Grow A Boy

Zion

I wake up as I hear the wind roar. I checked my clock. 5:37AM.

Really now? It's Saturday and I planned to get as much sleep to recover from my hardworking days at school. It is now ruined by the stupid wind that woke me up.

I close my eyes again hoping to fall asleep. Suddenly, the wind blew harder and I heard the whole house creak. I freeze as I wear chimes outside the house. Which is totally weird because there are no windchimes in my backyard or my neighbour's backyard.

I put my fluffy pillow over my head to block out the sounds. I start to suffocate, so I threw my pillow at my feet.

I open my eyes and look around in my dark room.

Holy shit.. I think I see a shadow of a figure..

I closed my eyes and hoped it will be gone.

I opened my eyes again and I still saw the figure. The figure is in a weird postion. It isn't standing. I see.. a pair of legs..

I grabbed the pillow with my feet and tossed it to my hands. I slowly turned on the lamp next to my bedside.

I almost scream as I see a boy in my room. He was in the bucket where I put the seed in. His bare legs and his bare torso were above the dirt. The rest was .. in the dirt.

I observed him. He had messy hair as brown as the dirt he was in. He had soft features on his face but he was indeed very hot. He was also quite muscular. The mysterious boy was sleeping.

I slowly get out of bed and I hit him in the face with my pillow.

He quickly wakes up and looks straight at me with those big deep green eyes.

"Who are you? What are you doing in my home?" I whisper shout, knowing if I yelled my mom would wake up and find a naked boy in my room.

He tilts his head to the right. "Hm?"

I repeat my questions and hold my pillow in front of my like a shield.

"Who.. am I?"

I nodded with my eyebrows furrowed.

"I... Don't know."

Does this person have a mental illness?

"Do you have a home?" I say softly.

"I don't know." He says and he looks around my room.

"You don't know anything about yourself?" I frown.

How will I be able to help him if he doesn't know anything about himself?

"Hey, is that a Haworthia plant?" He suddenly says as he gets up.

The dirt falls onto my wooden floor and I see his naked body.

"Oh my god!" I look away as I grab my pillow to cover the view.

I see the tall boy walk towards my desk and holding my plant. He observed it closely.

"Excuse me. Can you hold this pillow and cover your.. um.. thing?"

He took the pillow from my hands and held it at his side.

"What thing?" He looked down at his body.

I looked away and pointed.

He covered himself.

"Is it impolite to show this part of me?" He asked innocently.

"Uh.. kind of. You shouldn't show that in public." I said flustered.

He took his time observing my plant as I thought to myself.