|| TommyInnit adoption AU ||

Chapter VIII

Tommy's POV

I woke up in the middle of the night again, sweating and silently crying from the nightmare. At least my arm didn't hurt as much. It was hot under my bed sheets so I sat up on my bed, hugging my wet pillow. It was 3:40 as my clock said, I wanted to see Henry so bad, that I started to cry even more.

Of course I was trying to be as silent as possible, but apparently it didn't work as someone carefully opened my room door, without knocking and peeked through it. It was Wilbur. "Hey...", Wilbur said as he came into my room, leaving the door with a little crack open. "So what's on your mind tonight...?" he softly asked, sitting on my bed. "Just...things..." I said while my voice was muffled by the pillow.

"Well, whatever is on your mind, I can promise you that we're here for you, we will try to make you happy as possible. I know that fostering shit can be hard and really shit but we're trying to make this house your safe space and maybe your new home too." He said. He seemed so genuine and caring...I started to think about this house.

So far, I haven't been hit or complained about. Phil seemed like a nice father as well as Wilbur and Techno trying to be as supportive brothers as possible. Should I...? Screw it, I should. "I...I was thinking about Henry." Wilbur turned to me. "Who's Henry?"

"He... is my one and the only friend. And... he is a horse" I said while cracking a smile. "When I was at the orphanage I used to work for this man who had a barn. The man had a lot of work horses. One of them being Henry. I really liked him, so I started to spend a lot of time with him. The man noticed and taught me how to ride. Since then, when I have nights like this or extra free time I go for a ride on him to watch the sunset or just hang out in the woods. That's where I was when we were at the park. Henry is the best horse you could ever ask for. He even became almost my own horse. Due to his pretty old age he couldn't work as much as before, so we just went into forests, rested in the fields and rode back on our way eating forest apples or berries. He is the best friend I have ever had..." I smiled at a happy memory with Henry.

"Well...if you'd like, we could go to see Henry, like, tomorrow or today as you could say, if you're up for it..?" Wilbur said. I nodded without any hesitation. "Alright then, we have plans for tomorrow. But for now you should go to sleep, it's 4am after all. Do you need help to fall asleep?" Wilbur asked again, with his soft magical voice. I nodded again. "Alright, be right back" Will said and went off to his room.

He came back soon afterwards, but with his guitar now. He put the guitar next to the bed, pulling the covers over me. Then, he reached for his guitar and started to strum some soft patterns. I closed my eyes, feeling more tired and tired and soon, everything went black, though the last thing I heard was a soft...

"Wasting your time..."

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A chapter!! I might edit the previous chapters because they really need to be edited😄Also, Don't forget that there are people who are proud of you!! <33 like me!!! Have a nice day/night❤️❤️