i saw noen's name pop up on my phone screen, he was trying to facetime me. i quickly declined it before the notification popped up once more. i declined it again before he called once again and i picked it up, pointing the camera away from my face.
"uhm, hey noen, i can't really talk right now," i said, trying to avoiding the cracking of my voice.
"charlotte? are you okay?" he asked, catching on. i pursed my lips and tilted my head back before replying.
"yeah, i'm fine," i said quietly and he made a confused look.
"well you don't sound fine. and you're not showing your face, which isn't normal," he said but i didn't reply, "char?" i didn't reply again. "charlotte?"
i gave up and brought my face to the screen, revealing my face. my eyes were bloodshot from tears and mascara was streaming down my face along with tears. noen looked at me as if he had just seen a ghost.
"oh my god, char, what happened?" he asked, consolingly.
"i- i don't really want to talk about it. i'm sorry," i replied, my thoughts swirling.
"don't be, i get it. are you okay though? if you need anything you know i'm always here," he said which only caused more tears to flow.
"yeha, i know, thank you noen. it means a lot," i smiled, looking down.
"where are you? if you don't mind me asking. the setting just looks different," he asked, and i perked my eyebrows.
"have i seriously never showed you this place?" i asked surprised, and he shook his head with a smirk, "i haven't shown anyone, i've been meaning to show you. i come out hear all the time to clear my thoughts, the view beautiful."
"well i can only see your face, which is beautiful, but show me the view," noen said which made my heart flutter.
"oh right, here," i said, flipping the camera around to reveal the view. the corners of his mouth perked up and so did mine as my sadness slowly drifted. it felt like he was here with me.
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"that's beautiful, i can't wait to see it," noen said, making me confused.
