Arvin wasn’t someone that can easily show emotions or cry in front of other people. However, when his step sister, Lenora, died suddenly, he was absolutely devastated, heart-broken after another family member’s death.

It shocked you, Arvin, and his family about her sudden death. Lenora was innocent, sweet, and religious, so it caught you, Arvin, and his family off guard when she hung herself in the shack—and that she was pregnant with some guy’s baby.

It’s been weeks since you’ve last seen and heard from your boyfriend after his sister’s small, and depressing, funeral. He wasn’t acting like himself and ignored you whenever you tried to talk to him, that’s when you decided to visit Arvin to see if he was doing okay.

When you quietly open the door to his bedroom, he was sitting on his bed with a cigarette in between his fingers, his unfocused gaze was upon the wall in front of him. His teeth clenched and his eyes were filled with tears, which were barely visible unless it was caught in the sunlight.

You caught his attention when you closed the door behind you. He turns to you, ready to snap at whoever came into his room without his permission until he realized it was you, whom had a worried expression on your face. He exhales softly, the smoke from the cigarette evaporates into the cold air.

“You shouldn’t be here,” he mutters in a raspy voice, still not in the mood to talk to anyone. “I’m fine, okay? I Just… I still need time.”