Second day of writing and I just finished a third part! I wonder if I should draw a scene and upload it onto my DeviantArt account. My username is the same as my one here. After reading quite a bit of fanfiction I realized that Rose is shipped constantly with Kanaya so that may be a thing if no one stops me. :3
CH2 (aka Day 1)
= Unnamed Boy: Wake up
What? But I'm way too tired to do anything right now.
= Unnamed Boy: Remember your mission
Mission? What mission? Wait... I feel like...like there was something important that I had to do. Something very important...but what? My eyes shoot open as a surge of urgency and fear go through me. It's dark. Why is it so dark? I try to move my arm, but as soon as I do I feel pain burst through my body. I let out a cry unable to help myself. I don't think I've been through so much pain at any point of my life.
...Wait. I can't seem to recall ever being so hurt before; much less the reason as to why my body is in so much pain right now. Why- Where am I? More importantly...who am I!?
I jump out of the bed ignoring the streams of pain that travel up and along my body in protest. I begin to stumble about between trying to get somewhere to ease my mind and having to deal with the agony.
"You alright there?" I go stiff as the voice calls out to me in mild concern. I look in the direction of where I believe the voice came from. However, its still too dark to see much of anything. Then I hear shuffling which is preceded by the sound of footsteps approaching me.
= Unnamed Boy: Be the cool guy
I awoke to the poor kid's attempt at walking about the room. Welp, he's my responsibility until I can at least get him home or to someone who knows him.
"You alright there?" I try to say is as smoothly as I can. Don't want to scare the boy now. I get out of bed and slowly approach the boy who seems to have gone still. I get about a feet in front of him when he takes a step to the left and ends up tripping.
Thump!
Ouch. He collided against the wall.
I move to turn on the room's lamp. Upon lighting the candle I am stunned by what I see. The boy's eyes are what capture my attention first. They're so vibrant and so mesmerizingly blue. Like a rare azurite stone.
Then I see the tears. Oh shit. As messed up as it was that only made this boy's face even more attractive. However, I can't have this, if Lalonde were to come in at this moment she would never drop it.
I bend down and lightly place my right hand over his left arm. "Shh. It's okay." I help him up and back onto the bed as I move to open up the windows to let in the sunlight. Its early dawn, but its enough to make it brighter for the boy to see.
"U-umm..." The boy fidgets on the bed with both his hands placed neatly on his lap. He sounds nervous, but the firm look of concentration that adorns with face tells a different story. He can't seem to find the right words.
I stand in front of him and after coming down with the assumption that he won't speak up I proceed to say something instead. "Your injuries aren't severe, but you're covered in lacerations which will still cause you discomfort."
The boy looks down at his arms as if barely noticing the bandages that are all over his person. he lifts up his shirt to see if his torso had any other injuries. However, most of his wounds were on his arms and legs.
I couldn't help staring at his bare torso which had pretty smooth looking skin and the distinct outline of muscle. Whoever this kid was he was really taken care of. He notices that he is essentially flashing me and hastily pulls him shirt back down.
I let out a chuckle as a dark blush decorates his face.
"Mind telling me your name?" I ask him which results in a look of surprise from the kid. I was about to ask him again when he cut me off.
"I-I don't know..."
"What?"
The boy lets out a huff and with a bit more confidence hurriedly replies.
"I don't know what my name is. Do you know? Where am I? Who are you? Why am I hurt all over?" His breathing becomes shallow, but he's still shooting out question after question. He's worst than Roxy, but at least he is justifiable.
"Okay first of all my name is Dave. Dave Strider. Sorry but I don't know who you are or why you are hurt either. I found you unconscious by the side of the road and brought you here to have Rose patch you up. We are lodging at the Mystery Kat Inn right now. Anything else?"
"Oh. Well thank you for helping me!" He gives me this wide grateful smile showing off his cute buck teeth. It seems that he has thoroughly forgotten about his complete lack of memories.
I catch myself before I let out a smile of my own and give him a smirk in return "You're welcome. Now you should really lay back down and rest. I'll bring you some breakfast in bit."
The boy nods and carefully settles back under the covers while I proceed to exit the room and go downstairs. And to no one's surprise Rose is already up and about.
"Mornin' Lalonde."
"I take by the fact that your up earlier than usual that the boy awoke not to long ago. Would you like me to prepare something for the poor thing?"
"That would be greatly appreciated." She nods before heading towards the kitchen. I go outside to check up on Lil' Hal. He's still sleeping. I decide to go buy the carrots later on in the day after at least after dealing with the boy who has amnesia. Twenty minutes go by before Rose called him into the kitchen to pick up the breakfast.
"You were right. There were some 'complications' with him"
"Oh dear. That isn't good."
"No shit."
"Well neither me or Roxy recognize him. You could show him around the village and see if anyone else does though."
"And if no one does? What then?"
"Well you can't just leave the poor thing alone. That would be much too cruel."
"I know that much." I grab the food and head back up the stairs mindful of the other lodgers, but more of the sleeping boy. His smiling face crosses my mind. Damn he was cute. A part of me hopes that no one does recognize him...
= Amnesiac boy: Wake up
I'm actually already awake. Dave came in with two plates of food a few minutes ago. I sat up and quietly ate as he told me that he would take me around the village for a bit to see if anyone knows me. Which makes me feel hopeful, I really would like to have my questions answered. I would especially like to remember who I am. I finished eating and attempted to get up. I ended up tripping again. Why is everything so blurry? I hear Dave snicker beside me and I look up to give him a questioning gaze when I feel him place something over my eyes.
"I believe these are yours." I blink and I can see clearly now. He had put a pair of glasses on me or so he calls them.
"Thank you-" I pause and take in the individual in front of me. Dave was rather good looking with his smooth light blond hair and a rather well placed smirk on his face. I suddenly feel self-conscious and I look down in an attempt to hide myself. His hands, which were still close to my head, lift me up to be face-to-face with him. I can't see his eyes from behind his own pair of 'glasses', but being this close makes me think that he's looking straight into my own.
"U-umm..so when are we h-heading out?"
"Whenever you're ready cutie" He lets go of my head and turns around to look into a bag.
"Cutie? What is that?"
"For now you nickname. I think it suites you." There is a certain tone in his voice that makes me feel a bit embarrassed.
"Oh. Well thank you Dave." I can't help but smile at him. He's already done so much for me; a complete stranger. The prospect that he may be lying to me doesn't even cross my mind. Though I do wonder if he is purposely trying to hide his eyes from me.
"You should probably take a bath first. And use new bandages for your wounds."
"Okay!" I don't remember what a bath is, but Dave helps me with that. After getting ready we go downstairs and I am introduced to Roxy and Rose Lalonde. Neither of them recognizes me and after introducing me to some of the other lodgers no one else seems to either. We head out into the village and even then no one knows who I am.
"Now what?" I ask Dave as we are no closer to finding out anything about me. Is anyone even worried about me having gone missing? I let out a long sigh at the thought. I feel Dave place his hand on my arm and I instantly felt a little better. Dave made me feel comforted. Maybe its because he seemed to care about me.
"You have two choices." At hearing Dave say this I look up at him in confusion. "You can either stay at the Inn with Rose and Roxy and see if anyone passing by may recognize you from some other place or you can come with me. I need to head home soon and do some things, but from there we can go visit the other two villages around the castle." At the sound of the word castle I feel a jolt of recognition, but before I could voice it Dave continues "Well?" I quickly respond.
"If its not too much trouble...I would like to go with you."
= Amnesiac Boy: You are now Dave Strider
Before anything I decide to buy the boy some clothes that will actually fit him. My clothes were just a bit too big for his smaller figure.
I return with the cutie back to the Inn where Roxy practically begs for me to stay one more night. Before I can decline Rose includes that she would like to look at John's wounds once more before we head out on the two day trip through the forest. I agree to stay on the condition that first thing in the morning we head out.