Hide And Seek

1. Happiness

Timothée pov. :

Privacy.

"Now I can finally be home alone undisturbed," I thought to myself and already arranged in my head what I could do tonight.

For 2 days, no one would enter our house except me and possibly my boyfriend. Such an opportunity does not offer itself every day if I was completely honest, but fortunately the next few days would be an exception. My parents almost never left me alone at home because they were afraid that a certain incident that happened last year could happen again. Of course, I could understand that they were afraid and scared, but at the age of 16, I sometimes felt the need to just be alone. Especially since I was also in a relationship, sometimes you wish for a certain privacy if you understand what I mean.

As if that wasn't enough, my parents were already strict enough: fixed times when I was allowed to use my phone, at school I always had to keep the best grades, meetings with friends were very rare and with Damien I was allowed to meet even less often. It was hard enough for them to accept that I was into boys, so they didn't want to see him more than necessary. At least we went to the same school and always saw each other during the breaks and some lessons. In addition to that, I always had enough time for my drawings at home.

Of course, I had already tried to sneak out, but that didn't work that well and I didn't want to see my father's look which was soaked in anger again.

That's why I could hardly wait until my parents had finally loaded their things into the car and would drive to my mother's brother. He was very sick and they all wanted to discuss a few important things together.

I squinted at my cell phone. It indicated 4:30 p.m.

My uncle lived a little further away, which is why my parents would probably leave in an hour to be there in the early evening.

On Sunday morning they would then make their way home again.

I would have liked to have my best friends Eric and Key invited now, but they spent this weekend together in a wellness hotel. Absolutely a dream if you ask me, but I'm happy for them with all my heart.

"Damien and I definitely have to do something like that," I thought to myself and had to start smiling about this romantic imagination.

The life my friends lived was the complete opposite of mine. I think that's why we got along so well. The two were always there for me, supported me and were good listeners. When I was with them I was able to get upset about my parents for hours. It was really never boring to talk to them on the phone or in real life. However, I still preferred to talk to Damien of course, he still understood me the best, even if I didn't say anything.
I finally decided to take a little nap so that I could watch movies and series on Netflix all night.

However, I didn't know until then that the evening would be a lot more exciting than I thought...