"I've really lost my mind," Alan thought as he unlocked the door to his apartment. Alan and B entered the apartment, he knew that what he was doing was very risky, but he felt no danger from the man, in fact the professor felt safe being by his side.
He stopped in front of the closet and opened the door next to the wall in search of towels. He crouched down and picked up a blue towel from the last shelf and, like a towel freak, made a little dash to get to the room.
- Here's the towel, the bathroom is the next door down the corridor on the left.
- But...
- Just take a shower and shave.
When he saw that B had "obeyed" him and gone to the bathroom, he threw himself on the sofa and looked at his cell phone. He wanted to do something useful, but the truth is that he ended up on Instagram, thus wasting a good number of minutes of his life.
He was scrolling through the feed when his cell phone started ringing; when he saw that it was Jo Ann, he answered.
- Hi.
- What have you got up to this time Alan? - Jo Ann dropped the bombshell, giving me no time to think.
- I didn't do anything - Alan curses himself for his thin voice.
- Tell me another one.
- I didn't do anything.
- Mmm, I know.
- Why are you doubting me? - Alan asks indignantly.
- Because my dear friend, I know you and when you don't say much, you're up to something.
- Ahhh! You've got me.
- What is it this time? - Alan sits down on the sofa.
- He's in the shower - he says in a low voice.
- What? I didn't hear correctly.
- I said that what I did is in the bath - Alan replies through his teeth
- But who is what you've done?
When he realized that B had already got out of the bath, he had a towel wrapped around his waist, showing off his shapely belly, and was leaning against the doorframe, Alan hurried to end the call.
- I've answered it, bye.
He hung up without giving Jo Ann a chance to respond.
Alan couldn't stop staring at him, you could say he was hypnotized by the man's beauty, and many questions were running through his mind. How had he gotten on the street? What was a guy with a body like that doing on the street? Surely he was a gym rat.
- Can I borrow some clothes? - As soon as B said that, Alan snapped out of his trance.
- What a head of mine - Alan said laughing, getting up from the sofa and walking over. As B had a similar physique to his ex, he decided to take one of his clothes that was still there, so he took the first one he found.
- Thanks - B said as soon as he handed it over.
- You can change here," he said, showing the guest room.
Alan had been sitting on the sofa for a while, he was watching some series he couldn't remember the name of, if he was paying attention it was too much, his mind was going over what had happened to him over the last few days.
He had given shelter to a man he didn't know, a stranger, he shouldn't have done that, but something told him he had to.
Certainly that man, who was now in her apartment, to be more specific, on her sofa, beside her. His eyes were no longer on the television, he had truly lost interest in the series or movie they were both watching.
His eyes were focused on B., on what he was doing, he was paying attention to what the television was showing, he was half lying down, half sitting up, his belly was rising and falling rhythmically, he looked like he was going to fall asleep in a moment.
Alan got up again, startling B., who was almost asleep.
- What's wrong? - He asked frightened.
- Nothing, I'm just hungry...
- Then let's eat
- It's just...
- There's nothing to eat here?
Alan lowers his head in defeat.
- Ask for something to eat - B. says.
- I'm going to order a pizza for us to eat while we finish watching the series - Alan concluded, cheering up again.
- It's a movie.
- So be it!
B. was loving the movie, which was a classic from the 1940s, while Alan was finding it boring and tedious, so much so that his thoughts were more interesting than the movie, which in B.'s words was revolutionary and ahead of its time.
The hunger Alan felt could be said to be legendary, he hadn't eaten at school until 9:00 a.m. As soon as he heard the intercom ring, he flew to answer it, finally it had arrived and he authorized the delivery man to go up.