Splinter 2 (Yaoi ManXBoy)

【Part 22: Soon】「Satoshi」

Chapter 22: Soon

Thunder was striking on the rainy night. For some reason I was terrified. I was never scared of thunder or lightening, but today in particular, it made me as jumpy as a child.

"It will be okay." Hiro looks at me with a tired look. He didn't sleep well due to the thunder as well.

We sat in front of the fireplace in his dorm. It was typical, a big blanket was wrapped around us both, and he had his arm around me.

I felt uneasy.

"If you had something to do with the case, I won't forgive you." I said without making eye contact. I kept my eyes at the burning fire.

He sighs. "Why would I do that? I don't even know where your family is or how they look like." I could tell in his voice he was annoyed with my assumptions.

"Sorry. I don't know what to believe. Your business card was in my parent's house."

He doesn't say anything. It made me even more suspicious of him.

"Nothing to say?" I said in a angry questionable tone.

"I don't know how it got there. I swear." He frowned.

"Sure okay." I got out of his grasp, and went to lay on the couch. He looks at me, and goes over to me.

"Satoshi I am sorry for everything that is happening, but I didn't do it." He takes my hand, and kisses it. "Smile for me my Prince."

I forced a small smile to shut him up. I didn't know what to believe at this moment. It all seemed so unreal. I missed my mother the most. I cried too much that my tears dried up, and I couldn't cry anymore. I felt numb to the depression. People keep dying. Who is next?

"Satoshi, want to sleep in my room? It is more comfortable?" He asked in a gentle tone.

"I'm good here. I need to be alone. Just not really alone." I knew he knew what I meant. I didn't want to be home alone, I wanted to be with him, but not in his bed. Not tonight.

"Okay." He agrees, and walks on upstairs.

I felt lonely, but it was best to be alone. I didn't want pity, and I didn't want to suddenly cry. I felt weak every time I cried. I knew my mother would not want to see me upset like this. As if I wasn't upset enough. I am always so grumpy. I remembered she told me once that my grumpiness is way more handsome than when I was sad. I took her word.

My puffy eyes started drooping, and I could feel my body shutting down from exhaustion. I soon fell asleep with heavy breaths echoing the living room.

I woke up in the middle of the night. I saw it was 3:27 in the morning. I rubbed my eyes, and saw the unfamiliar living room. It was weird being in Hiro's living room. It was creepy since his window was big, and the shadows of the tree branches look like hands. The shadow creeped me out more, but I found it silly that a guy as old as me would be scared of such childish things.

The bookcase stood out to me. I saw photo albums that were quite fancy to the eye. Many golden designs covered the fancy album. I decided to be nosy since I was curious if Hiro was a cute baby. Was he a fat or skinny one?

I took a red album off of the shelf, and opened it. The first thing I saw was a baby photo of Hiro. He had a fancy suit on as a baby. A middle sized baby he was. Not too chubby or too skinny.

I flipped through the photos, and saw his pictures when he was in elementary school, and middle school, then high school. I noticed he had many friends, and girlfriends. I guess it was pretty reasonable since even now girls seem to cling on him.