☕︎Vacancy☕︎

~7~

Remy

Fen was breathless, clutching onto his side as if he was in pain from running so much, but I could concur.

It had taken us a really long time to find the other boys, but we eventually did. Toronto and Dubai were together outside of a club. They had seen Caylen dragged into the apartments across the street by some tall dark-haired man.

I collapsed against the wall, burying my face between my knees. It was freezing cold but the heat from moving around so much made me feel light-headed as I tried to catch my breath. The weight of another body suddenly crashed against my side and I knew without looking it was Fenry. I pulled his head to my chest and held him there as Toronto and Dubai came to sit beside us.

"Now what?"

It came as no surprise when Fenry suddenly grew heavy, signaling his lost of consciousness as his breathing slowly became normal again.

This was no ideal situation for anyone, and we had nowhere left to run to. Caylen still hasn't made his way here yet, and Fen passed out.

My stomach churned at the thoughts of what could have happened to any one of us. We couldn't live like this anymore.

"Are you boys okay?" All three of our heads whipped around at the sound of a man's voice calling out to us.

Shit...

"What are y'all doing dressed like that in this type-a weather? You'll end up sick." I heard the man speak again before I peeked my head around the corner I was sitting in.

The man started walking this way and I saw Toronto take a cautious step back. "Wake Fen, we need to go now!" He spoke in a harsh whisper.

I tried to look at what was bothering him so much until something shiny caught my eye. I squinted and could barely make out the glint of metal in one of the man's hands, poorly hidden by his oversized coat.

I gulped as I shook Fen's head, easing my hand to cover his mouth instead of playing in his hair. He made a quiet whining sound before he turned his head to look up at me, his lips forming a pout.

"Fen, be quiet please..." I quietly urged him and he became visibly more coherent at my tone.

I heard a soft shift and noticed Toronto taking another step back. "He has a fucking gun, you need to leave, we'll run somewhere else but please get the hell out of here." He shooed us with the tips of his fingers, using the brick wall as coverage.

That was our sign to get up. Fenry was wobbly on his legs and almost fell again had I not caught him. "Shh, come on!" I whispered and grabbed his hands, taking careful steps out of the alleyway.

"Look what we got 'ere! Some fresh lookin' ones too," another voice joined the first one.

Toronto glanced at us out of the corner of his eye and I saw Dubai clench his hand around something on his hip. They eased back another step and Toronto pivoted his foot in our direction.

"Don't be scared now, we just wanna have some fun too," the voice grew louder in volume as footfall started echoing down the street.

I heard a click and that's when we all took off running again. A gun fired off causing a scream ringing out from somewhere, the rain not doing much to drown out the noise.

"Remy, I can't run," Fenry panted and I glanced at him behind me to see his face pale, his eyes squeezed shut and I was dragging him more than anything. I looked past him to see Toronto and Dubai duck in another alley, shouts and running heard from the direction we just came from.