! short story !
Kairi was head over heels for a guy at his school that was way out of his league. After writing letters confessing his love and thoughts, Kairi finally musters up the courage to mail the letters. Only, the letters never reach the int...
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𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝.
It was currently summer break and Mattia was cooped up in his house, trapped in eternal boredom. His parents were on vacation and celebrating their anniversary. Along the way, they would stop in Italy for a month. They kindly offered for Mattia and his brother to join but Mattia politely declined.
Gianluca was ecstatic to go and Mattia felt sorry for the boy. Everyone knows what parents do on 'vacation.' He just hoped that Gianluca's innocence wasn't ruined by the time they got back.
Mattia had enough of social media for the day and threw his phone aside. Alejandro was in Flordia, visiting Alvaro and Roshaun. Mattia would've tagged along if it wasn't for his parents. They trusted and ordered Mattia to watch the house while they were gone. Mattia couldn't go anywhere out of the state.
So now, Mattia was locked up in New Jersey, bored as fuck.
He sat by his window, reading a random book he found in his house when he saw the mailman come by and jam envelopes in his mailbox. Mattia threw the book aside and went out to get the mail.
His life was so boring that getting the mail was a task looking forwards to now. It's not that Mattia has no friends, it's just that he doesn't have a lot of real friends. Most people just use him for clout. Especially his ex, Cynthia.
After the breakup with Cynthia, Mattia decided that he would take a break from fake snakes and dating. He wanted to focus on himself first.
Mattia put on his slides and opened the door, shielding his eyes from the sun's violent rays. He shuffled down his driveway and opened his mailbox, pulling out the envelopes. Mattia was surprised to see a group of pink envelopes grouped together and decided to investigate once he got inside his house.
Mattia took the group of pink envelopes up to his room and sat on his bed. They were a pale pink color, bound together by twine. Each envelope had a number on them, ranging from 1-10. Mattia decided to read them in numerical order and grabbed the envelope labled 1.
The envelope was sealed with a cute little lilac sticker. Each envelope had it's own individual and unique sticker. The last digit of the house number was smudged. Mattia decided to open it and gently peeled back the sticker, trying his best not to rip it.
Dear Alejandro,
you may not know I am and why I sent you this. My name's Kairi and I've had a crush on you for a while. You might've never noticed because I'm the loner of the school, unlike you. Or maybe you did notice because of my obviousness but didn't say anything since you're out of my league. I've written you letters, just to give myself false hope. But since it's summer, I've decided to finally mail them to you. Dixie gave me your address. You might clown me for this and post it on social media but I could care less, I'm already at the bottom of the barrel. Just read through all of them and burn it after; do whatever you please with these letters. If you wanna contact me, my number is xxx-xxxx.
𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝑲𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒊 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒐
Mattia let out a sharp exhale, eyes wide. He had just intruded on something private. Mattia contacted Alejandro but he already knew how his friend was going to react. Alejandro wasn't the type to appreciate such precious things.
"Just do whatever with it. I'm not interested," Alejandro said.
Mattia hung up, his heart heavy with guilt. This Kairi boy seemed so sweet and sincere. He put in the work to mail and write letters to Alejandro and yet Alejandro dismissed the kind act with the wave of his hand.
Mattia decided to do something nice.
Cupid watched, surprised by Mattia's actions. Cupid began to doubt Kairi and Alejandro's connection and started to get interested. Cupid flew back into the clouds, excited to see what would happen next.
Mattia hesitated for a second and closed the envelope, sealing it back with the sticker.
𝐇𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢'𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.
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a/n:
Cupid isn't a baby btw; he can take whatever form he wants. The characters can't see Cupid either, only when he want to show his form to them.
