Cᴀᴍɪʟᴏ X Oʟɪᴠɪᴀ [short story]

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𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑜'𝑠 𝑃𝑂𝑉
𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑． 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝𝑠．𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑．

𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎，𝐻𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑛，𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑍𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛． 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒  𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠，𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑦， 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙．𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒．

𝐴𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 "𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑦？" 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚，𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚．𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑， 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑，𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒．

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛，𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 that went past. I was soaking wet but I didn't want to go back there and face him but I knew I would have to at some point.

I stood up from the place I was sitting to see Olivia running up to me I was soaking wet tears still running down my cheek and he was getting closer and closer to me by the second. I wanted to run away from the situation because I couldn't face him not just yet, but I knew I had to at some point.

"What was that all about Camilo?"  Olivia said more concerned than mad.
"I don't know I guess i've just not felt the best today I am really sorry for yelling at you" I said holding back tears. As I was standing there hopeless and shivering to death, Olivia did something rather unexpected he put his arm around me  and started walking me back to the home group. I felt warm and calm in his arms.

We reached the home group door and everybody in the home group stared at us. Olivia quickly removed his arms from around me as if he was scared to be seen with me in that way. The sadness I felt before started coming back within a second and I swallowed a huge lump in my throat.

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