accent (n.) • a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.
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male lead | female lead
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"Hey."
"Hello."
"You okay?"
"No."
"What's wrong?"
"I got hurt."
"How?"
"Sprained my ankle. Now I feel like dying."
"Damn biscotto. I don't care."
"You are supposed to care! I am your best friend."
"Did you just admit that we're besties?"
"No-"
"Oh my god! You finally fucking did it!"
"I hate you."
"Love you too bestie."
"You're so annoying."
"Yet here we are talking to each other."
"Drown."
"How old are you?"
"Eighteen."
"Neat."
"How old are you?"
"Nineteen."
"Really?"
"Mhm. You seem surprised."
"Well, duh. I didn't think you were like a year older than me."
"How old did you think I was going to be?"
"I don't know. Just didn't expect you to be nineteen."
"Birthday?"
"Yesterday."
"Wait your birthday was on the fourth of October?"
"Mhm."
"If I knew in advance, I probably would've wished you."
"It's okay."
"Mine is in February on the twentieth."
"So you turned nineteen this year."
"Yeah."
"You have an accent."
"What?"
"You have an accent. It is not super noticeable. But if someone talks to you for a while, then they will end up noticing."
"You're observant. But yeah, I have a slight accent because I'm Italian."
"Wait, really?"
"Yeah. Shocked?"
"Fuck yeah!"
"It used to be thicker and a lot more noticeable."
"Well, I like it."
"Thank you biscotto."
"Biscotto?"
"It means cookie in Italian."
"Cute."
"I think you're a lot more comfortable talking to me."
"I think I am too."
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أدب المراهقين❝Hey Declan, I'm lost.❞ ❝. . .❞ • • • In which a guy accidentally calls the wrong number and ends up having an interesting conversation with a girl. All of it leading up to an unexpecting romance.
