Chapter 143
Author: Blackrose
last update2023-03-30 16:17:18

Finally, he was at Fernando's apartment already, and he couldn't help but admire the entire setting. What was supposed to be his, was all Fernando's now.

Birds trill, sweetly high, the chorus as playful as the birds themselves. With closed eyes, one could imagine their music to be colours, painting stairs in the same way grapevines grow - this way and that, in a beautiful chaos that isn't quite random. In the calm of the day, his heartbeat was the steady drum to their melody and he seep into the moment, allowing himself to climb those rainbow stairs. He can feel the fear in his chest waiting to take over.

Perhaps it only wants to protect him but there really isn't any danger. It sits there like an angry ball propelling him towards an anxiety he just don't need. He switch the radio off and get out of the car. The air is sweet, the weather is fine, there are birds in the sky and he can hear water not far away. He should be on his way to work he know, but today he just want to smell th
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