Talks With My NightOwl (BoyxBoy)

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I wondered if it was odd for me to feel relief that the girl who acted so loving to Eleni was actually his sister. I looked over at her from the couch I was sitting in, after eating we had moved from the kitchen to the living area where we just talked. She looked relieved to have someone listen as she talked about Eleni.

She told me what he was like before the incident and how fund and refreshing it was whenever he was around, she said he was her motivation to study hard and never give up no matter how stressed she was. And seeing the way he was now would break her heart every time she looked at him but it also pushed her harder than before and she hated that she got something good out of his bad situation.

We went silent for a bit until I saw a mental wall drop in front of her as her eyes went serious and she looked directly into mine. She asked me how I knew her brother in a very chilling voice that I heard my dad speak in before whenever he spoke to someone he deemed unworthy of his trust. I gave her my best smile and sat up in my chair.

I told her how we had started talking on the website and even pulled out my phone to show her my messages because I knew she wouldn't believe anything I said without proof. She nodded along to what I said as she scrolled through our messages and I watched as the wall slowly lowered as she smiled at our messages, shaking her head at a few.

"So you're the one." she stated more than asked as she looked up at me and instead of the straight forced smile this one looked more natural. I watched her curiously "I remember one night I was up studying late and then my Skype tone echoed through my room, I went to see it was Eleni that was calling so late, he was too excited to remember the time difference we had.

When I answered the call and took a seat he started belting out all these words that were a jumbled mess, as his cheeks got red and his hands were flying all over the place. The whole time he had this bright excited, child like smile on his face. Eventually he stopped talking and I calmed him down so he could go over everything.

He told me about some site that his friend had convinced him to visit and then he told me about the online creeps he had talked to and then we both gagged at the sight of a picture of some horrid thing he was sent. And then he was telling me about this guy from Rome named Roman that he had met online.

Now so you know Eleni has never dated anyone, of course he had crushes but he never acted out on it because he always told me that he wanted to find solid ground in his career and then he'd find someone to spend the rest of his life with. So when he told me about you I felt like the two of you were it, he had finally found someone that he would be happy to split his attention for.

I told him to go for it but I needed to meet you first, the two of you could have been so happy, his life could have been the epitome of perfection but because of some selfish arrogant animals all of it is gone." I went over and pulled her into a hug as she broke into a sob, my eyes stung and I felt my chest tighten. Oh how right she was, I should have been at Eleni's performance if I was then all the pain he was in would have never been.

We sat there holding on to each other until a loud thud echoed through the house and both of our heads snapped up towards the up stairs. We shot from the couch and I let her lead as we ran straight for Eleni's room, she knocked the door open and I stopped when I saw his bed was empty but his sister went around the bed crouching at a corner.

I went around following her steps and stood behind her watching as she spoke in a soft voice to Eleni that was trying to force himself into the corner of the wall. His eyes were wide and filled with tears, his chest was heaving, his body was trembling and his nails were digging into his arms drawing a bit of blood that he didn't seem to notice as hie eyes went straight past me.

They were locked one something and I glanced back to see what he was seeing and realized he was hallucinating when I saw nothing. I bit my lip as he lashed out when his sister touched him and I got down next to her and before she or Eleni could protest I grabbed his arms and pulled him into a tight hug.

He screamed and kicked out shouting the name of one of the men that had hurt him, he begged and pleaded for them not to hurt him anymore, he even apologized for being the way he was and both me and his sister broke into sobs as I held him tight. I could hear her next to me whispering that it wasn't his fault, that none of it was his fault.

I whispered the same thing in his ear over and over in the calmest voice I could pout out in that situation, it took a few minutes but Eleni finally calmed down. I knew he had bit my shoulder at some point and ran his nails over my chest because I could feel my skin stinging. I ignored it and rubbed my hands up and down his back in a soothing manner, he rested his head on my shoulder and just stopped moving after a while.

I pulled back and looked to see his sleeping face, I sighed and stood up lifting him as I did and instead of going for his bed I went and placed him in the tub and pulled a blanket over him. His body was relaxed as he seemed to sink into comfort and his sister who had calmed down leaned over to place a kiss on his head before she went out the room.

I knelled down by the tub and kissed his head before deciding to just sit around in the bathroom, his sister seemed to have the same idea because she returned with two large cushions and a mug of juice with two glasses. I sat down on one and took a glass of juice before watching as she left the bathroom and came back with the record player and two books.

She handed me the red one that was only halfway done and took the other one he had been reading and we just sat there, listening as music flowed through the bathroom joining the sound of Eleni's soft purring. My eyes went over the words and soon I was at the same point that Eleni had stopped reading and I wondered why because things were just starting to get interesting.

The music wasn't loud and I was able to hear the front door as it opened and the footsteps of two people entered the house, one was wearing heels and the other had on heavy boots. I stood up startling Eleni's sister who watched me curiously before standing herself, I looked over at Eleni who was still fast asleep curled up in his blanket.

I set down what I had been holding and headed to Eleni's door just as I heard the person in the heavy boots make their way up the stairs and stopped halfway down the hall going into a room and I looked back at Eleni's sister who shrugged. I gave her a blank look and she looked away "the only person in this home that wears boots like that is Mischa and he's never been much of a light walker." 

She walked past me and went into the room and I could hear her speaking to the person who's only response was a hum here and there. I listened as the person in heals made their way up the stairs going into the first room on the other end of the hall. I could hear Mischa and his sister talking and then they both headed towards Eleni's room Mischa no longer in his boots.

I leaned on the wall and watched as Eleni's sister made her way in the room going straight for the bathroom and Mischa was about to walked past me but stopped dead in his tracks and his eyes flashed to me. Before I could utter a word I was slammed against the wall and a beefy arm was pressed against my neck.