I Swear It Was An Accident!

A Friend in A Lonely World

(Lily.)

      I rushed to the door, and opened it, leading to a blur of motion entering my room. After it made it inside, I immediately closed the door, hearing the Thing claw against it, only to seemingly leave as its breathing grew farther and farther away. Its roar was gone now, replaced only by the sound of the rasping breathing, and the pounding inside my chest. I flopped down against the wall, and exhaled a sigh of relief. One, I was safe, and two, I saved somebody else. I glanced around the room, looking for whoever I had saved, and found him slumped down similarly near my bed. He looked exhausted, and honestly, even though I had just woken up, so was I. Maybe that thing had something to do with my sudden exhaustion, and his as well. I heard his soft snores from behind the foot of my bed, and I curled up on the floor as well, hoping for some rest. I wasn't forced to wait, and sleep came quickly.

I woke up to being covered in a blanket, and a scent I hadn't smelt in forever; cooked, hot food. I stretched out, and froze as I noticed the dampness and the wet floor between my legs that was now soaking into the rest of my clothes. It was a miracle the blanket hadn't been soaked, but the same couldn't be said for my clothes. I slowly began to stand up, when a door opened next to me. "Oh hey, you're up. I thought I heard something." Here was the person I saved earlier, and well, they were at least half a foot taller than me. Murky brown eyes, a mop of black hair, and a tall, skinny frame. He towered over me as I slouched beneath my blanket, trying to hide the large damp spot on my pants and the back of my shirt. I replied quickly, "Hi, uh, do you mind if I go change my clothes? I don't like sleeping and moving around in the same clothes, so could you give me a bit of privacy?" His response was curt, and with a slight look of embarrassment, he said "Oh yeah, no problem, I'll be in the uh, kitchen I guess." As he walked back into the kitchen and closed the door enough where it was just barely shut, I rushed over to my closet, anxious to get out of my damp clothes. It was a simple task, stripping down my wet clothes and sliding on nice, clean dry ones. As I walked towards the kitchen and opened the door, I was greeted with the smell of Spam and eggs, with some green beans as well. It smelt delicious, and honestly, I couldn't wait to try it. I saw him standing by the stove, whistling a tune, and as he continued pushing the eggs and spam around the pot, I recognized him as my visitor from the other day.

"My name's Lily, and you said your name was Kale, right?" I asked, he responded with a small smile, "Yep, think of the vegetable." That made me giggle a little, and I could see his smile growing wider, and then I remembered something else. "Sorry about surprising you in the kitchen the other day, I didn't mean to scare you." "Nah, it's not a big deal honestly, I was just scrounging for some food, and well, up until today I haven't been so lucky." He replied, quickly turning to push his eggs around the frying pan one more time before turning off the stove. He reached down below the counter and pulled some plates out of a drawer, and grabbed a couple of forks from the drawer as well, putting them on the plate before using the spoon he had been using to stir the eggs and spam around with to serve a sizable portion on my plate. I opened the door to my room, and we both sat down on the bed, resting our food on my desk, where I began to eat.

Kale.

I watched her eat the food rapidly, finishing her plate before I had even gotten halfway through mine. It's been days since I've had a full meal like this, and honestly, I hoped it wasn't the last. While she'd been sleeping, I searched through one of the three doors, and I found a sizable amount of food and other things, including a room that resembled a small greenhouse, with lights above long trays of soil and pots. Using a box I found in a room previously, I carried as much food as I could, and was even more thankful she took the time to move the mini-fridge into her room, storing the eggs I had stolen from a kitchen area similar to ours. When I returned from my small expedition, I found her passed out next to the bed still, curled up in a ball almost. I could hear her soft breathing, along with some slight shivers. I stripped the blanket off of her bed and spread it out over her, where she slowly shuffled to accustom herself to the blanket. She looked cute, laying there on the ground, I wished there was more I could do for her, but well, there wasn't much else, and I decided to cook a little something with the food we had.

After she woke up and I walked back into the room to kinda check on her, I saw her hiding herself beneath the blanket as much as possible. She wasn't doing the most excellent job, and well, I could tell her clothes were wet, while she sat in a small puddle. I didn't want to make her feel bad or embarrassed, and I wasn't really looking forward to pressing the matter forward with her, so I just left the room when she asked me too. Nothing to lose there, since I was respecting her privacy, and making sure that she felt comfortable as well. Her voice sounded familiar, but I can't place it, since I hear hundreds every day at my high school. It was soft, and a little lower than other girl's voices, but nothing I minded. As I finished up the last bits of my meal, I put my plate and fork back in the kitchen, knowing I could use the fountain near my room to clean them off most likely. I reached for the box of supplies, and split the items up so we each had a similar amount of food and water. I began putting the dishes inside the box, and when I finished that, I set the box on the floor in front of it, and went back into the room to say bye to Lily.

(Hey uh, I hope you liked this chapter! I know it wasn't as per se, active, compared to other chapters, but I feel that it did it's job. Thank you for taking the time to read my story, and have a good life. - Joker)