how could i not fall for you? - discontinued.

chapter three.

clay woke up and rubbed his eyes. he spent the next few days only thinking about vincent and how close his arrival was.

✨time skip✨

today was the day. may ninth. vincent woke up early, making sure he went to sleep early the night before so he wouldn't look like shit the next day.

double-checking his bags, vincent got up from the kneeling position he was in, and strolled through his door. he gave ian one last scratch behind the ears, wishing him a good time with his brother. since he wouldn't be home while he was in america, vincent left ian in his brother's hands.

✨another time skip because i know you wanna get to the good part✨

"vol SB6914, veuillez embarquer sur votre vol à la porte A6. l'avion décollera dans 15 minutes."
("flight SB6914, please board your flight at gate A6. the plane will be taking off in 15 minutes.")

knowing exactly which flight was his, vincent got up and headed towards gate A6. sitting down and gazing at the window, he plugged his headphones into his phone, listening to a playlist he had created beforehand.

on the other hand, clay wasn't doing nearly as well. he was still asleep, cuddled underneath his blanket in his room. he had fallen asleep scrolling through twitter again, completely forgetting about what was going to happen later that day. at the time, he was so dazed and tired that he could have fallen asleep in less than five minutes if someone had taken his phone away. but alas, he kept himself up, not even thinking twice about the bright blue sticky note pinned on his corkboard.

time flew by, and soon vincent had arrived at the airport, except nobody that fit clay's description of himself was there waiting for him. deciding it was best not to text clay if he really was running late and just on the road, he messaged darryl, knowing that he was definitely closer to clay when compared to zak.

a6d: 2:35pm
hey
do you know where dream is? he hasn't picked me up from the airport yet

badboyhalo: 2:36 pm
No, I don't. Do you want me to text him for you?

a6d: 2:36pm
sure that would be great

darryl awaited clay's response, but he never replied. clay always had his ringer off, making sure to never turn it on after he was added to a group chat with some old high school friends.

badboyhalo: 2:41 pm
He didn't answer. Do you want Zak and I to pick you up?

a6d: 2:42pm
no its okay
i'll get a taxi
what's his address?

badboyhalo: 2:43 pm
Okay then, If you say so.
4682 Ace Wood Road.

a6d: 2:43pm
okay tahnk you

getting up from where he was sitting, vincent grabbed his luggage once more and called an uber. he tapped his foot against the airport's shiny tile floors, looking up from his phone after seeing a white car pull up in front of the airport.
dragging his luggage to the car, he loaded his bags into the back and sat in the car quietly, the silence being broken by the driver.

"4682 ace wood road! have a nice day sir. my apologies if the silence was awkward for you," the lady kindly said.

"oh! no, not at all. thank you for the ride, ma'am."