A lost boy

The void yawned.

Rain hailed down from the sky like heaven wanted to drown the world one more time. A light knock could be heard from the door. ´Knack… Knack, knack.´ A young man, sitting in a kitchenette, looked up at the unexpected sound. He looked at the time, it was currently 20:50. 

"Is James back already?"

The young man opens the door expecting to see James, but instead there is a small child. He's soaked by the heavy rain and is shivering slightly. He stares up at the young man, without saying a word. After a moment with them both silently staring at each other, the young man got down on his knees."Hey, are you okay?" The boy stared at him with is black eyes, but didn't answer.

"What's your name?" 

"Ek heit ekki hafa…" the boy mumbled.

"What? Can yo…"

"Hey, who's this?" said a burly man with short light brown hair walking towards them.

"Oh, hi James. I don't know, he knocked on my door, and I don't know if he can speak English."

"Hi little, buddy. Can you speak english?" said James while gesturing to try to make it easier to understand. The boy looks James up and down, and tilts his head.

"No? Puedes hablar español?"

The boy keep staring at James for a second before looking back at the young man.

"Doesn't seem like he understands." the young man says.

"What should we do?"

The boy starts shivering harder, and sneezes.

"Connor, dude he's freezing, we need to get him inside."

"Yeah, you're right."

*** 

"Do you have any idea what we should do with the boy?" James says while nodding towards the boy that's been wrapped in blankets on the sofa, still ever so slightly shivering.

"I was thinking about maybe taking him in too the station tomorrow morning."

"That might be a good idea, maybe someone put out a missing notice!"

"Hopefully that's the case."

"Yeah, well, then I'll hit the sack! I'm still sore after the practical test." say James wandering through the kitchenette to his room.

Connor sits down on the chair he previously sat on and stares towards the boy. The boy has stopped shivering and now looks around the room with curiosity. 

"He looks exactly like…"

Before Connor can finish his thought the boy suddenly meets his eyes and gives a quick smile before huddling up into a ball.

"Hmm, yeah. Maybe it's time for me to go to bed too." Connor mumbles before walking to his room and shutting the door.

The boy watches Connor close his door and go to bed.

The boy yawned.