An Encounter Which Changed Everything (boyxboy)

A New Start

As the sun was about to rise, Nezumi's eyes opened lightly. Yesterday, he was gone for many hours to settle some things, and when he came back, all of his energy was gone. He quietly yawned, placing his hand over his mouth as not to wake the sleeping Shion, yet when his vision became clearer, he noticed Shion wasn't sleeping at all.

Big brown eyes gazed at him, making him jolt backwards. "U-Uh good morning?" Nezumi said, moving backwards, falling over his bag. He quickly got off it, and made sure everything was fine inside it.

"You had nightmares.." Shion said, still lying on the mattress, looking up at him. "Did I?" He said disinterested, as he still rummaged in his bag, not looking at Shion. "Anyway, you shouldn't be so close to me when I sleep. It's freaky, okay".

Shion sat up on his mattress, and said, "But I had to. You wouldn't calm down unless-" "-That's e-enough, now get your belongings and we will leave this old piece of crap. Just do as I say and don't annoy me okay?" "Okay," Shion answered quickly, putting on his lime green jumper, and picking up Nezumi's blanket that he threw off.

"Done," Nezumi looked up at Shion who stood all smiley, and ready to leave. He also stood up, with his bag strapped at his side. He looked in it one last time, and motioned Shion to leave first. Shion did as he was told, but instead of opening the door, he kicked it. With how fragile the door was, it went flying forward, hitting the barrier that prevented people from falling down the floor. The door shattered into small wood pieces. It must've been really old.

"What the fu-" "Sorry," Shion interrupted him. "I really wanted to do it." Nezumi stared at Shion as he headed down the metal stairs, and towards the exit. "You seem quite giddy. What's wrong with you?" He said in a cold tone, making Shion turn around as they left the entrance of the factory. "Sorry," was all he said.

Nezumi focused his eyes on Shions, and noticed the boy didn't sleep at all last night. They were red, and tired, with bags under them. "It's okay, let's just go. And be careful, we don't want to cause unnecessary sounds. Even though it's around dawn, we still need to be cautious". Shion nodded, and waited till Nezumi was by his side. Both of them walked forward, silently.

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After the first two hours, Nezumi was forced to carry a heavy load of Shion on his back, because the poor thing collapsed of exhaustion. Nezumi, cursing every few meters of walking, with Shion piggy backed, and holding his neck tightly as if he was a teddy bear, was definitely not having a good day.

Even so, he felt like he owed him. He did stay up the whole night to keep him away from nightmares. He sighed, and after two more hours of walking like this, he threw Shion off his back. With his hands on his hips, he prodded Shion with his shoe.

"Wake up, sleeping beauty!" He said, looking at the small kitten look alike. Shion wiped his eyes with his hands, and immediately got blinded by the bright sun. "Ouch," he mumbled out, trying to get used to the light. "Come on, get up! We're going down again, and I ain't carrying you down".

When his eyes finally focused properly, he looked at the bizarre  scenery around him. It was almost like a desert, but instead of palm trees, there were ruined buildings in odd places, and as he looked behind himself, he saw no.6 and the forest, which were both small.

"That's enough of admiring the view, get into the manhole," irritably, Nezumi beckoned. Shion got up, and looked down at the hole that lead to a dim lighted room. There was a metal ladder. Shion looked at Nezumi, which was growing more impatient, and then looked down at the manhole again. He began climbing down.

When he reached the bottom, he saw a man standing a few meters away from him. The moment he noticed him, Shion smiled, and with a soft tone said, "hello". The other man, who wore a black suit with a red bow tie, had a pettite handlebar mustache and a beard that only stayed by the edges of his jaw, and a bald head with only sides and far back filled with short brown spiked hairs, grinned.