[A lot had happened, Elliot realized that very moment, as he stared down first at Leo and then at his wrist in the smaller boy's tight grasp. Things had changed. Things were different and he wasn't even sure how yet, but they were.]
You were the one who decided to hide in the first place. You never had to.
[He'd never understood entirely why Leo wanted to hide so badly, to see the world behind a curtain of glass and dark hair. He'd given him the pair of glasses to satisfy the boy's demand, but he didn't know what it would be like to want to view the world like that.
Elliot had never truly asked either, simply because it had never been necessary to. He'd respected Leo enough to not pry into that and the respect had been returned to him. Despite the quarreling, quibbling and various items thrown at each other, there was no one who Elliot would've considered closer to him. Leo had been his best friend, after all - not just some servant.]
After I was gone...
[It's eerie to say those words. It's somewhat horrifying to think that he died. Had he really died? Had he? Who knew what was true and what wasn't anymore.
Elliot could already feel the beginning of a headache knock against his temples.]
No, it doesn't.
[It didn't matter. Whatever had happened, well...it was important but it didn't matter. Getting up he grabbed the hand that was still clinging to his wrist to pull Leo up with him, helping both of them to their feet.]
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You were the one who decided to hide in the first place. You never had to.
[He'd never understood entirely why Leo wanted to hide so badly, to see the world behind a curtain of glass and dark hair. He'd given him the pair of glasses to satisfy the boy's demand, but he didn't know what it would be like to want to view the world like that.
Elliot had never truly asked either, simply because it had never been necessary to. He'd respected Leo enough to not pry into that and the respect had been returned to him. Despite the quarreling, quibbling and various items thrown at each other, there was no one who Elliot would've considered closer to him. Leo had been his best friend, after all - not just some servant.]
After I was gone...
[It's eerie to say those words. It's somewhat horrifying to think that he died. Had he really died? Had he? Who knew what was true and what wasn't anymore.
Elliot could already feel the beginning of a headache knock against his temples.]
No, it doesn't.
[It didn't matter. Whatever had happened, well...it was important but it didn't matter. Getting up he grabbed the hand that was still clinging to his wrist to pull Leo up with him, helping both of them to their feet.]
I'm not gone now, am I?