OVERLOOKED ㅤkotlc

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Friday, 11 o' clock; I lay in bed.

Today I felt sad for some reason, and I don't know why. I guess I just miss home.

We've been here for almost two months now, and it's starting to feel familiar, and I just want to go back, and see my family again.

Dex! I hear, and for a second I'm confused, but then I realize it's Sophie transmitting to me.

My lips pull into a small smile. Hi, Sophie.

Hey! Is everything going well? she asks.

I watch the ceiling for a bit. Yeah, I say, I guess everything's been going well.

I still haven't told her about Kenric. It's a destructive piece of information, and maybe she deserves to know, but it'd hurt her.

A long pause. You sound kinda sad today, she says, gentle. Are you okay?

Oh—yeah, nothing happened. I'm good.

I hear her laugh, soft and sweet. Dex, your thoughts have this tone to it, she explains. It sounds sad today. I'm here if you wanna talk?

I bite my lip (not in the hot kinda way, halfwits). I'm just a little homesick, I say finally. It'll pass. I don't really need to talk about it.

If you don't wanna talk about it, then that's completely fine, she transmits with a laugh.

Mhm.

There's a silence, and then she says, Oh, I saw your family the other day, by the way.

Oh?

They miss you as much as you miss them, I promise. The triplets ask me about you everytime we see them.

I laugh softly to myself. Aw, really?

Yeah, I mean, of course! Please, they adore you.

I hide a smile. They better not be rigging my bedroom.

Oh, they definitely are. If I were you, I'd watch the handsoap.

I'm openly smiling now. I bet you helped them, I accuse jokingly.

That I did.

You little—

Sophie laughs. Keefe helped too, he dragged me into it!

Uh-huh. I pause, then ask, Are you two dating?

It's an innocent question. I'm just curious, since Fitz and her broke up a few weeks ago, and they spend so much time together now. I guess I'm proud of myself, in a way. I'm not jealous of them, or bitter, and for me, that's a lot of progress.

We're—no, we're not dating! she says, and her transmission's so frantic and insistent that I laugh out loud. We're just friends.

Oh, c'mon, don't friendzone the poor guy.

I mean, Keefe's sweet, he's great, you know. But I'm not ready for another relationship. I wasn't ready then, and I'm not ready now.

That's fair, I say.

Yeah, and—he's not ready either. And there's so much going on already, and... and I'm scared, because he always sacrifices so much for me, and I haven't done enough for him.

I frown. I don't think that's true.

It is, she says, and I hate it. I want to love him more, I love him so much already, platonically, but sometimes it feels like I don't give him as much as he gives me.

Hey, I say, hey. Her words are starting to spiral down into this dark hole, familiar to her and her only. That's not true, Soph.

You know it is.

No, no, hear me out, I say. You're there for him, aren't you?

I hope I am? I wish I could do more—

You do so much already, I say gently. Personally, you being here, as a friend, is so much for me. And you're there for Keefe, too, and... well, once you're over Fitz, you can explore your feelings for Keefe more, right? Just give yourself time.

There's a long pause. I guess? she says. It's obvious that she doesn't believe me, but at least she's trying to. Thanks.

Of course.

There's another long, long pause, and then she asks, Dex?

Yeah?

When you said all that, I saw Rosaleen in your mind.

I feel heat creep into my cheeks. O-Oh—really?

She laughs. Yeah. Her face popped up in your head as you said all that.

Oh. I laugh, too, flustered. Damn.

Have anything to tell me? Sophie asks teasingly.

My mind strays to Rosaleen, and I find myself smiling. I—I dunno? I think I like her.

Sophie laughs. You think?

My cheeks feel hot. Yeah.

Oh you definitely like her, Dex, she says, and I know she's right.

Let's just hope that, this time, I'll be enough for Her.

˚ ༘ 🌷 ── author's note!

i have this one friend who'll play games and text or call other ppl when i come over & its like ?? um ?? hi?? ig i'll just watch u?? haha?

but on another note :') im working on a kenric x oralie short story ( basically divided but it starts from the beginning, and the chapters are super short ) and it's kinda fun to write but like. my writing style? still in shambles

BUT ANYWAYS (disregarding the dumpfire of this a/n)! tysm for reading! see u mon c: