The Other Side - Michael Afton [discontinued]

7.

Word count: 940
Warnings: minor swearing

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(Y/N)'s POV:

"What..?" I looked at him confused, that was so sudden "I know you miss someone, I can see it"

See it? How can he see it..

Some moments passed "I miss my mother.." he looked up "Your mother, huh?"
I looked at him, his face was normal as always but..

"Do you miss someone?" I asked trying to look at his face but he never left his gaze from the sky "I miss a lot of people, yet I don't remember some of their faces"

He doesn't remember their faces..? "Oh..I see, I'm sorry" he gave me a confused look "Why are you apologizing? I'm the one who should since I asked something personal" I smiled a little

"Don't worry about it, I know my mother is in a better place now"

A comfortable silence fell between us, we were just looking at the sky enjoying the moment
After some minutes the silence broke "I think my mother is with yours now" he smiled "Who knows, maybe they're looking at us right now"

I giggled "Maybe you're right" seconds passed "Do you have any siblings?" I asked out of curiosity

His look completely changed.

'Shit I shouldn't have asked that' I tried to apologize as fast as I could "Sorry, I'm an idiot..you don't have to answer"

"No..it's not your fault" his eyes were filled with pain. None of us dared to say something.

Those seconds felt like hours

"I..had two siblings" my eyes went wide 'Had..?' "A brother and a sister.." I was so scared to ask him more questions, I did not want to hurt him

"Y/N..you don't need to worry about it. Maybe they're not here with me anymore but it's not because of you"

"I know, I'm just familiar with the feeling of loosing someone you love and I don't want to force you to answer my questions.." my grip tightened as I felt his sad face on me

He sighed and smiled a bit "Let's go, we have work to do" I looked at him "Don't overthink, ok?"
I smiled weakly "Okay.."

He walked to the exit of the park but then stopped and turned around to look at me "Are you coming?" he said with a smirk "What? I don't even have my uniform on"

"It's all good, I'll cover you up" my eyes went wide "Mike, are you sure? What if Jeremy finds out? What if the boss—" he interrupted me by covering his ears and screaming "I'll be outside the park!"

Ok I already said it but Michael really is a strange guy, I was so confused but remembering his act made me laugh a bit

'He's a weird guy and still he knows how to cheer me up' I stood up from the swing and went towards the exit, to my surprise he really was there waiting for me

"Didn't take you long" he smiled.
I rolled my eyes at his comment "Are you sure we won't get caught?" I asked again "Y/N we'll be fine, trust me"
'Trust you?' I wanted to slap him so bad "Okay fine..let's go"

-Time skip-

We arrived to the pizzeria and the worst scenario I could ever imagine was coming to life
Jeremy was in front of the building

I looked at Michael to see his reaction and he was just smiling "The hell are you smiling at!?" I hissed "You're afraid of Jeremy?" he smirked "What? I—"

"Hey Jeremy!" he shouted taking Jeremy's attention
We went towards him; I was behind Michael looking at the ground as the anxiety was taking over me, but it all went away right when Jeremy started talking

"Again Mike? You know you're gonna be exposed right?" he laughed "Oh come on Remy, you're my best friend, do it for me?" Mike replied "Don't call me that, it's embarrassing.."
"Yeah yeah sure Remy, now please let us in"

I smiled at the conversation between the two boys 'They seem really close' Michael turned around "Is everything alright?" I moved beside him and smiled "Yup, I just have one question" Jeremy gave me a curious expression "Ask away"

"Since when do you know each other?" They made eye contact thinking about the answer "We were really young when we first met" Michael started
"Yeah, our fathers worked together so we practically met every day"

The boys smiled at the memories..but behind those smiles I could feel something was wrong.
Something felt off, it seemed like they were forcing those smiles

I could feel the pain and hypocrisy.

"Let's just go in and start working" I said "Oh..yeah.." Michael was kinda confused by my sudden change of subject but tried to ignore it

As we entered we were welcomed by the warm breeze inside the restaurant "It feels nice here" I smiled "It's not always like this, most of the times it's always cold, you should feel lucky"

I chuckled at his observation as he looked at me with a little smile "Let's see if tonight you're going to do better" I smiled proudly "Of course I'm gonna do better" he pat my head and went towards the elevator "Yeah sure"

I blushed from embarrassment "W-What was that for!?" I followed him "It's called affection" now I was blushing even more "Idiot." he laughed quietly "I know"

We went inside the elevator and as we were going down Michael started mumbling "Let's hope nothing bad happens tonight.."
I looked at him concerned "Are you okay Mike?" his eyes went wide "Mh? Oh yeah, don't worry"

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