Laurenz Fellawn

6: Regrets

"..."

White, all was white. The floor, the walls, it seemed to be a huge place.
"W-where am I?"
He got up from the floor and walked slowly while looking around, his steps were silent. He glanced in front of him, a shadow could be seen far away. His wound was open, but it wasn't bleeding. It was a cut from the top of his fronthead to his nose.
"How strange..."
He walked to the shadow, it seemed to be a little boy.
"Hi!"
The boy didn't answer, he wore glasses and had huge green eyes.
"...Are you alone?" He looked at the child. The kid looked at his cut with sad eyes.
"I'm sorry" he said quietly.
"Why?"
"..." he looked around.
Some laughs could be heard around, they seemed to laugh at the small boy, but there was nobody around them.
Steps sounded.
Another quite taller kid ran to the little one.
"Go away from him!"he shouted while looking around. He seemed not to notice Laurenz.
This one had red hair and shiny blue eyes. While trying to scare the laughs he hugged the other kid.
"Are you okay?"
"..."
The blue eyed smiled.
"I'm Dave, what's your name?"
"..." He wrote on a piece of paper from his pocket with a pen that was next to it.
*John*
"Oh, hello John!"
John seemed to feel better.

The kids dissapeared like steam and Laurenz was alone again.
"J-John and Dave?"

"Is going to be okay?" Asked Sike to the doctor, worried.
"Well he's in a coma status, the cut was so strong that slightly cracked his skull, the fronthead is a very fragile part."
"...And when is he going to wake up?..." She glanced at Laurenz on the litter. The doctor tried to keep his straight face.
"We can't know..."
Wes was sitting with Dave behind them on some plastic chairs, Dave had been looking down with terrified face the whole time. Wes glanced at him, at Laurenz, and then at Sike.
The doctor went out of the room and closed the door.
Sike turned around and looked at Wes.
"...So..." Wes couldn't stand seeing his friends that way.
"What are we gonna do? I guess you want to stay here..."
Sike nodded slightly. She looked at Dave and bent.
"Are you okay?" Asked Sike trying not to panic him.
Dave sniffed and looked at her, his eyes were shiny and darker than they usually were.
"I-...I can't belive it"
Sike touched his soft hair.
"It's okay Dave, you don't have to worry anymore. Laurenz's gonna wake up and we'll go back home you'll see" She smiled to try to cheer him up.
"I hope so..." he looked down again, Sike glanced at Wes.
"What are you two going to do?"
Wes glanced at Dave, who was still looking down.
"Dave seems to need some rest, maybe he should sleep with us tonight. It's not idea to let him go home with John after this..."
"True, I forgot they lived together..."
Wes glanced at the wall clock, 5:20 AM. He got up:
"I'll take Dave at home, you're coming?"
"I don't think so, I'm going to sleep here tonight." Replied Sike while looking at Laurenz.
Dave glanced at her:
"I don't want to be alone tonight...what if he comes back to finish what he wanted to do?" He looked quite terrified but calm.
"Stay with him Wes, I'm going to be okay."
"...Thanks Sike" Wes smiled.
"For what?..."
"For taking care of Laurenz, it means a lot to me"
Sike smiled slightly and pushed the chair where Wes was sitting next to Laurenz.
"See ya guys"
They waved at her and went out of the room, closing the door.
Sike sat and layed her arms on the litter, she sighed and looked at Laurenz, who was wearing a patient coat and had bandages around his head. He was still unconscious.
"Laurenz...I'm sorry, I couldn't act at time...Anyways, Dave and Wes are safe at home..."
After a while, the door opened slowly, Sike looked at it.
"..."
"What are you doing here." She laid back and looked at him with anger.
He seemed about to cry and walked slowly inside the room, closing the door.
"John, what are you doing here." She repeated.
John didn't answer, as always. He was carrying a little notebook and a pen, he wrote and showed it to Sike.
*I'm sorry*
Sike glanced up at him, he really seemed to feel it.
"..."
"Sit down."
John sat next to her and looked at Laurenz, he wrote again.
*What are the consequences?*
"He's in coma John, you cracked his skull."
"..." He looked down and shrugged.
Sike glanced at Laurenz once more and could hear a weak sob, it was John. She looked at him and thought that maybe he really was sorry.
Sike knew that John was unstable and couldn't trust him.
John wrote again and got up.
*I shouldn't come*
He walked outside the room and closed the door, Sike tried not to think about him.

Wes walked to Laurenz's room with Dave.
"I guess you can sleep here, I'll slep on the sofa" Wes seemed to be better.
"Why not Sike's bed?" Asked Dave.
"I'm not gonna sleep on her bed, there's something called privacity Dave"
"I guess you're right..." he looked at Laurenz's bed, "Why don't you sleep here?"
"But, you're the one in here"
Dave glanced at him and blushed a bit.
"Oh, I get it, uh..." He didn't know what to answer, "Uuuh, yea...why not..." Wes didn't want him to be sad.
Dave smiled cutely and sat on the bed, he patted next to him and looked at Wes.
Wes blushed a bit and sat next to him.
"...where do you think John's now?" Asked Dave.
"I don't know, but I don't want him to go near Laurenz never again..." Wes seemed frustated, feeling that he could never protect his brother hurted him.
Dave put his arm around Wes and smiled:
"It's all gonna be alright"
Wes seemed to feel better, he hugged Dave and they laid on the bed:
"Thanks..." Wes hugged tightly.

"..."

Laurenz had been walking for a long time, it all kept being white. Another shadow appeared, this one seemed bigger. When Laurenz got to it, he saw a young girl drawing on her sketchbook while sitting on the floor. She looked up to Laurenz, her eyes were black as void but they somehow seemed to be full of hope.
"Faith...hope..." said Laurenz quietly. The girl seemed happy, she got up and looked around like if there was someone, her best friends. Laurenz seemed quite surprised to see a happy story.
Suddenly, the girl seemed to had to walk away from her friends, and she found new ones. That happened several times, and each time, her shiny eyes were darker and her smile was smaller. She walked back in front of Laurenz and sat on the floor with slightly sad expression. She opened her sketchbook and Laurenz could see some doodles of small characters with text.
*Sike you're not alone!*
*Stay awesome!*
*It's all going to be alright!*
*Smile!*
*You will always have someone!*
She smiled slightly and drew another one:
*Only one more, stay strong!*
She closed her sketchbook and looked up at Laurenz. Then she dissapeared like steam.

"Sike..."