[PAUSED]》YOUR VOICE《[A story of hope and love]

3: why?

thank you for giving me a new chance already...

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dan laid in bed, awake, as usual, the silent breathing of the younger next to his ear.
he couldn't sleep. he never could.
he reached over to grab his phone from the small table next to the bed and looked at the time.

2:08

he sighed heavily and threw the phone back at its place. he really hoped he would get at least one hour or so of sleep for once. but right now, he was actually quite glad that he couldn't sleep.
he wanted to watch over the short boy lying next to him, he wanted to protect him from whatever caused him to cry earlier that day.
when he saw his cute face vanishing into the big pillows, he couldn't resist but brush his hands through the younger's light brown hair.

"sleep well, little one"

a smile crept up on dan's face.
maybe he finally found someone to complete his plans.
ryan would change his life, that was what dan knew at the moment.

he reached over to his bedside table, picking up a small piece of paper that laid there. he looked at it, sighing and then looking back to the boy next to him, while putting the paper back on its place, careful to not scrunch it up even the tiniest bit.

"thanks for staying with me the night, but... why? why would you want to be friends with someone like me?
well, guess i gotta ask you tomorrow..."
dan put his arms around ryan's small body, pulling him closer into his arms.

"you really wanna hang out with someone like me?"
dan whispered his last words before slowly falling into a deep and unsteady sleep, but not before throwing one last glance at the paper and the mesmerizing eye on it which seemed to watch him all the day, everyday, for the rest of his life.

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when ryan woke up the next day, he felt a strange warmth around his body, and a soft breath next to his ear.
at first he was shocked, not knowing where that feeling came from, but when he saw dan lying next to him, he relaxed and sank even deeper into his arms.

"you awake already?"
dan's soft voice sounded sleepy, but adorable, and ryan couldn't do anything else but to smile.
"it's strange, you know? i didn't even know you existed yesterday, and now you're here and it feels like you've always belonged here."
they thought for themselves in silence a few minutes, a silence that ryan enjoyed, but dan seemed to think about it wrong.
"i'm sorry if i made you uncomfortable. i didn't want that."
silence again.

it's okay, dan. i'm not uncomfortable. i appreciate that you even want to talk to me.