The World We Do Not Know

"It feels very alone… it- it feels like I'm completely different from the society. I feel left out, as though people don't consider me a human anymore."

The only sound that is heard is the sound that Gus's shoes making with every step, it was silent for a moment with neither of them talking.

Faust looked down without speaking a word, tears have filled his eyes but did not leak out. He cleared his runny nose as the cold breeze ruffled through his hair.

Gus became bothered instantly by the words of Faust, he kept staring at Faust with a surprised face as to what else he was about to say. 

"I feel as though I do not have anyone to depend upon, everybody have a family and they depend on each other. And, people don't like me… they are selfish, mean, evil and greedy." Faust said as he tried to hold back his tears, but once his first droplet of tear broke out, the rest followed in an unbroken stream.

"Faust!" Gus held him tight in his arms, his soft shirt and his familiar scent Comforted Faust. He poured in all of his feelings he has been holding and cried.

"Did something happened with you?" Gus asked while being concerned. "N-no" Faust replied, he did not want to create any trouble or spoil the relation between Gus and his sister.

"Faust! Listen to what I'm about to say okay?"

"Life is unfair to everybody, and it is like the waves of the ocean, there are good days and bad days both. No matter how hard things get, never give up. Life will give you something better than you expect."

"Build patience and preserve, always learn to give first, what you give comes back to you."

"No matter what happens, try to be good. Goodness lasts with you. Be good and kind to everyone, even if you have money, power or excellence, never even think about harming someone." Gus added as he settled Faust on a small stone with him kneeled before him.

He cupped the face of Faust in his palms and wiped the tears with his thumbs. "As for family." Gus whispered in a low voice and hugged Faust close to his c.h.e.s.t.

"I am your family Faust, I cook for you, like a mom. I hold your hand and hold you in my c.h.e.s.t and protect you like a father. I will be beside you every night and I will read you stories and put you to sleep."

Faust hugged Gus back and talked while he sniffed his runny nose. "You will always be with me right?" Faust asked in an innocent yet happy voice, he hugged Gus closer and rubbed his cheeks on Gus' shirt. Like an abandoned, lost puppy would do when it is taken to a new home from the roadside.

Beside them, Gus and Faust heard a boy running in the snow,he came and stood beside them. Faust opened his eyes to see who was standing and watching them.

"G-grandpa! The boy who came running chipped in.

Another man came running from behind the boy,"F-faust! Your grandpa drowned in a shipwreck and died, we could not save him." The man came running bellowed.

"Huh? Grandpa?" Faust and the boy both responded. The boy who came running is 10years old and present one. He recognized that the little boy Gus is holding is the 6 years old of him in the past.

The present Faust panicked with the confusing scenario and was helplessly starring at the faces. Gus, who was holding the little Faust suddenly turned blue as he got up on his feet.

Present Faust just watch in distress, the kid Faust woke up and held the hand of Gus. Which, by now has turned cold, blue and bloated."He is my grandpa." The kid Faust said.

"Faust, your grandpa! He is.. dead!" The man yelled repeatedly.

The eyes of Gus who is standing had filled back and water was leaking from his mouth and he seemed to be suffocating. 

Faust instantly reacted and moved forward to hold Gus and to protect him. To his surprise, the kid Faust and the man who came from behind to pass the death news of Gus held Faust tightly without letting him go.

Faust is surprised that he is not able to push a kid and a man away with all of his training. And as he saw, Gus fell on the ground leaving his last breath, as he had drowned in water.

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"He cried and passed out again!" The villagers are talking about Faust who has passed away after 4 hours of crying.

They carry him to his house on the hill with Bella following behind them, they place Faust near the locked door and go on their way.

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After a couple of hours, Faust wakes up at night, to see the dark sky. He saw Bella who is sleeping on him, *"is it to keep me warm in this snowfall?"* Faust mumbles in his head and goes inside the house.

He lits up a lantern in a corner, gloomily walks towards a cupboard. He takes out a huge cardboard out of the cupboard, comes to Bella and dumps a month worth of dog food on Bella's plate. He then walks over to a wall and settles down with his back resting against the wall.