A Gift To You

From shadows to Shade | Andrew

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9:59
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10:00!

You immediately stood up and shut your clients file close for the evening. You stretched! Leaning side to side to get your blood pumping and popped your arms and fingers, after sitting in one spot for hours on end your butt appreciated it.

"Ohhhh man my butt is sore!" You kicked your heels off and swapped them for your shoes, grabbing your hand bag you slipped your planner in it,ready to leave for the day when you heard a loud slam of a door,"Aesop?" You called out into the empty hallway. The Morgue was silent save for some very low groaning farther down the hall near the wash room.

That couldn't have been Aesop, he was at a client's house all day! So who was inside the Morgue?!

Thats when you noticed alot of dirt and mud and been tracked in that led to the bathroom and leaning on the wall was a very large shovel.

"Oh! Thats right!" You couldn't believe you forgot about the grave keeper that worked during the day! He must have come in for the day!

"Ngh!"

You could hear a muffled groan of pain coming through the walls.

"That dosent sound good!" You nibbled on your thumb nail,should you go in? What if he was hurt? Or worse! But then again he could just be having tummy troubles? "Um hello?" You rapped on the door,"are you ok? You sound like you need some help"

The door creaked open revealing a single ruby eye,"What do you want?"

"You are the grave keeper, right? I just wanted to make sure you were ok,you sounded like you in alot of pain"

"Go away,I'm fine-ngh!" The door swung open as the man slammed into the door frame and revealed the most beautiful man you'd ever seen in your entire life.

He was a good heads taller than you and his chest was covered in scars and irrated red splotches which you only assume were bad sun marks from being outside all day. He had short titanium blond hair that covered up one eye while exposing his other red eye. He was,in simple terms-

"-Beautiful..." he was absolutely beautiful!

"The hell?" He made an unamused face, was this some sort of joke? Andrew looked down at you. He had seen you a few times, you were one of Aesops assistant.

"I mean! You uh, do you need some help?"

He narrowed his eye again and made a bit of a mean face,"this some kind of joke?"

"Um? No? I heard you groaning and thought you were in trouble..." you didn't know what to say after that. His gaze felt a bit weird, like he was trying to tell if you were lying or not. Thats when he closed the door in your face,"Rude!" You were a bit shocked at how rude the man was! After all you were only trying to help him! But then again you did call him 'beautiful', most men don't really like being called something so feminine.

Pouting you turned to take your leave for the day! That would be last time you offered any help to-

"OW! stupid table!" Something landed on your foot,"is this...burn cream?" It was completely empty,the tube was curled slightly and small dab of clear-ish cream dripped onto your finger. It was a cheaply made brand that very few people used to help heal sun burns, you were surpised that anyone even used it! Putting the tube down you left the Morgue for the day.

'I'll have to ask Aesop about that man and his rude behavior, who does he think he is! I was only trying to be nice! Him and his stupid pretty eyes...' you wrung your wrist at the memory,'still he was very handsome...I guess I can let it slide' besides you could think about the cute man later,you had some plants to water when you got home! By the time you got home and opened your door another door back at the Morgue closed shut.