Warning: US/UK

Chapter Three

Third Sign

Slowly and gently his eyes drifted shut, as his fingers gracefully moved over each of the piano keys, while the melody of the song he played filled the empty void in his heart. Tears escaped from the corners of his eyes and rolled down his cheeks, as memories from an ancient time returned to him, while he imagined his past owners, but only one brought an ache to his chest, which was his dear Alfred. Why could the lad not remember him? What had he done to receive this unjust treatment? Surely, he must have done something terribly wrong, but nothing ever came to his mind, so was his Alfie behaving so coldly, because he really could not remember him, but how could the lad not remember? Can one honestly lose so much happy and joyful moments spent together with someone like a wilted rose dying? "My heart longs for you, but you won't ever listen." he whispered, as his fingers began to move faster and faster on the piano keys. "I brought you laughter, smiles, and contentment, but you used me and left me to die. I'll be nothing more, but a lifeless and hollow doll soon, while you would not even care or notice, because I do not mean a thing to you…"

A choked sob escaped from in-between his lips, as he covered his face into his palms, while letting out muffled screams and cries of anger. "You just used me like the rest of them!" he said, as he remembered of all the times he had been sold to antique stores and purchased later on. "I hate humans…and I know it's only a matter of time before you either sell me or keep me, so that I can truly be forgotten and turned into what I really am, which in your words, I am a creepy fucking doll."

Placing his hands over his chest, he clenched his eyes shut in pain, as another stabbing sensation prickled in his heart. "Alfie, why are you doing this to me?" he whispered, while trying to think of happier times for some comfort. "Did I ever matter to you?"

XOXO

He sat up from his desk and stared confusedly at the ajar door of his study, while soft piano music wafted in from downstairs and into his mini home office. Although, he was extremely unnerved, because no one but himself was home, so who could be playing the piano if he was alone and not playing the instrument himself? Grabbing his baseball bat for defense, the young lad quietly tip toed into the hallway and began to walk downstairs, while the piano music reached a sudden halt, as an eerie silence rang throughout his manor afterwards.

The American gripped his baseball bat tightly and walked into his living room, while looking around for anyone hiding behind his furniture, but once more he did not find any intruders. Dropping his bat onto the floor, he ran his fingers through his golden locks in frustration, as he moved aside his curtains and peered out into the gardens to see if the supposed intruder had the chance to flee earlier, but alas the young American still did not find any intruders.

Turning around to walk away, his eyes spotted something peculiar atop the piano bench. His Victorian Era doll sat at the piano with glass fingers gently touching the piano keys, while tears continuously rolled down its glass stained cheeks. Horrified at the very sight; the young American reached into his pocket and fished out his cellphone, while dialing his friend and grabbing his car keys.

XOXO

Sitting down at the window seat, he pulled aside the curtains and watched his Alfie pull out of the driveway sharply, while talking into the phone and fixing his rearview mirror, but he knew the young American would return home to him and he would once again have to take care of his drunken Alfie. Standing up once more, he returned back to the piano and began to play the ancient melody, while trying his best to ignore the throbbing pain in his heart, but the ache was unbearable, as was the thought of turning into a lifeless and hollow doll with no conscious. However, the thought of having this done to him by the very person he yearned to love and live with was the most unbearable pain he had experienced. "I love you…" he whispered, as a few tears fell onto the piano keys. "I will always love you…"

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