crybaby.

chapter two.

DELILAH spent the whole night talking a laughing with the
boy she had just met. to her surprise he was quite interesting.
they spoke about all kinds of things, things that delilah would have
never confessed to anyone else. she felt a sense of comfort around
him and she believed he felt it too.

"so, how long have you known xander?" the small girl asked.
"eh, about a year or so." the boy replied as he took a sip of the
drink he held in his hand. "and you?" he continued.
"4 years" delilah said. "we're pretty close i guess." her voice softened as she spoke.
"too loud." boris said as he lifted his hand to point at his ears in frustration.
delilah leaned closer to boris and whispered. "i said, 4 years."
"ah, much better." the boy smirked slightly.
delilah pulled herself back and scoffed at him. "shut up."
"shutttt up." he mocked her, dragging out the t.
delilah sighed before flipping over her phone to see the time.

"it's eleven already? shit, i gotta go."
"go where? is friday night, hm?" his accent about as thick as his curls.
"you're right. but i wanna go home, i feel um... sick." she lied.
she didn't want to stay and she knew she would need an excuse.
"oh.. well that's too bad. i was having fun talking to you." he explained.
delilah felt her cheeks heat up as he spoke. no-one had ever said that to her before.
let alone a boy.
"let me walk you home, eh?" he offered. "is not safe for a pretty girl like you
to walk the streets alone at this time." boris said as he pushed his slightly matted
curls out of his face.

walking home with him couldn't hurt, could it?
thoughts filled delilahs head until she was pulled out of her trance.
boris was much taller than her. he towered over her and delilah noticed this as she
stood up from her seat.
"come on, let's go before i change my mind."
"alright fine."

★

it had been raining outside as it was a cold night.
delilah and boris had left the party and were now walking
along the wet pavement beside a busy road.
boris looked over at delilah and smiled softly,
something he didn't do too often.
he had taken a liking to this girl very fast.
she was different to other girls in the way that she didn't throw herself at him.
delilah turned her head to see boris looking back at her.
"what are you looking at?," she asked.
"your pretty face." he replied, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
delilah moved her eyes from boris and let them fall to her feet as her cheeks warmed up.
"так мило."
"hm?" she questioned.
"so cute." he clarified.
"oh, nock it off." she said, her english accent was strong.
"delilah?"
say my name and everything just stops.
"yeah, boris?"
"we should hang out tomorrow." boris stopped.
"you know... like if you want..." he added nervously.
what had gotten into him? he was never nervous around girls.
delilah heard the tone in his voice and smiled.
"that would be fun, i'd like that." delilah replied.

boris' pov
she stopped walking. "this is my place." i heard her say.
my heart broke at the thought of having to say goodbye to her.
"goodnight, принцесса." i felt a warm sensation on my skin as i
realised she had kissed my cheek.
"night, boris."
and just like that she vanished. she was gone and i was alone again.

(принцесса = princess)

★

still boris' pov
as i walked through the door to my house, i rubbed my eyes at how tired i felt.
i dragged my feet to my room before flopping myself onto my bed.
my room smelt of smoke and liquor, as it always did.
i couldn't push delilah out of my head which was strange for me
considering the fact that i've never had a real girlfriend before.
they usually only want me from one thing and i don't think delilah even
thought about that once tonight. the thought of her tearing down any
sense of numbness i had towards people and my feelings for them was beyond scary.
but i knew, i just knew that i had to see her again.

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to be continued!!! <3

authors note!!
hiii for sorry not updating this book in so long i've just been kinda uninspired and unsure of what i wanted to write for the second chapter also sorry for making this chapter so short. i would love your input and opinions on what you all would want to happen in the story, so feel free to comment or message me!! thank you for making this #80 in #borispavlikovsky. much love ♥︎