Now, actually)
He's got the dog's attention, that's why X stopped licking)
He Came from the Woods (O/O) CLOSED
(Lol ok)
Kai woke up from the lack of pupper affection and looked at X to see him tensed "X? What's wrong buddy?" He asked, scratching his head
X stared with unmoving eyes past a swath of trees. It was too dark for Kai to see what it was, but X could hear and smell them. Someone was there, and it made the hackles on X's back rise.
X growled in the dorecrion of the forest and Kai frowned. If it was one of the other boys coming to tease X, they were gonna get it. He grabbed a knife and walked in the direction if the forest with a flashlight, X following closely, growling .
X sprang up in front of Kai. X had always been the overprotective type of dog; that's why Kai's father got him a German Shephard. They'll die for you before they even think twice, Kai's father said when they were adopting the pup. He'd been the size of Kaius's palm back then. Now the dog stood as tall as his knee, and large enough to tackle down the person in the woods.
Just a kid, maybe Kaius's age, paler than pallid seashell ivory and a battered body: a visibly broken arm, bruised and scraped knees, and blood seeping through a t-shirt. He made no noise upon being trampled by the dog. X wasn't violent, and once he assessed the helpless state of the stranger, he began to wag his tail in expectance of praise from Kai.
( good boi, x )
"X, get off him silly pup!" Kai said. X whined and came back to Kai, sitting beside him and licked his hand. Kai laughed softly and scratched his head "good boy, even though I wasnt in danger." He said softly. X barked and licked Kai's face. "Ok, ok! I get it! Down boy!" X stopped and faced the other figure, tilting his head curiously
The other kid followed Kai with nervous eyes. He said nothing to the stranger. His nose ran down his lip and he panted shallowly– almost like he wished he could disappear, if he held still enough.
Kai looked at the scared kid and made X lay down "hey, are you ok? Who are you?" He asked softly
He didn't answer him with words. He did, however, bring a shaking hand to his shirt to stretch so Kai could read the words. To Kai, he recognized it as the 1990's clothing brand logo Sean John. To the kid, he must have identified his name as such.
"That's your name? Sean John? Do you want to follow me? I can help fix you up." He said gesturing in the direction he came from
He stared back at him, with somewhat of a flat, defeated look. From the sweat on his exposed skin, it was decently evident now that he was probably in too much pain– or too afraid–to move.
Kai crouched down and reached forward with a hand "come on, I'm not going to hurt you." He tried for a small smile
The boy lifted his unharmed arm to hesitantly accept his offer of hospitality. His quiet breathing, now that he realized he was safe, hastened into ragged breathing and whimpers.
"Can you follow me?" Kai asked standing up
Sean shuffled his back up the trunk of a tree, unable to support himself very well. His eyes glazed over and he swayed upon standing.
Kai reached forward and picked the other boy up. He didnt seem like he would weigh much.
He felt like picking up a handful of twigs, almost. On the brink of being malnourished, yet his face still looked full. Even if his limbs were lanky and could use some meat.
Kai started walking back with the boy in his hands and took him into the barn "X, watch him, I'll be back with some food and water." he instructed his dog and left to get some supplies.
X sat down as he was told, tail thumping lazily. Sean became lethargic very quickly in Kaius's arms. Exhausted and hurt, it was clear the kid needed some good sleep.
Kai came back with a first aid kit and some food, a small loaf of bread and water. Handing the boy the food and water, he decided to looked at his injuries
He opened his eyes in a sleepy sliver, he took the bread with his left, unbroken arm to look at with confusion. He recognized water, of course. But as for bread, he set it back down. He didn't know what that was.
"Eat, you need energy. If you fall asleep now, you might not wake up again." Kai muttered and started wiping some blood
Sean began to shed sparse tears from pain, his jaw going tense. But he did as the stranger advised, and took a bite of the foreign food. More than anything, he felt like just upchucking everything and dying. The stranger seemed to have different plans, though.
X whined and moved closer to Sean. Kai looked up and smiles before looking back down and bandaging Sean's injuries "get a lot of injuries 'round here. Where are you from?" He asked
Sean didn't reply, but it seemed his focus was drawn away from his wounds at least.
"Are you mute?" Kai deadpanned, tieing off the last bandage.
He shook his head in a slow no, his dark, almost black irises fixated on the bandages.
"Did you have some water?" Kai asked, leaning against a hay bale
He nodded sparsely, taking another sip with his good arm. He had to set it down though, to sit up more.
"Would you like some help?" He asked