Radiant Blaze - BlazaFor1

Part IV - A night over

Published: April 10, 2023
Words: 1385
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{Blaza PoV}

November 7th, 2020

Well, I think I made my choice.

I want to stay with Socks.

I know, I know. Why should I sacrifice all my popularity
and reputation to be with some kid I met 2 days ago?
I have no clue why. He's just really nice to me, and this time
it's not for my money.

In fact, I know our friendship is real because he mentioned he came here from
America, (This is set in Europe btw) I doubt you would hear about a wealthy family
from almost 9hrs away from you.

Also, my new caretaker is really nice. His name is Vex and he is pretty chill,
we both made an agreement to not tell my mom anything, he understands that
I'm 17 and don't need a babysitter.

Anyways, Socks saw the burns and my.. scars. He didn't react the way I thought he would,
instead of freaking out, he just hugged me. In that moment I could feel my eyes starting to tear up,
I stopped it and fixed my expression before he could see though, that was something I perfected
along the years.

I even invited him over, Vex is okay with it, too. I had absolutely no plans on what to do
when he came over, actually. But I do need to tidy my room before he comes over.

-Blaza

I snapped my journal shut and stumbled downstairs to grab the broom from the cabinet. My room wasn't messy, it just needed a sweep and some tidying.

My room had always been kept clean, but the last 2 days I fell behind on my sweeping, so the floors had a bit of dust.

When I got downstairs I saw Vex cleaning the living room, it didn't really need cleaning which sparked my curiosity.

"Why are you cleaning? I thought I did that last night.."

"Hehe.. thought I would do a little extra cleaning for your friend"

I scoffed at his tone and turned away to grab the broom as Vex giggled.

Once I got upstairs I hastily swept the floor, Socks would be here soon and I wanted to have my room clean-ish.

I made my bed and re-arranged the pillows on my bed, making my bed always made my room look so much cleaner, I had no clue why.

The faint sound of a doorbell rung from downstairs, I finished making my bed and almost tripped down the stairs again before seeing that Vex had answered the door for me.

"Ehm.. you must be Blaza's... parent?"

"No, I'm his caretaker for the next few weeks."

"Ah, nice to meet you."

"You too."

From what I could see they shook hands in the doorway, somewhat awkwardly.

"Is Blaza here right now?"

"Should be." Vex said as he turned around to look at me, "Yep, he's right there.".

Socks walked inside, I could see his eyes flicking around the room, taking everything in I guess.

"Hi Socks."