Our Future

25

I wake up to a knocking on my door, "come in." I shout in a groggy voice. The door creaks open and a tall figure entered holding a tray. "Hey, I figured since all the commotion that you'd want something to cool down a bit so, I made you some soup." The voice said and I immediately recognised it as Senshi's. I sat up like the speed of light, only to remember the situation "oh, Senshi. You woke me, What time is it?" He put the tray on the nightstand next to the bed and sat, "its 5:45 pm. You slept for a long time, any longer and you wouldn't have been able to sleep tonight." 

I smile faintly at him "well thank you. I am a bit famished, what kind of soup?" He grinned and handed it to me "some tomato soup, my mother taught me her family secret recipe!" I smirked at him "careful, I could know your secret." He rolled his eye as I sipped from the spoon. "so, how is it?" he asked in anticipation. I fake gagged and he gave me an annoyed look and I burst out laughing "its really good. I think this is my new favourite food." He grinned widely and stood up "great! We're having an Avengers movie marathon, come on." 

I held the bowl and walked al the way into the living room. "I thought you said we? As in you and the guys." He chuckled and shook his head "nope, just us. They went to Dallas LifeLabs and Dallas Headquarters to find information about Theadore." I nod and he starts the movie and begins to eat his own bowl of tomato soup. Speaking of tomato soup, this is so good; it took al my will power not to moan when I first taste it. 

After watching about 5 movies, there was a knock on the door. Senshi stood, " Go into your room and lock the door. Take your bowl and do not make a sound" Fear racked through my body and I grabbed my empty bowl and quickly and quietly ran to my room and silently locked the door. I put in Alejandro's number just in case something happened and I needed him to get here really fast. I heard two voices, one as Senshi's and another familiar one. Then I heard a name that made my blood freeze in my veins, Theadore.

My hand began to lightly shake and my worry began. Is Senshi okay? What if Theadore attacks him? What if The- stop it, Senshi has this under control. I shake my head and sit quietly on the bed. I hear footsteps in front of my door and I hold my breathe, could it be Theadore? I jump at the knocking on the door "Anela, he's gone. You can come out now." I heard Senshi's muffled voice. I shakily unlock the door and throw my arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. "glad to know you're okay." he chuckled. 

He returned the embrace and we stood there for some seconds before I pulled away slightly to look at him "I was worried that something would happen." He chuckled "he just came to tell me some things about the war and that he, apparently is staying here on Earth." I frown "how?" He shrugged, his eyes darting to my lips before returning to my eyes. "he was kind of gloating about how he could stay and live normally." I sighed and ruffled his hair "don't let him get to you, when you go we will still be here. We'll miss you yes but we will be here for when you come back. How about when you come back we can go to the amusement park or, we could go hiking in the Paisible Forest! It's really peaceful up there.

He stared at me with an odd emotion swirling in his eyes before he rested our foreheads together "Do you realize that I may never come back? That our time is limited." I roll my eyes playfully "You will come back, if you don't I will murder you. Time is irrelevant to what we have." He chuckles, leaning a bit closer to me "and what do we have?" I bit my lip and smiled, thinking about his question. Love, "A strong friendship." His smile faltered a bit and I almost frowned, was he expecting me to say something else? I brush it off and stare at him as he talked "what I have for you will last forever, remember that and never forget it." 

I tilt my head "what do you have for me?" He just shook his head and let me go "its getting late, we should get to bed." I nod and dash into my room to process everything that just happened, ah that was embarrassing. I looked through my luggage and pulled out my sleeping clothes, and rush into the bathroom next door to shower. It felt weird showering by him since I've never been here a lot but I was comfortable enough. After I finished, I brushed my hair and teeth before sneaking back to my room. I really didn't want to face Senshi after what happened, childish but I'm a shy person. 

I sit on the bed and look around, finally taking in the room's features. It was painted in white and had a wooden wardrobe in the corner accompanied by a small cabinet on the side. There was a painting of a river just above the bedhead and the bed frame was the same wood as the wardrobe but the sheets were white and grey. I check my phone and contemplating on telling Belle, I would put her in danger of I did. Theadore could go after her, threaten me and Senshi; she can't know. 

I type her a quick message saying that my landlord had kicked me out due to not paying my rent and I was staying at Senshi's. "I hope she buys the lie." I mumble. I put the device on the night stand next to the bed and wrap myself up in the covers like a burrito and close my eyes. I'll have to speak with my landlord and go through my apartment again for anything that was not destroyed that I may need. I hope tomorrow would be a brighter day.