Short, but Cute Scenarios

Closing the Distance

Security. The one emotion not present in my brain at that exact moment. A strong yet shaky finger looped through mine seemed to help boost my strength. Said finger, belonged to my best friend. We'd grown up in the same area, the same school, best friends since third year of high school. Now we were both seventeen, and we were doing what we'd promised we would do three years ago.

My older brother, was following behind us with his phone held in front of his face. His black ball cap was shielding his eyes to the sunlight streaming down on our faces. A small smile tugged at his cheeks as he recorded my friend and I walking, fingers locked together.

Going round corner after corner, passing building after building, my heartbeat sped up and my throat tightened. We were getting closer and closer to our destination, mapped on her phone. Her shaking hand was in mine and we both took vibratingly frightened breaths as our feet padded along the walkway. Having never been in New York, neither of us knew the streets. My complete focus on the phone, the small red dot bleeping silently as we moved closer and closer. We'd arranged with the others to meet at a Starbucks in the middle of the city, although we weren't planning on buying any coffee.

Suddenly, she took off down the street, ripping her fingers from mine. Snapping my attention upwards, I saw her sprinting towards people. Eleven other people were all sprinting to a certain destination in the middle of their spots. My feet pushed myself forward, dropping my rucksack and phone as I ran. My arms and legs became weak but the desperate urge to meet them, to hold them, was so strong.

When all thirteen of us collided, we all fell into a massive pile of tears on the pavement. I know that they say don't wish your life away but three years ago, I couldn't wait for this moment.

"You all mean so much to me, oh my fucking god" I sobbed, gripping someone's arm. My eyes were slammed shut as tears billowed out of them.

Every single one of them meant the world to me and finally, we were having that moment where we hugged and cried and were just together for the first time and didn't care about anything in our lives for that one moment because that's the kind of feeling just talking with them gave me. And that's the kind of feeling they still give me. That's the feeling I was experiencing. We were all so free at this exact moment in time, as if we were completely connected together now. I remember a time when we had a voice chat, I had made up the excuse that everybody in my house was sleeping but it was really just because I was crying because I'd never heard their voices before. And god, just lying in that pile of salty tears with them was amazing.

My brother circled around all of us, recording it all. People of the sidewalk stared at us, raising their eyebrows and pointing. Through all the crying and sweet whispers to one another, I heard one lady say "and that is what friendship is all about. That is an example of love". And that one small comment made me smile as brightly as possible.

And finally, I felt okay. Mentally, physically, emotionally. I was okay. We were all okay.

Oof, this was such a crappy chapter, I'm so sorry. BUT if you want to see more of these Internet best friend chapters, comment below asking for one! But if there's another theme you'd like me to do, please comment your idea below.

Word Count : 648 words

Started : Sunday 1st April ( Happy April Fool's Dag )

Ended : Monday 2nd April ( Happy Day After April Fool's Day )

Kina x x x