Fly High, Butterfly

Chapter Twenty Five

Bruno loves his family, he loves the people of the town but sometimes it becomes to much for him. After a local wanted a prophecy and hated it, they took it out on Bruno and not in the nicest way. He went to bead early and slipped diner too, sleeping well and waking up the next morning not much later than he usually did.

He opened his eyes and felt like he had no energy, he didn't feel like getting up and he didn't even feel hungry. He just lay there and pulls the covers over his head a little and just listens to the falling sand, it soon got to the time where he should go down to breakfast, his little rat friends crawling around waiting for him.
"If your hungry you can go down on your own little guys, l'm not feeling up to it this morning" he turns round and watches his rats crawls out the door, he just lay there and sighs, staring into space.

Down in the kitchen, everyone was just sitting down, not seeing Bruno,
"Camilo, go up and wake up your tío Bruno and tell him it's time for breakfast"
Camilo looks at his mama "mama it's always me that has to go up all those stairs"
"Don't argue Camilo, now go on"
Camilo didn't want to make his mama angry so he sighs a little and gets up, going to Bruno's door and looking at all those stairs before starting the walk upwards.

He soon got to the top and looks in the door, it being half open still, "Tío Bruno? Breakfast is ready"
Bruno glanced at him before turning around to face away without a reply.
"Tío Bruno? Are you okay?" No response, "Tío Bruno..?" Bruno pulls the covers completely over his head so only the ends of his hair pokes out. Camilo took that as a No and walks back downstairs with a frown and sits back at the table.

"I don't think he's coming down, I asked him if he was coming and he turned away from me and when I asked if he was okay he just pulled the covers over his head"
The others glanced between each other for a few seconds
"After breakfast I will go have a talk with him" Abuela Alma said after a few seconds, the others not and they ate breakfast, Julieta setting aside a plate for Bruno and a smaller side plate of food for the rats, which the rats quickly ate off of.
During this time Bruno didn't move, he slowly poked his head back out but kept the lower half of his face covered still, staring at the wall feeling even more lonely without the company of his rats, he thought he was used to it due to the 10 years he spent in the walls

After breakfast, Alma took Bruno's plate and went up to Bruno, Casita letting her up an easier way so she didn't have to climb all the stairs, she gently knocks on his room door and walks in, putting his plate his side table then sat on the end of his bed, "Brunito, are you feeling okay? Camilo told us you turned away when he said breakfast was ready" Bruno didn't reply but just shifts a bit, wrapping the covers around himself some more, Alma watches him and gently put her hand on his shoulder, "do you want me to leave you alone for a bit? Give you some time till your ready to talk?"
She went to take her hand away but Bruno took his hand out of the covers and holds onto her, not wanting her to leave, so she doesn't, she stays and keeps her hand there, letting him hold onto her and lets him as he moves to hold onto her hand.
She stays patient with him as he looks over at her a little bit and soon slowly sits up and shuffled over and leans into her side, she gently hugs him and plays with his hair

"Brunito I'm here for you, if you want to talk then I'm here for you as your mama, and if you don't want to talk then I can stay with you so your not alone" she holds him as he nods a bit, just somewhat enjoying that he wasn't alone after all these years, he relaxes a little bit and looks at her after a while.

"Did you have to climb all those stairs?"
"No Brunito, Casita made a way up that was much easier" she moves some hair out of his face as he nods.
"...am I a burden to you still..?"
"Brunito no, you were never a burden to me ever, and I'm glad your back, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you in the past but I'm here now. And I'm going to be here for you always"
He nods and stays close to her "mama I don't like my gift, it's anything but that, all it's done is cause trouble, the townspeople hate is and when they as for a prophecy they never like it, then take it out on me like I had a choice in what I saw"