butterfly | H.S

two

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may 24, 1972
11:00 am

— "Hello, I'm Matthew" The boy introduces himself to Harry, taking a seat in the chair next to him.

"I-I'm Harry." He says back, Harry's heart still in shock from what he saw only moments ago.

The pretty flower was no longer his, but someone else's.

Matthew's eyes widen, looking over to Bambi who was sat next to her father, messing with her fingers under the table.

"Oh." Matthew coughs into his fist. "Bambi tol' me some about you"

"All good things I hope." Harry tries to play it cool with a fake laugh, not wanting Thomas and Angela to notice the shift in energy.

Matthew smiles awkwardly and looks over to his girl, sighing with a frown when he notices she's all blue.

"Bambi, do ya' still wanna come over? My mom misses your company." He smiles and Bambi looks up, glancing over to Harry who was giving his attention to something in his lap.

"Um-" the berry starts but gets cut off by her mother. "I'm sorry Matthew but I would rather her stay home today. She was out with Carolina all night and we also have a guest" Angela speaks up and Matthew nods his head, not wanting to push the waters with Mrs. Petal (who isn't very fond of him).

"Of course Angela-"

"Please call me Mrs. Petal" She states and Matthew gulps. "Sorry, ma'am" He apologizes and stands up from the table. "Okay um well, I got to split now but if you need me I'm only a ring away" Matthew speaks directly at Bambi, nodding her head before he saunters out of the kitchen then out of the house.

Harry hasn't lifted his head up yet, still staring at the little charm bracelet he was planning on giving the poppet.

He didn't know what to do with it, he used almost all the money he made from working in the garden to buy it.

"Bambi how 'bout you go talk to Harry and do some catching up? It's been awhile!" Mrs. Petal suggests and Bambi stares over to Harry who finally looked up from his lap.

"Y-yeah of course. Let's go Harry" The sweet angel agrees and gets up from the table, Harry following her as she wanders over to the french doors that led to the garden.

Harry opens one of the doors and gestures for her to go first, Bambi saying a small 'thank you' as she hops onto the grass. "Anytime-" He responds back shortly, stopping himself from saying one of his usual pet names as he shuts the door behind him.

They walk in awkward silence, both of them not really sure what to say to each other.

Heartbroken was an understatement for Harry, out of all things he thought could happen while he was gone not a single time did he think of this- the reassuring words of "I love you" making it seem like the situation he's in was not possible.

Although here he was, wishing he had come just a day later just so he didn't have to see them two together.

He wished he hadn't seen Matthew's lips touch her head, he wished the words, "Are you okay, baby?" would stop echoing in his head.