The rain was just a gentle shower, so it wasn’t enough to send him running. He has already soaked anyways so it wouldn’t make much of a difference if he rushed in search of shade. Right now he needed to get back.
The problem was… which way was back?
The small tinge of fear that he had felt earlier exploded into one hundred fifty times the amount it was. He was lost. He was lost. Oh, my Go- he was LOST. Regret was the next emotion to flood half of his system. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jRAiTIR2G
He shouldn’t have wandered around! He shouldn’t have started running through a forest he didn’t even know of! He should have just stayed in his room and took a nap there instead of one in a peaceful field.
Sheldon’s heart started beating rapidly within his chest, pounding at his ribcage. No… he needed to calm down. All he needed to do was find a road. That’s all he had to do. Stand up, Sheldon, just walk forward in… that direction. Sooner, or later you will find the way back to the house.
Picking a random direction, Sheldon tried to even his breaths as he walked forward. He was sure that he came this way… maybe.
However, he wasn’t able to find a road. Looking at his watch, it was already 9:15… he’s been gone for too long.
If he could just find one road! Sheldon groaned and kicked a nearby tree. It was so dark. So, so, so dark. He was lucky that his eyes have already adjusted a bit, if not; he wouldn’t be able to see a thing. Where was he going? Nothing seemed the least bit familiar.
Sheldon was beyond scared now.
Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Breathe in, and breathe out. You aren’t completely lost. If you just kept on moving forward you would find something… but… but it was so DARK. There was nothing.
There were eyes watching him, he could feel it, it was watching his every move. If he moved one inch from where he stood, he would be taken away into the darkness.
NO. That was just his fear talking. Nothing was going to happen to him. There was nothing there, it was just a figment of his imagination. It was… it wa-but he couldn’t see a thing!
He turned around behind him but saw a dark abyss. Absolute nothingness. Where was the glow of the moon? No, it was being blocked out by the raining clouds.
When he closed his eyes and opened them, it was the same. The same scene. Sheldon felt that if he took one step forward, he would start falling to his death. What was in front of him?
"Why can't you just be normal!?"
"You can't rely on us for help forever!"
"Why won't you do anything to improve?"
There was nothing there... THERE WAS NOTHING THERE!693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPdUV9t3h0
“You little BRAT.”
“Is that really how you are?”
“This is the way your parents raised you?”
“GET OUT.”
Just keep moving, there will be a road... there will be a road.
Sheldon placed his hand over his heart and clenched his soaked jacket. It was beating so fast he could already feel it thumping through his ribcage. He felt as if he was close to another panic attack.
“You expect me to spend money on a kid like you?”
“Seeing how you want it so bad, why not use your own money? Aren’t you rich, hm?”
“Do you not know how to do anything by yourself?”
Sheldon smacked his hands over his ears, trying to force those voices away from his head. No. NO. They weren't real. His eyes were closed shut, but then suddenly...693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CpGbt1KD1
He felt something grab his leg.
He fell over and his body smacked onto the forest's ground where other twigs and rocks lay. Sheldon shouted out in pain and grit his teeth as he grabbed onto whatever he could find.
Daring to look behind him, he saw the face of his father.
"Why would I pay attention to a brat who can't even take care of himself!? That child is crazy, he won't survive long in this world, and I would die before I waste any money in order to give him medication." 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKKBsCMTNG
He would recognize that face anywhere. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUkxflNr8C
Sheldon shut his eyes and screamed, struggling under the cold touch of the hand that was gripping his leg to the point of bruising. No. This wasn't real. THIS WASN'T REAL. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZpnIGRUSa
He sobbed as a barrage of emotions, mostly fear, hit him. He wasn't able to breathe properly. He tried to suck in as much air as he could, but no matter how hard he tried it just wasn't enough.
Every second, every drop of rain, that grip was becoming tighter and tighter.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu51pigVnp
"Just leave him alone, if he can't handle this himself he won't be able to handle anything!" 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXZQVe9p1Y
Sheldon's heart skipped a beat and his eyes widened. The sound of the rain smashing onto the ground along with the blood rushing through his head made him deaf.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmXvEj5l4s
This is based on my book As Long As There Is Rain. Sheldon is a teenage boy who suffers from a panic disorder that he had developed when he was a child. It's very easy for him to break down in random moments, and has trauma from the treatment his father gave him when he was younger. There was no physical abuse, but emotional and verbal abuse can do alot. 693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMpC0pejV6
