Unexpected friends

He was always scared of lizards, more creeped out than scared. He always tried to find out why but I guess some questions have no answers.

And another question that he had no answer to, was why Curt was living in his room. Curt - his uninvited (not so pet) lizard. He was frustrated with Curt. Try as he might, Curt would just not leave his room; in fact, not even travel to other rooms of his house. He had tried pest control, supersonic sensors, prayers and even stooped as low as begging Curt to leave. 

Curt had a schedule, just like him - stuck to the floor in the morning and crawling up the ceiling in the night. When he would exercise, Curt would "squeak",  "huff" when he would cheat on his diet and "click" when he excessively binge-watched Netflix. When he was happy, he would find Curt peeping from behind his bookshelf, nodding his dry, scaly head.

Days would go by, with him swearing and cursing Curt; sometimes scared and mostly angry. Curt would keep him on his toes. He would scream at Curt to go away and in his bad moods, he would vow to kill Curt.

But today was different.

He was heartbroken - hurt, sad and angry. He just wanted to be left alone, as she had - all of a sudden. He hadn't even seen this coming. He thought he was going to get married soon. But she had walked away as if he didn't even matter. 

He needed to grieve, on his own - no family advising him, no friends trying to distract him with parties, no exes trying to comfort him.

He turned on his Netflix to a random series and set the TV blaring to shut out the noise in his mind. Curt peeked out from behind the bookshelf. 

He looked at Curt. Their eyes met and Curt just knew something was wrong. 

He frowned as if saying, "No!! Not today. I need to be alone. Go away."

Curt tilted his head asking, "Are you sure? You look as if you could use some company. You don't need to talk or do anything. We can be quiet also."

His frown softened, "Thanks for the offer, friend. But I just need some space today".

"Fine. I understand," Curt said. "Just be. I will see you tomorrow". and backed into his space behind the shelf.

He smiled. Something special had happened. He couldn't know what. He just felt better. 

Curt had finally become a part of his life.