╔═════════════════════════════╗ in which everyone wonders whether secret keeping is for the better or worse ! ╚═════════════════════════════╝
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╭────────────────────────╮ THE PRESENT: MARCH 16, 2021 ╰────────────────────────╯
*possible trigger warnings: display of manipulation
"a- a..." adelaide began, feeling her jaw fall loose as her mouth fell agape.
"adelaide," the voice cooed with a soft smile, holding out a dozen of red roses toward the girl along the doorframe.
"alex... wha- what a surprise," adelaide spat, letting her eyes widen to the familiar yet foreign sight.
in an instant, the chestnut haired girl found her eyes darting away from her ex-lover's own, desperately trying to avoid the oh so familiar eyecontact that she constantly found herself melting in. without hesitation, adelaide locked her focus onto a bouquet of red florals, immediately making the connection of her prom night. the girl had not seen the iconic, romantic gesture of red roses in merely four or more years— making adelaide melt despite the way she stared at the roses as a hopeless distraction. she simply melted for two reasons: one being the gesture behind the floras and the other half was it just being alex; not just his existence, or stupidly attractive face, or the mere possibility that adelaide had some lingering feelings for him— but it was just the simple sight of him that made her breath falter.
the boy lived oceans away—thousands of miles away to be exact—for more years than she would like. yet, here alex was, only inches away from her touch, mere centimeters away from her embrace. adelaide had to fight back the temptation to greet alex with a hug, let alone a handshake since she knew what alex's dangerous touch would have done to her. something in the girl wanted to retrace her steps, wish she never opened the door to leave her blissfully ignorant of his image in the first place—as it should have been—but the massive hole in her heart from missing alex too much made her easily swipe that thought away, permitting her to only do what she does best— absolutely melt from standing in the presence of his.
alex immediately picked up on adelaide's shock, quickly retracing his steps and explaining his abrupt appearance. "i— um... i wanted to visit you since i was in town and-"
the chestnut haired girl pinched her eyebrows together, letting out a playful scoff. "you- you were in town? alex, you live across the globe! what do you mean you were in-"
