Fears - a BFB AU

Chapter 30 - Remote

WARNING: SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC SCENES

Ugh... another day. I don't know what happened, but I went from loving summer to hating it. No one reached out to me anymore. No one texted me anymore. Not even Liy reached out to me. It had been six weeks. What was she doing? I pondered to myself as I booted up my Nintendo. I wish life would go back to normal.

Today was grocery day. My mom put a grocery list on the table since she was gone for work. There were so many things on the list. I opened the list, and the end fell to the floor. Did I have to get all this stuff? Heck, I had nothing else to do, so I shrugged it off and went shopping.

The car in the parking lot started. I had gotten my license about a couple of weeks prior, and I wanted to use the license to its full potential. I drove down the freeway and listened to my favorite songs. For some strange reason, it was cold. It's abnormal for the temperature to be frigid when it is the middle of August. Despite the drive, I couldn't stop thinking about Liy.

The shops were crowded today, as it was a Monday. People usually like shopping on a Monday for some odd reason. I never got why, but I never questioned it. The store was the usual, enormous grocery store I had grown up around. I had brought a pen with me to the store so I could cross off items I could buy.

I shopped around. When I was about halfway down the list, I saw someone familiar. I stared into the distance and noticed it was an old friend from school.

"Hey, TV!" I waved.

"Hello, Remote," TV stated deadpan.

Although TV was usually expressionless, he had a soft spot for people like him. One of those people was me. TV was a chill dude. He wouldn't talk to others much, but if you got to know him, you wouldn't regret it.

"You seem down. Mind telling me the error?" TV asked, slightly concerned.

How did he know that I was down? Could he read my mind or something?

"How'd you know?" I stared up at him.

"I have my ways, Remote," TV said, deadpan.

"Fine. You caught me. It's just that my friends stopped talking to me for the past six weeks of summer."

"I see, did you try texting them?"

"They blocked me," I frowned.

"Oh. Well, they must have a reason to block you," TV spoke, expressionless.

"They do, trust me."

We continued to chat while I shopped. Surprisingly, TV walked with me the entire time I was shopping. He told me about his summer and I told him about mine. I decided to tell him about the altercation my friends and I had prior. Unsurprisingly, he wasn't too fazed by the entire thing, being a mechanical mind. The shopping was over sooner than I had imagined.

I went over to the front desk to pay for the food.

"Okay, you're all set. Your total is 420 dollars," The cashier smiled.

My mom had lent me her credit card for the shopping. I paid for it and left the shop. Since I was leaving, I had to wave TV goodbye.

"Remote, we should hang out sometime over the summer. I know there's only a couple of weeks left, but we should arrange a time," TV smiled.

"Sure! I'd love to hang out," I smiled back.

We waved each other goodbye as I drove back home.

PERSPECTIVE SWITCH: THE ENTITY

This job was almost too easy. These high-schoolers made the worst decision of their lives digging my grave up. They were too stupid to follow simple rules, therefore they must now pay the price.