𝓺𝓾𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓮

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04| THE LETTERS

"AHH THE OPENING OF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR AND ANOTHER YEAR OF PRETENDING I'M ACTUALLY LEARNING SOMETHING"

now 15 year old cloud exclaims as he tossed his arms around his trusty sidekick of a dolphin, dyllie. the chinese groaned at the statement and removed his best friend's arm from him.

"my parents hate me, nimbus"

cloud scrunched his nose in disgust at the nickname an old but gold nickname given to him by one and only dyllie when cloud turned 10 years old.

"if i had a son as ugly as you, surely i would too."

cloud said as he shrugged knowing that dyllie would be upset and pouty about this, his parents and dyllie's always praised the chinese for looking so adorable and kindhearted all the time it hurt dyllie when he was called ugly, loser, nerd and other negative nicknames.

"big bad meanie!"

"HEEEY!"

"oh uhh cloud, the bell rang see you after school, i'll be 15 or 10 minutes late by the way!"

"what─but why?!"

"SOMETHING IMPORTANT OKAY JUST WAIT FOR ME JEEZ SEE YA WOLFIE!"

cloud groaned in annoyance as a big frown painted his face as he walked to class. remind me again why as a middle schooler, i'm already tired of the works and projects they give?

he sat in his chair and paid attention to the teacher who discussed the quadratic formula which boggled cloud's mind "oh my god what," were the only words he said whenever they solved an equation, sucks to have math as second to the last period he guessed. dyllie had it as his first subject but it was basic to him, he was such an ace when it came to mathematics.

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. . .and oh! i love the way you smiled today you looked SOOOOOO HAPPY :) I CAN'T HELP BUT BE HAPPY TOO! your smile is soooooo beautiful <3 i wish i looked as pretty as you when i did. i hope u liked the sugar cookies i gave!
─sincerely,
blueberry

that's what was written on the letter, as dyllie satisfyingly smiled and placed a chaste kiss on the scented pink envelop before walking out of the classroom, bag slung over his shoulders, he made his way to his favorite person's locker and slid it there.

he soon sprinted to where cloud was waiting, he smiled warmly when he saw his loyal and ever patient best friend leaning against the school gates.

"HIYA! sorry to keep you waiting"

"what DID you do anyways?"

"shshshshs nothing important at all dude, let's get going now i've been wanting that soft served ice cream for a while now."

"ugh you better thank god our parents are best friends." cloud whispered while dyllie walked ahead of him, the older male shaking and nervous, what if he DOESN'T see me? what if he WON'T notice me at all? will he STILL see me as a friend if he ever finds out? darn i promised him i'll reveal my face in two weeks...

"DYLLIE YOU'RE SHAKING LIKE A DOG LEFT OUT IN THE WINTER WHAT THE HECK MAN,"

cloud whined and draped his arms over the boy, he now calmed down and refrained his teeth from chattering. "i-i-i'm fine...i suppose"

"i don't wanna hear that i wanna hear you say you're perfectly fine if you are feeling good..."

"i-i-i-i'm o-o-okay."

"that's good for now i guess let's get going THEN we can go home and play super mario."

the two walked to their favorite ice cream parlor aside from dippin' dots and baskin n robbins, they bought a medium sized cup, dyllie had cookies n cream while cloud ordered his favorite, bubblegum.

"jeeez you love the color blue don't you?"

"and green...yeah it's just so relaxing and calm, reminds me of the ocean, like you i love the sea...staring at it, swimming in it just...beautiful ya know?"

"yes i know shakespeare,"

dyllie replied in between giggles, cloud raised a brow in confusion and pouted "but it's true! we always scream like babies seeing themselves for the first time in the mirror when we're near a beach!"

"always so defensive are we mister lee?"

dyllie asked while eating his ice cream, cloud rolled his eyes at the question and didn't bother to answer. the two walked side by side, a comfortable silence enveloping the atmosphere around them.

while dyllie was happily skipping onto the gates of their village, cloud can't help but to ponder...

what did those sweet, glittery letters he found, mean?

𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑↺。Where stories live. Discover now