wordcount : 1075
TW : disordered eating
CW : talk of kidnapping and ? panic attack ?
DREAM'S POV
"Hey... everything okay with the room?" he nods, I smile and look at him wrapped in the bed sheets,
"Come downstairs with me? We're about to have dinner, its just pasta with oil and you can add whatever you want?" he looks away for a second, he looks back at me.
"Please, my sister wants to meet you as well?" he hesitantly pulls the sheets off himself, he drags his feet over the side of the bed.
"Do you know how to use the TV?" I asked as he approached me at the door, he shook his head, I hum and lead him downstairs.
"How about I show you after dinner? I'll put on a good movie for you," he nods. When we get downstairs the table is set, individual bowls of pasta and plates of ingredients in the centre.
"Hi sweetie, sit down, this is Drista,"
"Hi.." Drista said, clearly uncomfortable, I was more worried about Pandas though.
I sat down, he sat beside me, we ate in silence, he didn't eat, well barely, he mainly picked at his food until I finished.
"You don't want anymore?" he nods, I look at Mum and Drista both talking about their days before I took our plates and stood.
"Have you seen any of these movies?" I scroll through the more recent films on Disney+, he shakes his head, I open Pixar movies and he nods. I look at the first movie. Toy story, I click on it, my eyes fixate on the date, 1995, this boy could've been born into an abusive family, all my assumptions that he was kidnapped left considering the movie was definitely made around the time he was born.
"Do you want to watch it?" he nods, I point at the remote,
"that's to pause, this is on and off, this arrow goes back to the home page, that okay?" he nods again, I didn't know whether to leave him alone or watch with him.
I pass him the remote and he taps play, and then pauses immediately look at me for approval, I nod and go to stand up. He looks at me, eyes wide,
"my room is across the hall, if you want anything, i'll leave my door a bit open. If i'm asleep just wake me alright?" He nods, so slowly that he came off unsure.
"Do you need something?" he thinks for a second before patting the spot next to him.
I woke up to somebody shaking me awake, I thought it was Pandas but then they spoke,
"He's crying, you should go check up on him,"I hum and groan before pulling myself up, letting Drista leave before I made my way down the hall, I open the door a little bit, I look at him, he had the lamp on.
"Hey.. Can I come in?" he nods, I walk in, shutting the door behind me,
"Nobody is going to hurt you anymore, whatever happens from now on you're going to be safe," I sit at the end of the bed, his hand trails up to his mouth to quiet his sobs.
"You're okay.." I didn't know what to say, he was clearly distressed, hands shaking and trembling.
"Do you want to watch a movie with me? I know some good ones," he shrugs, he starts to calm down. I move up the bed to sit beside him, I go to pull him into a hug but he flinches and than falls into my arms.
"I'm sorry.. I should have asked, here you choose the movie?" I hold out the remote, he shakes his head and cuddled up to my side,
I decide to put on Monsters Inc, I rub my free arm up and down his back. He seemed calm. Like nothing had even happened. After a while of the movie, his eyes shut, I knew he wasn't asleep because his breathing was yet to settle.
It felt nice to comfort him,
"Nick," he mumbled, I froze for a second,
"What?" I asked, confused.
"My names Nick," he whispered, he seems to become even more tired than before.
"Goodnight Nick..."
I wake up to movement, I look at Nick, he was staring out the window of the house, he looked like it was the first time he had seen outside for the longest time. He looks at me before coming back to sit by me,
"Morning," I mumble, sitting up, he looked tired, and pale, not as bad as yesterday but still extremely ill looking.
"Get much sleep?" he shrugged and I sat up completely, cracking my neck as I do.
"Have you been up long?" he nods, I smile at him and stretch out my arms.
"I'm going to grab my laptop then we can go downstairs, alright?"
"Nick, the boys are going to come over in an hour, We will probably go on a walk, sound okay?" I said while pouring bowls of cereal, it was 10 o'clock. I add milk to his bowl and push his across the island table, I take mine and walk around as sit beside him. He was staring at my laptop, he had no expression, his eyes weren't following the words either,
"Can you read?" he shrugged.
"Read it to me?" he looked at me, I hand him a spoon, he looks at the laptop, he shakes his head and starts to pick at the cereal,
"Okay... Finish your cereal alright, if I ask you some yes or no questions can you nod? Then I can tell those people for you?" he looks up and nods, he picks at his food again for a while.
"Were you kidnapped?" nod.
"Run away from them?" he shakes his head.
"Are you from here, Los Angelos?" no.
"But you're from the U.S?" yes.
"Are you 10?" no.
"11?" he froze.
"It's 2013, January... 11?" no.
"12?" nod.
He didn't even know the date.
He had no idea what year it was.
12. His name is Nick and he is 12, he's not from LA but he is from America and he was kidnapped, guessing a while ago.
"I want you to finish your food okay?"
He looked at me, clearly not interested in doing so, I think for a second to compromise.
"Half?" he nods.
"Stay friends even when you go back home?"
he nods. He stuttered out,
"Really think i'm going back home?"
YOU ARE READING
Losing Hope.
Fanfiction[KARLNAP] Kidnapped for years and finding his way to a small town in which 4 young boys take him in and help him find his way home. Sapnap's home safe, his mother's sick and short on money. After years he still writes letters to the boys, getting 4...
