73 What Is Life? (1/2)
Faust spends the next 5 days just by sitting and looking down while reminiscing Gus' words. He has been crying without food or sleep, he didn't even flinch to the barking of Bella or to her bites.
Word spread around the village that they haven't been seeing Faust the past 5 days. His school teachers, and everyone who sees Faust training or walking did not see him and so everybody passed a word to Yang.
Yang decided to check up on his friend's grandson and came to his house. As he opened the door, a foul smell struck him, it's the smell of stale food Faust prepared for Gus on the day of his arrival.
As he took a step inside the dark room, Yang saw Faust and Bella in a corner, Bella is laying on the ground whereas Faust is sitting down with his back against the wall and looking down, seemingly lost in another world.
His body has become thinner and weak. He has not eaten or drank something from the past 5 days, his eyes and lips have turned dry, his body dehydrated and he looks like a skeleton with skin, looking like he is going to die soon.
Yang collects all the stale food into a cover and throws it outside in a trash can. He stands and watches Faust after his little errand, he leaves loud helpless sigh and says ”He is not going to come if you keep crying.”
Faust does not reply, he does not even seem to respond, he doesn't even seem to notice than a man broke into his house.
”If you were strong, you would have gotten on the ship and Gus might have been alive, or at least you would have gotten to see him in his last moments.” Saying that Yang opened the front door widely, left it open and went back the same way he came.
”The kid is alive, If he passes out, just take out his body and throw it in the ocean.” Yang says with a commanding tone.
*”If he has no talent, this village doesn't need him. Gus was useful all these years, this kid doesn't even qualify to help. He's better being dead.”* Yang convinces himself.
At night, cold winds combined with snow stars to enter inside Faust's house. The bone chilling cold is freezing and already froze Bella and Faust.
Faust doesn't seem affected but Bella is howling in a very low voice, it breathes quickly trying to keep itself warm. Faust still seems to be lost in his own world, the blood freezing cold increasing after a couple of hours.
The nose of Bella has turned cold and frozen into ice, the corners of Faust's eyes has become frozen.
”Faust! How can you leave Bella like this? She did not eat anything, since you have not eaten anything.” A voice is heard.