Butterfly

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Miku seemed to be the type of person with little words. She had this indescribable aura around her that Alex couldn't quite decipher.

"So do you live around here or....?" She tried to strike a conversation. If Alex was being honest, she just wanted to hear the waitress's voice, but much to her disapproval, the waitress boredly stared at her. She felt a shiver go up her spine. 'She's starting to creep me out' Alex shivered.

"I guess you could say that" The waitress responded after a few minutes of one-sided awkward silence.

"I see.." Alex crossed her arms. 'This is so awkward. She's so pretty. Should I compliment her? No...that would be weird' She panicked. 'I wonder if she's in high school too. She looks around my age so it's possible. Gosh, but she might not go to the same school' 'Which actually might be better now that I think about it' 'Though it wouldn't hurt to go to the same school with one of the most beautiful girls that I've seen- ACTUALLY maybe not ahaha I'm not gonna lie and say I don't think Miku is beautiful. She's basically a goddess. I barely know her though...It'll be fine. I can just keep meeting her in this ramen bar' Alex stared off into space, her mind going absolute haywire over someone she just met thirteen minutes ago.

"Don't you have a curfew or something?"

'Shit..'

"What is the time?" Alex asked.

Miku took what looked like a flip-phone out of her uniform pocket and flipped it open, the light illuminating her pale features. "Around nine" She snapped it shut and set it down on the table.

"Shit! My mom is going to kill me!!" Alex panicked as she leaped from the worn booth. She didn't care if anyone stared at her. Her life was on the line here.

"You don't even know the way, Dumb Dumb" Miku said to herself as she slapped her forehead lightly. "How are you going to get home?" She asked, agitated, amidst Alex's panicking. She clearly didn't have time for this foreigner's antics.

"Oh,yea..." Alex paused as she calmed down a bit. "Could you possibly..."

"Fine."

"Thank you so much!" Alex jumped excitedly and hugged the shorter girl; which didn't last longer than a second because she was instantly shoved off and she fell with a loud thud onto the cold floor. She stood up with a pout and brushed off the invisible dirt on her clothes. "I'll follow you then"

"Let me get my coat," Miku sighed before taking the bowls off the table and went back to the kitchen leaving Alex standing there.

"Let's go," Miku came up behind Alex and nudged her forward with her shoulder, almost tripping her in the process. The brunette regained her balance quickly and followed the raven out of the ramen bar and into the snowy city. They walked in silence for quite a while. Alex struggled to keep up with Miku's pace, but it was more bearable than Ami. Soon enough they came upon the train station.

"What was your train?" Miku stopped and asked Alex before they entered the station.

"..."

"You have got to be kidding me" Miku grumbled and walked inside without Alex who walked over to a bench nearby and sat down instead of following her inside the warm and noisy building.

'I know it's not my fault. It's not my fault. It's not my fault' She repeated in her head, staring off at the surrounding buildings. Her view was blocked by Miku who looked rather confused.

"Why didn't you follow me in, Dumb Dumb? It doesn't snow insi- oh wait why are you crying?" Her tone of voice softened gradually. She sat down next to Alex, who was trying to wipe the tears from her eyes, on the small bench.