ℍ𝕒𝕫𝕖𝕝

Chapter 1 - "Midnight Hugs"

Walking to the corner store can be a pain when you don’t live by the corner. The store was like 8 minutes walking distance, I lived 2 blocks from the corner store and it was closer than walking to food lion which is like 15 minutes away.

I went there to get a wild cherry pepsi and a honey bun. They are bussing especially when the honey bun is warm too. Oh, talking about it gives me chills. Good chills though.

It's 2 am and it's dark, like midnight dark. Do I know why I came out here at this time, I do know why. It's because I was craving for something sweet and I was thirsty. I also love my walks, especially at night. At night it’s cooler and more quiet but still some sound, so it’s not creepy out here. It's just calm, for now.

Imagine meeting someone so gorgeous and beautiful, inside and out. Well I do every morning and night when I look in the mirror. It's just a daily thing I do. I hype myself up and appreciate that I'm here and for what I look like because I could look like a goblin. But we're not gonna get into that right now. Or ever.

I'm not spoiled or anything, I'm just very appreciative about everything and every person. Just like the crackhead on the corner staring me down. People like them matter, they matter to the police because without them society won’t work. I need a crackhead to make me uncomfortable so I could feel uncomfortable and walk faster, more like running. But that’s not the point though. Everyone matters, even this mosquito I keep swatting away but comes back, every 10 seconds.

Enough of daydreaming, I finally got to the corner store. I mean I saw it in sight. I wasn’t actually there yet. How long is this walk? Like if I was 6’4 I could already be there but no, I just had to have slightly kinda tall genes.

Matter of fact, I see this black hood running towards me. I should probably get out of there but they were too fast. And guess what? It was because of their long legs. Long daddy legs. Nope, not it. It's- what is it… it's actually-  Daddy long legs.

But back to the point, daddy long legs ran right into me and fell on me. The impact of the hit knocked the air out of my lungs. I think I broke a rib or two. Or I just got a bruise. But that puckle berry hurt. I just know daddy long legs better apologize. Hehe.

I tried to get back up, but the 6’4 man aka daddy long legs, but let's call him ‘Giant’ for now on. Giant pushed me back down. At this rate I was gonna have a heart attack soon.

“Stop moving” he whispered harshly. I just laid there confused and kinda excited. I always lived for these moments, the exciting parts of life where you don’t know what’s gonna happen next.

“Why?” I whispered back, much softer and gentler than the mystery Giant. Yeah I can be competitive at crazy times. Anyways his face was in my neck, trying to calm his breathing. I don’t know why because he’s still breathing like a car engine. Hehe.

“Just shut the f~ck up already” he whispered in the same tone as before. I was genuinely confused until I heard loud noises. It sounded like fireworks but I didn’t see any sparks in the sky. So that leaves one thing. Firecrackers. Sike. I'm not that naive, it's guns. Yesss. I’ve always been intrigued with guns, since I was like 8, because my dad always had a gun on him when he went to work, but let's get back on topic. Rest in peace dad. It's like a toy that takes real effect. But that toy can change your life. Hehe, get it. Nevermind.

“I’m sorry, but your liter-” I said whispering sarcastically but the Giant put his hand over my mouth and kept it there. He leaned in very closely like in my face type mess, and said “I’m trying to be calm but you're making it hard” he paused.

“But you're too tempting” he said and everything went black.

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Dante’s POV