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It was morning.
Light spilled in through the cracks of the blinds, shining bright over the once-dark room. The golden streaks covered Evan---Eggchan's---body and over his gently closed eyelids, successfully awaking him from his peaceful slumber.
He groaned and turned over onto his other side, away from the blinding light. Though he couldn't really get back to sleep so he just figured he'd get ready for the day.
Slowly, he sat up, stretching his arms and back. His wings flared out as well, stretching those too. With a sigh, he grabbed one of his giant wings - the left one - and started preening.
He plucked out any mess in his wings like dirt, dust, or some random spec of fluff from his soft, fuzzy blankets. When he was done with that, he re-ordered his pure-coloured feathers, fixing some that could be fixed, and pulling out the ones he knew he would shed soon.
He'd much rather take out his feathers voluntarily rather than having them fall out randomly.
Not to mention he'd collect his shed feathers for crafts and things of the sort---it wasn't weird, alright?? What WAS weird however was how parents collected their kids' baby teeth.
Seriously, he was wise and all, but what's the point of keeping baby teeth if you won't use them later in life?
While Evan pondered, he accidentally yanked at a feather that was nowhere NEAR ready to shed and that tore him away from his thoughts with a yelp.
"Wh- OWWwwhwhhhh??" He'd whine while trying to stop the small bead of blood that started to form from a broken feather---there was absolutely no way he would stain his perfect, pristine feathers.
"Nonono- why a BLOOD FEATHERRRuhh??" He panicked, trying to stop the bleeding to the best of his ability. "SAP! BLOOD FEATHER, HELP!!" He'd cry out.
A few seconds later, Saparata ran through with a bottle of styptic powder. He kneeled over Evan's wing, searching around for the broken blood feather. Once found, he quickly pulled it out and sprinkled some of the powder over the open wound.
Evan whimpered when he tugged at he feather, but he knew it was necessary.
A few minutes of silence and waiting, Saparata sighed. "Egg, c'mon. This is the third time this week that this happened. It's Thursday."
Evan looked away, down at the few papers that littered the floor. Saparata just grabbed his cheek and pulled his face so that his eyes were looking at him. His eyes still wandered elsewhere, however.
Why did he have to call him that stupid nickname? He overheard his friends calling him Eggchan a few years back at the start of middle school, and now it was like a second name.
"Eggchan. Please, stop being stubborn," He'd lecture him, his voice strict as his bat-like wings flapped lightly, "I'm not mad-"
Lies.
"-I just want to know why you keep getting hurt like this." Saparata held Evan's face harder, squeezing his cheeks which finally made him look at him. His eyes were cold, heartless.
But a hint of care still lingered---he never wanted to hurt him, no.. But he did a terrible job at it sometimes.
"You have to get ready for school though. I'm not letting you skip because you hurt your wing a bit." Saparata said through a shit-eating smirk before walking out of the room, taking the syptic powder with him and closed the door behind him.
Evan groaned, flopping down on his back onto the mattress---Everyone was calling him 'Egg' or 'Eggchan', but never his real name, Evan. Quickly though, he regretted it. He forgot his wings were behind him and he just landed right on the bones connecting the large wings to his back.
He squeeled, shooting back up instantly. He sighed and stood up to walk to his closest.
.
.
.
It, of course, was filled with his stupid uniform.
A light yellow---maybe a creme or champagne colour---collared button-up with a royal fuchsia vest and a pair of warm gray slacks.
Really, what the hell was this wardrobe? The uniforms did not suit him - not at all! He looked better with cool colours, and maybe a single warm coloured accessory for a nice contrast, but a full warm tinted outfit? That wasn't the way he liked it at all.
He was albino, meaning he lacked any melanin. He lacked colour in his hair and skin.
He would literally sizzle like bacon in the sun.
Saparata, his adoptive father, was also albino - that being one of the reasons why he even took Evan out of all the other kids.
You see, Sap was chill. He was fine that Evan had treated him like a friend more than anything. He was fine that he never got called 'dad' or 'pops'---he only adopted in search of a little companion, anyways.
Eventually, Evan preened his right wing and got dressed in his horrid uniform, tying on his signature pink tie. "Saps, I'm almost ready!!" He Called out, struggling to slip on his casual everyday sneakers.
Once he came out of his room he headed straight for the bathroom to brush his teeth. Saparata never prepared him breakfast. Not because he was a bad parent, but because whenever Evan ate breakfast he'd get sick or feel nauseous. Neither of them knew why, it just happened.
Once Evan finished brushing his teeth, he moved on to his hair. He styled it in the perfect way so that it hid the ugly scar covering the right half of his face. He never showed anyone, only Saparata knew about it - but half of the time he forgot about it! - No way could he let anyone see.
He walked back into his room and grabbed his book he had been writing, still hundreds of pages he had to write. That's okay, though. He loved writing books, and had a whole section dedicated to his works on his bookshelf! He shoved the book in his bookbag and zipped it shut, walking back out of his room with a bookbag on his back and ready for school.
"Bye Saps, I'm off to school!" He yelled, and quickly got a yell back. "Bye kiddo, have fun. Love you!" Saparata smiled at the door as it shut and chuckled, "That kid loves school too much."
Well, he loved school because of his friend. Every day His friend William - or as he called him, Wemmbu or Wemm - walked to his house, waited outside his door, and walked him to school.
Every day.
When Evan got outside, he was disappointed. William wasn't there! Had he gotten bored of waiting? Maybe. Evan started his journey with a sigh, looking up at the sky that had conveniently started raining.
Great
AMAZING.
When Evan got to class soaking wet, the first thing he saw was William. Talking to another person, but that's fine!
He walked over and tapped William on the shoulder. "Wemm! Wemmbu, hi!" He'd say happily, but he got no response. "Wemm?" He called his name again, yet to no avail.
"WILLIAM!" He yelled, which finally got the other's attention. "Oh- hey Egg! Meet Jaden! He was just talking to me about his diving lessons---seriously, this guy is so cool-"
Evan interrupted him with a loud sigh, "Whaaatever," he dragged out, "You sound busy, I'll just leave you with him." He said, walking back to his chair.
William shrugged. "Okayyy...? I'll catch up with you later-"
Liar!
Here Evan sat on his bed, pouting. The whole day William had been distracted by this 'Jaden' guy, and had spent no time for him.
William had tried to call him multiple times after school. The one time Evan answered, he had heard William apologize profusely over the phone, but he just hung up.
He got texts, long texts filled to the brim with sorrys, explinations, and questions.
emperor wemmbu
ʳᵉᵃᵈ ʸᵉˢᵗᵉʳᵈᵃʸ ᵃᵗ ¹⁵:⁴⁷ Immortal Hostage
Lmao okay Wemm
_________ᵀᵒᵈᵃʸ_________
emperor wemmbu ʳᵉᵃᵈ ¹⁵:²⁸
egg cmon bro im sorry just answer my calls and ill explain :[
bro plz it is so EXTREMELY boring without you
bro im dying plz???
emperor wemmbu ʳᵉᵃᵈ ¹⁶:³⁴
dude ive never seen you this quiet before are you ok???
emperor wemmbu ʳᵉᵃᵈ ¹⁸:¹⁶
THATS IT BRO IM COMING OVER YOU CANT LEAVE ME
ON READ IRL BRO
ʳᵉᵃᵈ ¹⁸:⁴⁷ Immortal Hostage
Dude I'm literally ignoring you for a reason.
Leave me alone bro.
Don't call me anymore, go bother Jaden.
emperor wemmbu ᵈᵉˡᶦᵛᵉʳᵉᵈ ¹⁸:⁴⁸
so thats what this is about??? jaden?? dude i didnt replace u
im coming over rn bro..
Evan groaned as he turned off his phone, shoving his face in his hands. "Why is he so CLINGY!!" He exclaimed to himself, though Saparata had overheard.
Now, Saps was sitting next to him, the mattress sinking under the extra weight. "So.. You mean to tell me that you're mad because William finally replaced you," He asked, a snicker escaping him, "I told you that'd happen eventually-"
"NOT helping!" Evan yelled, pushing Saparata away weakly.
Just then, a knock was heard at the door before the person so rudely invited themselves in. It was William. He let himself in Evan's room and started pleading.
"Egg- please! You are being so unreasonable!" He'd exclaim, tail thrashing while he threw his hands out for emphasis.
Evan however, just pouted, crossing his arms as he refused to face William.
The uninvited guest just walked over to the other's bed, pushing Saparata over as he sat next to Evan instead. "Please Evannnn! You're literally destroying me bro!" He pleaded, while Saparata chuckled as he left the room.
Evan still refused to talk. "UUUGH! Come ON, Egg! I can't have other friends?!" He frowned, now pouting as well. "Okay, yeah, I get that you're mad I spent the whole day with Jaden, BUT YOU LITERALLY BLOCKED ME OVER IT?? That's SO melodramatic!" He ranted.
As William yelled, Evan flinched, wings going up in defense. He instantly stopped yelling, instead he sighed. "Listen you seriously can't ignore me for having friends!-" Then he heard Saps call his name, "WILLIAM!"
"... Comingg!.." He begrudgingly stood up and walked through the bedroom door. He saw Saparata leaning on the marble island in the middle of the kitchen. "It'll take a while before he forgives you, y'know," He smirked, "he isn't so quick to forgive and forget. You of all people should know."
God, that grin was so annoying, William wished he could wipe it off his face- "You still try though. You've got my respect, son."
OH.
MY.
GOD.
It was hard to get Saparata's respect---like, he was notoriously known for making his respect literally impossible to get!
What made it even harder was that he was one of those people who thought respect was earned!
He just earned Saparata's respect on ACCIDENT.
Sap broke William out of his thoughts with one two simple sentences. "You better get home though, kiddo. I'll talk to Evan for you."
With that, the night had ended with one VERY confused and concerned Wemmbu, and one (somehow) pissed off Eggchan.
Who knows what'll happen at school the next day.