Another World {M.R}

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Lorenzo POV

It isn't hard to tell that everyone is going mentally insane. Yes food and water has been given to us but the only way to escape our thoughts is sleeping. I haven't slept much and I would say I'm doing mentally okay.  It's different for Blake though, he's always pacing unless I forcefully push him to the ground, always saying he doesn't need food and I'm guessing that's from Embers lack of it because he doesn't think he deserves it.

I'm bored out of my mind tonight. I haven't been able to release my energy so everything is built up inside of me, now I stare at the ceiling while everyone else snores. I start to play with the rocks that lay on the ground beside me and look at Blake as he starts to stir.

"Is the moustache coming in?" He asks with a scratchy tone. He blinks a couple of times and flashes a little smile while he lifts his head.

I snort before I can stop it "sure." I mutter and push his head back down on his forearm pressuring him to go back to sleep.

"You're up Enzo." he says softly rubbing his eyes "so I'm up."

"That makes no sense." I mutter and close my eyes. Maybe if I pretend to sleep he will eventually comply and fall back asleep as well. That is until I notice my eyelids getting heavy, What if I fall asleep and he stays up by himself? I shake my head vigorously and make myself sit up more so it's uncomfortable and impossible to do so.

Blake catches on and instantly pulls me down beside him "No you don't." he sighs. As my neck is laying on his forearm I rest my head on his shoulder and we lay in silence for a while, basking in the feeling of it.

Quiet.

No noice.

No screams.

Just his silent breathing.

"What happens when you have to go back to NewYork?" I blurt out curiously. I've thought about it for a while now and because I always try to stay positive I think about how everything will be fine after this. But it wont be, because I realized when we do get out of this, he has to leave.

He thinks for a moment, calculating if thats even going to happen and I hope it does because I would rather them all go home then having to stay in this shit cell. "We'll worry about it when it comes. Until then I think you should try and sleep."

I nod because saying no would lead to an argument that I know we both don't want at the moment. So I close my eyes and pull him closer trying to think of excuses to make him stay. Each time a new one comes to mind it is pushed deep below me.

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I wake up and just lay there with my eyes closed. I don't want to wake up and face the world today, I want to sleep and eat. A loud clang makes me rethink it all because I know i'm waking up sooner than I want to, forced or not.

I sit up against the wall groggily and wipe the sleep away from my eyes. Loud dominant footsteps make their way to me and I glare them was the stop in front of me.

I look up with that glare thinking it's Mattheo but find a random dude looking a at me with a scowl "You're needed." he says in a monotone voice that makes my eyes widen, me? Needed?

Odd.

I stand up and step forward slowly knowing that complying without a fight is easier than making one when you have no energy. He opens the cell door and I finally look back one last time to see Blake getting much needed sleep. He'll be worried when he sees I'm not here but I have a feeling i'll be alright.