Cigarettes [Cake AU] ✔️

Prologue

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Blue eyes scan the crowded room but find no final destination. They trail back to the table littered with empty or almost empty bottles. He's only had one, he doesn't want any more. He wants to be sober when he speaks to the one he's looking for.

And though he won't admit it, he knows he's already tipsy. What can he say ? He's a true lightweight.

He taps his foot impatiently, just wanting to leave already. But he can't, not without speaking to him. The liquid in the clear plastic cup in his hand starts to sway as he pushes his way through the groups of drunk people all over the room. He's tuned out the music completely and now all he can feel is the vibration of it on the ground he walks on.
He was never meant to come here but he was thirsty for more.

He decides to wait outside, maybe he'll be able to find the one he's looking for faster and they can leave.

He stops at the wooden stairs of the porch, with one hand gripping the wooden pillar attached to the railing and the other holding his cup tightly, his boot resumes its tapping on the floor. This time, it's louder. The music is quieter out here and the ground is wooden.

He sucks in the fresh air, preferring the smell of nature to the one of liquor, inside the cabin.

"You came." A voice snaps him out of his daze and blue eyes turn to meet brown. "I did."

"I didn't think you would."

"Maybe I just came here to be in your company for the last time."

"You say it like we aren't going to see each other again."

He shrugs, "we probably won't. Even if we do, it'll never be the same."

"Yeah. That's true."

There's an awkward yet slightly sad silence before their eyes meet again. Small smiles form but drop just as quickly as they lose the eye contact and look out at the trees again.

"Hey, do you wanna re live our days ?"

"Sure. Why not ?"

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