Stargazing ✰

Chapter 7.3

The 3 boys joined me for breakfast and then Kai said goodbye and went to his home. 

Venom woke up after Kai had left. He hugged me, "Happy that you're better."

We were surprised by Nero, who came down at 9:40 AM. 

"You're up so early. Are you sick? Is everything okay?" Hawk joked.

We all hid our laughs. Nero x sleeping jokes were always funny. 

"Wait wait! He's going to faint any moment!" Ojee continued the mark, "But where's Kai to catch him?"

"Hey, that's not funny!" I pouted, but everyone was laughing. I loved seeing them all happy and laughing. They reminded me of a happy family.

"Sorry, not sorry." Hawk said between the laughter. 

The best part of it all was finding Nero asleep 20 minutes later on the couch. 

I sneaked to him and took my phone.

"What are you doing?" Ojee whispered.

I gave him a sign to be quiet. I went to my camera app and took a selfie with the sleeping Nero. 

Ojee giggled, "I want one too.", and he crawled to me and Nero. We took a selfie with the 3 of us. 

The day passed on rather rapidly. We decided to play some video games like Valorant - which I was totally bad at - COD and of course Overwatch. We had the perfect team; Hawk as one of the tanks, Venom as DPS, and Ojee and I as the supports. We won a lot of games but also lost some because Hawk and Ojee decided to troll. 

After dinner, I remembered I still had to give the members the "team-fie" that Frana had printed.

"Best team!" Venom cheered when I gave him the photo.

The others were all in their room at that moment, so I slipped them under their doors. 

I wanted to go outside, but Hawk had told me to stay inside until he called me. I didn't understand why, but I trusted him.

While I was waiting, I sat in the gaming room, talking to Ojee and Venom about their two next games.   

"We could easily win from Vancouver, but Washington might be a challenge." Ojee sighed. 

"Don't worry too much, you'll all do great. And one loss isn't the end of the world right?" I tried to cheer him up. 

"True, but if we end up losing more, we can say bye to the Kickoff Clash tournament." 

"Oh right." I had forgotten about the tournament. I wanted to go to one. I shook my head, "We'll make it to the tournament and win it!" I raised my fist in the air. 

"So positive." Venom giggled.

"Always." I winked. 

The two boys had started playing Overwatch and I paced through the room. I checked the time on my phone; it was already 9:48 PM. Why am I not allowed to go outside? I wondered. What is Hawk doing?  But as soon as I thought that, he entered the room.

"Lily, will you please come with me?" he asked with a formal voice.

"Yes, I'll be right there." I first said goodnight to the boys who were gaming and then followed Hawk. 

Hawk and I made our way to the terrace. "I haven't forgotten the deal we made." he said.

"Huh? What deal?"

"The one we made after the hike." he grabbed my hand and led me to the place where we usually sit every night. This time, it wasn't in the grass.

"Do you like it?" he asked me.

He had blown up a mattress and added a few cushions and a blanket. It looked so cozy. 

"I do!" I gasped. Now I remembered the deal we made.

"Good, lets take a seat." he took place and signed me to sit next to him. 

I carefully sat next to him. He pulled the blanket over us and took me in his arms, "Is this okay?" he asked me.

"Y-yes!" I blushed. I couldn't believe we were cuddling. I imagined my mom going crazy and cheering for me in the stars. I suddenly remembered that he had kissed me on the cheek on the hike. Does he maybe like me? No, that's not possible, I'm sure he's just being nice to me. I thought. I had only known him for a few days. He's just a really good friend... I guess.

We cuddled and talked the whole night. 

Writer's note:
those last sentences broke me. fr.
but maybe Lily's wrong... 
anyhow, don't be silent plsssss