"Well, that's time for today, Brendon. I gotta head back so my friends don't worry about me." Dallon announced with a smile, setting his ukulele down.
"f-friends?" Brendon tilted his head as if he didn't know what the word meant.
"Y'know like people who—" Before Dallon could explain, Brendon needed to explain himself.
"no, no, not family?"
"What about family?" Dallon asked obviously confused.
"family not waiting for you...? only friends?" Brendon asked, looking a little down.
Dallon didn't know what to say. No one asked him about his family in a long time.
"I...um...don't have family left." Dallon quietly spoke and his voice sounding saddening.
"oh, i sorry! please forgive me, dallon!" Brendon quickly apologized and Dallon felt terrible for even bringing this up.
"It's okay! I'm fine, really. They've been gone for a long time. The feeling doesn't hurt as much, you know? But thank you for caring, Bren." All the sailor could do is smile, hiding his feelings.
"wait, who's bren?" The siren curiously questioned. Dallon swore that Brendon's the cutest thing to exist on this planet.
"It's you! Bren's my nickname for you. A nickname is like someone's name but shorter, you understand?" Dallon could explain everything different and new to Brendon for days. Every time that Dallon explained something, Brendon's eyes lit up with some happiness or something like that. Dallon liked it a lot.
"ohh! can i give you nickname?"
"Sure!" Dallon sat back and watched as Brendon try to create some nickname for him.
About thirty seconds later, Brendon whispered, "dally."
"What was that again?"
"dally. your nickname! do you like it?" Brendon had this hope in eyes big, brown eyes.
"I love it and do you like 'Bren'?"
"mhm! i should leave too, dally." Brendon began to sink into the water.
"Okay, have a safe trip hope and be sure to meet here again tomorrow, Bren!" Dallon waved at him as he started the motor.
Once Dallon saw Brendon swim away, he began to turn toward his home island. He hoped that Ryan and Chad won't mind too much about being a little late today, after all, he has his reasons. Cute reasons, at least.
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phEWIE, sorry for having a chapter out really late again and also please forgive me for making you wait for this short-ass chapter. but i've always had this cute convo in mind and thought it'd be nice to add that here. thank you for reading! have a good day! <33
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SKIN AND SCALES - brallon
FanfictionDallon Weekes was a sailor from a small island town in the ocean blue in hopes to find something new. And he did quite so.
