Breath (TulHin)

Chapter 14

The only place

Woof woof woof!

“Hey... I know the doorbell could you not make so much noise? Stop being nervous and stop barking.”

At that moment Narkb is lying comfortably on the sofa watching a program on TV, when the dog that was adopted in that house gets scared and starts barking as it runs. Even if he is a little lazy, the lack of a paw is not an obstacle to getting up and running in front of the house.

“Is it the mail? There's no one home! Please leave receipts in the letterbox.”

The large man mutters to himself and falls back onto the sofa. He doesn't care if the postmen get angry so the owner decides to continue his television activity while resting, but...

Diiing... Diiing... Ding...

The doorbell rings again. But the boy is not interested, at the moment he is lazy and wants to continue like this, so he decides to ignore the fact if it weren't for...

“Nakrb! Rob, are you there?!”

“Hmm... That voice... It comes from...”

For the first few seconds, he still can't think of anyone to whom that voice belongs, but a second later he stands up and sits up straight because of it... It's the close friend who has been absent for the past week. So he opens the door.

“Hey, Hin! What's this about...?”

The owner of the house gets up and runs to open the door asking quickly, but then his voice dies when he sees his condition... Hin covers his face with one hand but it is impossible to cover the various marks. Rob rushes to open the door. His eyes can see that his friend's condition is no different from that of the dog he recently adopted. In fact, it appears to be even worse. Several bruises can be seen on Hin's face, both on his cheeks and at the corners of his mouth and also above hid eyebrows as if he had just been in a fight. In addition to his clothes... Black trousers, and long-sleeved shirt, which covers his wrists. But...

“What the fuck happened to you?!”

The big boy doesn't hesitate to grab his friend's wrist and place a hand on his shoulder; this action causes him to see a huge bruise on his wrist, which makes him think that the other must be no different. Which makes the question no different from a statement. To which, the close friend doesn't want to let him know...

“I, uh... I fell.”

“Do you think I was born yesterday? You must have fallen from the top of the house and got stuck with a rope around your wrists, dammit!”

“Idiot.”

“Speak!”

“If... You are really my friend... Can't you not ask what happened?”

The person who is about to shout is silenced when the other person mentioned that he would not say anything. Why wouldn't he ask when he sees his friend that way? But...

“Please. You are the only friend I can count on.”

“This guy is always like this. He always finds a way to convince me.”

Ultimately, Rob is angry at his deranged friend's condition, but sighs heavily and rushes to greet the visitor.

“Come in first, how can I make you stay here in those conditions when you come to my house?”

Rob says this and then looks at the backpack he's carrying, which makes his eyes narrow.

“Do you want to stay at my house?”