[𝙎𝙐𝙉𝙁𝙇𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀] ~ 𝙈𝙄𝙇𝙀𝙎 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝘼𝙇𝙀𝙎

3.

Saturday morning

    Skylar walked up to her window and admired the clouds that covered the city, making it look like she was above them.

    She smiled to herself and took a sip of her tea. A soft knock was heard on her bedroom door, before it opened, revealing her mom, all dressed up and ready for work. "Good morning sweetheart." She said. "Morning eomma. You're going to work today too? It's Saturday-" "I know honey, but it's a very important meeting and it was planned last minute. I promise, as soon as I'm done, I'll come back home and then we'll spend the day together, okay?"

    Skylar just nodded before hugging her mom. She stayed in her room, listening to the sound of the door being locked. She sighed, putting her cup down on the desk.

    Suddenly, Miles popped up in her mind. She grabbed her phone and opened up her messages, tapping on their conversation. She typed in a text, reading it a few times, before sending it. It read, "hi Miles! I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today :)".

   Putting her phone down, Skylar sighed. What if he didn't want to hang out?  Oh don't be ridiculous. She shook her head and walked into the kitchen.

    A while later, the familiar sound of her phone rang through the hallway and to the living room. The girl rushed to grab it, smiling from ear to ear when she saw that the text was from Miles. "yea sure! when should we meet up?" Skylar sat on her bed. "well it's 9:26am rn... what about 12? I was thinking maybe we could hang out at my place, play some games or watch a movie"

    She waited patiently for his answer, her heart skipping a beat when she fell the phone buzz in her hand. "it's a date then!" Espere, qué- "I mean, a friend date" Oh, pensé que él- Skylar let out a laugh. This boy made her so nervous her Puerto Rican side came out. Anywayss- "alright then. see you at 12! :)" After sending the text, she buried her face in the pillows.

    Meanwhile, on the other side of the screen, was a panicked Miles. He ran up to his closet, almost tripping over his feet. His mom came in the room at the sound of his feet thumping on the floor. "Miles, mijo, que esta pasando? Are you okay?" He looked up at his mom and nodded. "Yeah ma, I'm okay. I'm just.. panicking." His mom raised and eyebrow at him. "I'm meeting up with Skylar today, and I'm very nervous." Rio chuckled. She helped Miles pick out an outfit, setting it on the bed, before he rushed to brush his teeth and all that.

    Skylar paced around her house, tidying up the place in a hurry. She remembered she didn't have any snacks and slapped herself mentally. Relief washed over her when she saw a message from Miles, asking if he should get anything on his way. "well, some popcorn and chips I guess? also, some dulce de coco would be great :)" she typed.

    She looked at the clock, 11:50am. How did time pass so fast?! She quickly checked herself out in the mirror before sitting down on the couch.

    Miles ran out of the store and hurried towards the subway. It arrived just as he stepped into the station. It seemed like luck was smiling upon him. Now he just had to make sure he gets the address right.

    Skylar's phone buzzed in her hand. It was a call... from her dad?

"Papá?" She was now smiling from ear to ear, joy filling her as she heard her dad's voice. "Sí, cariño, soy yo." "No hemos hablado en mucho tiempo..." she said, her voice breaking. "Lo sé, y lo siento, pero por eso te llamé. Hablemos, cuéntame todo sobre lo que sucedió." Skylar burst into tears as she started telling him everything that happened in the past 3 years.

(Little backstory: Skylar and her dad hadn't talked in almost 3 years because of her dad getting a new job as a cop back in Korea and him being busy all the time. They haven't been able to visit him either, seeing as her mom got a promotion and having to go to important meetings almost everyday.)

Miles was in awe at how tall the building that Skylar lived in was. He didn't even realise that he got to her apartment door. He softly knocked on it and waited.

There was a shuffle behind the door and then the sound of keys jingling could be heard. The door opened, reavealing Skylar on the phone, her eyes a bit puffy and red. "Si, papa, te llamo mas seguido. Lo prometo. Muy bien, dile a Jae-Hyun que lo extraño. Adiós papá." She hung up the phone before looking up at him.

"Miles! Come in, sorry for making you wait, my dad called me." She stepped aside to let him in. He left his shoes by the entrance and followed Skylar into the living room. "Hey um... are you okay?" The younger teenager looked up at her friend. "Yeah, I was just... talking to my dad. We haven't talked in a while, so..." Miles nodded in understanding. "Anyways, what should we do first?" "Let's play something! What games have you got?" Skylar's face lit up as she showed Miles the games she had.

They played almost all of them, for hours on end. The apartment was filled with their laughter.

When they finally decided they played enough, they got out all the snacks and made some popcorn. They decided to watch MHA.

Hours passed, the sun set and they were still in front of the TV. Only now, Miles had his arm around Skylar. There was a comfortable silence between the two.

    By the time Skylar's mom got home, both of them were asleep on the couch, Skylar leaned on Miles' chest, and him snoring softly. The woman grabbed a blanket and put it over them, making sure that they were both cozy.

    Little did they all know, this day would be the start of an amazing friendship.