UNO DIVIDE : Male Youth : BOOK 1

CHAPTER 5 : Memoir

Location: Cafeteria
Day: Tuesday
Date: December 19th, 2018
Time: 6:22 A.M.

Enti steps out of the shower bare, the steam pouring out onto the big bathroom mirror. His eyes were pink, with washed out skin that only had the flush of rose petals across his cheeks and nose.
He stared at the black sweatshirt that sprawled across the bathroom counter, knowing that it was Axel's. Everything that he said...it was true? Enti deep down inside wanted to hold onto last night a little bit longer, so he puts the plain black sweat shirt on.

He dresses in all black to remember his little brother, not to mourn but to remember all the times with his brother. When the both of them argued about whether black was actually a color or not because it was Leonardo's favorite color. Leonardo. He hasn't thought of his name in a while, but it felt nice to call his name instead of just using boring pronouns.
After getting dressed Enti unlocks his phone and turns on spotify. The first song to play was 'Clock's Strike.' That song... It was Leonardo's favorite, he ran around the house singing it all the time. He wanted to audition for a company with it, one day. However, that day didn't arrive.
Enti can still hear him singing it, and teaching him the Japanese for it. When he would get frustrated at Enti when he would forget the Japanese despite them working on it for hours. Maybe doing it on purpose just to tick Leo off.
This time, Enti sang it all correctly, remembering his brother not with the bad times, but the good. The Leonardo that would've loved this life, the one that could make friends with anyone he met.

Enti exits the bathroom after the song is finished with a pep in his step, like he owned the world and everyone else was just living in it. However, he freezes when he sees Axel leaning against the bedpost with a smug expression. Noah still fast asleep in his top bunk.
"...How much did you hear..?" Enti cringes at himself, fiddling with the chain on his pants.
"Enough, did you really think you were gonna leave to breakfast without me?" Axel walks over to Enti, "I have to be there to answer all the questions the boys are gonna throw at you."
Enti swallows his spit and just stands there, his legs feeling like jello anytime Axel was near him. "Good because even if you said no, I was going to go with you anyways," His voice was different, calm-like not as piercing.
"Well I mean if you uh want to that's cool, it's not like I'm gonna stop you or anything," Enti squeaks out, his voice slightly higher than normal. Axel smirks seeing the timid sight in front of him, but then he looks at Enti seriously, "But really though. I don't want them to ask you any questions that will make you uncomfortable. So for now..." he grabs Enti's hand, "we are together."
Enti's face blushes, "you don't have to do this.. I'm okay now, honestly.. I kinda had a reality check while I was in the bathroom, and I don't think Leo would want me to blame myself..." He uses his free hand to play with the necklace the fan gave him yesterday.
Axel pouts, "Don't tell me you're trying to woo someone else, unless you dressed up like that for me?"
"Actually, I dressed up this way for myself because black isn't only a sad color, it can be happy too," Enti responds sassily, remembering all the times his brother would do that to him.
Axel smiles admiring Enti's new found confidence, "I like it when you're like this. It makes me want to be happy like you." Enti pats his shoulder, "You can too, just find something that makes you happy and never let go of it." Axel thinks for a moment, his eyes flashing with admiration, "I think I got it!" He looks down at Enti and picks him up and twirls him before setting him back down.
He places his hands on Enti's shoulder, "It's you Tino." Enti freezes as Axel bends down to kiss the boys forehead. A cough is then heard and they turn to the top bunk. Noah scratches his head, "Yo whats up guys! Are you two about to head to breakfast?" Axel nods, "yup...."
Noah notices the annoyed expression on Axel's face and the blush spreading across Enti's cheeks. "Is this a bad time?...."
"Come on jagiya," Axel mumbles as he grabs Enti's hand and leads him to the cafeteria.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Mino's P.O.V