Photo booth (a scarian fanfic)

Chapter 4

Art by sirenetica on tumblr (THE HAND SIZE DIFFERENCE OMG??!?!?)

Grian's POV:

As me and Scar are sitting on a bench in the mall, waiting for the others, I remember wanting to ask Scar about his necklace. I turn to Scar, noticing that he's already looking at me, but then turns away quickly and hides his face. "Scar?" I ask. "Yes?" Scar asks in return as he turns back to face me. I start feeling my face burning up as I quickly try to calm myself down. "Um... Where did you get that necklace you're wearing?" I ask as Scar looks at me almost hesitantly. "Well, my mom gave it to me as a gift on my 12th birthday, she told me that it would lead me to the 'right' person. Of course I didn't believe her, so I never wore it. That was until she passed away 2 years ago in a car accident. That necklace was the only thing that felt like my mom would want me to wear, so I did. But I can't even find the meaning behind the poppy and lilac charms." He explained. I could almost see a tear forming in his eye, I didn't want to make him sad. "Oh, Scar... I'm really sorry about your mother, I should've never asked." I said apologetically to Scar. "It's completely fine! I'm starting to get over it anyways, because I know that she wouldn't want her death affecting my life and mentality... Anyways, how did you get your necklace?" "I got mine from my grandmother as a gift also, but it was on her deathbed. She knew she was dying because of old age, and she wanted me to have that necklace." I say as I play with the sunflower charm on the golden necklace around my neck. "She also told me that it would lead me to my significant other when the time is right, and I've been wearing it ever since." After a couple seconds of silence, Scar speaks up "You know, my favorite flowers are sunflowers." I look at him in shock as I process what he just said. As I realize that he's 100% my soulmate, my face flushes. "Grian, are you okay?" Scar asks me. "Yeah, I'm fine... You know, it's funny... Because my favorite flowers are poppies and lilacs." I explained, still playing with the sunflower charm. I notice that Scar's cheeks and nose go red.

I saw Scar open his mouth to talk, but before he could say anything, Joel and Lizzie come back, and not long after them, Pearl, Gem and Mumbo come back too. "What did you all get?" Lizzie asks. "I got a baby yoda plushie and Grian got a Harry Potter character figurine." Scar says as we show them what we got. "We found a customizable plushie shop thing, and we decided to make an eefo!" Gem says as she holds out the eefo plushie for us to see. "Can I see it?" Joel says as he tries to grab the eefo plushie from Gem, but she snatches it before he can get it. "Stop obsessing over Etho, Joel!" Pearl says while laughing. "I'm not obsessed with him, he's the one obsessed with me!" Joel yells at Pearl. "I'm sorry, but who's Etho, and what is an eefo?" Scar asks, confused. "Oh, Etho is one of our friends from middle school that had to go back to his home country, Canada, for highschool." I explain to Scar. "And one day we were playing a game in Minecraft named 'Guess the build', and one of our friends made a tiny version of Etho which is made of just 15 blocks because he didn't have enough time to make a bigger version, and after that we started calling that mini version of Etho, 'eefo'." "That explains it." Scar says as Mumbo shows him a picture of eefo and he bursts out laughing. The sound of Scar's laugh makes my heart flutter and I start feeling my face heat up once again.

"Where are Scott and Jimmy?" Lizzie asks as we start noticing their absence. "Probably making out in a corner somewhere." Pearl says. "Are Scott and Jimmy dating?" Scar asks. "I wish! They're just so oblivious!" Gem says as she nearly hits Mumbo's face in anger. "Says the oblivious one." Joel whispers so Gem can't hear.

15 minutes later, as we're all still waiting, Scott and Timmy finally decide to come back. We notice that both of their face are flushed while they're holding hands. "Uhm, guys... We have to tell you something." Scott says while looking away from us. "So who confessed first?" Joel asks. "How did you know that we're now dating?" Timmy asks in shock. "It's obvious, isn't it? Both of you are holding hands and blushing like crazy!" I say while smirking at them. "But who did confess first?" Mumbo asks. "I did" Timmy replies. "Awh..." Mumbo says, looking defeated while Gem was looking happier than ever. "What do you mean, Mumbo?" Lizzie asks Mumbo. "I made a bet with Mumbo. I bet on Jimmy confessing first while Mumbo bet on Scott." Gem says as she holds out her hand proudly to Mumbo, while Mumbo reluctantly handed her 10 dollars.