The young redhead laid alone on the concrete floor body throbbing so much he didn't want to move for at least a year. He didn't want to leave the room though he knew he had to he had to look after the new boy the young bluenette needed him. Forcing himself up of the lovely cold floor he dragged himself out the room watching as the other boys walked past whispering to the other as quiet as possible whenever there was a gap in the guards. Once the line ended he followed them back to his cell he didn't want to talk to any of the boys he would occasionally talk to so he kept his head down.
Once he entered his cell his confusion was evident. There was no one there, looking around to make sure he wasn't mistaken he was sure the bluenette was gone. Leaving his cell he walked down to the lilac haired boy's cell he kept thinking where he could be. Since his attention was compromised he dropped to the floor for a second time making it all the more annoying. Looking up he saw the very person he was going to meet.
"You ok Tala?" the lilac haired boy asked leaning down to help him up
"Yea I'm fine but…" he trailed off to look around "have you seen Kai?" a look of guilt crossed the lilac haired boy's face.
"Yea I have he was taken to be punished" he relinquished the information rather reluctantly
"Punished? What for!?" the redheads voice came out higher than he expected but he was too worried for the young boy to care.
"He was late for training" the worry turned to confusion. That alarm would wake anyone it didn't seem feasible to be able to sleep through it "I don't know either but he slept through it" as though he had read his mind the lilac haired boy answered his unasked question
"When did he go?" he asked instead
"Few hours ago, he should be back soon" he tried to reassure his friend but his own uncertainty and worry made his words hollow
"I'll go wait for him there make sure to tell me when he'll be back" when the lilac haired boy didn't move a muscle he added "please" smiling now the lilac haired boy turned walking away.
Sitting on his bed he waited for the boy. It had been 10 minutes since he had learned from Bryan that he was being punished all the different possibilities were running through his head. Forcing himself to remain calm he tried to think of possible reasons why he was gone for so long.
The soft patting of feet on the floor down the hall caught the redheads' attention stopping himself from jumping from the bed just to be disappointed. He anxiously bit his lip as soft sobs reached his ears. Convincing himself that it was some other poor kid he turned from staring at the cell door to look at the barred window near his bed.
The sound of the cell door opening changed his mind and spinning round he saw a tearful bluenette cradling the arm he knew was broken. Stepping over to the boy he took chin in his hand lifting it so he could look into the watery eyes. The surrounding skin of the eyes were red and puffy from all the rubbing he had done
"What's wrong?" the redhead asked removing his hand which had been intent on taking the bluenettes from his arm so he could make sure it wasn't turning nasty.
"Boris p-punished me and took me to see some people in white clothes who cut me a-and it really hurt" a feeling of complete pity filled the redhead who hugged the crying boy tighter taking special care not to touch his arm
"Did they cut open your arm?" he asked keeping his voice quiet and soothing. The bluenette nodded
"Yea they did something else afterword's but I passed out before I found out what it was" the redhead was grateful the boy had passed out and not had to endure the surgery that was worse than any punishment the abbey could dish out.
"Come on sit on the bed let me look at your arm" following the instructions he perched himself on the edge of the bed. He hesitated however on removing his hand from his arm, he had grabbed it as soon as he had woken and hadn't looked at the wound. He could feel underneath he didn't want anyone to see it, wishing with all his heart that if he ignored it and pretended nothing had happened it would disappear.
The redhead came up to the boy sitting next to him he pried off the hand, looking down at the hand he saw dried blood all over it. With his free hand he wiped a stray tear from the boy's face. The blue marking on his cheeks streaked with lighter lines where his tears had made the blue paint run. Gently turning his head he ripped the sleeve of his shirt licking it he wiped away the smeared paint. The bluenette pulled faces as the paint was wiped off not used to someone doing it for him.
"I'm going to have to clean the cut so it may hurt" he whispered softly to the duel haired boy who was busying himself with drying off his bruising cheeks, nodding he braced himself as the redhead turned the torn clothing around making it clean for the new job.
Every hiss of pain reverberated off the redhead eardrums making them echo through his mind.
"Almost done" he assured leaving the worst till last. He started wiping the blood off the stitches wincing as one got caught on a loose thread making it twang against his tender skin. "Sorry" he apologised placing his hand over the wound trying to sooth it.
"It's ok" a quivering voice responded sniffing slightly. Waiting for the wound to stop stinging the boy so much the redhead continued taking extra care to make sure the same thing didn't happen again.
Finishing off the last few spots that were still moist from his cleaning he pulled the bluenette into his arms
"It's alright Kai, don't worry about anything your arm will heal and the pain will be gone at the latest in 2 days" resting his head on the redheads shoulder he hugged him back
"I'm sorry Tala" he mumbled confusing the redhead
"Why are you sorry?" looking into the light blue eyes the bluenette answered
"You've been punished like me but instead of worrying about yourself you're looking after me. I'm sorry I should repay you but I don't know how" thinking for a moment the redhead got an idea
"You want to repay me? Ok if you do then let's make a deal whenever one of us is punished the other must stay up no matter how late to make sure the others alright" the idea seemed fair to the bluenette nodding his agreement they sealed their promise in the traditional way, a pinkie promise. Laying down on the beds the two boys let out a heavy sigh, fatigue hitting them hard
"Are you ever going to sleep in your own bed?" the redhead asked trying to shuffle the covers on the bed down. Shaking his head the duel haired boy followed his friends lead till both were successfully snug covers pulled up to their chins.
"Night" they yawned in unison snuggling into the other.
In his first few days at the abbey the bluenette knew that it wasn't going to be easy living there, but as long as he had Tala and the others he knew they all would be able to make it through one side and out the other to a better life, one they all deserved.
This is the end of the crimson eyed boy hope you all liked it. Read review