I just finished work and am I ever glad that it's over! Not to mention the fact that it's Friday, I want to just go home and curl up on my big plush couch and put a movie on. I grabbed my bag, putting in my wallet keys and belongings that I wanted to bring home for the weekend into it.

I packed the last few things up and slid out of my office closing and locking the door. As I walked I thought about how I'm low on food. "Meh... I mies as well go, I'm pretty low on food." I walked down a few streets and arrived at the grocery store and picked up some noodles, canned foods, fruits vegetables, sauce, junk food, drinks etc.

When I had everything I needed, I walked to a check out and payed for the items, bagging them and starting to walk home. I exited the store and groaned once I felt a light drizzle. Today is not the day to try and walk home in the rain with about nine big heavy bags.

I quickened my pace nearing my house when I heard a whimper from the alley in between my house and the one beside it. I stopped and looked into alley to try and figure out where the noise came from, but then decided to put the bags down first. I rushed into my house and put the bags down in the kitchen quickly. Running back out, the rain was slowly getting worse and the whimpers were gradually becoming louder.

I started searching around for the source of the noise again. The soft crying was coming from deeper in the alley, so I followed. The noise led me to a troll boy, who was seemingly trying to hide. His bull horns made him quite a bit more noticeable. My eyes widened when I realized, he seemed fairly young and he had scars and bruises, fresh and new. "Are you oka- before I could finish my sentence he cut me off "p-pLEASE DON'T HURT UHHh,,, mE..." I looked at him sadly.

"I won't hurt you sweetheart, what's your name? Are you lost?" He started shaking and a few more bronze tears slipped from his eyes. His face gained a bit of a bronze tint as well, he shook his head 'yes' slowly. "m-mY NAME IS UHHh,,, tAVROS... aND I CANT FIND THEM.." I knelt down to his level "Can you come inside Tavros? Please? I'll even leave the door open?" After a while of him thinking he nodded.

When he tried to get up his knees buckled under him and he fell forewords scraping his already injured and bloody knees. I winced and leaned forwards carefully picking him up. I stood fully and he curled into me both for protection and warmth. I put my arms around him to comfort him walking out of the alley towards my house.

I walked into the house and Tavros looked around gawking "y-yOU LIVE HERe?" I nodded "Yeah I do, is everything alright?" He looked back at me as if I were some kind of queen "iT'S SO FANCY!" I chuckled and looked around thinking "Would you like to have a bath?" He seemed to get really excited when I asked this as his eyes widened. He nodded "yES PLEASe."

I walked with him in my arms down the hall and grabbed some soap and towels from the closet for him. Then I walked to the bathroom and set him down, filling the tub. Then adding soap. "Hey Tav, can you take your stuff off and hop in?" He nodded and I turned around as he got in. He tried to get out and he whimpered in pain.

"Tavros, darling I need to see how bad the cuts are. Please forgive me." He cried a little bit and I wiped the tears away. "Can you wash your legs?" He nodded and so I grabbed the shampoo. I squeezed the bottle and got the shampoo in my hand, then messaging it onto his scalp, cleaning his head. He purred and it made me feel better about the whole situation.

I then went to careful washing his arms and back after he was all cleaned I could see how bad his cuts were. He stood up and I wrapped him in the towel picking him up again. "tHANK YOU..." I smiled at him "No problem sweetie." I walked down the hall in search of clothing for him. "I'll check if I have any clothing for you tonight but tomorrow, I'll take you to the store and we'll pick some new clothing."

He hugged me tightly whispering thank-you repeatedly. I chuckled and entered my room. Looking through the clothing I managed to find a really comfy pair of jogging pants (which shrunk in the wash) and a black shirt. I held onto them as I looked for the medical kit. Upon locating it I grabbed the box and sat Tavros down. "Can I clean and wrap up the cuts?" He looked confused "uHHh... wHAt?"

I pulled out bandage and some disinfectant. Once I started cleaning his cuts he held still, his face contorted in pain. I finished as quickly as I could, trying not to put the poor child through any more pain but still trying to do it right- "Done. Here put these on." I put my hands out, offering the clothing and he takes them carefully.

I yawned and turned to pick out my own clothing, which ended up being fluffy pyjamas. "I'll be right back, I'm going to put these on." I motioned to the clothing in my hand. "oKAY" walking into the bathroom I got lost in my thoughts. -it had been a while since trolls came to earth... How long has he been lost for? Who did this to him? Will I be able to help? Will we find his family? Are they even still Ali-... Don't you dare go there. This is not the time, he's waiting. Get dressed and go.- shaking my head I shook away the thoughts and slipped into my pyjamas. "Cozy" I smiled.

Walking out I looked down to meet a sparkly eyed Tavros. "Oh hi!" He did a cute little wave and hugged my leg. I picked him up and spun him in the air and cuddled him "Wanna watch a movie?" He nodded quickly so I walked to the cabinet and let him pick. He chose Pupa Pan, which my friend lent to me to watch.

"You wanna see that one?" He smiled really widely "uHHh,, yES PLEASE..?" I face palmed "right! My name is
(Y/N)." I looked away sheepishly and chuckled. "tHANK YOU MISS (Y/N)!" I took the movie and put it in then thought about food "When was the last time you ate?" I raised a brow, hoping he had eaten recently.

"i DON'T KNOW..." I shook violently as I looked away, furious that people could be so cruel when his little voice snapped me out of my thoughts "i'M SORRY.." He started to cry and I felt even worse, enveloping him in a hug. "It's not your fault. Let's get you some food."

We walked into the kitchen and I made a nice big dinner, with garlic bread chicken and corn. Once we finished eating I tossed the dishes into the sink and we returned to the waiting movie in the living room. I laid down and grabbed a little blanket. Tavros stood there for a moment clearly not sure what to do, so I opened my arms.

He walked over and hugged me, I pulled him onto the couch with me. He yawned happily and snuggled into me, purring and turning his attention to the movie. I gently pet his mohawk and watched the movie happily.

Once it was over I looked at Tavros only to see that he had fallen asleep. I turned off the TV and pulled the blanket around us, falling into a dream-filled slumber. Completely unaware of what was about to happen.

Word count: 1410

Oh my gog, I'm sorry this was so behind schedule. I had about two thousand words for this chapter but Wattpad decided to delete it and I can't remember every single detail, so it's a little different than I had originally planned. So once again, sorry.
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