Nicholas came back home walking inside faster. He was in a really good mood and wanted to spend the rest of his day with Adrian. After a fucking long meeting he had met with the lawyer who he had talked to about suing his mother. He finally pulled through and now he was back home, happy and excited as always. He took a glance at his watch and noticed that it was only 3.pm so he still had a few hours to spend with Adrian before it gets dark. Maybe they'd just go out, eat some ice cream and probably go to the cinema. Hmm, the cinema sounded romantic. He just wanted to watch a romantic movie while holding the boy he loved so much.
As he entered the living room, he noticed that there was no one around. Guess all he had to do was go in the room and pick Adrian up. Increasing his pace on the stairs, Nicholas rushed to his room, happy. But when he entered the wonderful room, it was quiet and as if no one was in.
"Strange," Nicholas thought as he scratched his head. At that exact time Adrian was supposed to be in their room waiting for him but he was not there.
Nicholas headed for the bathroom, hoping his Adrian was just taking a shower. Entering the bathroom, it was quiet and he knew Adrian was not in the room.
"Where could he be?" He chuckled.
Then it hit him. Adrian was probably in John's room chatting or catching up with him. Why didn't he think of that before?
Getting out of the room, Nicholas headed outside to John's room. He reached John's room and knocked. It was not long before he heard John telling him to come in. Happy and in a bright mood, Nicholas opened the door with his heart racing. He knew his Adrian was right in that room but when he entered, he got disappointed. Adrian was not in the room. It was just John and he was reading a book.
"Sir," John smiled, folding the book. "How are you?"
"I... I am okay." Nicholas stuttered, scanning the whole room to see if his Adrian could be spotted anywhere.
"Are you okay?" John asked the confused looking man.
"Yes," Nicholas chuckled nervously, moving his eyes towards John. "Um... is Adrian here or have you perhaps seen him?"
"No," John said softly, slowly rising from the bed. "I haven't seen him today. Perhaps the others have seen him."
Nicholas froze when he heard that Adrian was nowhere to be seen. Where could he have gone when he knew of the plans that they had made in the morning?
Nicholas thanked John and then he left his room. He was still lost in thought, wondering where his husband could have gone. He went slowly to George's room and found him with a laptop. When George raised his face to stare at his friend, he saw a really long face. He could tell that the man was probably looking for Adrian. That was why he was in that mood. George closed the laptop and went to his friend, putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Hey," George called, squeezing his shoulder.
Nicholas moved his face and looked into his best friend's face. He gave him a wonderful grin and then patted on his back. Somehow being around George made him a little happy though he wasn't gonna be until he sees Adrian.
"Are you alright?" George asked, squeezing Nicholas' shoulder. "Anyway, you don't have to answer that. It's Adrian right?"
"Yes," Nicholas sighed, smiling faintly at his friend. "I don't where he is and I miss him a lot. We had a plan to go out but he's nowhere to be seen. Have you perhaps seen him somewhere?"
George chuckled and then moved his hand on Nicholas' muscular chest. "I talked to him and he left a message."
"Message?" Nicholas was surprised. If Adrian left a message then where was he? "What do you mean he left a message?"
"He went out this morning."
"What?" Nicholas hollered, widening his eyes. "He went out? But where did he go and he is not yet back by this time? Or did he go with granny?"
"Calm down." George chuckled softly and then patted on his friend's back. "He went to meet a lawyer. Well someone called and he went hurrying to meet him."
"The lawyer," Nicholas muttered. He felt relieved that Adrian had gone to meet the lawyer. "But why didn't he call me?"
"He tried." George sighed deeply. "He tried to call on several occasions but... you had your phone switched off."
"No I did not," Nicholas breathed, giving George a look that made him laugh. Then he slipped his hand through his pocket and brought out his phone. Bringing it in his hands, Nicholas noticed that the phone was off. Funny thing was that he couldn't remember switching the phone off.
"I knew it was off." George chuckled nervously. "Anyway he said you should call him and then meet him at the address that he'll give you."
"Thank you." Nicholas chirped. Then he moved away from George and went at a distance. Then he switched on his phone and began calling Adrian. It was not long before he heard the machine telling him that the number was off.
"I can't get through." Nicholas said impatiently as he tried the second time.
"Try again." George hollered, sitting back on his wonderful bed.
Nicholas tried several times but he was getting the same response. He knew Adrian's meeting with the lawyer was important and that he was safe but he was feeling uneasy again and it got to him. He just wanted to see Adrian and talk to him but in that situation, there was nothing he could do but wait until he comes home. He was really missing him a lot. He couldn't wait to see him when he comes home, probably with some good news.
Standing firmly on that floor while his finger tapped on the phone, Nicholas walked to the window and stared outside. He was really hoping Adrian would come back early so that he could hold him and kiss him. He had spent almost 7 hours at the office and he didn't want to spend any more time without Adrian.
Seeing his friend quiet and looking impatiently through the window, George rose from the bed with a deep sigh. He knew his job then was to make his friend calm and assure him that Adrian would be back soon. He walked towards his friend and reaching him, he put his hand on his back.
Feeling George's hand on his, Nicholas slowly turned and smiled at him. He didn't want his friend to worry over nothing so he might as well tell his friend what he wanted from him.
"Are you worried or anything?" George asked, grinning at his friend.
"No," Nicholas fretted, sliding back the phone into his pocket. "I just miss him and that's all. I really hope his meeting with the lawyer will be a success."
"Speaking of lawyers," George chirped. "What is with... "
"It's kinda... "
"Don't give me that crap." George chuckled, beating on Nicholas' chest softly. "I am demanding to be told what this lawyer stuff is all about. Are you two getting divorced or something?"
"No!" Nicholas hesitated, slapping on George softly. Both of them laughed together and then held on to each other's hands. "He's just some... "
"Alright, will you at least tell me about it?"
"Adrian will definitely kill me if I do." Nicholas joked, giving a soft chuckle.
"I'll kill you if you don't." George hinted. "Besides, it will pass the time while we wait for him."
"I don't know, man." Nicholas sighed. "I promised him I wouldn't tell anything. I think it will be appropriate if you find out with the others."
"Fine," George raised his hands as if he was surrendering. "Then come and tell me all about the meeting and what had happened. And I have something important that I have to tell you."
"Let's sit down."
George and Nicholas both went to sit on the bed, chuckling like teenagers. Nicholas felt lucky for having such a friend. He knew George was only doing that so that he could forget about Adrian. Though talking to George seemed like a pretty good idea, Nicholas didn't stop thinking about Adrian one bit. He just hoped he would come home early.
***
A loud bang woke Adrian up, making him slowly come back to reality. Still with his eyes closed, he felt a headache which was not bad at all. His body felt weak and helpless and he moved his head from side to side. Somehow he could feel that he was not home but in a strange place.
Adrian slowly began opening his eyes. As he opened his eyes he realized that he was not able to see clearly because his vision was still not quite clear and the headache was making his head pulse a bit. Still with a blurred vision, Adrian could tell that he was somewhere where there was no bright light. It seemed a bit dark and he couldn't see anything else so he just sat there, waiting for whatever that he was feeling to go away. He had no idea where he was but he sure hoped that it was all a dream and when he wakes up he would be able to be in his house.
As he breathed in softly, he realized that each breath he made was somewhat painful. It was like his nose trills were dipped in something poisonous which made his breathing painful. He couldn't understand a thing. The more he breathed, the more he realized that he was slowly losing consciousness. It was like he was breathing in poisoned air and the funny thing was that he couldn't feel or even think of a thing. It was like he was drugged.
