His sunshine.

It was the first snow of the year..

Jake asked Abby to close their eyes with a big excited smile.. As they closed their eyes, they felt something cold touching their neck.. It was a necklace with a sun pendant..

"That's cliché" Abby laughed..

"I know.. It just reminded me of you so I bought it.. Give it back if you don't want it" Jake said..

"Too bad.. You can't take it back.. It's mine now!!" They begin to run away while laughing out loud..

He watched them laugh and run around..

'A sunshine... My.. sunshine' he thought..

"You can't run from me!!"

He begin to chase them..

...

What happened was extremely unfair to a boy who used to be full of hope for the future.. Jake wasn't surprised that they were not able to recognize him anymore.. Even he couldn't recognise himself anymore..

He lost himself the day he lost his sunshine, his Abby..

His world was nothing but a dark cold empty place without his sunshine..

He stopped hoping long ago..

He looked over to his left to look at them..

'Why did you come back in my life.. I stopped dreaming long ago.. I stopped hoping long ago.. I stopped wishing long ago.. What is it that brought you back now?' Jake thought..

Abby could feel him staring at them which made them uncomfortable which he noticed..

"I'm sorry" he looked away..

They just nodded in response..

"And.. I'm sorry about.. what I said back then" he said..

Once again they nodded instead of saying anything..

And once again, the silence took over..

Jake never stopped noticing their every single movement from the corner of his eyes..

Soon they reached their home..

"Thank you fo-" Abby's sentence was cut off by a voice..

"Abby~"

A voice called their name that send shivers down their spine..

'Zayn? Why him again.. Why now?' Abby thought as their grip around their bag handle tightened..

They both turned around to see a tall man with a stubble beard.. He walked towards Abby.. It was clear that he was drunk.. he put an arm around their shoulder.. His touch made Abby flinch and their face looked like they were standing next to a ghost..

Jake, who was watching them could sense that something was off..

Call it a blessing or a curse but he has always been good at judging and reading the situation..

"Who are you" Jake asked the drunk man, Zayn..

That man just chuckled as his grip around their shoulder tightened..

"I'm Abby's husband can't you tell?"

"The way they look like right now, No one will be able to tell" Jake replied..

"Haha what?!? Hey honey.. why don't you tell him, maybe he will believe you" Zayn looked down at Abby..

Abby, who couldn't even bear to say anything at the moment just nodded their head while looking at the ground..

"Look at me" Jake could feel it.. Seeing them frightened like this, it was obvious something was wrong..

"Hey who the f*ck are you btw? You guys having an affair or something?" Zayn asked..

Not even bothering to look at the drunk man, Jake replied..

"I don't find it necessary to introduce myself to a drunk a*s man" he kept looking down at Abby..

It was hurting him to see his sunshine like this.. He pushed off Zayn's arm from Abby's shoulder and pulled them away from that man..

The bold move made their eyes widen and it angered the drunk man..

Just when Zayn was about to make his move to hurt him, an old woman opened the door of their house.. She was holding a phone..

"LEAVE BEFORE I CALL POLICE" she yelled at that drunk man..

"You damn old woman" he laughed.. Slowly looking back at Abby who was still looking at the ground, frightened to death.. He reached out his hand to touch their face..

Before he could touch their face, Jake grabbed that drunk man's hand and pushed him away..

Jake turned his back towards Abby, hiding them away from that drunk man becoming their human shield..

This pissed that man off even more.. He lost control and begin to punch Jake uncontrollably.. Even though he was caught off guard by Zayn's sudden action, he defended himself and fought back as much as he possibly could..

Thankfully the old woman called the police right after she warned that drunk man.. Police came in at the right time and took that man away..

Abby was sitting on the sofa unable to say a single word, still shocked about what just happened..

"You can call me Jane.. I take care of the house and lily while Abby's gone" Ms.Jane said as she slowly applied ointment on Jake's bruises..

"Lily?" He asked..

"Yeah.. Their daughter"