Everett watched the boy make his decision with ire. She didn’t trust him. She didn’t like him. That sweet, innocent act only meant he was hiding something dark. The girl could feel it pour off of him. It rattled her to her core how strange the boy was. Not someone that could be fully accepted by her. Not until that gut-wrenching feeling went away.
“I’ll be watching you.” she warned, but her tone made it sound much more threatening and menacing. She would not sleep until she was sure the monster had gone first.
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“I..uhm…all right.” He agreed. Manny couldn’t say that he had ever slept in a real bed before, let alone with someone. The idea seemed really…nice actually. Manny liked not being alone, and he knew that other people were warm. So the notion of sleeping in a real bed, with warm covers and another warm body just seemed very pleasant. He hesitated for a moment, watching Everett glare at him before edging to the bed and setting his hands upon the blankets. He was almost taken back by the comfort that seemed to radiate from the covers. With a tiny smile seeping past his lips he slipped underneath the sheets and laid his head upon the pillow. It was something he’d only dreamed about until now, this level of comfort.
Instinctively he curled up and grabbed his knees. He’d always slept like this to keep him warm, but once he realized that it was safe he stretched out a little, making an unsure little tired noise as he did so. He buried his head in the soft pillow and could feel himself instantly drifting off to sleep. Everett’s threat caused him to tense a bit; he shrunk back towards the middle of the bed until his back unexpectedly met Daniel’s. Manny jumped a bit, but eased back when he realized he had a friend with him.
His only friend. It made him happy. Happy enough to drift off into the sweetest sleep he’d ever had.