The Morning After [House Party cont]

[Nox]

There was a certain warmth missing as Nox headed upstairs to grab his things. The room he'd planned on staying in hadn't been slept it yet, or so he thought. The door was shut as were all the others on this level and he wondered how many might have unexpected guests in them. He wondered where the kids had been staying, and if Mara had decided to stay. He hoped she had, though he'd have to have a sit down with all these people in the house. Far more people than he was used to, though it made him smile that people actually wanted to stay. But that was probably more Sage's doing than his. It was a nice place.

Nox pushed open the door. He'd left his things to find three people curled around each other in the bed that was supposed to be his. Nox reached through the sludge over the power and crafted a small light to look around the room for his bag. He found it tossed to the side, with one pocket opened. When he checked to see what was missing, Nox rolled his eyes. But nothing else was missing but the tube of lube that was packed carefully away from anything else should it make a mess. But no other pockets or zippers were disturbed. It made Nox curious.

There was a rustle of sheets and Nox turned to find two people scrambling out of bed and rushing to put clothes on. "Don't mind me. I'm just getting my things." Nox held up his bag as he turned to leave. The kid still left in bed didn't look more than 15 or 16 years old. The other two looked in their twenties and was probably why they were now scrambling to be out of the room and away from the minor.

They didn't wait around. They didn't even say good-bye to the kid. Nox frowned. "That was rude."