Don't leave by LunaFair (a.k.a Anna M. Haslinger) (snow like ashes series TXT) 📖

had told him. His eye really looked horrible, but now that I was closer, I could see that there where tears coming out of this as well, so it was just the eyes surroundings ...
"You got some medicine for this?", I asked, standing up again.
He barely nodded, pointing towards a little box, standing on the table.
"I thought I wouldn't need them", he whined, looking at me with tears running down his face.
I quickly went over to the box, picked it up and handed it to him. Then I got to the kitchen and looked for a glass. It took a while, but I found one, filled it with water and went back to the living room with it.
"Here you go ... no please take whatever will help you", I said softly, smiling. He just frowned, picking up a quite big blue tablet, put it into his mouth and swallowed it, together with the whole water in the glass.
"Good boy, now we get you to bed", I decided, helping him up. He said nothing, just grabbed his pill-case, and looking to the floor. Suddenly he looked at me, smiling again.
"I can't sleep with that puffy eye!", he said, seeming almost happy about it,"Let's go watch a movie! Something with lots of blood in it!"
Now it was me frowning. I wasn't feeling like watching a movie ... I just wanted to go to bed and sleep ... forgetting about my life ... But then I looked at him and directly into his deep brown puppy dog eyes, looking at me still filled with tears ... So I started smiling again.
"Alright, whatever you want, Hyde", I said, patting his head softly, but only for a short moment, then he rushed off to get a movie for us ...


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Day two ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I opened my mouth in need of air. It was hard to breath, for a reason I didn't know yet.
We had been awake almost the whole night, watching whatever he felt like. Actually, we never watched a whole movie, because he would just randomly skip scenes, saying things like "this scene is so boring" or "I hate that guy ... let's go to the scene where the zombies get him". Somehow his comments made me laugh, although most of the time the scenes he commented weren't funny at all ... It seemed like he couldn't take anything seriously.
Most of the time he would put in another movie before the one we where watching had ended. Somewhere in the Lord of the Rings I finally gave in to my sleepiness and closed my eyes.
Now it was already day again. I blinked a few times, looking down at whatever that heavy thing on my chest was. I only saw something brown resting on me. Once I was able to see clearer, I realized it was Hideto. He had wrapped his armes around my chest and he was lying on me completely, appearing to be totally lost in his dreams. Now that I was focused on him, I noticed that he was breathing softly and whispering something in his sleep. But it was not clear enough to understand. I didn't want to wake him, because he just looked too cute and peaceful when sleeping, so I closed my eyes again.

I was surrounded by huge trees that went together somewhere above me, hiding the sky from my sight. Turning around again and again, I slowly realized I was trapped. I could hear whispers and evil laughing, but I couldn't catch any words out of the whispering. Not knowing what to do, I started running, just to be stopped after a few steps by a shadow, moving strangely and appearing to grow taller and broader every moment. Unable to turn around, I tried to walk backwards, but there was something in the way. I couldn't move. My heartbeat echoed in my ears. It was loud ... but it was not beating as fast as I could feel it in my chest. I felt my pulse, when I realized that what I could hear wasn't my heartbeat...
The shadows and the forest disappeared, and instead of it a blood red ocean and a sky of the same color just a bit darker, filled with black clouds appeared. The heartbeat was louder, but slower now, while my own heart raced. I turned around, looking at my surroundings. I was standing in that red ocean, and if that hadn't been weird enough, I had to notice, it was as hard as stone and made my think of the rubies I had seen once. But this was different. As if there was a darkness inside. I wanted to turn and run away, when I saw someone lying on the ground. I ran towards him, but I couldn't see who it was, until ... I saw brown hair.
'Hideto', I immediately thought, running faster, but I couldn't get near him. I wanted to scream, call his name or anything, but I stayed silent.
I could hear laughter that sounded more evil than before, and a black shade approached him and picked him up, holding the small and terribly thin man in his arms. Suddenly he was in front of me. I looked into Hideto‘s face only for a moment - he was terribly pale, his eyes shut - when I heard the heart beat once again, then it suddenly got silent and ...

I woke up, trying hard to breath, my eyes immediately searching for Hideto. At first I didn't find him, but then I realized he was sitting next to me, looking at my quite worried.
"You okay?", he asked. His face wasn't swollen anymore. The sight of his face, fine again and healthy colored made me smile.
"Just a bad dream", I said, "Don't worry"
He nodded and smiled a bit, but then he pouted.
"Hell, you scared me!", he said, now appearing to be quite angry,"And besides that I'm hungry! Go make breakfast"
'So there he is again. Why did I even worry? He's fine ... damned dream', I thought, getting up, still breathing fast. My heart was slowing down again, but still I was quite upset and afraid.
Suddenly I stumbled, not even knowing why. I tried to catch myself, but there was nothing to grab within my reach. Then I felt a hand grabbing my arm, holding me back and preventing my fall. Then another hand joined the first, and he pulled be back, so I could stand again.
"You're trembling", Hyde said softly, still holding my arm and leading me to a chair, "Was the dream that bad, hm?"
I just stared at him, blinking a few times. I was surprised by this action.
"Hey you! I'm talking to you", he said, starting to shake me.
I looked at him, then I smiled and he stopped the shaking.
"Thank you for catching me", I said.
"Nah ... You're heavier than you look, blacky. So now calm down and then make breakfast, will you?", he said, looking away from me, although I didn't know why.
"My name is not blacky", I said, trying to sound angry, but it was quite difficult, for I was still thinking about the dream.
"Nah, as if you'd care!", he teased,"Alright, then Gacchan it is."
I frowned, but only a bit, for I started to like it. To be honest, I never had a nickname before, so it was quite nice somehow ...
So I smiled and nodded.
"So ... what are you making for breakfast?", he asked.
Wow ... he couldn't wait for his food ... but he was so thin ...
What had I gotten myself into? And what was this dream about? Was something in my mind worried about him? But why? Because of that eye-incident, maybe? Or ... because of his - considering his size and figure - huge pill-box?
"Ouch!", I screamed in surprise, when he suddenly poked me,"What was that for?!"
"For not answering my question, stupid. I'm hungry", he said, pouting.
I rolled my eyes, then I got up and went to the kitchen. He followed me slowly, watching me.
"So ... what are you cooking?", he asked, sitting down by the table again.
"Can't we just eat some cereals? I mean, milk is good for your health anyway", I said, opening the fridge and staring inside. Weren't they rich? Why wasn't there nothing but milk and eggs and a bit of butter inside?
"... We don't have cereals home. Besides, I like a warm breakfast"
Hideto looked at me, a frown on his face. He definitely didn't like my idea ...
"Sorry, I'm afraid you're the wrong one. Of course you'll get paid for the day and ...", he started, but I stopped him.
"Please don't do this! I'll make you breakfast! The best you ever had!", I almost shouted and turned to the fridge again. No he couldn't fire me ... I needed this job. It was the only one I could get ... If I had lost this ... maybe I would just find a hole and die in it ...
While cooking, I could look at him sometimes, but only for a short moment. I saw him smile happily and slowly got the feeling, he had never planned to fire me. He just wanted to test me or something ... Or the brat just wanted his food ...
"So ... what are you cooking?", he asked. I could hear he was doing something, but I had no time to look.
"Breakfast ... toast, eggs, milk", I explained.
"Mmhmm", he said, while appearing next to me and filling a glass with water, drinking it immediately, then refilling it again and returning to the table.
What had he just done? Had he taken any pills or something? Wait ... was I worried??
This was just another job, so why did I worry about him? My job was cooking and cleaning for him, not making sure he was well. I just had to clean and cook. Not much, and it was earning me money I really needed. He was only a spoiled brat, unable to take care of himself.
While I was lost in my thoughts, I didn't pay attention to what was happened around me.
Just a job. Nothing more. A way to get along. A good and easy way.
Once I had finished cooking and put everything on the table, before I looked at Hideto ... and couldn't help smiling, when I saw the excited look in his eyes.
"I hope you like it", I said, before walking away to clean the kitchen, when he suddenly grabbed my arm.
"Wait ... you should eat something too", he said, pulling me back,"I mean, you'll have to work today, so you might need something to give you strength."
I stared at him. Work? What did he mean? He smiled at me, when he noticed my confusion.
"We'll be working in the garden today. I somehow feel like it", he explained, when he started eating.
Great ... that sounded like a lot of work... But he said he would work as well, so ...

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I should have known.
After breakfast, we got changed in some working-clothes - yeah, he had some - and went outside. The sun was shining brightly, and the weather was fine. No wind, no rain, nothing. Just a few white clouds where moving slowly over the light blue sky. Still it wasn't hot or anything, the air was nice and fresh and the grass was a bit wet, but not much.
The garden looked quite nice, but soon he showed me what we needed to do: There were some trees and bushes that needed to be cut, old plants and dead grass