Alley Boy (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 3

Jude's POV <3

A week.

A week exactly is how long it's been since I found Haylen in that desolate alley. At first Haylen was a little weary around me but slowly he was starting to get more comfortable. I took off the last week from work to make sure that he was safe and so we could sort of get to know eachother a bit. Health wise he was doing so much better, in terms of the hypothermia that is. Weight is of course still the main issue. For the past week I've been trying out different foods on him to sort of get a feel for what he likes.

So far I found out he loves strawberries, corndogs, hamburgers, pears, steak, pancakes, waffles, bacon, ice cream, and weirdly enough gummy worms. He isn't really too picky on what he eats but I want him to be able to eat food he truly likes and not just food he is eating because he is grateful it's not trash scraps.

Today I unfortunately had to get back to work at the high school and all day I've been itching to get back home. I just grew so protective and fond of hayler over the past week, I feel like when he is not in my sight that he is somehow unsafe. I know it's ridiculous but I just can't help it. Over this past week I also found out just how childlike and innocent Haylen really is. You would think that after years of being on the street he would actually turn out cold hearted and untrusting but ironically it was the exact opposite.

He was sweet and adorably clueless at times. It was like he stayed at the innocent age he was when he found himself homeless. It was incredibly sweet but also frightened me to no end. What if he was too trusting? What if we were out and a stranger came up to him and he just leaves with him willing? What would I do?

Okay Jude, shut up before I start to panic. Only known him for a week an I've already become attached. He really was like a kitten.

Right now however, I really had to get some grocery shopping done before I go home. With me constantly trying to feed Haylen so he can gain weight I quickly went through everything in my fridge. He was so use to not eating so he can only eat a little amount of food before he gets sick but I still tried to feed him multiple times a day. Even if it was just a small handful of strawberries and gummy worms.

After the last class of the day piled out I quickly packed up all my paperwork and closed up. It should only take me about an hour or so at the most to get the shopping done. After that I can finally go home and check on Haylen. This was his first time alone in a whole week. I hope he is alright and didn't leave. He hadn't mentioned anything about leaving or not liking it at the house. He wouldn't just leave right? Right...he wouldn't.

Crap I've gotta hurry up.

I grabbed my coat and made my way to the parking lot. Once I got into my car I quickly cranked up the heater and pulled out. Thank god my car had a good heating system because if not I would surely freeze to death. It was that cold in New York. Luckily the grocery store was only about ten minutes from the school so it didn't take me that long to get there.

I walked into the large super market after grabbing a cart and started to make my way through the isles.

Okay let's see... what to buy. I didn't want to buy a whole lot of junk food. I want him to gain weight but I still want it to be a healthy weight. Okay fruits check, cereal check, meats check.

I passed by the candy section on my way to the register and decided to pick up some more gummy worms. Gummy worms were his favorite so I made sure to grab two bags worth to last him. Even though I want him to have a healthy diet there is no harm in letting him have at least one sugary treat. Eh, might as well get some skittles while I'm at it. Okay all done, now to check out. I made my way over to one of the check out lanes and began to unload my stuff.