They Don't Care, But I Do. | A Dadvid Story |

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Max was stuck there cleaning a pool of blood that came from his nose that was gushing out blood. He stuck a paper towel up his nose, not wanting any more blood going all over him and bleeding everywhere. Hell, he didn't even want a bloody nose. He was used to this kind of treatment from people, but that didn't mean he liked it.

He finished cleaning up the blood and sighed a bit. His swelling eye hurt him a lot, enough to make him cry. He did silently, not wanting to awake anybody. He didn't want to get in trouble again. He shuddered at the thought of getting beaten.

He got up off his hands and knees and threw out the bloody paper towels that had soaked up all the blood on the floor.

He went back upstairs, remembering thd memory of the man choking him. He shivered a bit at that thought. He made it upstairs, almost fainting onto his bed in exhaustion. He fell asleep in a matter of seconds.

He had a long night of being beaten, and cleaning up blood from his probably broken nose.

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Max woke up with a terrible headache, but he wasn't even surprised. It had been happening almost every day since he had got here. He was always so thankful for the days that his didn't head felt like it was going to explode. He threw his arms up and streched them over his head, a yawn coming escaping his mouth.

He got up and squinted his eyes a bit at the irration of the sunlight. He walked hated waking up. He wiped the drool off his mouth, and put on his signature blue hoodie.

His roomate, Andrew, had woken up not so late after Max had.

He groaned as got up, climbing down from the top bunk.

Max and Andrew didn't want to, but were going to go downstairs. They knew they had too, they'd get beaten if they woke up too late. 'That bitchass is crazy.' Max thought to himself.

But before they could open the door, they were interrupted by somebody opening the door before they could.

The man had an unpleasant look on his face. He looked irritated, more than then gathered usual.

He gave max a death stare before opening his mouth ot speak. "Maxwell. Pack up your stuff, somebody's adopting you" He said to him, rolling his eyes. "Oh and hurry up. If you take longer than five minutes I'm going to beat your ass to death."

He was obviously mad that max was leaving. He was his favorite to beat up. And he didn't think max deserves to be adopted. He thought he was just a waste of space, and that was the reason he was his favorite to beat up. He took out his anger on the children, yes. But also, he just liked the fun of beating them.

He slammed the door shut as Max and Andrew stared at eachother In shock.

Andrewwas a bit older than Max, but he want one of those mean roommates. He was like an older brother to Max, only he was only here for two weeks.

"Holy shit man! Your getting adopted!! Congratulations! Your lucky." He said to Max, leaning against the door, his hands in his pajama pants pockets. He had a smile on his face. He actually looked happy for max, which made max grin even more.

Max finished packing is stuff in less than a couple of seconds, after all, he didn't have much.

Before he left, he said goodbye to Andrew, some tears dropping from his eyes.

"I'm gonna miss you man. Hey listen, whatever you do, just remember, I love you. Stay safe, okay? " Adam said, pulling a watery eyed Max into a hug.

This was the one of the only hugs that max wouldn't fight.

"Yeah, me too..I don't wanna at this shitty place but I don't wana leave you." Max said, tears of Max's soaking into Adam's shirt.

The hug lasted maybe a twenty seconds before they let go and accepted max had to go.

They waved goodbye, both boys wiping away their tears. Andrew didn't want to make Max upset. After all, he was like an older brother to him, and Max was getting adopted. He tried to stay strong for him, even if inside he was more weak than ever. 'That's what an older brother does. Makes you happy.' He thought to himself, trying to cheer himself up, but miserably failing.

Max was fighting back tears as he stated to go downstairs, throwing his backpack onto his back.

But his mood cheered up when he realized david didnt lie to him.