Son of a Rouge

Locked Away [°7°]

[Ryder's POV]

The Uber stops in front of my house. I start to get out when I notice that Aaden has fallen asleep. I shake him gently but he doesn't move. He must be a heavy sleeper. I shake him once again but more aggressively than before. He finally wakes up. "Huh?" he says in a groggy voice. 'That's lowkey sexy' I think to myself. "We're here" I say. He slowly opens his door and gets out the car. I wave to the Uber driver, he gives a kind smile and drives off. I start to walk up to the front door but I realize Aaden is walking very slow and is pretty far behind. Either I'm super fast or he's just really slow. I guess today was a long day for him, he must be tired. I pick him up bridal style and walk up to the door. It's chilly out here, I just hope he doesn't notice how warm I am. We get up to the door and I set him down. "Ade" I say. He looks up like he's surprised. I guess I've never used it nickname, I just heard Amaya say it quite a bit. "When we get in here, don't act scared or anything okay?" He slowly nods. "You're a friend of mine and you're spending the night. I'll explain everything else to my family another time."

I unlock and slowly open the door. My mom and siblings are sitting on the couch. All heads turn to us, I feel Aaden hide behind my back while grabbing onto my arms. He did exactly what I told him not to do. Get scared, but it's fine. I understand. I guess he doesn't see too many new people. "Aw, Ryder who's your friend?" my mom asks. "This is Aaden, he's spending the night for a night or two, we're going to my room now." That probably sounded sketchy but I don't want to make Aaden feel too awkward or out of place in my home, cause he's going to be here for a while. I hope he never leaves. I wrap my arm around his neck. He's quite a bit shorter than me about 5'3 or 5'4 maybe and I'm close to 5'10. We make our way up the stairs and we turn into my room which is on the second floor.

My room was very basic. I have basketball player jerseys on my walls. People I viewed as inspiration. I guided Aaden to my bed and he sat down. I sat down next to him. "What do you think about being here so far?" He shrugs looking down at his hands. "C'mon..." I say, "Anything I could do to make you feel better about being here?" He smirks just a little bit. That scares me. I think he can see the fear and worry on my face and starts laughing. I love hearing his laugh. Makes me happy. "Let's just get to know each other a little better" he says. I nod, that seems simple enough. "What do you wanna know?" I raise my eyebrows. "What school do you go to and how old are you" I hum. "Hmm.. I'm 17 and I'm a senior at Willow Creek Central Highschool" Aaden let's out a small giggle. What could possibly be funny? "What's so funny?" I say. "You answered my questions backwards" he says with a smile on his face. I roll my eyes, "Now it's my turn. What school do you go to and how old are you". His smile slightly fades, "I'm 16 and I've never went to school ever before." How has he never been to school? I want to ask but I don't want to press the topic.

"How'd you meet Amaya?" I ask eager to change the topic. "I grew up in the same neighborhood as her. She was my only friend I have ever had growing up. My mom often left me locked away in the house doing house work and cleaning while she went out to hook up, drink, and party ever since my dad left. But sometimes when I was younger I would sneak out to play with Amaya and we became closer over time. She had always been there for me when I needed her. How'd you meet her?" he reverses the question. Sitting quiet surprised from the story I told, I don't even notice he said something. "Ryder?" he says. "Huh? What?" I jump coming out of my state of surprise. "How'd you meet Amaya?" he asks once again. "Oh, um, I met her when we were freshmen at school a couple years ago." I answer and then shrug. "Now I have a question..." Here comes the question I've been wondering this whole time, so my curiosity can be laid to rest, and my heart can be reassured. He furrows his brows. Probably wondering why I'm taking so long to just ask it. "Do you like boys?" I say, the words rushing out of my mouth. I didn't want to make it too awkward. I didn't want to say 'gay' because he might be bisexual, I could never know. He starts playing with his hands and nods. "Yes! That is literally the highlight of today" I hug him. Oh my god... I did not just do that. I let go of him. I probably seemed a bit too excited. "I'm so sorry." I apologize, "I don't want to seem weird or anything" He laughs. Okay, that's a good thing, right? He hugs me back. "I like it this way" he says while moving closer. I blush, but I'm not going to let him see that though.

My sister Sarah opens my door without bothering to knock, "Hey Ry-" she stops mid sentence. "Oooh, who's your little friend?" Her loud voice makes Aaden jump and move away from me. "He's a friend from school" I roll my eyes "now get out". She raises one eyebrow and smirks, "then why was he all up on you like that." "Get out!" I growl causing the lights to flicker which makes Aaden cover his face with a pillow out of fear. Sarah slams the door. "Dumb bitch needs to learn how to knock." I mumble under my breath. "I heard that!" Sarah mind-links me.

I go to pull Aaden back close to me. But he pulls away. See Sarah always has to mess up something. He lowers the pillow from in front of his face. "W-why when you yelled..." he pauses, "it was so deep and the l-lights flickered." I can't come up with a lie off the top of my head but I manage to come up with a dumb one. "My voice just gets really deep when I get mad. It's a habit. And also my light flickers sometimes because I need to get a new light bulb." He loosens his grip on the pillow in front of his chest. Good, I think he believed it. I will tell him the truth one day, but that day, is surely not today. "Now come here... please?" He comes to me and wraps his arms around me, laying his head on my chest. I turn on a movie on my TV and he quickly becomes interested turning around to watch.

I really like this feeling of this. I already know I can't let this boy go. He is my destiny and I'm going to make it happen. Maybe not "make" but it's going to happen. I just have that feeling deep down. I love everything about him so far. He's so sweet, nice, bubbly, and overall cute. I need this in my life. Someone to care about as my own, and someone who can't stay away from me the same. I can already see a bright future with him, a future I couldn't see with anyone else. He can be my Luna once I'm Alpha, which is soon.. I don't get too close to people in fear of getting hurt because people only want me because I'm the next Alpha. But him... he's different, I think I could get close to him and nothing could possibly go wrong.

The movie is halfway over when I notice that he has fallen asleep in my arms. I don't want to move him but I sort of have to. I move him to one side of my bed, and quietly get up.

I have my own problem to deal with.... I walk to the bathroom.