I couldn't close my eyes after we feed Squarely. The only thing that was on my mind was to be there the next time when he opens his eyes. Minho took the opportunity and crushed himself on the couch hours ago already.
I watched the sun rise up and even got to clean up a little bit around the space we are using. Just like that 6 hours go by and my eyes start to give up more second by second. I want to sleep too.
I know Minho hates to be bothered but he'll have to bear with it from now on. I promise to let him have a good sleep next time since I know how it feels when you're suddenly woken up. And just like that I shake his shoulder a few times.
"What?? Did he piss the bed again??" He opens on eye and looks around without even knowing where I exactly am. He yawns and stretcher his legs and arms in the air reminding me of a lazy ass cat.
"No, your cats are missing" He instantly sits on his big but and straighteners his back his eyes perfectly opened.
"What?! Since when?! How do you know?!" He gets up from the couch and right after I slide on it under the worm blanket.
"I don't. I just needed you to make room." My eyes are already closed and I can feel the warmth wrapping around my body.
"You little brat" Minho ruthlessly kicks me with his foot directly into the shoulder before walking out of the room probably to find his cats.
I just smile and let my thoughts go. I need a break for a few hours.
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Waking up with such an ease is so enjoyable. Even though I slept in a weird position and my neck is killing me right now, my eyes feel happy. They are willing to stay opened which is a rare thing.
I sit up and break a few bones before looking around. Minho is sitting on the floor with two cats around him and one in his hands. I am glad cats exist because they are half of this man's happiness.
"Morning" I say and he just looks up and gives me a small smile. "Don't tell me you played with them until now." He nods proudly and returns his attention back to the three cats.
"I see you slept well... now let me disappoint you. It's 2pm. And he woke up. And he refused to talk to me. And he locked himself up in your room because it was the first door that was opened. And... he almost broke all his bones."
I blink a few times trying to process all the information that he just gave me. My eyes land on the empty couch on my left and than go up the railing to the closed door of my room.
"H- how did he almost break all of his bones??" I ask out of curiosity. Too many things happened while I was asleep. When did he even wake up I thought he'll sleep longer because of everything that happened before he collapsed.
"Well he woke up not long ago actually, than he kept telling me to stay back so I didn't want to pressure him. I told him to crash in his room upstairs and I don't think he really understood what I meant because he went even crazier. Then he started going up the stairs, tripped midway and rolled down like a barrel. I helped him up but right after he pushed me away and just climbed up the stairs and shut the door behind him like a cute angry baby Squirrel."
My jaw drops a bit. Didn't that cause quite some noise?? Sometimes I feel like even if another big bag happens I will just die in my sleep cos nothing wakes me up. Or maybe I was simply really tired.
"You're amazing you know. Through the entire situation you were like a dead body on that couch" He shakes his head a few times before turning his attention back to his cats.
I just lean back on the couch and hear my neck crack. Damn it, I don't have time for my body to hurt right now. I sight out of frustration and look back at him.
"How do we prove him that we're not the bad guys. I mean, I really don't want to fight him every time he opens his eyes" My voice is filled with frustration and Minho probably noticed because he raised his gaze back to me. "One day he's gonna crack one of our skulls open. Or even worst we're gonna break one of his bones because this can't go on like this. I am no damn superhuman, so I can't read his mind and if he doesn't start to trust me HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP HIM." Minho is looking at me with slight surprise on his face from my sudden outburst.
My anger attacks are not frequent just from time to time and he hasn't seen one in a long time. It has been three times Squirrely freaked out already and I'm starting to lose it. Not being a big fan of the word patience is sometimes a frustrating thing.
"Wow wow wow. Calm down. Breathe." I close my eyes, take a deep breath and kick all the angry thoughts out of my head before opening my eyes again.
"Don't expect him to be an easy fish sweetie. We'll get to him give it some time he's confused as well, he hasn't been with people other than the hospital nurses for years. He needs time."
"I know. I know. It's just... we don't really have all the time in the world. Think about it, tomorrow they can knock on the door and we're done, we don't even know how much time we have. I don't want to rush him but I can't give him all the time he wants neither." He gets up from the floor with Dori still in his hands and sits next to me.
"It will take them a while to find us. Don't forget we even changed the license plate with one of my dad's old one and this house is in the middle of nowhere, on the other side of the city. And it has been barely a day and a half." He jumps up letting Dori run off.
"Cheer up babe. Try showing him some stuff, like the TV, comic books, how to make ramen. I don't know. Make him relax"
"Why me?? What are you gonna be doing??" He looks at me like I asked an unusual question.
"I'm going out. You and Hannie are stuck here but I can leave. We should also buy some more food since we didn't really bring that much with us. And my classes start tomorrow too." He rolls his eyes at the thought of school and turns around to leave.
"Wait. How are you even gonna go around the city. Are you gonna walk through the entire city" He turns around with now him walking backwards and playfully smirks at me.
"I will rent a bike. I saw a store where you can rent a motorbike so I will rent one." Nothing can stop him at this point I guess.
"Just... Just don't buy ramyeon. Please." He nods at me takes the backpack and shuts the door after himself. Great... now I'm alone. Well.. we're alone. I look up toward the shut door, I should probably try to think of a new way to approach him. I take my phone and look through my notifications.
'You little brat. Why are cousin trouble again. I didn't let you leave home so you can play hero. Stop this nonsense and surrender to the police while you have time.'
"You are right you didn't. I left." I murmur out after reading the message. Can they track down our phones if we use them. I'm now really sure how this works but I'm pretty sure they would be on our doorstep by now if they could. While opening random apps here and there an idea comes to my mind.
I slowly make my way to the stairs and when I'm finally standing in front of the door I take a deep breath. I knock on the door gently and after a few seconds his voice shows me how extremely unwanted I am.
"What do you want??" He says which is a good sign. This time he at least didn't jump through the window.
"Can I came in??" I ask calmly hoping he'll let me enter without any bigger problems.
"No.." A silence drags between the two before I push the knock down and slowly open the door.
"I SAID NO" Without letting his scream scare me I open the door fully. He is siting on the floor his back leaning on the bed. His body tenses up immediately after the door open and his hands are already ready to push his body up in case I try something. Without going any further I sit on the ground and reach for my phone in my back pocket.
"Wh- What are you doing?? WHAT IS THAT!?" I stop my movement for a second before slowly continuing. When I finally have it in my hand I hold it up to show him it's nothing to be afraid of it.
"I want to show you something" I unlock the phone and open my playlist. He probably can't read because he doesn't remember how to and since he probably doesn't want to leave this room, I can't show him the TV or kitchen BUT MUSIC. I don't even have to show him, I just need him to listen.
I don't know if he's curious or just doesn't know what to say because he doesn't move even for an itch while I am sliding up and down through the phone screen. He just fallows my movements with his sharp gaze.
Finally I find the melody that is not to energetic, not to hype, not to sad or slow. A melody that shows strong feelings but has calm notes.
I place the phone in front of myself and absorb my terrified tiny Squirrely. As seconds go by and the singers voice combines with the melody causing Squirrely to slowly relaxes his grip on the bed. After a minute he is back to sitting on the ground with his hands wrapped around his knees and head slightly tilled toward the phone.
After the song ends I stop the next one from playing and wait for any kind of reaction.
"Can-" He is hesitating to ask me even though I already showed him I have zero intentions to hurt him.
"Can I have that??" He finally says with his eyes slowly tearing away from the phone looking up at me. Maybe now I can get him out of this room. Soup probably didn't really do the job so he needs something more to eat. He never even said something such as 'I'm hungry' or 'Are we gonna eat' does this man not know he needs food to have energy so he doesn't sleep more than 19 hours a day like a baby.
"Yes, if you want it. Come downstairs." Are my last words before I get up, take the phone and exit the room leaving the door behind me opened.
I sit down on the floor in front of the couch and turn the TV on. I look at the clock and it's 2:27pm, I need to give it to him soon. Please come down fast.
Another 10 minutes pass and still nothing. If he wants to hear more wouldn't he come by now what is there to fear so badly anyway, it's not like I'll jump him up. Minutes pass by and I slowly start to give up maybe I should wait for Minho to came back or Squirrely to collapse before giving it to him. If he uses to much force I won't be able to give it to him anyway, he'll just throw me over the railing.
My ears narrow as I hear footsteps above my head. Is it him?? Should I look up?? I straighten my back and sit up. The cracking sound from the stairs signals me that he is slowly coming downstairs.
I turn my head enough to make eye contact with him. He is now standing on the end of the staircase looking right at me.
I will put an end to this.
Now.
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