Hero Gone Rouge

"I'm not afraid."

"You feeling any better?" Lukas would give a soft smile, sitting on the edge of Tommy's bed.
  He was given no response, yet he knew he was awake.

He was overcome with thoughts, drowning in the sorrows of his mind, and for days on end the boy would just lie in his bed...

Unmoving, unblinking, and restless.

"You've been in bed for days, Rans starting to get worried," he'd give a small chuckle, looking at the door way.

"that's a lie, we are all worried,"

Tommy only nodded into his bed covers.

"Look, I'm not sure what happened, and you don't have to say, but please, try eat something?"

Lukas stilled, putting a hand on his shoulder before standing. "We'll be outside,"

Lukas left the room soon after, leaving Tommy to turn onto his back and lay an arm over his eyes.

It's hard to be alone.

He regrets it, but he can't go back, can he?
  Would they stay, would they forgive him or just blame him more?..

He turned to the shut door, sighing...

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The light outside the room was much more bright, people talking whilst the sky was new blue, and the birds would sing with no care for their tunes or the world that would listen.
   At the end of the hallway, tom sat, watching out the window at the small people in suits and some on weird costumes, all rush about or chat.

He missed it.

They all knew where they belonged. He watched their matching ties, their shoes and bags all a line.
He watched each person turn in a group, not one singled out or seemingly out of place.

They knew, without exception.

"Tommy?" He turned his head, looking at Ran. "I didn't know you'd be, well, out,"
Tommy nodded, resting his head on the chest of the other when he neared.

"I missed you," Ran smiled and ruffled Tommy's already messy hair. 

"I missed you more bud," They'd smile at eachother, peaceful in this moment.

"So uh, what have I missed?" Tommy held his hands and swinged his legs slightly, looking anywhere besides his friends eyes.

"Not much... Bad's going to be starting training and I guess the deans are making their decision soon?" Ran looked away also, noting the small awkward tension. "If you want, we could go see how it is and then decide if we should stay?"

Tommy nodded, standing and walking closer to Ran. "Thanks... boob,".

The two walked through the endless tours of rooms and people with blurred out faces, Tommy tailing at each pivot and step behind ranny.
  The stone that encased such enclosed life was strong and warm as Tommy brushed his hand over it on occasion, people spoke as he past by, not uttering a word to him in fear of startling the poor boy.
Some smiled at them, and yet, Tommy did not smile back.

He wasn't sure why he was here, he wasn't sure where his loyalties laid.

As they walked, he noticed more and more the people, some in suits, some not.

He was aware, of everything, each break in the wall, how many people where were, each step they took, what the sky looked like, what the air smelt like, what the cold wind felt like, what the tinted scent of wood tasted like mixed with mint, when ran smiled at him.

"You okay?" He spoke, such honey in land of salts. Tommy nodded, focusing on ran, and his fully black hair, on his shirt that's been stretched over time with use, on his shoes that where dirtier by the day.

"Yeah I'm okay, just feel... Out of place-"

"I get that, y'know big superhero son being here is a big change for us too-"
Tommy would nod, looking around with as much discreet as an elephant tiptoeing, stalking everyone everywhere.
  Watching everything from everything.

Like the women who walked with her hair way to high, or the man who was dressed in grey that clashed his red tie.
Or the man who was laying out black masks down on a table, or the tall women who was walking up and down a line of others.

Or even when ran slowed down to let him catch up, or when he nudged his head towards tom to avoid a pointless conversation for him.

Even how the boy would always check back towards him, despite everything.

Watch as ran smiled when he saw him.
And how it made him smile too...

That's his loyalty.
His loyalty is ran.
And Ran alone,  and he didn't need anything more.

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𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜,
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