Andrew was on the verge of collapsing.

He had been walking for an hour, making his way through the high, dry grass once he had left the flowery part of the field.

His face was looking ghostly pale. He could feel the cold sweat traveling down his body. He was breathing heavily, desperately trying to continue his way to whatever he was headed to.

His hunger and thirst played cruel games on him. He was already seeing some black spots here and there.

He knew he was about to faint any moment now. It wouldn't be his first time. It wasn't nice; especially not without any living human being in a close distance. He would pass out in the middle of nowhere, he would be laying unconscious on the dirty muddy ground at night with yellowish grass hovering over his body.

He was doing his best– that being fruitless attempts to find some town, maybe a road. Heck, he'd consider himself lucky to spot a single house somewhere near.

He didn't have much time before the darkness consumed him whole.

He worked his legs with unforseen effort– left, right, left, right. He was so distracted by observing his swaying feet, he almost didn't notice the distant lights.

He looked up, eyes filled with panic. He was on a road. He had been walking on a road. And a car was being driven towards him.

He didn't have a chance to process what was happening. The car all of a sudden came to a halt, just close enough for Andrew to feel the breeze it caused hitting his unsuspecting face.

The car door opened and a woman got out. She looked extremely concerned and guilty. She frantically looked at the boy she had nearly run over.

She ran towards him in a split of a second. Her mouth was moving but no sound was coming out. At least, that was what Andrew was seeing. The only thing he could hear was the tree branches moving ever so slightly from the wind.

"Are.... Okay?.... Name?" He couldn't make out the whole sentences but still got glimpses of some of the spoken words.

Two hands settled on his shoulders and suddenly he was being shaken. His knees gave out, causing him to hit the cold asphalted ground.

A scream was heard even through the intense ringing in his ears. His eyes were slowly closing. He was losing consciousness.

His mouth fell open to choke out the word 'Luca' but stayed unmoving afterwards.

He slipped into the darkness, letting it hug Andrew tightly, ready to never let him go; low whispers of fake promises for him getting the much needed help echoing in the dark room also known as his mind.