How My Heart Burns (Sketch x Reader)

Chapter 15 - New Home

Y/N P.O.V.

We all left the hospital to go to Kate and I's house.  It was pretty crammed since the only car taken was Denis's rental, but we managed.  When we pulled up my drive and looked over we saw parts of the house still standing.  Ethan hung his head and so did the others.

"Come on guys, I'll show you your rooms."  I said waving everyone in.  Corl would stay with Kate and so there were two rooms left.  Denis and Alex were sharing a room (if Alex could come back from the hospital) and so were Sub and Ethan.  Elijah would have shared a room with me but....

"Hey um... Y/N?"  Ethan said pulling me off to the side.

"Yeah?"

"Uh... I really appreciate you doing this for us but uh... our clothes and recording stuff kinda got...."  I nodded at him and sucked my cheeks in.  I hadn't thought of that.  I grabbed his hand to pull him outside.  We walked to the wreck of the house and looked around.  He was close to tears, I could tell.

"So... we're here now?  Why?"  He asked me.  I looked at the wreck and then walked forwards into it.  The door was still standing, and so was the front hallways.  They kitchen walls were gone but the oven, fridge, and cabinets were still there.  Pieces of furniture was scattered everywhere.  It was hard to believe that this was a full house we were all hanging out at about 12 hours ago.  I looked up where the stair s had once been.  They still stood, and so did part of the upstairs.

"Y/N... don't do it.  Y/N!"  Ethan yelled after me but I had to go up them.  Had to see what had survived.  I walked up them slowly, so that they wouldn't fall.  This side of the house was actually not that bad.  The fire hadn't reached as far as it really seemed.  I walked down the old hallway and felt a hand on my shoulder.  Ethan had followed me.  I smiled at him and he smiled back.  The sun was shining on us because the roof had collapsed there.  Corl and Denis's room.

Opening the door I looked inside.  It was horrible.  All but one wall (which was the wall that the door was still on) had fallen.  The bed was burned and I saw their recording spot with all their stuff against the wall.  Some of the stuff had fallen out of the room all together, but some cameras remained.

"Hold onto these, we can check up on how they are doing when we get home."  I say to Ethan, who frowns when I say 'home'.  Oops.  Walking out I go to Ethan's room.  It looks better than the other room.  The dresser survived and we found a bunch of clothes that The Pals could wear.  None of his recording stuff made it though.

And then Elijah's room.  Pausing outside of his door I frowned, then regained strength and opened it.  The bed was destroyed and so was his closet.  His recording wall pads were intact, and so was Frank.  I picked him up and felt a tear roll down my cheek.  I picked up his Xbox to see if it looked okay and it did.  Ethan and I were about to go back down, arms full of little nick-naks and clothes, as well as the Xbox and cameras.  Then we heard a sound and I looked down.  The floor started to crack.  

"Ethan!  Lets go!"  I yelled over my shoulder and we both bolted down the stairs, not caring how stable they were anymore.  I heard crashes behind me and once I was safely in the grass, I looked at the house.  It was falling.

"I'm so sorry dude.  This must be... I'm sorry I made you come back."  I looked at my feet and he just shrugged.

"It's not your fault and hey, we have some stuff to work with."  He was trying to be hopeful, I could tell.

"I have a whole bunch of computers and cameras in my room, I don't use them for much other than editing, but you guys can use them for recording and stuff."  We walked back and dumped the stuff onto my living room floor.