It was harsher than I thought. When I went to this center for homeless people, I thought I was save for the night. Outside was cold and windy; inside was —could I say warm?— at least better than outside.
I went to the queue and waited my turn to register. The succubus behind the counter told me what was my name and what were my belongings. She said sharp objects and other dangerous objects must be taken away if I want to stay in the shelter for tonight. They had this security guy, a big guy, and I couldn't say no.
After the check, she gave me a blanket and told me where was my dorm bed; among other homeless people.
I was naive, thinking I was on a good term with other homeless people because we all share the same life situation and thought we could help each other. I was wrong.
One homeless guy got closer to me and sat on my bed. He looked at me and wanted to chat with me but he was really close to my face and I could scent his unbearable smelly breath. Another homeless guy told him to leave me alone. The homeless guy talking to me stopped, looked at the other guy and leave. This was the moment I started to get scared for myself.
The other homeless guy told me to call him if I happen to be in trouble with the other people. He told me everyone here is fucked up from the day they were born to this day. Anyway, dinner's here.
The volunteers ave us a good dinner and after that we were lucky because there's showers in this center. After showering, I saw some homeless guys looking inside my bag. I got angry, shout at them and took back my bag from them.
I told this incident to the volunteers and they said it was my fault for leaving belongings in the room. Frankly, I wanted to leave the place but sleeping another night outside wasn't a good idea. I wanted to sleep on a bed; it's been so long…months since I didn't sleep on a bed.
During the night, I felt a hand touching me. I screamed and put the hand away and fell off the bed. The other homeless people in the bedroom woke up and started to insult me for not letting them to sleep.
It was enough for me. took my bag and my belongings and leave the place. No one saw me, fortunately.
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