Flowers from a lover [rewrite]

12.0

Lucas woke up the next morning to the sunlight shining through his curtain. It was almost the end of August, but the weather seemed to have been colder than usual in contrast to the bright sunlight. He planned to stay in his room for a bit in case Leo called, but after a while he got hungry and walked outside to make himself some toast and butter with tea. He then went back to his room to eat there, and the phone rang as he walked through the door. He shuffled quickly, putting down the mug with tea and toast on his work desk to answer the phone. "Lucas!" Leo greeted, "I just got home. How are you?"

Lucas took a bite of his toast, "Fine. I went to the park yesterday and that was pretty fun. I met up with Ryan and his family again, and his brother Scott. "Scott?" Leo repeated, "I have a close friend nicknamed Scott." Lucas drank some of his tea, "That's a cool coincidence, but I don't know if your Scott is as outlandish as the Scott here." Leo laughed, "Oh yes he is." He said, not knowing what to say next Leo directs the conversation back to the original topic. "Anyways I interrupted a bit there, how was the park?"

Lucas thought for a moment, "Well I didn't stay for long, but I do think they're a fun bunch of people I'd consider friends." Leo smiled, "I'm glad you're making friends, I know you said you hardly had any." "Well you're my friend." Lucas reminded him. Leo was silent, "Well, I mean a friend from your time, you know?" Lucas sighed, "You're right." "I didn't mean it like that," Leo softened, "you're one of my most important friends. The only other friend I feel a connection with other than Daniel." "You said you went to the park yesterday?" Leo asked after a while to break any tension. "Yeah."

"The 29th?" Leo asked to make sure. "Yes." Lucas replied, "Why do you ask?" Leo was silent, "Uh- I don't know. Just to make sure that we ares still in the same month and day." "Yeah but," Lucas let out a breath of a laugh, "we're a bit off on the year." Leo shook his head with a smile "'A bit.'" Lucas heard scribbling from Leo's end of the phone. "Are you drawing?" Leo hesitated, "N-no. I'm writing." "What are you writing?" Lucas asked, intrigued. "Just some stuff." Was all Leo could say, and Lucas just hummed in response.

"So how was helping your sister?" Lucas wanted to hear all about Leo's day. Especially since they didn't get a chance to talk the night before. "It was pretty fun," he admitted, "she gets quite annoying but she's like a mini-me, so I can't blame her." "Wow. A girl Leo." Lucas pondered, "Scary." "She can be scary." Leo said gleefully, "She was going to punch me in the face for holding her diary and asking what it was. She does karate, too." "Well then, you shouldn't touch diaries." Lucas said sassily. "Ha ha." Leo went quiet, "I missed you. It was only a day but I missed talking to you, if that doesn't sound weird."

Lucas's eyes widened a bit, unsure how to respond. He thought it best to just be honest, "I missed you too." "Yeah well me being gone got you out of the house right?" Leo brought up with a smile. He noticed how much more open Lucas was to be less isolated lately. He knew how much he was committed to work more than the simple things in life, so it was a nice change. Lucas leaned against the wall, finishing his last piece of toast, "Yeah. I haven't done that in a while." "Are you saying I should disappear more often?" Leo joked, in a trying voice. "No!" Lucas answered loudly, then cleared his throat, "I just meant it's good to get a bit of sunlight every few days, and I only went outside because I didn't have any more work to do."

"Mhm, you just want me gone." Leo was pushing jokingly, "I'm an old man anyway, what can I do for your life." "Stop joking." Lucas said seriously, "You've done much for my life. More in one month than most people have in years." Leo was taken aback at the serious and heartfelt response to his stupid joke. "So have you, Lucas. You don't even know."