He rested peacefully on his bed, cozy and tucked in within his bed. He lowly mumbled within his sleep, saying a thing or two, maybe a name toward himself or toward someone else. After a while, he tossed and turned, holding the blanket close to him at times, then pushing it out right after. The names and words he keep mumbling grew louder and clearer; the room around him dropped in temperature.

He pulled the blanket to him again, moving toward his side, and still mumbling out the one name he constantly mumbles out. The temperature around him drops again, the window of his room condensing with frost. He tosses to his other side, and flops onto his back. He feels lost, he feels empty, and he doesn't know what to do anymore. He mumbles again; louder and louder, clearer and clearer, lost and empty, hopeless without—

"LUKE!" He darts his eyes open and sits up straight. His breathing is dense; he looks around, seeing the chilled and almost frozen. He looks back down, seeing himself attempted toward the blanket. "Why am I like this…?" he lowly asked himself. "…Does he really make me like this…?"

He looked around again, seeing the room still nearly frozen. He can't do much to make the room as it was before; everything would have to endure itself when the frost and ice melts away.

He pushes the blanket away and rushes toward the door, quietly opening and closing the door. He walks over to his room, opening the door and flicking the lights on.

Nothing had changed since the day came to be. The bed made well, but without him on it; the things he had in the room untouched. He walked in deeper into the room and sat down, looking around. He was the closest he had, next to Leaf. Something like it was nothing he'd ever he'd thought he'd ever expect.

This was too much for him.

"…?" Someone mewed.

He turned around to see the golden vixen in the doorway, her head tilted. He stood up and slowly walked toward her. "Hey there…there's nothing to worry about." He softly smiled to her and lightly nuzzled her cheek. "Why are you awake…? Let's bring you back to Alex's room, okay?"

He flicked off the lights and walked out the room, the vixen following. He closed the door and walked side by side, reaching toward Alex's door, fully closed.

"…How the hell did you open the door?" He asked, turning to the vixen. She didn't respond but smile and lightly wag her tail. He lightly chuckled a bit, opening the door for her. The room was dim, but warm in contrast to his own room. The human was still on his bed, sleeping without worry. "Alright, go on," he whispered to her.

The vixen moved on into the room and leaped up to the edge of the bed, rushing her back legs up to the bed in a bit of a struggle, before being successful and walked near to Alex, curled up to him.

Glaceon closed the door quietly and walked back to his own room. "…This is taking a toll on me…" he told himself. The room rose in temperature, but not by much. He leaped up to his bed and moved under his blanket again, laying his head on the pillow. "…At least give me one more day to see him again…"

He closed his eyes again, setting himself uneasily back to his slumber.


He slowly woke up from bed, seeing the door slightly ajar. Sounds of heavy tape being pulled from a roll could be heard in the distance from the hallway. He down to him, seeing Sorrel wasn't around.

"Where did she…?" he started. He rose up from bed, and walked over to the hallway. He turned to his side, seeing boxes along the hallway…outside Luke's door.

He walked over to the boxes, lightly tilting it to its side, feelings its weight, and pushing it back. He walked into the room, seeing Sorrel sitting down, turning to him as she smiled back. He smiled back for a moment, then turned to Glaceon, closing another box, and taping it back up again.

Alex looked around within the room, seeing things from Luke's room, now absent from place.

"…Glaceon…" Alex started, looking to him. "…What are you doing…?"

Glaceon finished taping up the box and pushed it out of the doorway, placing it aside the other boxes. "…This is taking a toll…" he responded, never placing an eye to Alex. "…It's also bad to have all this hold up with lint."

"…So what are you gonna do with them? Put it up in a yard sale?"

"That'd be great," Glaceon responded, holding a picture of him and his niece, Tracey, "…But I'm putting it all in storage."

He didn't respond back. He looked around the room again, remembering when his other father figure was around again. After a moment, he kneeled down to Sorrel and pet her head. "Hey, you hungry?" he asked, smiling. She smiled back and mewled. "Alright, let's go." He stood up and slowly walked off; Sorrel stood also and leaped out with him. Glaceon looked back at the two walking off.

"Hm…" He looked back down at the picture, and place it in another box beside him.


"So… What now? The room's empty…"

"I know…I know…"

Both Glaceon and Luxray say on his bed, looking down at the floor. Everything was already packed up and boxed out. Boxes in the room, and boxes out in the hallway. The only thing left standing was the bed they're sitting on, the few stands that were around, and the television in his room.

"We'll be putting most of this shit in storage."

"…Why not a yard sale—"

"We're putting this…in storage."

"Alright…" Luxray looked up at the boxes again. "…Have you found a place yet?"

"We've had one…but not for this. We'll use it anyway for it."

He didn't know what else to say. He looked back down. "…When do we pack it up?"

"…I dunno…"

Luxray leaped down from the bed. "…C'mon, Glaceon. Let's go." He turned to him, seeing he was still frozen at his past. "Glaceon… It'd be best to do it now… Than to not do it at all."

He didn't respond but leaped down, still looking around. "…Alright, let's go."


"Alright… It's all in."

The storage was filled with the boxes they've packed earlier. Boxes were piled up on top of each other; the only small portion of the storage walkable was the very middle of the room. By the time they finished, it was his storage.

"Alright… Close it up," Glaceon responded. Luxray reached for the rope and pulled down the metal doorway, closing it up. He grabbed the lock they bought several minutes before they got to the storage, and locked up the door.

"…Did you find anything out?" Glaceon asked, looking at the green metal door. Luxray turned to him, then back at the door with him.

"…Nothing much, but I'll let you know when we get a clear location on anything."

"What about names."

"…Sure, we got a name, but we don't know where he could be. I might know a general location…but don't keep your hopes up."

"Hm…" Glaceon kept his eyes at the green door. He then lowered his head and walked off. "C'mon, let's go."