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C00lkidd was sitting down on his bed, the sunlight seeped through in small lines and landed on the floor, it created a small shine that was laid upon his toy cars that he had forgotten to clean up a night before. C00lkidd’s legs would idly sway, behind him–his tail would do the same. He had a small smile on his face as he laid back against his bed, he loved when the house was warm and quiet like how it is at the moment.
C00lkidd had a little idea, he sat back up and looked to the side, there–his book sat on a wooden shelf that had faint red and yellow crayon markings on it. His ball was red, somewhat dirty. It had black sharpie marks on it, c00lkidd had drawn on it to give his ball a face. The face was just a small smiley face. C00lkidd got off his bed and grabbed the ball and held it close to his chest. He quietly walked off and opened his door gently, he quietly padded down the hallway. His eyes drifted over to his adoptive father–007n7– he was leaning against the wooden dining table buried in piles of paperwork, his face was buried in his hands as his glasses rested on top of his head. His burger hat was laid on the floor in a sad little slump.
He didn’t spare C00lkidd a glance, even though it was obvious that C00lkidd was leaving. C00lkidd slipped on his shoes and gently opened the front door and left the quietest he could. Which was quiet enough, he began to skip down the sidewalk, his tail was wagging behind him as he let out quiet giggles. C00lkidd found his way to the park and just played with the ball by himself. Other kids found him odd, mainly due to his abnormal red skin tone and his tail with horns. That caused him to never be played with and be a subject to bullying more than other kids. He found that unfair–Because it was!–he wanted to be treated like everyone else, but it made him feel like a freak most of the time. His dad wasn’t good at comforting so that didn’t help at all.
C00lkidd’s head snapped up seeing some random kid walk up and snatch the ball out from his hands and immediately threw it across the playground finding its way across the street. The kid laughed and ran off back to their friends, sharing high fives and giggles. Sparing C00lkidd glances and then looked back to each other and continued to laugh harder. C00lkidd’s gaze looked down to stare down at his feet and began to walk out of the park and across the street. He noticed that the ball was still bouncing down, he followed it until it stopped. It stopped and when it did, it was next to a girl’s ankle. C00lkidd decided not to look and just picked up the ball, when he came back up the girl was staring at him–his tail swayed behind him slightly but stopped and hung low, it looked similar to a dog who was caught biting a shoe.
To break the silence a small, shy smile formed on his face; “Uuuhh, hey!” he said, the girl didn’t respond yet, c00lkidd placed the ball underneath his left arm as his free right hand would fiddle with the hem of his red shirt that read; “TEAM C00LKIDD JOIN TODAY!!!!!!”--His father made the shirt for him a while back, the girl seemed shy, she would spare him a glance but soon looked away out of embarrassment. C00lkid looked down at his shoes, his shoes were busted up and light up shoes. The lights on the shoes were dimming and barely noticeable now. He brought his gaze back up to look at her face, which was still tilted to the side, she was forcing herself to stare at the playground that's across the street.
C00lkidd soon spoke up, holding his ball in his hands instead of the ball resting underneath his arms; “My name's C00lkidd! What’s yours?” he said with a smile on his face, he stuck out his right hand, waiting for a handshake. His hands were littered with bandages, he had bruises on them for playing a little too rough and just biting his hands for comfort. Her gaze flicked down to his hand and returned the hand shake, “Mia–M-my name is Mia.” She stuttered out that sentence, her voice was quiet and barely noticeable. It was a miracle that he even caught what she said. C00lkidd smiled, they pulled their hands apart as he bounced on the balls of his feet as Mia played with a few strands of her hair, he was still holding onto his ball. The black sharpie was fading off now mainly because it was bouncing on the pavement and causing it to rub off.
C00lkidd looked down at his ball and up to Mia’s face, he held the ball a little closer to her, “You wanna play?” he offered, his tail started to wag. Mia looked down and nodded, “sure.” she replied quietly, she flinched slightly when C00lkidd gently grabbed onto her hand, her hand was tense but soon relaxed in his grip. Their fingers laced with one another, Mia had a small, shy smile formed on her face. When they got back to the playground they slowly shifted off to a shady spot underneath a tree and began to play catch, it was pure silence. But it was more comfortable, C00lkidd’s tail was wagging–how would you describe his tail? It’s more similar to a dracobloxxer’s tail, Mia thought it was cute–She would get distracted and her gaze would either drop to his horns or his tail, she found it quite interesting, and of course cute to her. What was even his DNA anyways? She pondered for a moment until the ball was thrown next to her and bouncing off from the duo, she snapped out of whatever thought she was deep in and immediately went to go pick up the ball that finally stopped bouncing when it brushed against a fairly large stick.
They continued to play until the sun turned more golden and softer, they were laying next to one another, the ball resting above the two. The sharpie markings were gone just faintly there but barely noticeable, C00lkidd would glance to look at her face. Her face was calm, and soft, her eyes were shut and she looked tired from playing all day with him. C00lkidd’s tail would slightly thump against the grass as a slight wag, he watched her sit up, bringing her knees closer to her chest. “I should probably head home soon, before my older brother worries.” She muttered, C00lkidd tilted his head, “You have an older brother?” he asked, leaning forward slightly into her face, “What’s his name?” he asked with pure childish curiosity. “Uuhm, his name is Elliot.” she muttered, a small blush was on her face because of how close their faces were. “Elliot..” he thought for a moment, “Does he work at the pizza place around here?” he asked, a cheeky grin on his face. She nodded, “Mhm.” she hummed in response, his face lit up. “NO WAY!” he whisper-shouted, “He’s like—pizza royalty!” he stated, and laid back down. She followed and laid down next to him, “That's awesome!” he started, “Do you get free pizza?” he asked and turned to lay down on his stomach and looking down at the grass, trying to find little bugs to befriend, “Yea, I do..” She said, fidgeting with her fingers, “That’s only sometimes,” she started, “m’not a huge fan of pizza.” when she finished that sentence, c00lkidd’s head immediately snapped up, his jaw was dropped and looked at her like she just wished death on all of his favorite toys.
“You… DON’T LIKE PIZZA?!” he shouted and tilted his head to look at her and leaned closer to her, Mia stifled laughter, c00lkidd’s reaction reminded her of how her older brother acted, “No–not really.” She muttered and giggled, she readjusted the black bow on the side of her head. His mouth was still open until he replied. “How does someone not like pizza?” he pouted and buried his face into the grass, not caring about the dirt that could smudge on his face, his tail idly flicking to the side in a comforting way. Mia looked down and gently brought a hand up to gently pat his head with a slight giggle. C00lkidd let out a quiet sigh and leaned into the pat and tried to chase it, pouting harder once she moved her hand. Mia looked up, the sun began to set. She sighed and got up, “I have to get going.” she muttered and started to dust off all the stray pieces of grass and dirt, C00lkidd followed her and attempted to dust off all the dirt on his knees but it refused to come off. So he just gave up, he leaned down and picked up his ball and followed Mia to the crosswalk. “Uhm,” he paused and held the ball close to his chest and kicked a stray rock away. “I’m not good with goodbyes.” he muttered, and looked to the side. She giggled softly and crossed her arms underneath her chest and slightly rubbed her arm, a faint brush spread on her face as she leaned forward and pressed a quick and brief kiss to his cheek, and quickly said “I-uh see ya around!” she said quickly and immediately dashed down the crosswalk–a pink blush was visible on her face.
C00lkidd’s face was a darker shade of red as he nearly let go of his ball but held it tighter, making sure not to drop it and cause it to bounce off once more. He hid his blushing face against the ball as his tail began to wag faster than usual. Soon enough he skipped off back to his house, when he got home he didn’t even face his father. He just kicked off his shoes and padded to his bedroom, Ball in hand. A little smile was clear on his face, 007n7 took notice and he didn’t bother to pry into why he was so happy he just continued to work on the half finished stack of papers that C00lkidd had seen on his way out a couple hours back.
C00lkidd laid down on his bed, the ball was placed down on the floor and slightly rolling away now, C00lkidd buried his face down on his pillow as his tail would thump against the bed, not wagging. But close enough to it. His pillow was cold, it felt so nice. This whole day for him was perfect. He giggled over and over in his pillow, his legs slightly kicking on his bed like a flustered school girl.
He was so happy, he wished nothing would break the moment.