A/N: First off, I'd like to thank woopsiamawesome for my first review. Second, sorry for the late update I've been busy with work and rehearsals as we approach our two day show time. Just need to get through the excitement of tech and dress. I read through this chapter a little more and took more time on It so it's written a little better. Just to warn you, I am not the best at punctuation, but I try. Enjoy! Just settling for the characters in this chapter.
"I haven't eaten like that in a long time." Patrick sits back in his chair, hand on his stomach, a slight smirk on his face. "I mean the food was fresh; I wasn't expecting such fresh food."
"Haus, he takes care of us. He tries to ration out the bread that is a couple days old or so. It's better than the really stale bread; I mean it's nothing real fresh, but it's definitely something." Arrow says, without looking at Patrick, bread in his mouth. Arrow had come and joined his usual table made up of Suitcase, Snack, and himself. Others sat at the same table, but had occasionally made conversation with the three. A very tight knit group they are.
"Swallow youse food before youse talk, Arrow. Such disgust." Suitcase stares directly at him.'
"Are youse me mother?" Silence. Arrow turns his attention to Suitcase, who is glaring at him, he averts his eyes then his head back to his food, opens his mouth to make another snide remark, but decides against it. "Such a girl." He whispers, at this, he snaps his head in Suitcase's direction; she did not hear his comment, a sigh of relief, and a nervous quick smile.
"By the ways, just in case youse were wondering: Haus is the Lodge Master, he oversees everything and makes sure everyone is awakes on time to go and get our papers." Suitcase explains to Smash. "So nows that we're done eating, we have to pick up our dishes and put them in one of the wash buckets." The others have already mingled to the wash buckets placing them almost neatly into inside. "Set them down as neatly as youse can. Haus and the staff really likes it that way; plus, we would have to restack all thems dirty dishes again. It takes forever! So wes just do it in the first place."
Snack catches up to keep pace with Suitcase, he had been quite the entire meal, after he had explained that it was all they had to Smash.,
"Oh hello Snack." Smash acknowledges his presence, as they set down their dishes inside the wash bucket.
"Hey Smash, looks to me youse really enjoyed the food. Sometimes we go out to eat at this place called Madison Square's Best. The food's cheap theres for us." He gives a quiet shy smile towards Smash, a completely harmless glint in his eye.
"He's real quiet when he eats, but boy, can he talks youse ear off when he's not eating and get him to talk." Arrow makes eye contact with Suitcase then Smash, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Arrow's yawn is prevalent spreading amongst the group.
"Follow me, Smash. I'll show youse your room, your bed." A glint in Smash's blue eyes, a radiant smile spreads across his face. He quickly runs his hand over his blond hair.
"Youse need a haircut. Youse need to be more clean. Come here with me." Smash follows Suitcase, the others have already headed off to their beds. They head back to the Gather Room, a boy sits alone. "Hey Rain, this heres is Smash."
"I saws youse when youse came in." A quite voice directed towards Smash. "Hows youse knee?"
Smash stays silent for a couple seconds. "Still hurts real bad but I can bare it rights now."
"That's good"
"Rain's real quiet. Only Asian we got"
"Thanks Suitcase"
"Of course, not a problem, Rain. Hey, I was wondering. I know it's late but can youse cut his hair?"
"Okay."
"He has a pair of scissors he saved up his earnings forever. He keeps them as sharp as hes can." Suitcase explains.
Rain had pulled up a chair, politely waiting for Suitcase to stop talking. "Come sit here and don't move. Otherwise I'll cut off youse ear or youse could have a big chunk of hair missing from youse head." Rain's eyes light up as a quick image pops into his head of Smash missing a big chunk of his hair. A soft chuckle escapes his chest.
Smash glances over at Rain as he laughed softly taking his seat on the chair and Rain quickly gets to work, hair falling all around onto the ground. Smash can hear as the scissors cut the hair from around his ear, he flinches an uncontrolled action. "Don't move! I almost took youse ear off!"
"Sorry."
"I know it's unnerving hearing the scissors nears youse ear. Youse almost done; I'm just going to clean up around youse ears and finish cutting it to the hair line on the back of youse head."
Rain had taken roughly two inches of hair off all over Smash's head. He dusted off Smash's back of stray hair. "Youse going to itch, I tried to get as much as I could off." Rain says this in a quiet voice, he goes around to the front of Smash "Stand and let it all fall off. Smash stands, blond hair falls off his body, hesitantly Rain moves his hand toward Smash's chest; as he realizes Smash doesn't too much mind he helps dust the excess hair off his chest. "There all done" Rain draws a small dirty mirror out of his bag, where he keeps his scissor, showing Smash the results. A smile boards his face.
"I love it, Rain, thank you!" Smash's voice is absolutely genuine.
"Looks good on youse!" Suitcase says, as she pushes her brown hair out of hair out of her face. "Well, come with us, Rain. We must be getting off to bed now."
Rain grabs the broom and pan set to stay in the Gather Room, sweeps up the hair, throws it in a wash bucket then he grabs his small leather bag with his scissors and small dirty mirror. The trek is made in silence, stairs are climbed, a detail Smash didn't even notice until just now. A door is pushed open, a white half melted candle sits on a small wooden desk, and matches set next to it. Suitcase picks these up, lights the candle, and shows Smash his bed.
"This one is empty. Make sure the bed is made every morning, Haus awakes us when the sun comes up." She swings the candle over the bottom bunk of the beds. Rain settles down on the top, Smash crawls under the blanket, a sky blue, is a little stiff but soft at the same time.
"I like the color" Smash says, as the candle is taken away from near his bed and blown out.
"Sleep well. I am going to the girls' room. Youse have Rain here if youse need anything. He's always liked the top bunk. Arrow is a couple bunks to youse right. He's on the bottom one too. Snack is on the tops. Alright early morning and a lot to learn."