that he can remember by, as it was either eye color or face that he remembers people by.
"We're back at my house." Sean reassures the unconscious girl as he helps her down the path to the front door, getting out his copy of the house key and unlocking the door.
He pushes the door when he turns the handle down on the door, opening it up as he steps into the house, still holding onto Xion with one arm. Inside, he checks around for sounds from either the kitchen or the family room. Not a sound from any of the rooms, as he is certain that his parents are probably almost done their shifts at their workplaces.
He steps inside with the unconscious girl, taking off his shoes on the mat by the front door, closing the front door and taking careful steps as he proceeded to move upstairs, trying his best not to let Xion slip down the steps from him. He had no clue if she was already hurt from what happened before he found her, but he felt some determination to investigate into her whereabouts, even if he had not a clue where she was from.
Xion had almost slipped from his arms, but he was quick at grabbing her glove covered hand as she was almost on the verge of falling down the steps. A breath of relief slips from his mouth, pulling her slowly back to him, continuing to climb the steps with her next to him.
They reach the top of the steps fortunately, Sean keeping Xion close as he moves to his bedroom door and opens it up, entering inside to let both himself inside, having now resorted to holding onto her as he moves her towards his bed. Lying her down on the top of the covers of the bed, he slowly lets go, letting her lie there on the bed as he observes the state she was in.
He turns, closing his bedroom door on his left. He comes back, going to the side of the bed where he moves towards her, taking the hood off of Xion's head. That short black hair... it looked to be unruffled, and those eyes of hers still remained shut. There is not a sign of eye color he would remember this Xion by as long as she still slept.
"Not even a sign of you at school..." Sean talks quietly to himself, with thoughts about the girl now lying on his bed.
The sound of the garage door could be heard opening up. Sean quickly turns his head to listen, hearing a vehicle drive in. It very well could be either his mother or father that has come home from work and was going to step into the door. This spelt out bad news for him as realization slapped him across the face.
He had to hide Xion somewhere before they could come into the house. If they found out anything about bringing a girl home, he could land in huge trouble. He looks around the room, searching with the hopes of finding a hiding spot to place Xion.
Underneath the bed? No, not a chance as he did not want to take any chances of her hitting her head after waking up. Under the desk where his computer was? Way too open. She could be discovered if his parents or siblings walked into the room. He looks around some more as quick as he heard the garage door closing.
The closet? Wait... yes! The closet! He usually kept an open space in which he would walk in and check for stuff in the closet when he needed to store something or take something out. His parents and siblings don't check in there anyway... yes. It could work. With small blinds on the door, he could check on the
He carefully, yet quickly picks up Xion, bringing himself over to the closet and using one hand to pull the closet door open. Once it was open, he bends down, carefully placing Xion in a sitting position, her head hanging down as he moves her legs to squeeze her into the closet. Eventually she fit inside of the closet.
"Don't worry," He says to the unconscious girl. "I'll check up on you later tonight to make sure you're okay. I'll bring up some food."
His ears could pick up the front door opening and closing. "Sean? I'm home!" It is the sound of his mother's voice calling from downstairs as she stepped inside.
He closes the closet door behind him, turning to head towards his bedroom door, walking towards it. "Coming!" He calls back to his mother, leaving the unconscious girl alone by herself in the closet, yet to wake up.
Xion's POV
Darkness...
I can feel myself floating in the darkness... my eyes feel closed... It is almost like falling slowly into an endless void of nothing. But... why?
I... I don't remember what happened before, or how I ended up here...
My hands, they can feel something below as I seem to settle down on some platform. My back feels like it is positioned against a wall with not a bump to my head. What my hands feel though... it's rather soft, almost like fresh cut grass... even if it isn't pointy or pokey...
As I open up my eyes, light coming pouring into the image as my view is rather blurry for that moment. The brightness does hurt a little, but I give myself some time to let my eyes adjust to the brightness after having seemingly slept that long in the darkness. I can see light through these small, rectangular-like windows, shining in from another room with windows.
In front of me, I cannot tell if this is a strange kind of window or a door of some sort. From where I am positioned, I am unsure whether to get up in this small space, or not. Probably not... I am unsure.
Remaining where I am, I can only watch, unsure of how much time is passing quickly or slowly. Inside of my mind, I have many questions pondering.
Who... who am I? How did I end up here and where am I?
As I sat there, I am unable to express any emotion from the questions that I asked silently to myself. The color of the light over the time that I was sitting there in this small room... it would turn very slowly from a brightish white towards a illuminating orange color as the light in that room was turning towards becoming dark again as this room was. At the very least, it isn't bright anymore for my eyes.
I hear voices... From the wait, I wasn't sure it was hours or just a few minutes that had passed since I woke up and sat there, lost in my thoughts of my surroundings. I just listen in... they sound faint at first, but are picking up in volume. Footsteps are heard, whoever they are... they are coming closer.
I can hear something opening as the conversation with those two voices continues. "Are you sure you are going to be alright, Sean?" I can hear a concerned voice asking.
"Mom, I'll be alright," The voice which I believe was the mentioned Sean had spoken. "It might be a bit of time until they find another kid to go bully. Happens all the time."
"I'm just worried about you, that's all. It's not normal if they are treating you like this." The voice which I tell as this Sean's mother is heard talking.
I can hear a door opening, with the voice of this Sean sounding a lot more clear than muffled outside of what is that room. "If worst comes to worst, I can find a way to learn on how to defend myself properly."
The sound of the door closing is heard with a faint ching heard, as if there was something banging on a piece of metal. A figure steps in front of the light covering me in the shadowed dark for that moment. I can't tell if this figure wants to harm me, or just talk with me.
The windowed door in front of me slides open to the left, and from what light was there, I was able to get a good glimpse of the figure's face.
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It was a figure like me, with hands and legs... his brown colored eyes staring right directly at my own eyes. I don't know the color of my eyes unless I look in a mirror to see. He has short hair as well that was toned in the color of a dark brownish color, that was hard to glimpse at because of the outside light's reflection. I don't know what my own hair look likes nor the color of them yet.
The figure which I believe is probably the mentioned Sean, gets down on the both of his knees, moving his hands towards me and looks to be taking off this hood on the top of my head. He looks to smile as beside him, he has this circular round figure that looks... ceramic with smells coming from it.
"Hey..." He talks to me, sounding rather calm and quiet to me. He moves his hands away once he has put this hood down behind me. "You woke up."
I didn't respond to him. All I could really do was look at him, no emotion shown on my face, though he looks to be showing a small smile on his face.
"I found you lying down in the forest, drenched in that mud," He continues. "I was lucky to have found you. I've brought you home, and just wanted to make sure that you were okay."
Again, no response to him but just staring and taking in everything that he is telling me. I wasn't inside here originally?
He turns, taking the round ceramic, showing me what looks to be rather edible. "I brought up some food for you to have," He says to me. "You must be hungry after all that had happened today," He takes this silverware off of the round and pokes it into one of the foods. "Here, I'll help feed you."
He brings the food closer to me, towards my mouth. I open up my mouth, taking in the piece of food that he had given to me. I chew on it, taking in the warm, taste of what I believe is rather tender and juicy... which could be meat. After a few bites I swallow it down, letting the piece get in to digest in my stomach.
"The chicken is good, isn't it?" I saw him asking me. "My mom made that, and she also made the cooked carrots and mashed potatoes for tonight's dinner."
Yet once more, not a single response. By the look on his face, it seems that he understands.
He gets more food on the silverware to feed to me. "I don't think I have introduced myself to you yet. I'm Sean."
So that is who I thought it was. Sean...
"I take it by the tag on the back of your coat, is your name. Xion, right?"
Xion... that's my name?
I eat more food that he is giving to me. I don't feel full yet, so I might as well take in as much food as I can. The chicken was probably my favorite from what he calls the 'plate', though I am certain that this probably isn't the only food that they eat here.
"It's okay," He says to me, a warm yet gentle tone in his voice as he spoke to me. "I'm not going to hurt you."
Seeing that he was feeding me, I felt that I was not threatened by any means being that he is the one who found me. The more I looked at him, the more eager I was to know more about him, even with the silence that I only had at the moment. I chew on some of the mashed potatoes that he gives to me as I think more on what is happening.
"There is a few rules here in the house as long as you are here," Sean tells me as he gets more food for me on the silverware which others look to call it as a fork. "First one is that my parents or siblings cannot know that you are here. I could get in huge trouble if they found out that I brought you back home without them knowing."
That other voice he was talking to... his mother was an obvious answer. Though I have not heard the voice of his father yet.
"Make sure that you are in a spot where no one can find you, like in this closet, should either my parents or sisters come into the house from downstairs," He continues to talk to me. "If they are not home, keep note of the time when they leave the house or arrive home by the sound of the garage door opening or closing."
The garage door? How would I know what it sounds like?
I was able to eat the plate clean of food, with a thirst coming through to my throat, a need for something liquid-related. He grabs something out of view. It is a glass filled with water. He brings it forward to me, offering me the drink.
I slowly move the both of my arms and hands, taking the drink in with my gloved hands, bringing the glass cup to my mouth and placing the edge of the cup to my lips. The water with every sip cools my throat especially from eating warm food. I took my time while he keeps an eye on me. Once I have finished the cup, I lower the glass, putting it back into his reach.
"You must have been both hungry and thirsty," He comments, keeping the friendly smile on his face. "Don't worry about me, I have already had those while I was downstairs. I just had to ask for seconds and to excuse myself from the table."
I listened to him, taking in all that he was telling me. It must be some sort of tradition of family to have dinner with them at the table...
"I'm just going to bring the plate and glass back downstairs," Sean says as I watch him gather them, taking them in the both of his hands. "Then I'm going to be doing a bit of homework and then play a video game before going to bed. I will talk more with you tomorrow to see how you are doing."
I keep an eye on him as he gets up on his feet from the carpeted floor, giving me a safe and assuring smile as he slowly closes the closet door. There I was, watching as he disappeared for a bit to the right.
A minute or two later, I can hear him coming back upstairs back into the room. I listen in as something scoots. It sounds like he has sat down and flipped open a book with loose papers. I can hear writing.
More time passes, I hear him finish writing as he opens up something. A minute later, it closes. When he appears in my sight again from the closet door's blinds, he appears to be wearing a different set of clothes. Are those clothes for bed?
He lies down on his bed, grabbing a wireless device in his hands. There is a bit of light that appears in a rectangular shape on him and the wall behind him. He doesn't look by any means blinded by this. I cannot see what he is playing, however there is music that does sound peaceful with the occasional threatening music. With an aftermath to that kind of music sounds rather much like triumph like victory.
He did play more for a while, until the voice of either his mother or father was heard. From the way it sounded, it sounds like his father.
"Time for bed Sean! Another school day tomorrow!" The voice calls out from outside of the room.
I watch as Sean gets off of the bed with the device in his hand. "Okay!" He calls back in understanding. He turns off the source of light in the room, and I watch as he goes to his bed, tucking himself underneath the sheets and turning off the light.
From there, was a sigh coming from him. By the sound of it, it was a mixture of being both tired and relieved at the same time to begin resting at last for the next day when the sun should rise again.
"Goodnight... Xion..."
Hearing his voice wish me a good night, somewhere inside of me felt that this was more a blessing that he had found me. But I wasn't sure on how I would express on it just yet. That smile earlier... he seemed so happy to find me. Was he talking to me because he... he felt lonely?
I might as well get some rest until the next day comes. Perhaps I will see him again in the morning. I allow the tired expression to come across me until I have closed my eyes, ready to rest again... in the safe hopes of knowing that I won't be dreaming of floating in the darkness alone again.
Goodnight Sean... see you tomorrow.