Colours speak

16

~a day later~
i trudge home and open the door. it was dark enough to not be the day but wasnt dark enough to be the night.

i smell popcorn and hear the familiar laughs of the big bang theory. i dump my back pack near the door and jump on the couch next to the dude who calls himself my best friend.

" sup?" ians gaze flicks towards me. " how come your late?"
" bruh im an adult i can come and go whenever i want"
" jeez does it hurt to be worried"
" aww you actually have a heart" i smiled.
ian rolls his eyes. " not in a good mood harper"
"why? something happened?"
" nah its my boyfriend. hes driving me crazy"
" well you like crazy" i shrugged.
" not if he just wants to fuck every five seconds" ian narrows his eyes." you know sometimes i get jealous"
"jealous of what?" i ask confused.
" of people in general. when i see people in love, people who actually care for each other a lot deeper than just sex. people whos partner is their everything"

i dont even know what to say to that.

" but then i just remember the flip side to all of that. the commitment, the heartbreak, the pain and the suffering. and hey i mean no strings attached just plain fucking is a pretty safe as well as satisfactory method. so i just keep going."

"you dont ever think youll actually care for someone beyond sex?"

" well i havent met anyone like that"

" then you just have to i guess"

ian suddenly smiles. " since when did you start believing in this stuff?"

" uh.."

" well we both know the answer to that" ian smirks and puts a hand around me.
" anyway you didnt tell me what happened today or yesterday"

" well yesterday he took me to the park and we hung out and checked out the art walls and today he came with me to the skateboard shop cause i had to work. we messed about with some speay paint" i shrugged.

" you were messing about with spray paint until 6:30?" ian said with a smirk

"well no..."

" go on" he prompts smirking.

" we kind of went out to eat... we as in me, him kyran and his girlfriend"

" oh how did that happen?"

"well....."

a few hours earlier

i was unpacking some new skateboards when aaron suddenly asked
" hey do you want to go out to eat? my brother and his girlfriend are coming too"
" uh okay?"
" i dont want to thirdwheel so you're coming"
i shrugged. " okay"

we ended up walking to this nearby restaurant. kyran came with us.

" harper did you know that aaron used to be shit scared of caterpillars until he was 15 ?"
" what" i laughed
"yeah i gave him one in a box for his 7th bday. thats when the phobia started" kyran grins.
" geez is this how the entire night is going to go?" aaron groans.
" yeah until saf shows up, then we'll be making out"
aaron rolls his eyes.

lol like big brother like little brother.

aaron takes ahold of my hand.
" your hand is freezing"
" well its kind of the middle of november "
" feisty"