Blue and Magenta

Chapter Seven

The Ice Cold Elephants.

They were an alt-pop group of four members formed in 2007 and still going strong. Shelby's favorite song was Love Hate, and Magenta knew it well. Shelby sang the song every so often until Magenta knew the song by heart too.

This kinda love hate

I can't erase

and I don't think

I want to cos'

you're the only one for me

Magenta woke up feeling so excited because her plan was coming to fruition that day. She hummed the tune of Love Hate as she got ready for the school day. In Biology, Magenta could hardly handle herself as the first gift arrived for Shelby. In a brown and rather flat package, Shelby's eyes widened when the courier service gave her the gift.

"For me?" She looked around as if expecting to see the person who'd given her the gift.

Magenta pretended to be disinterested, asking Shelby, "Oh, what is it?"

Shelby told Magenta, "I'll open it during lunch!"

There was a huge smile on Shelby's face and Magenta gave herself a mental pat on the back.

Around the same time, Shelby found some love notes in her locker. She gushed about them to Magenta.

"They're so romantic..."

As Shelby showed Magenta, Magenta recognized the handwriting immediately. Her eyebrows furrowed and she opened her mouth to identify the person who'd written them when Shelby started opening the brown package.

Magenta shut her mouth, and grinned when Shelby exclaimed, "Ah! How did they know I wanted this? It's purple too! My favorite color!"

Shelby held the exclusively released foldable purple water bottle edition, signed by the Ice Cold Elephants. She squeezed it tightly to her chest, looking to the ceiling as if thanking the Lord.

As Magenta munched on her sandwich, she accidentally choked a bit and coughed, looking to the side. The smile on Magenta's face widened an inch before returning to a flat-lipped expression.

Shelby nudged Magenta.

"Was it you, Mag?" She guessed.

Magenta diverted Shelby's attention.

"Oh look, a dude is coming our way!" Magenta pointed.

Shelby's rounded eyes got impossibly wider, and she received a cup of premium caramel latte from downtown.

"For you, madam. Happy birthday, cheers. From all of us at Starbrew!" The dude even bowed before he left and Shelby laughed in delight.

"Wow! Thank you," She took the Starbrew card.

"Mag, now I can finally get that caramel latte I've been craving!" Shelby said, her cheeks blooming with a cherry blossom pink.

Before the end of school, Magenta slipped out to the 'toilet' when she met Jasper by the toilets.

"So, did you get the note?" Magenta asked.

"Yeah, tonight at seven by the yellow fountain right?" Jasper checked with Magenta.

"Yep, wear something nice but not too nice okay? Like, black trousers and a white collared shirt is fine," Magenta elaborated.

"I always wear something nice," Jasper said, showing off his 'fashion'.

Jasper was a plainclothes monochrome kind of guy. So wearing what Magenta requested was no big deal for him. He worried he would be underdressed. Magenta worried she'd be overdressed, she had a habit of going overboard when she was excited.