Dependency

Chapter 10

Dominic's POV: 

When Louis told me about the teddy bear that he wanted, of course, I had to buy it for him. I had Julian go to the store that Louis talked about and buy the biggest teddy bear, all before Louis woke up. 

In the morning, when Louis saw the teddy bear, he immediately turned around to look at me and ran. Being pushed back a little, Louis engulfs me in a hug. He looks up at me, placing his chin on my chest, a great, big smile displayed. 

"Thank you, Nickie. Hehe." His eyes squint from his smile. 

"Baby, just know. Whatever you want, I will buy it for you. Just tell me, okay?" 

He nods his head and says a simple 'okay'. 

I walk us both over to the bathroom and get us ready for the day. Unfortunately, I have to attend work. It is still too dangerous for me to take my bunny. No one knows of him and him being so small and innocent, anyone could just snatch him away.

"Louis, I have to head into work today." 

The sound of a sigh comes from Louis. Looking in his direction, he's slouching in his chair and his arm is hanging on the ledge of the table. 

"Hey," I lift him up into my arms and take him to the living area, "if there's anything wrong, you can ask Bernard to call me." 

A soft 'ok' leaves his mouth. 

Louis' POV: 

I'm really happy whenever Nickie is by my side. I'm just really comfortable around him and he treats me really gently all the time. After he left, I just looked out the big window in the living room, snow falling slowly. I wanna go play in the snow. 

Julie went to work with Nickie and so Bear was with me today, in the kitchen, grabbing some snacks. 

"Here." I hear from behind me. Bear dropped some snacks next to me, on the floor. I let out a small 'thank you.' 

"U-um...Bear, c-can we go p-play in the snow?" I'm not sure if I'm allowed to go outside. "Okay. Mmm, you don't have a jacket, so I'll let you wear mine. Just hold on." I stay looking out the window, waiting for Bear to get his jacket. 

He walks back into the living room with a big, black, puffy jacket. "Come here, Lou." Bear helps me put the jacket on and pulls the hoodie over my head. The jacket is really big and I can't see my hands. "Let's go." I follow behind him quickly. 

I've never really ridden an elevator before, Nickie always carried me. When the elevator starts to move, I suddenly get dizzy and lose my balance. I grip onto Bear's jacket to try to regain my balance. "You okay, Lou?" I give him a small nod. "It's okay, you'll get used to it." I give him another nod. Soon, the elevator doors open, and we exit. 

Without thinking, I run outside to see the snow, out of excitement. I crouch down and touch the snow. It's really cold. I grab a handful and go to where Bear is. "Bear, look!" I hold my hands up to him to show him the snow. "You like it?" He asks after laughing. "It's really pretty! And really cold!" 

Bear's POV:

I wished Dominic was here to see Louis right now. He is really cute when he's excited. Maybe I should record this and show it to him when he gets back. I pull out my phone and start recording Lou. 

I got videos of Lou making a snowman and a video of him throwing the snow around. I even got a video of him falling after running around too fast, then he started making snow angels. I got some pictures of him, smiling with snow on his head and some on his nose, his face red from the cold. 

God, Dominic is gonna love these. 

"Ok, Lou, let's go back in before you get a cold," I call out. "Ok!" and he runs up to me. 

"Don't run too fast or you're gonna fall again."

"I-I wasn't running too f-fast," he argues back. I let out a chuckle and we head back into the apartment. 

In the elevator, I notice the little guy shivering. I crouch down a little to hug him and warm him up. "Hehehe, Bear is really warm." The elevator doors open and we both walk out. 

"Go take a shower. It'll help warm you up." He tells me 'ok' and heads into his room. 

Let's make something to eat. 

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Readers, I am so sorry for the almost half a year update. I had a lot going on and honestly, I forgot I had this book. BUT I have a lot of time now so expect a lot of updates.