Sɪᴄᴋ⁻⁻Jsᴄʜʟᴀᴛᴛ//Fᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

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"Hey!" Korine jumps out of her seat at the kitchen table when Quincy and I walk through the door. She hobbles toward me and envelops me in a hug. Her super voluminous and curly hair nearly suffocates me. 

"Hi," I mumble into her mane and pat her back. "Were you waiting here the entire time?"

She nods and gives me a final squeeze before letting me go. Quincy walks beside her and wraps his arms around her waist, planting a small kiss on her forehead. "Yeah, I was," Korine responds. "Are there any updates?"

I go to reach into my hoodie pocket when I realize I left the note on the plane. A small part of me hates myself for leaving a piece of Schlatt on the plane. The other part of me screams good riddance.  

"Fuck, um yeah." I run a hand through my hair and pull up the text messages between Ted and me. "Ted texted me on my way here and Schlatt gave me a note before I left."

Korine skimmed over the text messages while Quincy read over her shoulder. "What kind of note?" Quincy glances up. 

"He said..." Oh God, don't cry Olive. "Safe travels."

"Well...that's nice of him, I guess." Quincy shrugs. 

"There's more meaning to it," I explain and take my phone back from Korine. "Schlatt used to wake up at 5:30 to wish me safe travels before going to school."

The biting has now been replaced by clawing. An insatiable clawing that gnaws at every part of my stomach and heart. I have a sinking feeling when I think about Schlatt and watch his vods every morning just to hear his laugh and see his smile.  

I briefly think back to the time on his couch. His warm neck ignited fires up and down my thighs as I massaged his face and joked around with him. For weeks all I could see was his goofy and delirious smile. All I could imagine was the sweetness in his voice and how good my name sounded coming out of his mouth.

Will I ever get that version of Sschlatt back?

"You okay?" Korine asks, snapping me back to reality.

"Yeah, just jet lagged." I smile quickly. "I'm going to go take a nap."

"Okay," Korine frowns. She knows there's more I'm not telling her. Eventually, I'll tell her just how sick Schlatt makes me and how my stomach flips every time I think of him. For now, I just want to sleep.

...

"You came back." Schlatt walks toward me and scoops me up in a hug. I smell whiskey and Old Spice deodorant as my face gets pressed into his chest. "I almost started to miss you."

"Shut up." I grab his face in my hands and run my thumbs up and down the curve of his jaw. "I know you missed me so much."

"I did." He bent down to bless my forehead with a small kiss. "I missed you more than a squirrel misses nuts."

"God," I laugh. "You're so fucking corny."

"You love it."

Schlatt leans in and kisses me. He kisses me like he misses how our lips mold together like the last piece of a puzzle. Schlatt kisses me like I'm the lost object of all his desires as he pushes his nose into my cheek to deepen our kiss.

I look down at my left hand and see a dot. Where did that come from?

The dot gets bigger and bigger until the perfect world I was in is just the dot. I'm all alone in my brain after a seemingly perfect moment.

...

Tedothy

girl wtf