forum Can You Help? (One on One) (Closed).

Started August 08, 2018 by @Desvelarse pets

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He nodded. "Okay. Do you have any family you could stay with?"

“Family?” Rose repeated, sniffling softly as he struggled to remember what that meant. Master? No, he’s not family, he thought. “I don’t think so,” he murmured before biting softly at his lower lip.

"Any Friends?" He asked, starting to run out of ideas. Honestly, he was close to taking him in himself.

“Master wouldn’t let me have friends,” Rose squeaked out. He would get punished if he was caught talking to people about anything. A shiver ran through his body as he continued to grip onto the other’s sleeve.

"Alright, we're gonna go to my house then." He said, gently leading him there.

Rose gave a meek nod, his grip tightening on the others jacket. Tears were still dripping down his pale cheeks, but he was crying much quieter now simply out of fear that he would be heard and found. He could trust this male, couldn’t he? If the male wanted to turn him in, he probably already would have.

"Come one, we'll get there soon." He whispered, turning a corner

Rose simply nodded again as he walked with the other boy. “Do you have a name?” He squeaked out. It was only fair, he thought, that he asked, considering he told the other his own name.

"Allen." He said, walking up the walk to his house. "We're here." He smiled as he unlocked the door.

Rose bit as his lower lip as he looked at the front door. He then looked over his shoulder, but didn’t see the man who had been chasing him anywhere in sight. That seemed to calm him down slightly as they went inside.

He lead him to the living room, kicking the door closed behind him. "Wait here." He said, going upstairs and digging through his closet. Where was that nailed bat his brother got him a joke when he first moved in? If there was anytime he would use it, if that man came would be know.

Rose looked around, not saying anything when Allen left. He ran a hand through his messy, tangled white hair. The living room was nice, just a bit smaller than the one at his master’s house. He sank down to a crisscross position, sitting on the floor instead of the furniture.

He finally managed to dig it out, bringing it downstairs and placing it by the base of the stairs. He walked back into the living room, sitting on the small couch. "Any particular reason you're on the floor?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Master doesn’t let me sit on the furniture..” Rose responded like it was a normal answer. He looked up at Allen as he spoke, the skin around his eyes a bit red from crying, and his cheeks were flushed as well.

He pat the spot next to him. "Come on, you're not with 'Master' anymore." He said

Rose seemed hesitant, a nervous glint in his eyes. He eventually gave a small nod, crawling to his feet to move and sit on the couch next to Allen. “Thank you,” He said quietly.

He nodded. "So, wanna watch tv or something?"

“TV?” Rose asked, frowning with confusion as he looked at Allen. He brought his legs up to his chest, arms wrapping around them as he rested his chin onto his knees.

"Yeah. Y'know, television?" He said, tilting his head to the side.

“I don’t know…” Rose said, a frown now forming onto his pouty lips. “Should I know?” He asked, nervous that he had said the wrong thing.

"Let's just…" He picked up the remote, turning on the tv.

Rose practically flinched when the TV was turned on, his eyes a bit wide. “Is that a TV?” He asked, watching the screen with amazement.

He smiled slightly, nodding

“Master didn’t have one of these..” Rose mumbled before speaking up a bit more. “What is it supposed to do?” He asked.

"Pictures and sound come on and you watch it."

“Where do the pictures and sound come from?” Rose asked, looking away from the screen and back to Allen. He seemed to be slightly calming down by now, feeling safer by not being out in the open.

"Uh… it's kinda hard to explain."

“Oh, okay,” Rose said with a nod. After a moment of him staring at the TV screen, there was a hard knock on the front door. He gave a startled squeak, eyes wide as he stared at the door. “It’s him, the man- I just know it is!” He whimpered quietly.

He stood. "Okay, Rose, listen, I need you to go to the basement, okay? I'll get you see, I promise."

Rose gave Allen a startled look before nodding his head a tad and scurrying away to find the basement. After a moment of looking around, he found it and went down the stairs slowly, breathing heavily as he did so. There was another loud, impatient knock on the front door, one that made him wince.