Pretty Vacant

Arrival

When Sid entered the house he was welcomed by silence.
No laughter, no screaming, no talking.
He walked through the whole house just to find noone.
Slowly he opened the door to the garden.
He could hear someone talking.
But not just anyone.
He heard Kayas voice and his heart started pounding.
He would've loved to run to the direction he heard her voice from, to hug her tightly and tell her how much he had missed her but instead he slowly walked over to the little pavilion.
The effect the look of her face had on him was massive.
He ran over to her.
"KAYA!"
She looked up and her eyes widened.
"Sid oh my god", she started crying and hugged him tightly.
Sid felt warmth flow through his whole body as he insurely layed one hand on her back and let it run down gently.

Kaya suddenly pulled away when steps resounded from the veranda.
He looked over to see the same guy he had seen about 5 months ago when Kaya had introduced him to her as Kyle.
He swallowed as he felt Kyle scan him with his dangerously gleaming eyes and let go of Kaya.

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Kaya swallowed hardly when she saw Kyle looking at Sid.
She tried to say something but her mouth didn't let her.
And so she watched Sid slowly scuffling back inside without even haven spoken a word with him.
She sat back down and looked up at Kyle.
Kyle looked back.
But not in the nice, sweet way he had done months ago.
His eyes were trained on her furiously.
Kaya knew this look.
She had first seen it 3 months ago after the first visit at the hospital when she had just said she wondered where Sid was.
She remembered that night like it was yesterday.
She remembered how strong hands had pressed her arms against her bedroom wall, she remembered how nails had digged into her skin and how she had finally lost her strength and sank to the ground.
Kaya's breathing went faster because of the thought of it and she flinched when suddenly a hand laid on her shoulder.
She opened her eyes and saw Kyle standing in front of her.
He smiled as if nothing had happened and sat down on the chair next to her.
Kaya forced a smile and took a small sip of her tea.
"Nice shirt."

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Johnny sat in his rockingchair, lost in thoughts when the door slowly opened.
He jumped up and ran to the door to hug the spiky haired man in the door.
"SID", he tried to hide the fact that he was close to tears, "Where have you been? Are you okay?"

•

Sid and Johnny had talked for hours and for the first time, since he went back, Sid felt at home.
Johnny and him were joking and laughing like he had never been gone.
"So", Johnny looked serious suddenly, "How is it going with uhm...you know uhm...have you been taking...uhm..."
Johnny couldn't say it.
"Well I...I've been clean for 4 months", Sid smiled.
He could see every weight on Johnny's shoulders disappearing.
"Sid?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm proud of you"