Hunger

Chapter 4 "I Have No Friends"

"Good morning Finnie" said Maria as she knocked on my bedroom door, while I tried to sleep off yesterday's events. Lucas had brought it upon himself to clean out the drainage system in the bathroom upstairs, so Maria was so nice to let Lucas stay in the guest bedroom she had hidden away from me.

Maria later decided that we would only use the bathroom downstairs for now, so we wouldn't disturb Lucas and let him do the work he needed to.

With only one small bathroom to share, Maria and I needed to get to know each other's morning- routine and habits.

After Maria awoke me, I walked downstairs only wearing my boxers as I felt the chilly morning breeze rush up from my feet all the way up my thighs and so forth. "Good morning" said Lucas from the kitchen with a cup of steaming hot coffee, "Good morning" I grunted as I walked over to the bathroom where the door was locked...

"Yeah, there's a reason I grabbed myself a cup of coffee" mumbled Lucas with a humorous smile on his mouth, before he took a big sip from the cup. "Are you even old enough to drink coffee?" I asked as I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed myself a mug and filled it up to the brim with coffee.

"Is it safe for you to be so addicted to coffee?" asked Lucas as he noticed how much coffee I had given myself, before I took a large gulp of it. "How old are you even now?" I asked as I turned around to face him, trying not to notice his necklace he wore all the time! While I was stupid enough to accidentally push my necklace down the drain.

"I'm just a few months younger than you" replied Lucas as he swabbed at my cup of coffee, nearly making me drop it on the floor. "Stop it!" I grunted, annoyed as I grabbed a paper towel to wipe the coffee I had accidentally spilled on myself while dodging Lucas's hand.

"You really care for that morning coffee, don't you?" said Lucas and chuckled as he drank more of his coffee, but then I tried to swab his coffee cup, which he avoided by moving away from me.

"Ha-ha, nice try" he said as he wobbled his way to the living room couch where he sat down with his feet on the table and waited for Maria to finish up in the bathroom. "Do you have any classes today?" asked Lucas as he sat and admired Maria's art from where he sat.

I rolled my eyes at his question. How stupid is he, really? "Yes, I have classes today" I replied as I sat on top of the kitchen counter, not realizing that I barely dodged Maria's paint palette with wet paint all over it.

"Sorry guys, I had to remove the paint from under my fingernails," explained Maria as she finally got out of the bathroom!

I looked over at Lucas, who was still sitting calmly on the couch and enjoying the paintings Maria had made. So, I skipped Lucas in the line to use the restroom, while he wasn't noticing it.

"Hey, guests first" squealed Maria as she grabbed my arm and forced me to stop, "Oh no worries, he can go first" Lucas insisted as I was right by the bathroom, but still Maria had the iron grip around my arm. "Hey, Maria?" said Lucas as he noticed that Maria didn't let me go from her grip, "Can't you tell me something about this piece right here?" asked Lucas as he drew her attention as far away from me as possible, while I got the time to use the restroom.

The downstairs bathroom was much colder than the one upstairs. The bathroom was small, it barely had space for the toilet and the sink that was in there. I pulled my boxers down to my ankles and felt the ice-cold toilet seat freeze under my thighs as I did my business.

"Finnie! Are you done in there?" asked Maria as she couldn't even wait a minute for me to get done, "No! I'm still using the bathroom" I yelled back as I flushed the toilet and washed my hands. "Can you please hurry?" asked Maria as she consistently knocked on the door, "Lucas has waited the longest you know?" she added as she finally stopped knocking.