Zarius Wakes Up

Brake!!

Klang!!

Thud!!

The noises that sounded louder and louder were what disturbed Zarius' sleep.

Zarius tried to open his eyes, though his eyelids felt like they had glue glued together.

Klang!!

"All of you get out of this house! This house is sold!" There were angry voices too. Like near Zarius. However, Zarius didn't know whose baritone voice it was.

Zarius' head was so dizzy right now that he couldn't remember who he was. However, the loud noises disturbed Zarius' sleep even more.

"Get your feet out of here! Our boss wants this house vacated immediately!" Again there was a scream from the front.

After trying to collect his life that might be left in dreamland, a few minutes later Zarius got up. His sudden movement, made the world seem to spin. Zarius groaned in pain as he clutched his head, tightly.

Thud!!

The door to Zarius' room opened roughly. The sound of the door colliding with the wall was able to make Zarius's heart beat faster than usual.

A tall man was seen standing in the doorway and immediately came towards Zarius.

Zarius squinted so that his previously blurry vision could see clearly.

"Who are you?" Zarius whispered in a hoarse voice, typical of someone who had just woken up from a long sleep.

The big tall man, who was wearing a black vest, didn't care. Instead, he grabbed Zarius by the arm and pulled him towards the door. The man slammed Zarius's still limp body out of the room.

Fortunately, Mr. Reno's strong hand held him back, before Zarius' body fell to the ground.

"We are indeed going! Why are you being so rude to this injured child, huh?!" Mr. Reno shouted, did not accept it. He moved Zarius into Eric's arms..

The man walked arrogantly towards Mr. Reno. He pointed right at Mr. Reno's face.

"I'll give you twelve hours to clean up all this trash of yours! If tomorrow morning I still see you here, you'll know the consequences." The man in the vest was threatening. He bumped into Eric's shoulder causing Eric to stumble to the side.

A few moments after the man left, Zarius looked sadly at Eric who was still holding his body, tightly. The young man looked younger than Zarius, but Zarius did not recognize the young man.

"Who are you? What really happened?" Zarius asked, curious.

Mr. Reno displayed his warm smile. He was so glad the stranger had woken up after two whole days of sleep.

"Are you okay, Son? Ah, we thought you were going to die because your wounds were so bad that time. It's a miracle that you survived." Mr. Reno spoke. He ignored Zarius' question. When he first saw Zarius, Mr. Reno remembered his long-dead first child, Eric's older brother.

Zarius just nodded with a smile even though he didn't actually know the grown man.

"So, who are you really?"

"We should have asked. Actually, who are you? Suddenly you came to our house in a poor condition. Are you one of the victims of crime?!" Eric asked, curtly. He had suggested that his father report to the police, but Mr. Reno refused because he wanted to take care of the foreign young man.

Hearing Eric's question, Zarius became confused. He kept shaking his head which was getting more and more dizzy, as he tried to remember what had really happened.

"What's your name, Son?" Mr. Reno asked softly, like a father figure speaking to his son.

"Zarius." The word just slipped out of Zarius' lips, but after that he hesitated. "Maybe ..." he added.

To be continued ....