"Yeah..yeah sure..Ok, bye." With that, Lukas hung up the phone. He had just finished conversing with his parents, they were going to ask him to take care of Emil for a few days because they were snowed in whilst in Oslo and had to stay at a hotel. To which he reluctantly accepted. He didn't exactly want to put Matthias and Emil in the same room, but he had no choice.
"Ok, Emil. Mom and Dad are stuck in Oslo, the snowstorm is apparently worse over there, so you'll be staying with us for a couple days" Lukas yelled. However, he gasped at the realisation of using the pronoun 'us'.
"With you and 'him'? Great.." Emil just frowned a bit and went back to scribbling on his notebook, trying to finish his Math homework. Lukas sighed a bit, and sat back down. Maybe he should call Matthias' parents. He already told him that he was visiting his parents' place for a while, and when Matthias offered to come, he reminded him that they probably wouldn't have returned from Oslo yet, and only Emil would be home. The prospect frightened him. Matthias always tried to be a gentlemen around Emil, he's abstain from any inappropriate nicknames or stories relating to Lukas, but he sometimes got carried away, and got a little too obnoxious for Emil.
"Yes? Hello, it's me, Luka-" Lukas couldn't even finish his sentence before Matthias' father hung up. Needless to say, they weren't very approving of their life-style. Matthias never really liked them, as a kid he'd spend most of his time at Lukas' place, or just at the park. One would only see him home when a couple hours a day. However, this was highly unlikely to be what was bothering him. Matthias made frequent jokes about them, he pretty much just hated them. He never took anything they said to heart. Though, to be fair, Matthias hasn't spoken to them since he graduated high school-which was 2 years ago.
"Hello Tino? Yes. It's me. So, I wanted to ask you something" Tino was Lukas' Finnish friend, he was friends with that Swedish guy Matthias always fought with. What was his name again…Ah, right, Tino. "Yes, I wanted to ask you about Matthias, has he been acting different lately?"
"i see. Ok, thank you. Bye." Lukas hung up. Tino was pretty much clueless. Right as he was considering who to call next he noticed the snow getting worse and worse, and immediately looked at Emil.
"Emil, the snow's getting pretty bad. Grab your things, we're going." Lukas hurriedly said. Emil quickly grabbed his backpack, coat, and video-game and quickly followed Lukas to the car.
"Are you cold?" Lukas asked. He noticed Emil shiver a bit when they entered the car.
"No, it's ok" Emil replied. Trying to ignore the fact that he'd eventually be stuck in the same house as that bumbling idiot. It's not that he didn't like Matthias. Well, actually, it was because he didn't like him. He despised him. What was he supposed to do? The guy was annoying, obnoxious, loud, and worse of all, he's the reason Lukas had to move away. If that moron never met Lukas he'd still with him.
"Are you OK?" Lukas asked, noticing the obvious disgusted face of the-almost-12 year old. It's not his fault this happened, it's not like he could keep him or Matthias home alone. Neither of them can cook for their lives.
"Yeah, I guess." Emil just looked down and hugged his backpack. He sunk his head in it. Why does that stupid Danish moron have to butt into his life? As he was thinking of places to hide Matthias' body, Emil noticed Lukas signalling to go out. He ran through the thick layer of snow and into the house. He was then followed by Lukas who was carrying the groceries. He never understood how he could ever handle the cold without flinching. Emil was quite accustomed to the cold yes, he could handle it quite well too, but nothing like how well Lukas could.
"Matt, I'm home. I brought-" Lukas stopped mid-sentence, he noticed the Dane on the couch naked, with a blanked covering his…private parts. There were candles everywhere. Lukas quickly put his hand to prevent Emil from advancing further, the hallway covered the traumatic experience that he would have.
"Emil, go back to the car and get me put this on the front seat will you? He handed him random stack of papers that he hoped would give him enough time to clean all this up. With almost lighting quick speed, he ran into the after Emil left.
"Matthias. Emil's here, clean this up and put on some clothes" He hurriedly said, blowing out candles whilst pushing the naked Dane upstairs, trying hard not to stare at his behind. It seemed to be enough time to vaporise anything indecent that could scar Emil for life.
"Ok, I put it there." Emil said. Suddenly, the Dane barged in, wearing his sweater and Lukas' pants. He must've gotten confused and hurriedly grabbed it by mistake. He hoped..
"Hey! Emil Buddy! How're you today?" He said jumping down the stairs. He got dressed as quickly as he could undress. Emil however, just glared at him, sending him that 'I know how to move dead bodies' look.
"Good" He answered coldly. Emil then sat down on the couch and took out his 3DS. He began playing that Fire Emblem game Lukas got him for his birthday. Matthias may have been shot down, but he wasn't about to give up just yet.
"So, what'cha doing?" He asked, putting his hand on Emil's shoulder.
"Don't touch me" Emil said rather loudly. It was still monotone, but nevertheless loud. He then pushed Matthias a bit. It wasn't a strong push, but it was enough to send quite the message to Matthias' system, because he immediately had that depressed look on his face, and excused himself, going up to his room.
"Emil, I'll be right back, after this we need to talk." Lukas said, going up the stairs. Emil just curled himself on the couch, trying to block out Lukas' words. Why was he angry at him anyways? It's not like he did anything bad, he just doesn't like people to touch him. Especially that asshole.
"Matthias, Matthias..What's wrong?"Lukas asked, Matthias was lying on the bed looking up at the ceiling.
"Nothing, I'm just a little tired." Lukas got pretty angry at that, and began yelling.
"You weren't tired when you were naked on the couch a minute ago!" He yelled, not caring if Emil heard them. "I'm not going to ask again! Why the hell were you crying? I'm not leaving until you tell me!" Lukas said, feeling as if he's about to jump at the Dane and choke him to death. He waited a minute, he knew that Matthias would tell him everything after this. It was just a matter of how long would it take for him to talk.
"I'm sorry..I thought that it was pointless, so I sort of kept it from you."
"Yeah. Sort of" Lukas said.
"Can you please close the door?" Matthias said, Lukas went over and closed it, suddenly he remembered what transpired a minute ago when he yelled at Matthias about being naked..is it possible that Emil heard them? No..he couldn't could he? It's ok, he has to get over it either way.
"Thanks."
"Ok, so?" Lukas said. He usually was a patient person, but in this case, patience was not at the tip of his tongue.
"When I was 7, I was playing with a couple friends" Matthias said, obviously trying as to feign as if nothing is wrong. "I was playing outside, then, some guy approaches me, he asks me to come with him and I refuse. He insists and I yell a bit, telling him not to touch me. After that.." Matthias trailed off there, he was trying to sound as less melodramatic as possible. As if he was telling a joke, but it was obvious that he was distraught by it. "I can't remember, I woke up in the hospital with a lump on my head, my parents told me I fell." Matthias' voice was getting lower and lower everytime he spoke. "I was crying, because i was having nightmares ever since it happened, I didn't know what happened then.."
"Matthias?"
"Lukas..I think I was raped."
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OK, so, this chapter took a dark turn. I don't know, I'm beginning to feel this was unnecessary. Tell me what you think, did I introduce it properly? I would appreciate hints about this subject. Should I scrap the entire idea? Tell me your thoughts.
