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I watched Kevin sing along with the characters on TV and felt the urge to take a picture. I hid myself the best I could to avoid arousing his internal alarm. I tapped on my screen then rapidly blinked at the results. It was just like that time in the woods, except it was just the living room. I looked up and saw Kevin wasn't there. How did he know?
"Kevin?" I called out as I looked around.
"Here..." he said from behind me in his scratchy voice.
I turned around then frowned at the sight of his own frown. I put my phone away then let out a sigh.
"Are you camera shy?" I asked softly.
He shook his head then thought before replying.
"Jacob... only." he replied with a confirmation nod.
"Jacob is allowed to take your picture?" I asked, not quite understanding.
He nodded then started to make gestures to better explain himself.
"Jacob photo okay. Me photo not okay. one Jacob person." I said out loud as I read his movements. "So are you trying to say only Jacob is allowed to take your photo?"
"Yes!" he replied while clapping like a seal.
Kevin was most definitely strange, but he certainly was cute. I ruffled his hair then let out a tiny gasp at the sight of his hair accessory falling off. I squatted down to pick it up then had my hand slapped. It stung.
"I was just trying to pick it up." I hissed as he held his hair accessory close. "What's so secret about a hair clip?
He frowned as he pressed it closer to himself. He certainly had weird attachments to things.
"Death." Kevin said as he relaxed.
"Me...?" I asked fearfully.
He shook his head and pointed to himself. I couldn't understand how he could die if someone else touched his hair accessory. But, if Kevin didn't want it touched, then I'd make sure it wouldn't be.
"So, let's discuss more about Jacob. Is there anything else you remember about him? Distinct features? Anything he said, like goals or dreams? Any little bit can help." I said as I sat him down on the floor.
Kevin started pretending to take photos of me.
"He liked photography?" I asked, unsure.
"Want." Kevin said while nodding. "Big star!"
"Jacob wanted to make a name for himself as a photographer? Quite a big dream for a kid..." I said as I thought of famous photographers that could or did go by Jacob. "Anything else?"
"Cereal." he said as cereal had somehow appeared in his hands. "Love cereal."
"Really? Guess he and I share something other than a name." I joked as I searched the web for photographers.
ㅎ ㅎ
Our search was in vain. I sighed heavily as a few hours of daylight were wasted. I felt something touch me, so I looked to see Kevin had lied down on my lap.
"Kevin." I called out while nudging his body. "Get up."
He rolled into his back and looked up at me with his pure dark eyes. Something about this felt familiar. Maybe Changhyun had done something like this in the past. I used my finger to move his hair out of his face and received a pleased smile from him. I couldn't help but smile in return. The door suddenly swung open and hit the wall with a loud thud, scaring both Kevin and I from our relaxed state.
"Jacob!" I heard a familiar voice yell.
I didn't have any time to react nor respond as Changhyun had walked into the living room looking like a complete mess. He didn't smell the best either. Changhyun looked at Kevin then grabbed me by my arm and dragged me into the bathroom with him.
"He's still here?" asked Changhyun in an annoyed tone.
"We've been through this. Kevin is staying here until we can find Jacob. I doubt he'll be able to sit still until he does. I know I shouldn't have just decided this on my own, but if someone needed help, you'd do what you can right?" I reasoned hoping he'd see it from my point of view.
"Have you ever thought of why Kevin wants to find Jacob? We know nothing about Kevin and you just let him into our home. He could be a natural disaster waiting to happen." argued Changhyun as he stepped into the bathtub and turned on the shower head.
"I get that, but he's been here for two weeks already without causing any problems. You shouldn't be complaining so much, I'm the one looking after him anyway." I said as my voice started to slowly rise.
"And who has to pay for all the bills and groceries because someone got fired from their job?" he shot back and hitting it where it hurt.
"Asshole." I hissed before walking out and slamming the door behind me.
I stared wide eyed as I was face to face with Kevin. My eyes darted everywhere before resting back on him. Did he hear everything? I couldn't tell as he had an unreadable expression.
"Problem...?" he finally said after a long silence.
"No, there's no problem. Let's get back to finding Jacob, hm?" I said as I led him away from the bathroom.
He pulled his hand out of mine thus causing me to look back at him. His face was somber as if he had lost his pet.
"I... problem... to both..." Kevin said as he looked close to tears.
"Kevin-" I started, but he had burst into tears and ran out of the apartment.
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