Keep The Lights On (K.T.L.O)

The Four-Armed

It was almost peaceful, the sound of shoes crushing on the dirt and breathing. They're breathing.

Step

Step

CRACK

A loud twig snaps as Tetsu walks on it. Tetsu then stopped for a second and started to look around everywhere, scared.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Tetsu then started to keep walking.

Is it something I did? Was it what I said? Why can't I think of why this man is mad at me? That's all that went through the mind of Yuto as Tetsu kept walking in front of him and wouldn't comment or say a word.

Step

Step

CRACK

Another twig Tetsu stepped on and then he stopped and looked around everywhere before stretching and counting his walk.

"Are you mad at me?" Yuto just asked straight up.

"What makes you think that?" Tetsu said as he turned around to look at Yuto's confused face.

"Well you raised your voice, and your face scrunched up and you violently grabbed me. You weren't happy with me and now you stopped talking. Was it something I said?"

"So, now you want to be good at reading people. Forget about what I did there, it made me angry at myself."

"I don't understand."

"That's what I like about you right now," Tetsu said as he looked forward again and started his walk.

Step

Step

SQUISH

A liquidy sound the ground made as Yuto looked down at what he stepped in.

"Why did you stop walking?" Tetsu asked as he looked at what Yuto saw.

Another dead body. Bones poking out and jolting out in different directions. The body had stab wounds all over, no clothes, and missing limbs. It was a boy who was older than Yuto but not Tetsu. He had black hair, and his eyes were brown but that is hard to tell from what he looked like now.

"There's another body."

"Yeah. I stepped over it for a reason. Now those shoes I crafted for you are stained with more blood."

"Shoes?"

"You don't even realize the things I do for you. Also, why did you give up on leaning on me? You're injured."

"I didn't want to burden you."

"Don't say that. Lean on me. That's what I'm here for."

Yuto then started to lean on Tetsu as they continued their slow walk. Still, Yuto looked back at the dead body they were casually walking away from. It looked like a rabid beast got to it and just tore it apart.

It chewed up sides, with its lack of limbs, a tongue that got taken since it's missing, and eyes that looked alive, like he was alive. Yet still held fear and a cold and dull presence. It was something Yuto was struggling with seeing every three seconds. Yet Tetsu just walks away without batting an eye.

"Tetsu."

"Yes?"

"How can you keep such a straight face?"

"When?"

"When you see dead bodies."

"Because I've seen so many. I've seen so many that I feel weird if I don't see them."