Promise I'd be back soon and I'm making the same promise again! Please have a chapter 2 as of the moment. I'm working on the next chapter already whilst watching over the littluns! They're quite difficult to tame so please understand my situation right now. Also, this chapter is important but apparently, it contains no RogEric feels. It will have in future chapters, okay? I just... y'know... plot. I hate plotless romance, K? It's just not me to write drabbles and one-shots with no story underlying.

CHAPTER TWO

"Hey, Eric! How's your first day?" My brother, Sam, beamed at me from the screen, as if nothing was bad or wrong. The very fact that he wasn't here with me was wrong. Long story cut short: he got involved with some drug dealers. Don't misinterpret it, he was a good and innocent citizen- just the victim of foul play and now, I need 500, 500 pound notes to get him out. He was being held hostage by the very gang who played the ruse on him but luckily, the rich bastards are treating him better than I could. Allowing us to go on a videochat every once in a while was quite considerate of them, too. I bet he's having a good time since the kidnappers are somewhere along his age group.

"Hey, Eric!"

"Huh?"

"You was just... staring into space, brother. Is everything alright?"

"Uh, yeah, y-yeah. How about you? Are you alright?"

"Eric, I'm fine. Really. You aren't, I can tell."

"Oh, Sam..." I moaned and now... my mouth couldn't stop ranting. Thank God for such advanced technology! And for hospitable hostage takers.

"I-I-I-" my voice cracked. "I'm scared to lose this job because it's hard to look for another, you know what I'm saying?" My voice was hysterical but my brother was understanding enough. "Damnit, 'tis hard to be a college-drop out..."

"Uh-huh."

"But I don't know what I;m more scared of. Losing the job or my perfectionist of a boss. Damnit, why did our lives get this complicated?"

"Ahh, there, there, Eric..." his gentle voice soothed me a bit. I wish I could hug him through the computer.

"Just... don't worry about about me, okay? I'll wait for you."

We both giggled.

"It'll be a long wait then."

WALTER: Hi, hi, hi, folks! I am on to the 3rd chapter, do not worry! w/ This is a short story so that you guys have a background, I suppose? Oh well~