A Droplet Monster

12

A week has past when Steve walks around in Sebastian's home. He still feels pain, quite a lot and this is the first time he actual could leave bed without been pushed back down. He sees his phone lay on the table, he remembers the first day out of prison that James gave him Sacha's phone so James and Steve could communicate with each other (Because James was immobile at that time).

He sees he got texts from James but also that there was a conversation but not with him, He reads it.

'Steve?' 

'Steve?' 

'Steve??' 

the first three messages are from James followed by another person who replied instead of himself.

'He's asleep.'

the conversation of that day ends. 

Following day. 

'Steve? Are you awake?' 

'He doesn't want you, you hurt him.' was the reply.

A field of anger runs through Steve as he reads further.

"SEB!" Steve shouts mad.

Sebastian comes over, runs his hand through his hair.

"Why did you tell this to James?!" He asks shouting. "I hate you!" Steve makes his hands to fists. "I can kill you! Why would you say that to him! I'm going!" Steve keeps shouting.

"Steve." Sebastian says calmly.

"I KILL YOU!" Steve shouts.

Sebastian sighs.

Steve stumbles away towards the kitchen, holding the phone and typing wildly a message to James.

'JAMES!!! I'M SORRY SO SORRY SORRYSORRY SORRY SORRRRRRYYYYYY, sebastian toosk musphone asndf hr just wrote sthrdt messate to ysous and sit's nsot atruee'

'Sssst... breathe.' James responds as he reads the barely readable message he received.

'Buthsebssaetian tosom my sphosren' 

'Steve, It's fine. I was already doubting, Just breathe. It's fine.' James replies.

Steve takes a gasping breathe as he sits down onto the kitchen table, staring at the touch screen into his hand, staring at the little message and trying to gain control and lose the anger he got for Sebastian.

'Sorry.' Steve texts eventually after he calmed down.

'You already said Sorry, it's okay. How are you feeling?' 

'Crap.' Steve replies.

'Why?' 

Steve groans, doubting if he should tell or not. 'I miss you.' He says.

For a while there isn't a new message coming up.

Steve starts to make scratches with his nails in his bruised arm.

'Do you forgive me?' 

Steve freezes, he stares at the phone which is now resting on his knee. The new popped up message onto the screen, 4 words, 15 characters, one question mark... He carefully picks up the phone, starting to type, removing what he wrote, then sighing, typing again, removing again, typing something else, removing it, typing again, checking on spelling errors and sending. 'Only if I can come home...' 

It keeps silent, no new messages, just the little sign the message has been read. Steve can literally hear James sighing and doubting in his head. 'Is it bad at Sebastian?' A new question pops up.

'He has put me on drugs and antibiotics till I fell asleep, I don't think my head created that much rainbows and colour waterfalls ever before.' Steve responds quickly.

'Come home.'