Unexpected (boyxboy)

Mute

Kyle's POV

It's been 3 weeks. Two weeks I've been in my room. Three weeks since Ben died. Three weeks since I got together and Taylor. And three weeks since I've spoken.
The funeral was last week. I couldn't speak throughout it. Taylor held me the entire time and gave a small speech for me. He comes over every couple days and will stay with me for a few hours. He talks to me, but I can't be bothered to respond. I know he's worried, and probably irritated by it, but, Ben...

He was so young. He was annoying and a brat, but he was family. When I had lung cancer he had just come to the orphanage and didn't understand why I was hurting. So he used to get me to play board games with him since I could barely breathe.
Ben would never understand why I wasn't happy at school ad he had multiple friends, so he would make me take him to the park, just to get me outside.
When Ben had a nightmare he wouldn't go to Catherine, he came to me. He said my red eyes were scary and could ward off all evil monsters in his room.
Ben would bring jack and Jessica into my room when the heat wasn't working because I had the biggest room, then they'd make a pile of blankets on my bed to make sure I was warm because he thought I was always pale because I was too cold.

Now he's gone.

There was a knock at my door and Taylor walked in. He had a bowl of something in his hand.
"How are you feeling?" He asks as he sets the hot bowl, that I now see has soup I'm it, on the table. I don't say anything.
"Still not talking hmm? That's alright." He sits on my bed with his back against the wall. He opens his arms and I crawl over and sit in his lap. This has become a common position we end up in. It calms me down and he doesn't seem to mind.
"Everybody misses you at school. I know you don't feel like going, but they recorded a video on my phone for you." He grabs his phone and tilts it in my direction. I see Anna, jasmine, and Betty. I was still iffy with Anna, but I knew Taylor was mine. He pressed play.

"Hey Kyle!" They all say in sync.
"So we know your down in the dumps." Anna starts.
"And that you aren't feeling up to coming to school." Betty continues.
"And we're really not good at saying condolences." Jasmine says and I roll my eyes.
"But we miss you!" They all say at the same time. I smile.
"Keep your chin up short buddy. I can't deal with these tall bitches by myself." Jasmine gestures around.
"We probably should have actually planned what we were gonna say before stealing Taylor's phone." Betty says.
"Oh, yea. He doesn't know we're recording this. He thinks he left his phone in science." Anna adds.
"So yea. Bye!" They all say at the same time and the video ends. I cuddle in closer to Taylor.
"You gotta eat something. I know you don't eat unless I'm here." Taylor says. I mentally sigh. I just shake my head.
"Yup. Just eat what you can." Taylor says and I reach for the bowl. I eat a little bit quietly. I eat a little more then half before setting it back down. He nuzzles his face into my neck.
"I'm proud of you." He says. I grab a sheet of paper and pencil.
'Tell me about your day' I scribble down. I show it to him and he smiles.

"Well today me and the girls were walking down the stairs and Jazz fell and hit some guy with a blue slushie in his hand. They both were wearing white shirts and were covered in it for the rest of the day. But what made it worse is it got on the guys face so Jazz actually licked his cheek! She doesn't even know him and just licked his cheek because she wanted to know what it tasted like." Taylor says laughing and I giggle a bit. Taylor looks down at me and looks so happy.

Then he cringes and I frown.
"You stink. When did you last shower and change clothes?" He asks and I shrug.
"Go shower." He laughs and sets me on my feet. I really didn't want to move. I didn't want to do anything.
"Stop pouting and go. I'll find some new clothes for you to wear. I saw those the last 2 times I was here and I know you haven't changed." I mentally sigh and drag myself to the bathroom.