Punz pats my head, handing me the McDonald's bag. I reach inside and grab my food before handing the bag back to him. He sits down and gets his own.
"Thanks for buying me lunch." I say, smiling to him.
"No problem, buddy. How did it go with Sam?" Punz responded, turning his attention to his food.
"It wasn't him either." I mumble.
We sit in a thin silence, both on the brink of words, but not wanting to bother the other. Punz ends up speaking first.
"You still have four options." He says, and I smile.
"Yeah, I do." I say.
"Wanna go out to the garden?" Punz asks when we finish eating.
"Yeah, sure! Let's go." I say, and we head to his backyard.
When we reach the garden, I run to the yellow roses. He smiles and picks a Daffodil. Walking over to me, he puts it in my hair. I laugh, grabbing his arm and leaning on him.
I felt a tingle, and looked up at Punz. He was watching the neighbors dogs playing in their yard. I moved away and the tingle left.
"You okay, Foolish?" Punz asks, looking down at me.
"Yeah, I'm okay." I say, walking towards his pool.
The water was a clear blue. I bet he probably cleaned it, because the last time I saw it the pool was a grimy green. Leaves and bugs also no longer infested the top of the water.
"Cleaned your pool, I see." I remarked.
"Oh, yeah. I got bored yesterday and it was the only productive thing I could do." Punz mumbled, and I looked back at him.
A small smile grew on my face, and he instantly knew what I was implying. We both raced inside to get ready to swim. It's been a while since we have, his pool is rarely ever clean.
"Race you!" I say, running for the back door.
Punz sprints after me, and I speed up. He's much faster though. Grabbing the handle, he pulls open the door and races to the pool.
"Oh come on! I hate you." I whine, climbing in after him.
"You're just upset you lost." Punz laughed, splashing water towards me.
I laugh, and we fall into a splash fight. We made into a game. The person who got splashed four times first was out, and the other got a point. You could do anything to avoid getting splashed, but you couldn't leave the pool.
Punz lost by a landslide! Seven against one. I may lose at a lot against him, but when it comes to swimming, I'm the pro. We both have a lot of fun though.
"That was awesome! Not a surprise you lost so much." I laugh, and Punz groans.
"Oh shut up, you swim way more than I do! It wasn't a fair game." He mumbled, and I only laughed more.
"Oh like every other game we've ever played?" I tease.
Punz tackles me into the water, and we both come up laughing our asses off. The tingle was back again. I shove him off of me and try to stop. To no avail.
"Never do that again!" I say, and Punz cackles.
"You're literally laughing, dude!" He replies, wheezing when I splashed him.
"I hate you." I mumble, shaking the water from my face.
"Love you too man." Punz laughed.
I glance up at him, the tingle running up my spine once more.
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In 20 Days
RandomTW// swearing, ED, depression, smoking, mentions of death/suicide ••• Foolish is given 20 days to find his soulmate. He thinks it could be anyone. From his closest friend, Hbomb, to his worst enemy, Dream. If he doesn't complete it, he will die. Whe...