Trader

Chapter 3: Getting To Know You

I would always wake up to keys giggling in the cell door, and that mystery guy would come in with food and try to feed me. I wouldn't eat the food then he would push the food away and leave. No one else would see me. Only that guy would see me in the morning. He wouldn't see me any other time just in the morning. I am alone for the rest of the day. It gets lonely in this cell. I'm actually starting to miss him being here. It's morning and the guy is sitting in front of me. I'm still laying down. "Okay, it's been a week and you haven't eaten yet. You have not given us anything yet either. Our Elders are starting to get angry. They will soon give you to be in the care of someone else that's less nice to you than I have been. So, come on. I'm Nsizok. That's my name. I'm the son of the leader and my mom is the daughter of one of the Elders. I am 19 years old. What's your name?" He informed me. I looked at him and said "You know, my people will find you. They will hurt you all!" He just looked at me. "Really? We have at least 5 or more warriors watching our base, and they haven't seen anyone yet." He said. I was shocked.

I was dumbfounded. But he was right. If they were looking for me they would have gotten me back. "So, what's your name? Tell me about yourself before you get handed to someone else." He spoke again. Well, I mean if they don't find me then I might be tortured by someone definitely not as nice as he is. I thought. I looked at him and he was still looking at me. I sighed. "I'm Izaper." I said to him. He smiled. He helped me to sit up. "So, Izaper are you gonna eat?" He questioned me. I am hungry. Fine! I don't care about anything anymore. I thought. I nodded yes to him.

He smiled and picked up some food and brought it to my mouth. "Open" he spoke in a soft voice. I opened my mouth. He pushed my food in my mouth and started to chew. It tasted amazing. He picked up more as I was chewing. He rubbed my cheek with the other hand. I moved closer to him. After he fed me he moved his hand that was rubbing my cheek to my chin and pulled me closer. Our lips were about to touch each other. "See! That wasn't bad at all." He told me.

"Tell me more about you." I don't know what happened to me but I did. I told him everything about me. Which is the number 1 rule not to do because they can use that against me. "I grew up in a little town not so far from here. The town is a couple of hours away. My family is the blacksmiths. I didn't want to be like my father and siblings, so I trained to be a soldier for my Elders. I'm level 12 in my town." I told him. "How did your parents take that?" He spoke after sometime. "My mom never talked about it again but my dad hates that I didn't be like him. He calls me weak all the time. I guess he is right now." I said the part I looked down. He lifted my head up. "Well, I don't think you're weak. I mean you are level 12. You just had a bad day. Everyone has a bad day." He said. I notice that often Nsizok likes to look at my lips when I talk. He got up and grabbed the empty tray and took it to the other person outside of the cell. He gave the person the tray and they left.

Nsizok came back to me and brought me to my feet. "Now, I'm going to let you out of these chains." He said. "Here is the plan. You are going to be sleeping in my room. You will follow me around everywhere. I go you go. You have to be in my line of sight. You can't be out of my sight. You will also have to do as I say Izaper. If you don't want the leaders and elders to see something they don't like they will come to me and talk to me, and if I don't come up with an excuse they will give you to someone else. So, just try to listen and your life will be fine. Okay?" He told me the plan. I nodded to him.

It's just the way he says my name. He took the chains off me. He was on my right side. His hand was on my arm. He was leading me to his room. His hand was still on my arm so he knew I wasn't leaving. He took me to his house. "This is my house." He said as he opened the door and let me inside. He showed me around. His house was a 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. I will be sleeping in his room on his bed. He informed me that he would not change his life for me. So, that means he will also be sleeping in his bed.

I've been living in this house for more than a week now. I am gaining his trust more and more each day. As I was gaining his trust I believe I was starting to gain a crush on him. From the way Nsizok acts sometimes makes me think he has a crush too.