Team (discontinued for now)

Chapter 49: Hunger

(Small announcement! Due to me constantly being late on uploads, and being awfully sick, I have finally decided to take a proper three-week break. I'm just as sad to go on hiatus again as y'all are, but it's better than rushing out badly written chapters :'') But thank you all so much for supporting me throughout this entire book. I never thought it'd gain as much attention and love as it did, especially considering it's an English FHS AU, but I'm so grateful for all the loyal friends and fans I made along the way! I can't fucking believe I went from every Eak/Town/Chica scene being comedic and every Nightmare scene being angsty to every Eak/Town/Chica scene being angsty and every Nightmare scene being comedic lmao)

Mind you, this isn't the end XD I don't plan on giving up this book anytime soon. Also a word of advice to those who plan on ever creating a story with more than 15 chapters:

Plan your entire story and updates out BeFoRe you publish your story. Maybe even write out a few draft chapters so you'll know what you're doing.)

After about twenty minutes, Eak could finally properly skate without having to hold onto an edge or Toddy's hands. Admittedly, he pretended to be worse at rollerskating than he actually was. Don't get him wrong, he wasn't faking it at the beginning, but after the second time he'd fell down he realized what movements he had to make on wheels without falling flat on his face.

Toddy's movements were graceful, but not overly impressive. She reminded Eak of that one Disney princess. Ariel, was it?

Toddy obviously didn't match the attitude of the mermaid, or the overall kindness, but Eak had always favored Ariel above any other Disney princess. She just....stood out to him, in a way that no other princess did.

It was the same with Toddy. He couldn't explain why he liked her the way that he did, but something about her made his heart light up the way it hadn't in a very long time.

"Looks like you're getting the hang of it!" Toddy smiled a bit, it looked uncharacteristically soft on her.

"Thanks for the help by the way, I would've probably still been fallin' by now if it weren't for you." Eak grinned, internally cringing at himself because he sounded like Dora The Explorer.

They were holding a little race, which Toddy obviously won, but then Toddy started losing balance and she fell backwards with a screech.

Eak managed to catch her, though, the sheer luck of his reflexes preventing Toddy from crashing down onto the floorboards. His arms were wrapped around her back and one hand supported her shoulder. The sudden realization that if Toddy were to tilt her head up, the two of them would be kissing, struck Eak like a lightning bolt.

She let out that ridicilous laugh again, and Eak started to ponder if today had been the first time he'd ever heard her laugh like that.

Oh, well. There's a first time for everything, right?

After ordering some drinks, (a cola for Eak and a glass of orange juice for Toddy) the two teenagers sat on a bench outside the skating rink. Toddy watched as kids and young adults alike raced past each other, some shakily holding onto the edge whereas others were downright dancing on the floorboards.

"Imagine being able to skate that well." Eak absently commented. His gaze kept going back and forth between two young skaters that appeared to have some kind of dance-off. The sight was oddly endearing.

"Can't relate." Toddy huffed out a laugh, surprising herself in the process.

She'd been laughing an awful lot as off today. Usually she was way more composed or picky at what moments to laugh and when not to. Eak for some reason made her want to laugh a lot.