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Chapter 123 - (Relmer) Race x Elmer

- Chapter 123 - Kindergarten -
Warnings: Slight mentions of death and fear and sadness, mostly happy.
Modern AU
Third Person POV

A/N, this is for Gaby_Theater_Kid 's Weekly Writing Competition.

A boy with dark brown hair bounced up to him. "Hi!"

"Hi." Elmer smiled as he looked at Race, sticking his hand out for him to shake.

The blonde-haired boy merely stared back at him. He looked at his mom, his blue eyes wide with fear.

Race stared at him, trying to gage why he seemed so familiar.

His mom chuckled as she watched him.

Crutchie worriedly nudged his new foster brother.

The brown-haired boy just giggled. "I'm Elmer," he introduced himself. "You have pretty eyes."

Elmer leaned a bit closer to Race, concern flooding his eyes. "Hey, you okay?" he asked him.

Blush dusted over the little boy's cheeks. "I'm- I'm Antonio, but mia mamma e Papi call me Toni," he stammered out, his eyes still wide. "You have pretty eyes too."

Race snapped himself out of shock, taking an instinctive step back as his cheeks redden. "Hi. I'm okay."

Elmer giggled, his cheeks a bit red. "Thank you. I like my eyes. Mommy says they're pretty too," he explained with a bright grin. "Can I call you Toni?"

"Toni, you okay?" Jack asked, his voice soft. He stood on one side of Race, while Crutchie stood on the other.

Antonio nodded slowly. "Yeah," he mumbled, playing with his fingers. "Your mamma is right about your eyes..." he whispered, his voice slowly getting softer and softer as he stared at his feet.

Race breathed in a shaky breath, unable to take his eyes off of Elmer. His hands were shaking violently. "I think... I think I need to... to go to- to my... my room," he whispered, quickly retreating.

Blush spread across Elmer's cheeks. "Thank you!" he chirped.

Elmer watched with a frown as the blonde-haired boy quickly rushed up to his room.

Antonio bit back a smile, looking out of the corner of his eyes at Elmer.

"He was doing so well..." Crutchie whispered with a frown as he watched his foster brother leave. He looked over at Elmer. "Maybe he's just overwhelmed. This is a lot of people for one day," he pointed out.

Jack nodded in agreement.

"Wanna play on the swings with me?" Elmer asked, pointing to the swing set behind him.

Antonio beamed a bit. "I love the swings!"

Elmer grinned. "Really?! Me too!" he exclaimed. He grabbed Antonio's hand and dragged him over to the swing set, basically jumping on it when they got to them.

Antonio giggled and got onto a swing as well.

"Did you know the word for swing in Polish is "huśtawka"?" Elmer asked excitedly as he kicked off.