Stuffed animal (noun)
A soft stuffed fabric toy
"The stuffed animal was tall."
It was noon.
It had been a week since Zephyr's first visit to the hospital, the curtains were slightly opened with the whispers of nature. The door creaked open as Zephyr entered with his camera around his neck and his hands hid behind his back.
"I brought something." Zephyr looked at Celeste. The nurse smiled, she patted Celeste's head and made her way out of the room.
"What is it?" The blonde boy asked, rubbing his head trying to make his headache go away.
"Uh." He pulls out two medium-sized stuffed animal elephants, "A stuffed animal-" Zephyr tossed one over onto the bed, "One for me and one for you, they're matching." He added as he looked down at the elephant then smiled softly.
"Aw! I love it, thank you." Celeste smiled, picking up the stuffed animal and hugging it.
"Oh and- they both have tags." Zephyr said. Celeste looked down and turned over the silver tag that had the words 'c+z" imprinted on it. He gazed up at Zephyr. "Wait-" Zephyr walked over to Celeste and showed him the tag on his elephant, '=Best-friends'.
oh.
Both boys smiled, Celeste hugged his stuffed animal tightly, Zephyr smiled holding his camera up, and clicking a picture. The raven haired boy could sense that Celeste was in pain, "I'm sorry." Zephyr uttered not knowing what to say.
"It's ok.. I'm used to it." Celeste sighed, his eyes started to fill with tears.
"Celeste.. I-" Zephyr tried to help but got cut off.
"It's getting worse..." Celeste cried.
Zephyr wanted to hug him and tell him that everything will be okay, because everything would be... right? "It's alright Celeste." Zephyr mumbled but his voice was a little stern.
"I-I don't know anymore.." Celeste sobbed. "We'll be fine."
Zephyr assured "yeah..we'll be fine..." he whispered under his breath.
The room was silenced by Celeste's cries. Then, both boys were struck by a sudden knock on the door. The door slid open, "It's lunch time-" The nurse wheels in a small cart of food. Ms.Helena gazed up from the cart to see Zephyr sitting on the couch and Celeste crying.
Oh a sight to see, definitely not something she'd want either.
Celeste tried to force a smile "Oh I'm not hungry now." he said softly.
Helena took the hint, "Alright, I'll give you ten more minutes." she pushed the handle, dragging the cart away. Zephyr let out a sigh, the despair was quite clear in his voice.
"Celeste don't worry, things get better..." he said looking down.
Celeste wiped his tears, gently placing his hands back on the stuffed animal. His eyes reflected the soft sun rays as he slowly formed a smile, he couldn't form words but,
"Thank you."
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Where the stars meet
Teen FictionThe strings of fate will lead you to the brightest star If only only we had a few more minutes . Maybe someday you'll find happiness Maybe someday we'll meet again Maybe someday you'll go where the stars meet . . . . . (None of the artwork or pi...
