The Glassy Sky

CHAPTER TEN: The Fountain of Youth

I thought that we needed a break from all the fight that has happened, so we immediately went back to my limbo, and decided that we should go on a hot spring visit. I didn't tell them this because I want it to be a surprise to them. I only told Sully that we need to go and visit the Sirens again. When we arrived at the City of the Sirens, the Sirens greeted us with a warm welcome. "Welcome back, oh mighty creator!" Salem the chief said. "Because of you, were all safe." I took Salem to ask him privately. "Don't worry about it," I said. "If you don't mind, we just wanted to go on a vacation right now."

"Sure. Do you have a place in mind?" Salem asked.

"Yeah, the hot spring country. Is it available?"

"Yes, it's available right now. There's no one there, so you can use it for how many days you like."

"Great! I love that." I replied. We went to the spring country so that we can relax, and on the spring country lies a giant waterfall of hot water. I called it the fountain of youth. I discovered it when I was scouting the area that there's a giant waterfall that produces hot water. Perfect for bathing, so I called it the spring country while I created the Sirens to guard this special place, because this place is a place for healing and reevaluation of life's purpose. I decided to call it the fountain of youth. For it relaxes me whenever I go there. "Where are we going, brother?" Sam asked. "You'll see." I replied. "I don't like the feeling I'm getting from your answer, Zack." Toby said. Then after a few minutes of walking, they saw the giant waterfall that releases hot water. "Whoa! This is impressive!" Sam said. "What are we doing here?" Toby asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" I said, "We're going to bathe here. Trust me it's the best thing that we can do for now." As Sam and I are stripping, Toby stood there as if he doesn't want to join and I can't help the fact that he looks like he's blushing.

"I'll join you guys later." Toby said.

"Why, want's wrong?" I asked. Meanwhile, I noticed that Toby is looking at our willies while blushing. I think I know why, but I need to validate it first. So I approached him, "Are you sick?" I put my hand in his head, and checked if he has a fever.

"Then, what's wrong, Toby?" Sam asked. While he's running towards Toby, he suddenly slipped through the rocks and accidentally touched Toby's willie. Suddenly, Toby's face turned red. "Wow! You're really hard down there." Sam said, jokingly. But I can sense that Toby is having a hard time with his sexuality.

"Are you into boys, Toby?" I asked.

"What's it to you?" He responded, angrily and I can see utter disgust in our behavior. "Look, whatever your preference is, we don't care. As long as you know how to respect other people and you're not hurting anyone, then it doesn't matter what sexuality you are." I said.

"Yeah, it's okay if you like boys. We don't care what you are, we just wanted to have fun. So take off your clothes and let's have some fun!" Sam said, happily. Toby took off his clothes slowly and started pulling down his pants because he feels that he's on a safe space.

We played on the waterfall and it was so hot, perfect for the cold and humid environment that this world has. Sam and Toby are enjoying themselves, and I'm happy that they are having fun for once. Because they're still kids technically. So I went back to dive on the shallow waters and started having fun myself. This hot spring is the best! Probably the only thing that remains untapped in this world. "I have a question to you, Toby?" Sam asked.

"When did you discover that you're not into girls?"

"Ever since I was young, I knew that I like boys more than girls."

"That explains why you're trying to evade us a while ago." I said. "I can sense if someone's lying or having problems, you know."

"Really, brother?" Sam said.

"They call empathic ability. Where you can sense if someone's lying, having problems or you can also sense danger."

"How did you discover that you have that ability?"

"When I was in my first year high school, I tripped the stairs and suddenly I hit my head so hard that I needed stitches to fix my eye brow. But after that, I was able to sense danger, I can also feel if someone's lying or having problems. That's how I ended up being an empath, aside from being a dream walker."

"So, how long have you two been here?" Toby inquired, curiously.

"I've been here longer than my brother." Sam said, "The only thing I remember is that I fell asleep on the back of the car, it was my 6th birthday back then and we're going on a restaurant trip. Then I woke up in this place and found that I can't leave anymore since they buried my body on the physical world. I just found out from my brother that we had an accident and that caused my death."

"I'm sorry." Toby said.

"You don't have to apologize." Sam said, "It already happened, the important thing is we have to live on and learn how we can defeat Morpheus." We had our fun, and this is the best day of our lives. I think we deserve a break after all of the things that happened, I also needed to back down and rethink of ways to deal with Morpheus while he also recuperates. I think he's also resting for I can't sense him anywhere. After we're finished taking a bath, we went to the cottage next to the waterfall and sleep for the meantime.