Letter's

Round 2

When Zane gets home he just puts his phone in the charger and lays down. He was so angry but his body was just giving in; he mentally couldn’t handle this. He wanted to lay down and never get up; unless Travis woke him up, he would like that. 

All Zane could think about was Travis. How he could brighten a room the moment he stepped into it. How his silliness seems so simple that it annoys other people, but to Zane, it's the one and the only thing that makes him laugh anymore. Zane dreams that one day Travis would flirt with him, give him all of his love; instead of someone who can’t appreciate all of his beauty.

It was just one simple ask, something he wanted for 17 years. Why did the world got to curse him with the fact that the only one he could ever love would never love him back? It was driving him insane!

That night Zane fell asleep crying; it was the only thing he could do. He was so tired when he eventually woke he didn’t move; he was hungry but his sadness glued him to his bed. Once Zane found enough strength he picked up his phone and turned it on. As he expected, his phone was blown up by mainly Aphmau, and some by Garroth. Yeah no, he wasn't reading that; especially since Aphmau didn’t care enough to tell him whatever she was doing.

He somehow managed to crawl out of bed and brewed himself some coffee. It helped little, but with some snacks, he at least wasn't that hungry anymore. The rest of the day he sat at home rewatching some shows, he didn’t put that much thought into anything he did.

His phone didn’t stop buzzing, but he was still persistent in not giving Aphmau the time of day. Even if she broke down his door he still wouldn’t respond. What great friends he has. Though he only got himself to blame for that, he was too scared to make friends growing up he now has close to none. Even now Zane has no clue on how to make friends, but he is not a fan of figuring out how.

It seems as if Aphmau got the hint, as she stopped trying to get to him after the second day of spamming his phone. There was some silence on her end which Zane appreciated, but on the 10th day, Aphmau went to his house to speak in person.

“I feel as if I might have been a bit weird as of late.”

Zane was standing in front of his front door, with a very embarrassed Aphmau on the other side. “And I feel as though that is a bit of an understatement!”

“OK OK LISTEN! I'm sorry, I just got excited and forgot that you hate parties. I am here just to tell you that I and the others are going to the movies to watch the new horror movie I have been waiting for. It would mean a lot if you could come with me!”
“Are you serious?”
“Please Please PLEASE!! I am so SORRY! I will PROMISE you this will be a good time! And I will be 100% transparent with you, no funny business.”

Zane thought for a bit while he watched his friend turn into a puddle of tiers in front of him. He was mad, but this was Aphmau. She was always known to let her emotions take hold of her, plus she was only doing this just to help him. Zane knows Aphmau has always been trying to get him to make friends; this was probably one such occasion of using people he already knew.

Though this doesn't explain why Travis wasn't there for the events, Zane finally gave in. “Ok Fine”
“YAY!”
“BUT on ONE condition!”
Aphmau silenced and gave Zane her best soldier-serious face
“You must not ignore me, and you MUST tell me the truth about what's going on. OK?”
“Aye aye captain!” Aphmau said with a little salute.

Zane smirked at his friend's gesture, she has always been such an energetic person. “Ok, I presume we are going to be leaving soon?”
“Yep! We are going to that mall that we got your sweater from. Go and get ready, we are all going as a group.”

With that, she ran and started yelling things happily at her husband Aaron, who just nodded as he probably already knew what she was going to say at this point. Zane would be a liar if he didn’t say he was a bit jealous of their relationship, but anyone would be a liar if they didn’t think that at least once. They were so cute together, sweetly so. He was happy that his friend could find love, even if it was such a struggle for him.