Bleed, Patch, And Keep Moving - An Apex Legends Story

Chapter 102 - Home Isn't A Place

**Explicit Violence and Child Abuse**

Ajay forced her eyes open because something felt off. Something just didn't feel right. She nearly jumped out of her skin, "Silva! Stop it!" She giggled and tried to move her leg away as Octavio tickled her bare foot with a small blade of grass. "I thought yuh were gonna lay down and watch da clouds wit mi." Ajay pulled her foot away as she sat up and looked down at him lying on his stomach in front of her.

The sky was vibrant blue and filled with bright white clouds. The grass was a deep green and always cut to the perfect length. Even the flowers always seemed to be in bloom all year round. The scenery on Olympus was so beautiful. No other planet could compare; at least that's what Ajay had always been told. She had never been anywhere else so it was all that she ever knew. 

Octavio gave her a cheeky smiled and held the blade grass between the thumb and index finger of his right hand. "I know but this is sooooo boring Che!" Ajay rolled her eyes and laid back down in cool grass. He watched her for a moment and then almost crossed his eyes as he looked back at the blade of grass between his fingertips, "This must be boring because you were sleeping."

She gazed at the fluffy white clouds above her and shook her head, "Nah. I was lying here wit mi eyes closed. Like this." She closed her eyes and laid there silently in the grass. She listened to the sounds around her and enjoyed the calm, soothing breeze. "I don't understand how you just lay there Che." She sighed and didn't bother answering him; she knew if she tried then he would just say that her answer was boring or stupid.

Octavio puffed out his cheeks and blew the blade of grass into the air as he released it from his fingers. Ajay sighed and closed her eyes as the warm summer breeze rushed over her skin. Octavio got up on his knees and crawled up to be next to Ajay. He looked over her as she laid there in the grass. She was wearing some fancy dress again, "She's always wearing some fancy dress. Why?"

He knew that she didn't care to wear to wear the dresses that her mom picked out for her but she wore them anyway. If it were up to him then he would just pitch a fit and wear them. Anytime that his dad wanted him to dress up for some stupid event he would just pitch a fit until he got his way. Eventually his dad would grow tired of dealing with him or he would get a business call and Octavio would win.

In fact he always won because he rarely had to dress fancy for anything. Octavio always got looks wherever he went but he didn't care and his father didn't seem to care either. Ajay never said anything about it when they were out together; in fact she would sneer at other rich snobs that would give him looks. He always wore a pair of shorts, a shirt, a hoodie with the sleeves cut off, and pair of shoes that he could easily use for skateboarding.

"Che?" When she opened her eyes, his face was right above hers. Octavio had a hand to either side of her head as he leaned over her, "Let's go skate boarding!" Ajay gave him a look of disappointment as she stared up into his emerald eyes, "Silva, I don have enough band aids if yuh get hurt again. Besides, we already did dat. Yuh promised dat yuh would do what I wanted ta do after we did what yuh wanted to do." She whined to him.

Octavio sighed, "Fine." He laid down next to her and placed the back of his head against her chest. He stared up into the sky and began to get antsy; sitting still was just something he was used to doing. Ajay was the polar opposite of him and could sit still for hours if she needed to. They has been best friends since birth. Sometimes she could be such a killjoy but he really did love being around her. She kept him in check most of the time. She even patched him up when he did stupid stuff and got hurt; which was a lot.

"Do you ever, like want to get out of here someday?" He already knew what she was going to say but he figured that he would ask anyway. She tried to decide what the cloud above her looked like but she really didn't think that it looked like anything besides a cloud, "Don be stupid. Where would I go Silva?" Octavio shrugged and turned his head until he was staring at the underside of her chin. He gently inhaled her scent; she kind of smelled of vanilla and she always smelled like home. No matter where they were it just always felt right to be with her.