D̶a̶n̶g̶e̶r̶o̶u̶s̶

19th of march, 2009

Dante has a best friend? Well I knew that. His best friend is Alessandro right?

"Alessandro?"

"No." His voice says. It's deep and it contains a lot of emotions. I'm not sure which ones but they're there.

"Tell me Then." I say and I turn him around. Well I tried but he gave in and rolled over. His eyes are glossy and his plump lips form a sad frown.

"I went to high school you know." He begins.
"Like you probably know, you can't survive high school without friends. I mean I've always been a social person. I get friends easily. If I want to, which isn't often. I find most people annoying and arrogant " He adds.

"Yeah." I reply. I run my fingers through his hair and pull him closer to me. He begins talking again.

"Anyway. I had this one friend there. Whom I cared about, a lot. She was friend zoned, don't get me wrong. We always had things to talk about and she was just this bundle of joy. Everywhere she went, everyone became happy. She had that impact on people. That was her superpower."

He pauses and closes his eyes harshly. He opens them again and continues.

"She loved sunflowers, so she hated her name. Because she was named after another flower. A beautiful Japanese one."

I look at his eyes. They are full of sadness. I guess mine are too because I have a feeling where this story is going.

"But no one really understood what happened inside that ball of happiness. She played volleyball, she sucked at it but she played anyway. Her mum had been the volleyball captain at that same school. Unfortunately I never got to meet her. But her mother's death didn't seem to affect her."

My eyes are a bit glossy at the thought that this girl had to live a life without a mother. I wouldn't be able to survive without mine. Even if she's so distant like mine is. I still love her with all my heart.

"Or at least I thought it didn't affect her. Nobody knew about her struggles. Her father was severely depressed and quit his job. Her family struggled. She had to skip classes to earn some money for her younger siblings. Unfortunately that caused that she failed some of them. I guess it just came to the point where it was all too much for her. I should have done something. I should have at least asked if she was okay. I really thing that that would've helped her. Or changed her future. She thought she wasn't loved. But the truth was. I did, the whole school did. The teachers did. Her neighbors did. Everyone did. Except her.

At this point a few tears had escaped my brown eyes as I hear about this girl. Dante sits up and lifts his arm. His whole body is covered in tattoos but right there is an empty space. It's formed like a heart and inside I can see a few letters.

I get closer and I am able to read what's there. I immediately burst into tears as I become overwhelmed by emotions.

03.27.91 an angel was born.
03.19.09 an angel was taken away
                 Camellia

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Hiu

Thanks for reading this chapter, I thought about making a chapter that was a little bit inspired by the movie "miracle season." It is such a beautiful movie. I watched it yesterday :/

The movie is about a volleyball team and I swear I cried so fucking much. You should definitely check it out. It's on Netflix. At least here where I live 🥰