Wait For You in 5 Stages

Pt.31 : Lost

Camille was rocking me back and forth, holding my head with one hand and her other arm wrapped around my back.

We were still on the floor so my hands were uncomfortably limp on my stomach but I started to feel warmer. I could barely hear them talking but I could feel Camille's heart pounding and her shuddered breaths as she too, starts crying.

I close my eyes really tight. I didn't mean to cause this. I felt I was never really close to Camille and Sera although I spent months living in their care. However now, I've come to realize how our connection really was. I let out a whine and a trickle of tears again thinking of Camille as a real mother in this moment. In all the storybooks I read as a child, I would picture those fairytale moms as a replacement for my own. Someone who truly loves me and creates a warmth in our home.

I look up and beside me to find Sera frantically looking around and taking calls on her phone. I've never seen her this worried and it hurt. For a split second, I remembered what happens to everyone I care about.

I sit up, moving away from Camille's embrace, and look around. A few customers were huddled outside stores staring out at us, whispering amongst each other. I looked back between Camille and Sera and back out towards the scenery. I looked through the small crowds and down the street. I looked towards the bakery. There...

Weakly, I lift my arm to point.

"Whah...What is it Kody? What's up? Huh? What do you need?", Camille searched in my eyes then looked back.

"...The bakery?", she questioned.

No, not the bakery. He's right there. It's been a week, no, almost 4? 5 months? He's walking this direction, please tell me you see him.

I couldn't make out my words.

"..umine...", my voice scratched.

I stared until the sight of him was blocked by Camille's hair. She hugged me again, only tighter. She cried out to Sera and they both picked me up and ran to Camille's home.

Luckily, he followed.

As Camille and Sera lay me on the couch and wrap me in blankets, he sat across from me on the floor, simply waiting for something. He'd watch them grab me hot chocolate and try to talk to me, but I kept silent and stared at him.

Camille and Sera kept looking towards the direction I was watching, only for them to look at each other in confusion and concern every time.

Lumine wore a brokenhearted face. His eyes would linger on me for a moment then look away, avoiding my glare.

'Whats happening?' I wanted to ask.

I am lost. I don't know why he was gone. I don't know how to deal with Camille and Sera's panic. I don't know how to deal with my own exhaustion. I don't know why he's looking at me like that.

I faced towards the ceiling. It seems like he wants to talk.