Watch out ➳ A jaspar fanfic

{6} Food and Forgivness

Friday

Morning

Caspar hadn't returned for a few weeks now, and I admit I had gotten slightly lonely. Kip himself even did miss him, as he did bring food whenever I couldn't and they did have a good laugh, but what he did was horrific and now I'd stumble at any sound, thinking someone is out to kill us.

Sometimes I missed interacting with him, seeing as he was the only person that at least half understood my life, and didn't exactly judge me for it, though I rather he did do that instead of posting a video of it online.

Kip and I didn't do our dance for a while after that, afraid that someone would be lurking nearby, ready to pounce on us and scare the living daylight out of me, we stayed hidden, and I was too afraid to return to the local town to get food, and ate some thankfully poison - free raw berries instead, whilst kip got his own meat somehow.

Some days I'd wake up tired and horribly hungry, but I normally pushed the feeling away and played with kip instead, and tried to do some sort of school work. He'd normally just mess around with me for a bit and then disappear somewhere for a while, leaving me restless.

I sometimes went for long walks in the woods by myself, just staring at the trees and sometimes trying to mark them like I did when I was fifteen, getting a rock and trying to cut out a J in the bark.

Other times I'd dip my feet into the lake and just let them kick around, splashing myself childishly, I was bored and I was used to being bored, but I knew better now, I missed having a friend around, whether I hated to admit it or not, it was true.

This morning was the morning I woke up with a shocking startle, my stomach rumbling, my eyes sunken in, a pain in my belly from having not eaten much. I returned to my normal sleeping area in the tree, but I've grown so thin and wispy it's a wonder I haven't fallen out yet.

My arms were just skin and bone, my legs were naturally thin but now they're like sticks. I've always been pretty small and slim, but now anorexia is on its way and I'm getting thinner by the day.

I jumped down hastily from the tree weakly, landing on my hands and knees, my body not even making an effort to stay standing. Kip cocked his head sideways at me, confused to why I was acting this way.

I shook my head at him, but my vision turned dizzy and my eyes turned inwards, my eyesight clouding up as I started to stumble forward, finding it difficult to breath. "Fuck, I need food."

I started gasping lightly, grabbing onto the tree for support, I felt sick and my vision was hazy and I knew that somehow I was going to pass out.

I tried to call Kip but I opened my mouth and nothing came out, so I waved my hand around signalling him to get help.

But I couldn't do any more as I fell to the ground limp, and everything went black.

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Midday

"Joe, can you hear me?"

I opened my eyes slowly, in a daze. My vision had cleared up a bit, but my eyes still drooped and I still had the same pain feeling in my stomach.

I blinked a few times before my sight became clear again, and I instantly spotted Caspar staring down at me in a worry, his face creased with concern. He gave me a small smile, but I didn't return it.

I looked sideways to see that we were in some sort of living room by the looks of it, with a cool TV, a few brown leather sofas and a coffee table in the middle, a small rug underneath.

"W - where am I?" I stuttered out helplessly, rubbing my forehead, stressed out. Caspar smiled again, and I noticed he was rubbing soothing circles on my stomach.

"We're at my house." He told me, pushing my hair out of my eyes. "You passed out. You'll have to stay here for a bit."

I shook my head determinedly, starting to panic. "What - what about Kip? W - where is he? Is he alright?" I gasped out, even just talking a struggle.

"He saved you Joe. I opened my front door because he was roaring at it for ages. Then he gestured me to follow him and then we found you, just unconscious. That tiger cares so much about you."

Emotional, tears started falling down my cheeks, and Caspar used his thumb to wipe them away gently, whispering to me.

"I - I can't believe that. Where is he?"

Caspar nodded towards a glass door behind him, just as I heard an unmistakeable growl. "He's in my backyard. It's just a field, so he's roaming around there for a bit while we clean you up."

I noticed that Caspar started circling my wrists too, staring at them in despair. "You've gotten so thin Joe..... I wish I'd helped you. I'm so, so sorry."

I nodded. "It's fine."

"No." Caspar shook his head, starting to clasp my hand tightly. "I mean for everything Joe. The video wouldn't delete, I feel like someone hacked me and now it won't be taken down. It's everywhere. I'm so sorry. I wish I hadn't done it, none of this would have happened."

He genuinely looked so upset and I knew he regretted it immensely. I gave him a weak smile before slowly sitting up and placing my arms around his neck. He held me close before properly pulling me into his lap and rocking me slightly, my head buried into his shoulder.

He stood up with me still in his arms, my legs wrapped around his waist, his arms supporting my weak body. "I'm going to help you." Caspar promised, bringing me over to a chair and slowly setting me down on it, a table in front of me.

He then placed some food in front of me, eggs, bacon, sausages, toast. They must have been cooking while he was talking to me.  I was so tired that he had to help me bring the food to my mouth, but I was so hungry I didn't leave a bit on the plate.

"I left Kip some meat. He still scares the fuck out of me, but he's just as friendly as before." Caspar said, settling my worries and that Kip really was okay.

When I was done Caspar allowed me to fall asleep again on the couch for a bit while he cleaned up all the food and mess he'd made. It took a while, but I eventually dosed off.

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Night

Caspar held my hand tightly as we both climbed over the fence after Kip, who'd just jumped over it effortlessly. I'd insisted I'd prefer sleeping outside as I was so used to it, and Caspar didn't object for long, so he said he'd bring me back instead.

He had a small bag on his back, containing foods and drinks for me, mostly cans of cherry coke or bowls and tiny boxes of cereal with miniature sized milk in a small carton, and some grapes and apples and biscuits.

Once we reached the tree I slowly sat down on the soft, familiar grass, and dozed off straight away.

But I wasn't that asleep to not feel Caspar kissing my forehead and whisper

"Good night Joe. Sweet dreams."

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I felt as if this chapter was really cute sorry haha XD
Haven't updated in a while, sorry about that :)
Next chapter will be a surprise, not a big one, but one you wouldn't really expect.

Word count: 1300+ words

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