Troye's POV
'i have taken him for the flirty type'
"Come on Bruno," I call with the harness in my hand, ready to take him out for our usual Sunday afternoon walk to and around Central Park.
I feel him brush against my side so I slide the harness over his body and take hold of the leash, letting him lead me out, him stopping and waiting for me to lock the door behind myself.
We make our way leisurely through the streets till we get to Central Park.
Bruno always takes me the same route whenever we go here. To be honest I don't even know where we were going but I have my full trust in him. In just the few months of having him he has never given me a reason not to trust him, he always knows what to do and what is going on and I don't think I could ask for a better companion and guide.
On these walks I never pay much attention to anything besides the pull of the leash or Bruno stopping entirely so I always let my thoughts wonder, of course wondering quickly to the boy across the hallway from me in the apartment building.
Jacob is the first real friend I have made in almost six months of living here. I had finished school a year early so I spent some time of my free year just being with my family and deciding in what I wanted to do then the next bit of the year coming here to figure my way around so that I wouldn't be starting everything new at the same time and then become overwhelmed.
Getting used to a new place was hard but became easier by the second month or so when I got used to it all.
As long as everything in the apartment stays in its place I will know where I am walking, plus I have Bruno who also helped me a lot.
But back to Jacob, he really has intrigued me and honestly I think I have quite the crush on him. Only in my dreams would he return those feelings even though he flirts a lot with me but I have taken him for the flirty type despite what he says about being a devout introvert back in high school.
He makes me happy. He makes me laugh and somehow knows exactly how to put a smile on my face no matter what my mood may be. I can only hope I do the same thing.
However, I do hear how he laughs at my jokes, I find his laugh awfully endearing; even at its loudest.
But I am thinking back to my family now, they were so hesitant to leave me here in the states but I could not allow them to stay here. I told them I would be fine and eventually they left.
I miss them all the time, despite calling and skyping just about every other day. But since meeting Jacob I am not thinking about all these upsetting and nostalgic thoughts as much.
The one thing that bothers me though is I feel like I know everything about Jacob. He has poured his heart out to me. From what happened to his father before he was born to telling me about how close he is with his mother, all his little stories, how he never really had friends he could come to like he could come to me (making me scream internally when he said that of course) and how he misses home or just little facts about him.
I feel like I have told him a lot but I haven't told him about what exactly happened to me for me to lose my eyesight for example. It's a sore spot and I hate to dwell on it because the more I dwell on it the more the self-loathing thoughts set in and then another episode like last night is ought to happen again.
I could sense Bruno was becoming bored as he does when he starts circling. I laugh softly and tug him to go on home.
.......
"Hey mum!" I say excitedly when I hear that she has picked up the phone.
"Hey buddy, how are you?"
"I'm okay, sorry I haven't called you since Friday and missed your call yesterday, I was out," I said, lying on my bed with Bruno resting his head on my stomach, sound asleep most likely.
"Oh yes, where were you?" I could hear the concern in her voice, I wish it was not there.
"I was actually out with a friend."
"Oh was it that Jacob you were telling me about the last time?"
"Yeah," I said with a smile I could not hold back at the mention of his name.
"Oh I'm so happy you got a friend out there my boy, Bruno isn't human you know?' she said teasingly.
"Sometimes I question that, his intelligence proves to be higher than most of the people I have ever met," she laughs softly.
"Okay yeah maybe I can agree."
"Seriously ma, he really could be," I insist. "Actually he proved so last night," I wasn't planning on telling her this because it would only make her worry but her knowing Jacob was now really there for me, maybe it will help ease her.
"How so?"
"I had...uh... sort of an episode last night ma, I kind of broke down a bit after a nightmare."
"Oh my boy, what did he do? Comfort you?" she asked concerned.
"No he uh, he actually went out the apartment, scratched on Jacob's door and fetched him then showing him where I was. Jacob then helped me to breathe and he took me back to bed."
"Oh really?" she sounded relieved and aa little shocked. "Oh wow Tok, that's great. Jacob is a good person then?"
"The best, maybe the best I have ever met," I say in all honestly.
"That is great, oh I'm so happy you have someone so nearby."
"Me too," I say with a smile and crimson cheeks.
