December 17, 2017
Looking out the front window of the families apartment complex he shook his head one more time. Slippered feet than moved across the living room and down the hall to his own room. Somehow the wires outside had iced up enough that the power lines that went to the apartment complex had come down from the weight of the ice, they were on the ground now with cops keeping people away from them.
The wires, spread across the street, would be put back in place as soon as the power company got here. They’d been told by the cops that this was a high priority as they were the high up wires - the high voltage ones...which was why the cops were keeping people away from them and hadn’t moved them out of the street. They were still ive and still hot...they’d kill.
That wasn’t Fai’s problem though, and he did have a problem. His problem was that they had no damn heat and his birds couldn’t handle the cold in their apartment. He’d already put a heavy blanket over the cages his birds were kept in and had taken them down from their hooks, which kept them in the air.
He’d already called a few friends, and he really did only have a few friends, in order to find someone who would let him keep the birds at their place so they didn’t freeze to death. Having found someone he was waiting for his father to come back into the apartment and let him know that the ice was off the car and the car was warm enough for him to transport his birds.
When his father returned, opening the door to the apartment, Fai was already waiting in the living room with the three cages filled with twittering birds. Lifting two of the cages he let his father get the third as they headed out. A quick good bye called over his shoulder to his mother, and one of his siblings who was busy in the kitchen.
The drive was, thankfully, fairly short as it seemed a lot of people didn’t want to go out and deal with the cold today. It made things easier, though the roads were still wet and slippery, the trip wasn’t as bad as it could have been...not that it was perfect either. When Fai arrived at his friends home, a nice two story home, he hurried his way to the door and knocked once and waited for the door to open. At hearing footsteps he motioned to his father, waiting in the car, to bring the cages so he could hurry his poor birds inside so they could be get settled.
Once the first two cages, which his father brought to the door, were grabbed by Fai he passed them to his friend and went to get the last cage himself so his father could leave and head home. Fai was planning to stay a while, if not till the power was back, so he didn’t burden his friend with taking care of his birds. It was a favor his friend was doing letting him bring them all here and he didn’t want to ask for the added favor of the other to take care of him, and he wouldn’t just assume the other would do such.
Closing, and locking, the front door behind himself he trailed after his friend towards the others second floor bedroom. His dark hair falling into his eyes, in need of a trim, Fai went to finding a place to settle the cages, for now they’d have to do with not being hung, as he found desk space to settle them each he lifted the covers to check on his poor birds. Seeing them all well, and chirping, the golden eyes male went to refill their water and change the bottoms of the cages, water had spilled during the car ride.
It wasn’t until they were settled that he thanked his friend and their family before offering to help with dinner, as a thank you for allowing him to bring his birds here for safety.
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