Aurora | SapnapxDream

VI

"George, what the hell are we going to do?" I said looking at George who was staring at the store, his eyes glossy

"I don't know, lets see if theres anything that didn't burn..."

I nodded my head and began to search through the burnt wood and the ashes from the paper bags that we used for the bread. I looked at my hands, they were covered in charcoal. George looked at me, I could see the sadness in his eyes he shook his head. I walked over to him and hugged him.

"Oh George, I'm sorry..."

"It's not your fault, lets just go back home to Techno..."

"Okay, let's go" I whispered before turning around to the store. "Thank you for all of the amazing memories, thank you" George chuckled and agreed with me. We turned around to start walking back to the house until Mrs.Williams an old lady who owns a clothing store stopped me and George.

"Hello boys, I'm so sorry about the store!"

"Hello! And yeah, very unfortunate"

"I was wondering since you no longer have a place to work at...I was thinking if you'll like to work at my clothing store! No disrespect of course!"

"Oh, it's not disrespectful at all! But can we think about it?"

"Yes, of course! Well, goodnight boys!"

"Goodnight, thank you!"

She walked away going to her house, I turned around as well looking at George. 

"Well...I think we just got a job..."

"We should tell techno..."

"Yeah, we should-" A boy had bumped into me, I was already having a pretty rough day so a bit of my stress and anger came out. 

"Watch where you're going dumbass!" I yelled as I looked at him for a quick second, he looked back at me saying sorry.

"Sapnap!"

"Sorry, today just hasn't been the day...I wanna go home. Plus that dumbass dork wasn't paying attention."

"So do I..."

We finally began to walk to the house, without any distractions. We were quite the whole walk, the silence was so loud. I must admit it was a bit awkward. But it was nice, George was keeping me company as I thought very hard. What are we going to do? How are we going to do it? Should we get the job? 

We made it home, that was quick I thought...we knocked on the door and techno opened up rather quickly...that's when I knew something was up.

(Bold: Sap, Simple: George, italics: Techno)

"What happened?"

"Yeah, what did they say??"

"They accepted me obviously, but they told me I have a week left with you guys..."

"A week?!"

"That's so soon!"

"I thought it was going to be a month!"

"Hey! Stop, at least it isn't a couple of days! I have a week left with you guys, so let's make the best out of it. I know it's not what we wanted, but the whole day wasn't in our favor. Don't worry about me, what's with the store?"

"Yes, we are going to worry about you. And the store is burned down completely, Mrs.Williams offered us a job. But pay from her is like $3 an hour. It won't be enough even if we worked every single day and every hour. We won't be able to pay for the house. In a week or two, we would be kicked out. I don't know what we going to do..."

"They offered but we didn't say yes nor no...if you leave in a week and we are going to get kicked out in a week. We have the only option left, live on the fucking street-"

"Shut up George, stop. I'll figure something out. I'll think of something..." 

"Well, you do that. I'm going to sleep, I can't with it today. Goodnight. I fucking hate today."

"Goodnight George..."

"Goodnight George, Sap you haven't eaten since the morning. Go eat."

"Have you ate?"

"No..."

"Eat with me, water or juice?"

"water is fine..."

"How are you feeling? Like genuinely feeling?"

"sad. So damn sad. Mom is dead, the store burned down, and I have a week left with brothers who might be homeless in 2 weeks. I'll try sap, but it's so hard sometimes..."

"I know, that's why we're talking. Just because you're the oldest doesn't mean that you should keep all of your feelings bottled up. So go ahead talk."

He gave me a small smile and as we both ate, he talked about how he was feeling. The stress, and the sadness, and anger that he was feeling. I understood everything since I felt the same way too. We talked for what seemed like an hour but in reality, it was 30 minutes. We finished eating and we went to sleep. I walked out of the bathroom since I brushed my teeth before going to bed. I walked in and saw George, he was curled up in a ball and crying. I sat on his bed just sitting there not knowing what to say. 

I didn't know how to comfort him, so I just laid down next to him. And I hugged him. I hugged him tight, I wanted him to know that I cared because I do. He hugged me back and continued to sob in my arms. He sobbed until he fell asleep. And I went back to my bed, going to sleep as well.

I woke up around 3 am. I heard the rain against the roof. I love thunderstorms, it just sounded so amazing, so calming. 

I got up from my bed, I looked over at George who still sleeping. I quietly walked out of my room and began to go to the living room. I wanted to look outside from the big window we had. I started to walk but a door was opened. It caught my eye, I got curious. So I went inside the room, it was my mom's room. I sat on her bed and saw all of her stuff.

I laid down on her bed and grabbed a pillow she always used and was her favorite. I looked over at her bedside table and saw it. Her headband. It was a white bandana, she used it to put her hair back when she worked at the store or when she was around the house.

I grabbed the white bandana and tied it around my head. Fixing my hair so it was over the bandana. I hugged her pillow and began to cry. 

"I miss you mom, I'm sorry that I couldn't...I'm sorry..."

"I promise I'll keep george safe, I promise. I will never take off the bandana, for you. You will always be with me. In my heart and this bandana. I love you mom. Stay safe."

My heart hurted, it actually hurted. I miss my mom. But I have to be strong for George and Techno. But damn it. I really miss her.