Home (naibeli)

Part 4

          A couple days had passed and not much happened. It was always quiet due to eli resting most of the time or not being in the mood to talk. In that time they looked for houses they could move into and decided to move to one about three hours away in a small town.
          Although they had everything figured out they still had a couple more things to do. One of those were to visit Gertrude's grave which had been finished the night before. Naib had gotten up early, and ready for the small service he and the other boy would hold, but it was up to Eli to decide when they were going to do it. So when Eli walked out of the bedroom at about noon, dressed in nicer clothes and had his hair that hadn't been touched in days pushed back to the best of his ability Naib handed the other a large bouquet of purple and pink flowers. Then they took the 15 minute walk to the shade under a large tree next to a pond where Eli had decided to marry his lost lover. Not much happened the boys just stood there for about 10 minutes Naib occasionally sneaking glances that would resort in the same portrait of Eli's stoic face with tears running down his face. It hurt Naib seeing Eli like this, all he wanted to do for the past days was to make a bright smile appear on Eli's face, and even though Naib knew he couldn't at the time being he would still do his beat to be there for the boy.
          Naib's thoughts were interrupted by the rustling of Eli leaning down to place the flowers on the freshly turned dirt. Naib gave a quick glance at Eli and then dropped his head a bit while Eli rose back up, still holding gaze with the ground. They sat like that for a bit until Naib was interrupted by Eli grabbing at his sleeve and whispering with a raspy voice "can we go home."Naib noticed he said that as more of a weak statement than a question but he didn't want to make Eli wait with any questions and instead nodded and started walking with the other boy, who was still clinging to his sleeve.
          When they arrived back at the gloomy house Eli broke contact from Naib's sleeve to ruffle his hair and remove his jacket. When Naib went to ask if Eli wanted anything he was met with the whisper of Eli saying he wanted to rest, to which Naib responded "alright, rest well." A few minutes passed and while Naib was grabbing a snack in the kitchen Eli stood in the same place, which Naib took notice to and asked "Eli, are you alright." Eli then shot up, Naib's voice scaring him, but then he asked "oh- I um c-could I hug you?" Naib didn't respond he just made his way over to Eli and pulled him in, Eli melted into the touch and gripped at the inside of the others shirt while nuzzling into his neck. They stood there for a bit until Eli choked out a sob that he had been trying to hold in, and his knees buckled a bit. Naib held Eli tighter while steering them to the couch and laid down still holding Eli to his chest. Naib held Eli while he harshly sobbed into his chest. They laid there for what felt like an eternity, and then Naib heard a sleepy hiccup from Eli.
          Naib picked him up and brought him to the bed, he wasn't going to bother waking Eli up for dinner, he wouldn't be hungry and Eli could probably hibernate at this point. Although Naib was very hungry he sat on the side of the bed stroking Eli's arm while he rested, Naib felt like he needed to be with Eli all the time, but he was also very hungry. So Naib made himself dinner and did a couple things before climbing into bed next to Eli and pressing a light kiss on top of his head.