To Express Happiness || Fayne ✔✔

Sunflowers 🌻

That day.

They all exit the tram, and then stand in the line with Aaron, again, in the back. However, this time, it was not destiny; it was something beyond it. It was touch, and it was tingling, and for the first time Aaron felt it again; a thread. In front of him stood his partner after all, and Aaron cannot figure out why Irina puts her arm behind her back to hold Aaron's pinky finger with hers, but does he really want to? This time, the thread was a rope; a strong one; and when the pull was stronger, the tightening of the fibers was clearly visible. Yet, it was not to be seen by the naked eye. Aaron looks up, from her finger to her wrist, then her forearm, and then her shoulders, to her. It was a part of her; one part that connected with all her parts, and that one part connected himself to her. What does it feel like to be carried? Aaron tells to himself as he feels light;  with the entwining of their fingers, he feels his feet lift off the ground. Only if the weight of  souls could be measured. 

With their 'bonding' gone unnoticed, they all sit in the car quietly, Zack on the driving seat. Suddenly, Neha asks, ''Where's Mr. Betton? God I totally forgot about him''. All except Zack and Shae look at Neha, then look at Shae for an explanation, and Shae passes their look to Zack with an evil smirk, chewing his chewing gum louder. With Zack getting all the stares, he looks to the rear mirror and says, ''We have a change of plan'', and then looks at Shae, when he suddenly shouts, '' Shae! Music!''.

The car is now faster than wind. Aaron's soul leaps as the car goes  scooting past all the vehicles on the lane, overtaking those ahead of them. Neha's head suddenly falls back and all those flying hair paint Aaron's face with colors of uncertainty: fear of the unseen. Aaron removes the hair from his face just when Irina opens the window and this time, her scarf brushes his face. With his heart losing on the beats, he takes a sudden whiff, and the chemistry happens. The colors change from uncertainty to euphoria. It was a pure joy; the pure oxygen that does not kill him. The red of the scarf disappears from his eyes as Irina pulls it away, but the silhouette remains. It turns everything that passes by him into pink. 

Pink.

With the song bombarding inside his brain cells, Aaron suddenly has goosebumps. He hugs himself, closing his eyes as he stays still in the rocketing car, telling, or begging himself to calm down. The goosebumps are laid as Aaron rubs them flat, and keeps his hand away, just when goosebumps get him again, as Irina keeps her hand over Aaron's. The symmetry of Aaron's fingers align with Irina's as she slips her fingers between the gaps, completing a perfect art, with the texture of pink. Aaron feels his dream sprouting out inside him, growing out in stems and branches, but something still hinders its growth. As Aaron wonders what, the car comes to a sudden halt and Zack tells, '' Guys, so as Mr. Betty is not here because we simply requested him not to, we have the day to ourselves. So we wanted to squeeze the schedule a bit; instead of going to the Golden Gate bridge tomorrow,we're going today''.

''You mean we 're already there'' , Neha says, eyes rolling.

Zack widens his eyes at Neha, and like a childish imp, yells, ''Oh YES! HASTA LA VISTA BABY!!'' and jumps out of the car without killing the engine, which Shae does in the end.

As Neha says 'retard' under her breath, Ashley nudges her.

However, the real magic happens at their back. As the car stopped, Irina lifted her hand out of Aaron's and went out of the Jeep. Aaron, on the other hand, sits there like a statue, breathing all the exhilaration out of him before he does something crazy. Aaron chooses to exit through the door Irina did, and as he puts his hand on Irina's chair while getting out, he feels it.