THOSE EYES | ROBIN ARELLANO

iv.

－It's been a few years since Vance's disappearance, Another boy named griffin stagg had also disappeared through the middle of the past months.

Elise knew griffin. Not all that much honestly, She'd see him frequently, maybe try to talk to him time to time but..never actually knew him. She shuffled through her drawers. Gliding her fingers against the smooth wood.

she lightly bit down on her bottom lip, her pale fingers gripped onto the fabric of some clothing and quickly swinging her arm across the small room. 

"Fuck." She mumbled to herself before letting out an exhausted sigh, taking a seat down on the wooden floor.

there was a light knock at the door, elise tore her attention away from the drawer, fixing it onto the elder boy with a mullet cut.

"what the hell are you doin?" the older boy questions, his tone becoming a bit hostile while he was standing at the doorway with his arms crossed over his chest.

"nothing－nothing."  Elise glances over towards henry. she pursed her lips together, standing up.

"It sure as hell doesn't seem like nothing."  Henry scanned his eyes around her room that was filled with the shirts that had been thrown across the room.

Elise gently huffed under her breath. "Just－Just mind your own business, henry. It's none of your business." She adverted her gaze over back towards the wooden drawers.

She heard a scoff from her back, she had assumed he had also rolled his eyes along with it.

she slid her pale hands across the smooth wooden drawer. she gripped her fingers and she pulled it up towards her body, tossing it inside of the drawer.

henry had always been neglectful towards elise as well－he hadn't really known about elise's whereabouts and he didn't care, sure, he had protective towards her.

but once their mother's death had hit－that's when his neglect started to hit. he had started to grow distant between the siblings.

－It was 8 am, just the time where billy had needed to show up, her body had sat down on the couch cushion. the time had gone by slowly, waiting for that familiar bike ring.

she flipped through the huge packet stacks－her eyes couldn't tear away from the papers. she gently sighed under her breath, tossing it over towards the glass table in front of her.

she stood up on her feet, glancing over towards the front door－she gently pursed her lips together, biting on her bottom lip－she had snapped out of her gaze by the sound of a dog barking at her house door.

she rushed over towards the door－she swung her door open, she had been met with the familiar golden retriever that had been once owned by a familiar boy－she kneeled down to its height.

"rover, where's billy? he left you alone?" She spoke in a sweet tone, running her fingers through its blonde fur.

she got up on her feet, she watched as rover began to rush away－she soon began to rush after rover.

she soon stopped, watching the retriever hover over the bike that had been unexpectedly laid on the concrete.

she rushed towards his bike. "where's billy?－billy?!" she calls out, quickly rushing her eyes around neighborhood, searching for him.

"shit, shit shit!!" she murmured, scooping rover into her arms, running her fingers and rubbing rovers head. "we'll find him rover.. we'll find him.." she muttered.