& The Reason Is You

”Fuck,” I hissed as I rub my hands together, trying to create heat to warm myself. I was out the street, wondering where to go as I try to warm myself by using the small friction between my hands.

That was a fucking fucked up decision because I didn’t bring anything with me. Not even my money. And I was wearing a t-shirt and it was fucking cold. I didn’t know where to go but for unknown reasons, I felt that I was making the right choice.

I left the house.

But I had nothing.

I had no one.

I knew I needed somewhere to sleep. I didn’t want to sleep at the street or I might end up dying because of the cold. I bit my lip as I realized where I wanted to go.

Mike.

I thought about it for a moment and decided to give it a try. Maybe he would be nice enough to let me sleep for a day or something. Then I’ll try to sneak into the Hellhole and grab a few of my stuff and run away somewhere again. At the thought of that, I had a vision that I might end up being a traveler then a doctor.

I let out a sigh and began to walk.


I was shivering so badly when I arrived at Mike’s house. His house was dark except for lantern outside of his house and also the garage. I felt like a burden coming to this place but I had no choice. I was an idiot for leaving the house but I would be a bigger idiot if I return now.

Slowly, I brought my fist to the door and began to knock. There were no answers at first so I knocked again. No longer after that, the door was slowly opened, revealing a groggy Mike.

“Tony?” he asked, bewildered that I was on his doorstep.

“H – hey,” I stammered. My lips were shivering from the cold and my eyes were getting droopy.

“Shit,” he cursed, his eyes were wide. He then grabbed my arm and dragged me inside. He looked very worried as he asked me a lot of questions. “Tony, what’s wrong? Why are you out there in the cold?”

I didn’t have the strength to answer.

Sure, I had escaped from the cold but it hadn’t left me yet.

I didn’t know what was wrong with him but he immediately opened his shirt and forced me to wear it. “N-no,” I managed to say, not wanting to wear the shirt because what the flipping fuck, I was already wearing one.

“Just wear it,” he demanded.

“Fine.”

“God, Tony,” he mumbled as he dragged me to the living room. His living room was still the same as I last visited. Except that the biggest sofa had a lot of pillows and also a blanket. He asked me to sit down while he grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around me.

I gladly took it and let out a sigh of relief. It was finally warm a bit.

He looked at me; his worried expression was still on his face.

“Shit, Tone, what happened?”

“I don’t know,” I lazily answered.

I was in no mood to talk. Besides, how was I supposed to tell him that he was the reason why Val was mad at me? He was the reason why my mom was furious. He was one of the reasons why I chose to run away from home?

He was quite for a moment, as if he was deep in thought. I sensed that he must’ve finally put the puzzles together because he seemed to have a knowing look on his face as he looked up at me and slowly said, “Are you… running away from home?”

I didn’t respond.

I was too embarrassed to answer.

Even if I didn’t answer, I knew that he must’ve realized that already.

“Is it because of your mom?” his voice was soft and soothing. Of course, it had always been because of her.

I only stared at the tiled floor.

“Shit,” he mumbled. “Tone, I—” he paused. I heard him let out a sigh. I bit my lower lip, afraid of what he was going to say next.

“Look,” he began. Slowly, I brought myself to look at him. That was when I realized how worried he was. He was very concerned, it made me feel warm inside. “I don’t know what she did but she must’ve been a total bitch,” he said. Then his eyes widened and he immediately said, “Did I just say that out loud?”

I scoffed. “Duh.”

“Sorry if you’re offended.”

“Nah, it’s okay.”

His lips formed into a small smile as he stared at the ground. I found it adorable whenever he did that. It was like as if he didn’t want anyone to see that small, adorable, sincere smile of his.
“Do you have anywhere to stay?”

‘Should I lie or not?’ I was thinking that I should lie. But I just couldn’t. “No.”

He could’ve at least pretended that he was worried but no, he gave me a huge grin and let out a sigh of relief. “That’s good to hear.”

“Hey,” I whined as I punched his arm. “What’s so good about that? I might end up living in the streets and die of starvation!”

He stuck his tongue out. “That means that you can stay here.”

I stopped. I was thrilled but at the same time I was surprise by his sudden offer. Did he really mean it? Was he willing to let me stay in his house?

“What?”

“I said, that means you can stay here,” he repeated.

“B-but—”

“No buts. My mom and dad are going away in a few days and maybe you could accompany me?”

“What about your brother?”

“Vic?” he asked. “That little shit can take care of himself.”

“Oh.”

“So…” he bit his bottom lip. “What do you say?”

“Say about what?”

“You know…”

“I don’t,” I teased. Of course I knew what he was talking about.

“What do you say about staying here?” he asked.

“I don’t know… let me think about it.”

Of course I would. Where else could I go? I have no one and the only one who was willing to help me was him. So tell me, how could I not fall in love with this idiot?

Notes

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