Bye Goat ||Colentine||

7. Eyebags?

It's been about a week and I've been too nervous to go back in the forest, I'm afraid of what they have to say, or if it's just going to be awkward. I don't know if they're there or not.

Ive been waking up better though. I guess that's the bright side I'm not sure. Ive been more talkative to my friends. Hopefully that won't change.

Gosh I hate everything. I hope Clementine is okay.

I have to go tonight what am I doing ignoring them. What am I gaining from that. I have to make sure their okay.

"So how are you Cole?" Perrine pours me a bowl of ceral along with Kingsley.

"Fine I guess everything is normal," I shrugged.

Perrine smiled, "I've been noticing your eyebags are gone."

"My what?" I touch my face.

"Eyebags," Perrine repeated.

"When we would see you, you had these eyesbags and we knew would wake up super late but now that's all gone," Kingsley said with his mouth full.

"Don't eat with you mouth open," Perrine says to Kingsley. Kingsley huffs.

"I never realized I had bags under my eyes." I kept my fingers touching under my eyes.

"It's because you always left in the middle night to go talk with that goat mask person," Perrine sits down.

I stayed quiet.

"Yeah! Why haven't you introduced us to them anyway? It's been so long since you been sneaking out to go with them," Kingsley turned to me.

"I-I don't know.. they're shy I guess," I shrugged

"We should go with you today and talk with them," Perrine suggested.

"Yeah! And I'll teach them cool things to find in the forest and-"

"No." I cut Kingsley off.

"Oh..why not?" Kingsley frowned.

"I- I made them mad..they don't want to see anyone right now." I looked down at my cereal.

"Not even you?" Perrine asked.

"No..not even me."

Perrine and Kingsley shared a look of sadness and disappointment in their faces. I couldn't tell if it was just that they were sad that they couldn't see Clementine or something else.

"Tell us more about them," Perrine says.

"Well.. I'm not sure how to explain but their just a sweet ball of sunshine, they're so nice and joyful that everytime I talk to them I get joyful. I could tell them anything and I know if they will ever get bored of me and I will never get bored of them. Hearing them talk is the sweetest thing ever. They have such beautiful hair too. Their like blonde but not too blonde like a yellow-ish blonde but not exactly yello-"

"We understand," Perrine cut me off.

"Right.. um.. they love when I play in my giutalele and they fall asleep right away if I sing them anything. They have such a beautiful voice that your heart can melt if they talk to you.." I looked down at my cereal realizing how rude I was to yelll at them that day.

"Do you.. like them?" Kingsley asked.

"What! What no! No I I don't like them-"

"Are you sure?" Perrine said looking at me, "we wont judge if you did you know.. we would just like to meet them,"

"Why do you even ask that." I asked.

"You got this silly look when you talk about them! A goofy smile," Kingsley makes a funny face.

I scoff, "well I don't they're just really nice.."

"Mhm okay then," Perrine got up to wash their bowl of cereal.