timeless

chapter two

~ K A I ~

twelve years before

'luca? lucaaaaa!' i yelled, trying to find my brown haired best friend in the playground. i huffed, crossing my arms and sitting in the snow, the faux fur of my winter jacket tickling my nose and cheeks.

'i'm- i'm here!' the not-so-high-pitched voice of my best friend rang from behind me. luca stopped in front of me, bending down, gloved hands on knees, taking deep breaths. 

a smile immediately spread across my face, tackling lu into a ground with enough force that both of us seven year-olds fell back into the snow, giggling. 

i pushed my little figure off of him, lying down in the snow with him, watching the snow fall from the sky above, the flakes softly landing on our cheeks.  

we lied there for what seemed like hours, the snow now piling on our sides.

'luca! è ora di dire addio!' luca's mom called from the other side of the playground. 

almost instantaneously,  luca's happiness melted into a look of sadness. tears formed in his hazel eyes, pooling there, never falling out.

'luca?' i softly asked, sitting up, and luca did the same. 'what's wrong?'

'i'm- i'm so sorry, kai,' he started, the tears escaping at such a rapid pace. 'i'm so sorry,'

'hey, what happened?' i enveloped him in my arms, pulling him as close as possible.

'i'm- i'm leaving,' he spluttered out. 'i'm leaving tonight,'

i didn't say anything, but cold tears stung my red cheeks.

'i didn't wanna tell you, kai. i didn't want everything to be sad before i leave. i'm so sorry,' he whispered the last part, pulling me closer to him that humanly possible.

'shh, shh, it's- it's gonna be okay, okay?' i whispered, wiping his tears with my gloves, him wiping mine. 

'okay,' i pulled him into another hug.

'i, um, i want you to have this,' he untied a black ribbon with a silver bead on it from his left hand, carefully removing my left glove with his hands, tying it securely with his nimble fingers. 

he gave me one last hug and disappeared. 

and i just stood there, my eyes fixated on his figure until he disappeared, right hand clutching my left wrist.

i don't wanna forget him.

i took a deep breath, turned around, and walked back home.

i trudged through the snow, cold and alone.

i closed my bedroom door behind me, ignoring my mother's calls behind me, and finally let the tears escape.

i didn't wanna forget him.

~ L U C A ~

my mom had told me we were moving, but she didn't tell me where, so i just assumed it would be to a different house, or a different neighborhood. i didn't think we'd be moving to a different continent entirely.

all my things were in boxes and suitcases, all neat and tidy. my clothes, my books, the few pictures that were once hung up on walls now on a moving truck to new york city.

i told kai only the day of, not wanting to the mere weeks we had left with one another be left completely sad, and i didn't want our goodbye be one with tears.

we arrived to JFK hours and hours later, taking a taxi to the apartment my mom rented out, blowing up air mattresses and crashing our immediately. 

<<luca! è ora di dire addio! -- luca! it's time to say goodbye! >>

(mind you, i'm only fluent in google translate, so i've no idea if this is right :D)

i would just like to say, i know this is a crap chapter. i know it is, there's no need to tell me. 

also, there's a high chance that i won't have a consistent update schedule, and that's primarily because i've school, and within the next two years, i've major projects, finals, and just stuff that needs to be done, so an update schedule may just be ~ nonexistent ~

if you guys want a playlist for this story, head on over to spotify, and my username is notnotlunamoon! there's a playlist named 'timeless' and issa bop