H Is for the first and last happy chapter. I'm sorry-

The next morning Xay awoke to the sound of his phone ringing. He could have sworn that he'd turned the ringer off, but the music was unmistakable. He grumbled and picked his phone up off the floor.

Unknown caller.

The number was from his region, so he assumed it was one of X's friends and answered.

"Dude! We've been trying to get ahold of you since you left school yesterday," The voice was clearly Ren," Where are you? X saw the note but-"

Xay almost laughed at that,"Well than you know, don't you?"

"Who's place are you at? My dude-"

"Xisuma knows." Xay hung up. X had probably forgotten about this place. Surely, he's the only one that thinks about the past.

As if to deny that thought there was a knock on the door. Xay ignored it. There was a shout. Than a scream? What was happening?

Xay stayed put. What was happening outside? Someone began banging on the door, the walls shook with it. He pushed himself back against the wall.

Then the screaming stopped and it was quite. His eyes remained trained on the door. He half expected it to fall down, but it didn't. It was like nothing had happened...

"Are you finally going to talk to me?" Xay whirled around to meet the eyes of Xisuma. They were red and teary.

Xay's eyes flitted from the door to Xay. He was sure that he wasn't there before. Maybe-

Then another voice broke the silence. This one Ren's,"if you keep doing this I won't speak to you."

"What did I ever do wrong? Huh?" Grian's voice was added to the growing screaming of the other two. They spoke over each other. Their voices together shook the walls. The banging on the door had transferred into banging on the walls. All around.

Xay was sobbing at this point, curled up on the cot. The three of them began closing in on Xay. Pushing him into a corner. Their voices didn't even sound like their own anymore. Just one thunderous roar.

Then one clear voice broke through the noise. It was disembodied, seemingly coming from the walls,"Xay? It's okay, I'm here now."

Ren again? But he stood in front of him. Or he didn't? The three boys had evaporated. No trace of them or their voices remained. He breathed out a thankful sigh and allowed himself to wake up, not fighting.

And there Ren was, leaning down in front of him. His eyes shone with sympathy. He gingerly opened his arms, offering a hug to Xay. He pulled up Ren.

"Do you wanna talk about the dream, man?" He asked gently. He moved on to the cot, holding Xay.

Xay shook his head, clutching Ren like he might disappear. Ren nodded, despite Xay not being able to see it,"Then I'll just talk okay?"

He seemed to understand what Xay needed, despite not talking much before. He talked about school his friends. Though, he kept out mentions of Doc, Iskall, and Xisuma. As if he knew his distaste for them.

He went on about how the way back here was so different from what he remembered. He admitted that it had been quite a long time. He mentioned that he had wanted to talk to Xay for quite a while, but he was scared of starting off too strong. He even told funny little stories about when he was younger.

In the end, it put Xay at ease. He cuddled into Ren and fell back asleep. Rens voice continuing to weave tails as he drifted off.

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He awoke again some hours later.