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I saw him at the library perusing the roman history section, one of his many interests.
The way he's so passionate about what interests him... I hope one day to be one of the many things. I'd wake up to him telling me sweet nothings, he would know my feelings as I would know his. Be able to help when I was hurting and when he was hurting. Take off that immense weight off of his shoulders...
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"Hey did you hear about what happened down at the caverns?
"No? What happened?"
"Apparently a couple of guys were hanging out down there and well... one of the boys died. They say his buddy knocked him over the ledge by accident."
"Holy shit... that's gotta be real rough for the guy. Damn, did they say how old he was?"
"I think they said he was twenty-two? Not entirely sure, but I know he was pretty young."
"He was just barely becoming an adult, that's crazy man..."
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It's only been around two weeks since the accident and he still seems to be grieving. I don't blame him, I can only imagine how I'd feel if he left this world.
"Hey Bad, how are you holding up today?" A man bearing a monochrome color palette asked, putting his hand on the taller's back.
He turned to the boy and gave him a weak smile, "Oh uh, I'm doing fine, I was out at the library earlier and found some new books for our study session!" he said struggling to make eye contact.
"Oh nice! Were you able to find any advanced potion books perchance?" Lukey asked.
The kid has a fascination with those sorts of things. Ever since Bad took him in, he's been attached at the hip to him, and it sickens me to no end. At first I thought it would be a quick little thing where Bad would help him get his bearing in the realm of potions; boy was I wrong. After a while Bad took him in as a pupil of his and they would spend hours in the community lab. Most of the time they wouldn't even be doing their work, just simply goofing off.
And If Bad wasn't off babysitting Lukey, he'd be with his best friend he's known since childhood. The chemistry those two had was unmatched, they knew everything there was about the other. Every Saturday they would spend the day together doing random activities. I'd see them during break between classes in the music room playing and singing songs together, staring at each other with loving eyes.
Oh, how I wish that could've been me instead.
well... maybe now it can be.
After Lukey finally left Bad alone, I made my way over to where he was standing. I tapped his shoulder to get his attention. "Hello Bad, hope you're doing well. I was wondering if you would like to hang out somewhere with me today. Preferably alone so that we don't have any useless interruptions."
"I don't think that's possible today, I have to prepare for an upcoming exam in one of my classes, sorry about that..." He said fidgeting with his hair.
"Oh... That's alright, I guess." I tried to think of any way to possibly get him to change his mind, "If it's not too much to ask, maybe we could study together? We do share a couple classes after all, and I could use the help!" I added. Truth be told, I could do perfectly fine without studying thanks to my photographic memory. But of course, I'd lie in a heartbeat for any reason to have alone time with him for once.
"Uh, well maybe we can do that tomorrow, I'm truly sorry Water. I have other stuff I need to get done as well besides studying. Again, I'm sorry if I upset you or let you down I just-"
"Hey hey, It's alright. Go do what you need to do, I think one missed study session won't kill me." I joked, though he didn't laugh or smile at that. He just looked down and nodded his head before walking out of the building.
So much for spending time with him. Oh well, hopefully tomorrow I can like he said. I swear though if I hear that he was helping Lukey as his "other thing" he needed to do I will not be afraid to do something to that kid. Whatever that may be is up to however mad I am in the moment.
Ugh, I have to stop by the pharmacy on the way home. I' had forgotten to grab my asthma medicine a few days back. I didn't know I had it until about two weeks ago; when it started it felt like something was invading my lungs. I went and had it checked out and sure enough it came back as asthma, but something in me believes that it's more than just asthma...
The day before the accident...
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Skeppy! Wait up!
Hah~ try and catch meee~
Ohmygoodness, you need to be careful!
Hah, you worry too much.
No. You're just too reckless for your own good! It's gonna get you hurt or worse, and I don't know what I'd do without you...
Okayokay! You don't need to get all emo on me now, I'll try to be more careful alright?
Thank you...
Want to meet up here again tomorrow night?
But I've got-
Nonono, that was a rhetorical question, I'm sure with your grades in that class ONE missing assignment won't kill you.
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The things I do for you
Heeheee~ love you too Bad.
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