They walked down the halfway together, her hand still on his shoulder, squeezing it gently. As they headed to the door down the hall, Corpse looked to his left and saw all of the other kids in their rooms with the doors open.
One boy in particular he noticed was a kid who went by Dream, dangling upside down on the top bunk in his room while reading a book. He sees Corpse and a look of understanding crosses his face as he realizes what was going on. His expression went kinda firm as if he were demanding that Corpse finally find a family, as he too has been there for quite some time, going through a similar experience to Corpse and understanding his pain.
He usually wears a mask with a big smile drawn on, so Corpse was surprised to find it on the floor on the other side of the room. Perhaps he threw it aside in anger, maybe he got rejected again? Poor kid. He gave Dream a slight smile and nod, wishing him well as he gets back to his reading.
By this point, Lily has noticed him looking into the other room, probably because he had slowed down to a near stop a little way away from the door. She looks between Corpse and Dream, seemingly understanding the situation.
"Don't worry Corpse, I'm sure one day we'll come back for him!" His heart skipped a beat, he felt so enlightened by this, like this was really it, he was finally going to have a family, and Dream was going to be a part of it someday too.
The door was getting closer, and anxiety built up in his chest, thundering in his ears, this is finally it!
It was finally time for Corpse to pass an interview and be adopted. It was at this point though, where he finally realized, the door he was looking at wasn't the one leading to the dean's office, this was the front door. Why were they walking towards the front door? That can't be right, he thought about it hard, and suddenly looked up into Lily's eyes for an answer.
Lily looked down into his large dark eyes and smiled. "Don't worry, we're going home now."
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