Behind Closed Doors

Chapter Three - Youth

Juno's POV

Juno took a deep breath as he lay in his bed. Taurus was next to him. He had helped him get to sleep, and Juno assumed he just accidentally forgot to go to his own bed. Juno checked his phone. The display read, "5:32 AM, Sunday, 12th February"

Juno placed his phone back on his bedside table and hid back under the covers.

Juno awoke again at 7 am to the sound of a loud knocking and slamming noises. He shook Taurus awake and retreated into his arms. Taurus sleepily raised his head, he tensed when he realised where he was, then his attention quickly changed to the loud noises coming from outside. He got out of the bed, still in the clothes from last night. He crept out of the room and Juno heard a scream. He rushed out to see Taurus looking around, mistified. The kitchen was spotless. Juno nervously said, "D-did you hear that?"

Taurus nodded, "Yeah, the banging and stuff. I don't think you couldn't NOT hear that." Juno sighed,

"No. I meant the scream..." Taurus slowly shook his head, looking at Juno with concern. Juno grabbed the bottom of his sweater and ran back to his room, curling up underneath the covers, starting to cry. All he could see was darkness, all around... closing in on him... he couldn't escape them...

Then light erupted all around him, and he was back in time. The colours were too sharp, and they hurt Juno's eyes. He was in a doctor's waiting office, observing a young pup with a brown husky, his dad. He looked at the smaller version of him and smiled. But young Juno seemed to stare right through him, examining the TV, which had a documentary on space. When Juno's father saw what his son was watching, he growled and stated,

"Again with space! All it is a black abyss! Forget about it and get a real job like accountancy!" Young Juno looked down at his paws, and he pulled his sweater sleeves over his arms more tightly. Then the doctor, a black and white deer, called from her door,

"Juno Garver!" Juno stood up, and followed his father into the clean white office. There he sat on an uncomfortable grey plastic chair. The doctor smiled at Juno and then turned to his father.

"Alex Garver?" His father nodded, and young Juno daydreamed, looking outside the window, imagining flying through space...

All of a sudden Taurus was shaking Juno, crying and holding him. "Juno!! Wake up!" Juno opened his eyes and looked around. Wh-Where was he?? Then he recognised his friends face and watched as Taurus let out a sigh of relief and murmured, "Don't ever scare me like that again.."