being quiet’s easy when he doesn’t have anything to say, taking it as a reprieve to stay out of the chains. he still doesn’t like being touched yet he doesn’t pull away from Ky’s hand in his hair. if anything he relaxes even further at it. if this is what he gets for behaving he might consider doing it more often.

_{it wasn’t just what he got for behaving; it was a simple way of ky’lar getting time to do what he wanted with caleb. no taking from the other, no wanting to read, and obviously no distractions. a reason to why that ky debated giving the other more freedom at times, but only if he did as he was told, and that rarely happened.}

❝ such a good boy. ❞ the words were stated more out of habit than anything else as he shifted on the bed once again, 

❝ behaving as you should. ❞