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Eighty eight

"Thank you!" I hug him tightly.
"Of course!"
I put it on. He leads me to a phone store.
"Can I get the newest galaxy phone?"
"Sure."
We get me a new phone.
"Can I get a clear phone case?"
"Get whatever you want."
"Ok! Because on my old phone I had a clear phone case and a picture of me, Seojun, and Suho in it. I want that again."
He looks slightly away. I think he feels left out.
"I'm sorry Hyung! You can be in the picture this time!"
He weakly smiles. I hug him. He smiles and gladly accepts the hug. I giggle. He smiles softly. I smile back.
"Ok I got my new phone now!"
"I noticed."
He pulls out a flip phone.
"Why do you have just a flip phone?"
"What's wrong with it?"
"Don't you want a newer phone?"
"I barely understand this."
"What do you mean?"
"Technology isn't my thing."
"I could teach you!"
He looks down.
"What?"
"I don't see how you use that thing."
"I can teach you! It's not as hard as it looks!"
"Okay."
"If Simone can use a touch screen then you can too, Hyung!"
"Simone figured out how to make a healing gun."
"I'm sure I can still teach you! When I went to school before I almost died, I always got straight A's so I'm sure I can teach you!"
"Okay."
"So can we get you a touch screen phone?"
"I'll try it."
"Ok! Pick out the one you want!"
He picks out one. It's an iPhone.
"Ok! Now pick out the case you want!"
He seems confused but just grabs a simple one. We buy it for him. I help him put the case on it. We get back. I walk into my room. He walks in about five minutes later.
"Um?"
"Oh yeah! I'll teach you how to use it now!" I sit down next to him. I teach him how to use it. I quickly realize he's already cracked the entire screen. He looks over.
"What did you do?"
"I was trying to turn it on."
"Bro!" I fix it with magic.
"Please don't break it this time! I'll teach you how to turn it on!"
He smiles more confused than anything.
"I don't know what I did."
"You try not to break the screen. Most people protect their phones with their life not immediately break it!"
"I broke the screen?"
"Yes! I don't know what you did but you did! I will get you a screen protector if I have to! You hold the power button like this because it's powered off." I hold the power button down.
It doesn't work.
"Never mind I think it's dead. You didn't break the charger did you?"
"I don't know."
I go get the charger. Even when I plug it in it doesn't turn on.
"You broke the whole phone didn't you? Did you put it in water or something?"
"No."
"You must've done something because it's not turning on."
"What did I do?"
"I honestly have no idea." I look around the phone. Wait the phone doesn't even have the thing to charge with. The mechanism is broken.
"Darius, you broke the charging port!"
But how did he do that?
"But I just took it out of the box."
"I don't know but I'll try fixing it with magic." I try fixing it. It wasn't ever there so it didn't fix when I originally tried...
"I'll just take it to the phone repairs."
"Okay."
I go get it fixed.
"There's not anything that can be done."
I get back home.
"Sorry bro it can't be fixed."
"That's my luck with it."
"I'm sorry. We can get you another phone! We can get you one like mine!"
"... I tried one of those though."
"What do you mean?"
"One that looked like yours."
"And it didn't work either?"
"...No."
"I'm sorry bro." I hug him.
"It's okay."
"What's for supper?"
"I don't know I'll have to ask."
I nod.
"Gramps!" He shouts running out of the room.
I giggle. I go to talk to Camacoco. She looks lonely. I sit next to her. She turns.
"Hi!"
"Hi."
I smile.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm just trying to be friendly. You seemed lonely!"
Her tail moves over. I look at her tail. She looks over. I look down.
She whispers, "People like me less now."
"Why?"
She shows me a tinder account. People calling her ugly.
"I don't think you're ugly."
"You don't?"
"I think you're cute and beautiful."
"You do?" She asks finally smiling.
I nod. She smiles cutely. I smile back.
"Why don't you just delete tinder?"
"I don't want to be alone."
"But tinder is just making you feel worse about yourself."
She looks down.
"Plus you're not alone you have us!"
"I'm talking about romantically."
"You don't need a guy."
"But I want something."
I look down.
"Someone."
"I just don't like to see you getting hurt."
She looks down.
"It's obvious you're hurt."
She looks over.
"But I want kids."
"Don't you want a guy who actually loves you?"
"Yes."
"I don't think anyone on tinder would fit that."
"But I've been hoping for one to come."
"I'm sorry."
She lays down.
"I'm gonna go now." I get up.
She nods sadly.
"Are you ok?"
She sobs.
"I'm okay."
"Please tell me what's wrong."
"I'm fine now."
I nod. I look around. She sighs and rests her head on the wall tiredly.
"Do you want to go to bed?"
She nods. I take her to a bed. She falls asleep.

Philip's POV 3 years ago

I spot Hyunjin, my best friend and royal advisor.
"Hi!" She says.
I smile.
"Bestie!"
She giggles. Suddenly a shadow appears.
"What the—?"
A shadow surrounds me.
"Hyunjin!"
"W-What's going on?" She asks.
I feel my mouth filling up.

The bubble disappears. What am I wearing? It looks like something my people would wear. Wait who is that on the throne?
"Advisor Hyunjin, who is this pauper?"
"I don't know, my king."
She looks down.
"Hyunjin? You have to remember me! It's me Philip!"
"I don't know a Philip!" She says.
"Let the guards show this Philip out."
She claps. Three burly guards surround me.
"Wait! Wait! Please—"
I'm tossed out of my own castle. I felt so dim—dim—small in front of my guards. Wait I should know that word what's wrong with my vo—vo—words? I'm sounding more like my fri—people! Why am I thinking so differently? I feel tears rolling down my cheek. And why doesn't my best friend remember me? I wander the town before walking up to a bakery. Suddenly I feel something in my back pocket. I pull out a deed? Philip the Baker? What? I've never baked anything! Hyunjin always did! Well... I guess I gotta figure it out...I walk in. I sit there looking out the window. The sunsets. Wha? Why does my arm feel strange?!? I'm becoming plush! I fall out of my chair now a plushy.

Heejin's POV present day.

"We should go to the hidden city of Myninoan!" Manuel says smiling.
I nod. We wander around until it becomes late. We find the city but it's cold. We walk into the first open house.
"Mmmmmm must be a bakery!" Manuel says softly. Mmmm I'm hungry!
"I am kinda hungry!"
"I'm sure they won't miss a stale loaf of bread right?"
"There's a fresh loaf in the oven."