A Touchy Bud

"So where will we go?" Winston looked to Mark, one time when they already left the house and started walking. They walked slowly under the bright lit sun above, wind weakly sweeping through them. "We'll to the park first, it's just beside our school too" Mark responded. There is silence in the neighborhood, a peaceful one. Leaves ruffles with each other from the tall trees of the neighboring planted trees. Several birds chirping and flying around. "You see that house there? They say there is like a secret under ground meetings that always happen there" Mark pointed his fingers in the direction of a decently large looking house painted in orange and white. Plants covering the front yard of the house, tall bushes from each side of an oak chiseled front door. Post lights towering everywhere, making a way to the right side of house, which is not visible because of the tall bushes. Winston stared at the house innocently while Mark talks about the village's old rumors, which he grew up with.

Winston looked at Mark, while in the middle of the talk. "I'm sorry, I usually do not talk excessively, but since you are new here, you ought to know many things here" Mark explained then Winston laughed. To Winston, Mark looks adorable when he talks. "I like it like that actually" then they continued walking. Not long enough they reached a park. Trees surrounding the entire park, also, some trees scattered at the center of the field. Children's slides and see saw present at some areas. Mark then lead the way to an old looking metal bench, paints peeling off at some areas of the chair, but still looking one of the best benches of the place. They blew and wiped some of the dusts and fallen leaves then they sat down together. Winston then closed his eyes and breathed in the pleasant air of the urban life. "I don't usually go in here you know, since I always have jean at my company when I was small, but this is still a good place to wander" Winston then looked around the place, children playing and chasing each other.

"That is where we go to school you know, Lynn, Jean, Clay and Me" Mark pointed his right index finger in his left where some buildings of their school are visible. Winston looked at the direction Mark is implying. "So, it's a public High School?" Winston asked, still his eyes pinned on the buildings of the school. "It sure is" Mark turned his gaze again in the surroundings, then Winston looked at him. Mark looked back with a curious gaze "Why" he asked. "Nothing, I just did not think that Lynn preferred Public School, you see we both are in a private school in Elementary" Winston explained. Mark then told Winston why Lynn does not like to go to luxurious schools. He told Winston the Lynn does not like to always spoil herself with her Father's wealth, which He admired Lynn for. Winston just nodded in undersatanding.

An ice cream man with his cart, an umbrella attached to it, walks toward their direction. "Want some ice cream?" Winston asked Mark, which he distinctly agreed. They haven't even had proper break fast this morning though. They stood up and waved to the ice cream man, then the man walked to them. The man then scooped two big cones of ice cream. It's not the man's best seller season too, since it's holidays, but still some children buy. The man then gave the cones to the two man with a smile in his face. "You two look so good together" then left to walk on other children's direction. Mark then looked up at Winston then smiled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his forehead before seating back again on the bench. The two boys laughed at each other while they talk, mostly Mark, while eating away their coned ice cream. Time has passed and Winston stretched his arms up in the air and into Mark's surprise, Winston's left arms landed in his shoulders. Mark then became so stiff, he is not accustomed to that gesture, not with another guy to be exact. "Come on, we have not got breakfast yet" then Winston lifted mark with his attached arm in his shoulders.

Mark then lead Winston in a fast food chain just in the other side of the road, in front of their school. They ate with Mark in a rather more silent aura than what he used to be earlier that day. "You okay man? You suddenly became so tensed" Winston consulted mark while they ate, facing each other. "Yeah sure" is all Mark's response. They continued eating still in silence. Mark is eating the place's Special breakfast soup, which Winston tried too. All they could hear are other customer's chit chatting from nearby, and the utensils fighting in other customer's plate. After eating, Winston paid for the bill, Mark insisted to at least split it in half, but Winston persisted. The waiter then smiled adorably in front of them. A glass skinned, pink lipped boy, wearing an apron and a bow tie in the neck, a small black hat in the head. The waiter then took Winston's payment and left. The two boys got out of the place. "So, where we'll be going next?" Winston asked Mark, when they're in front of Mark's school. "Well, except school, there is only one other place I usually go" They walked through Cold Stone High school.

They walked silently; wind continued to sweep in their place weakly. Winston then got bored and looked at Mark. "What?" and in Mark's yet another surprise, Winston laid his right arm in Mark's shoulder. "I'm bored of walking, are we near yet?" Mark then blushed lightly and begun to walked slowly in shock. "Do you always do this to any one you only met for few days, and yes we're near the spot" Mark groaned in annoyance. Winston gave a small laugh "Not really, and between you and me, that's saying something" They continued walking, Mark with his arms crossed in his chest. Winston walked enthusiastically, raising each foot higher than it should do while walking. They then turned right inside a forest and not deep enough they stopped in front of a tree house. Mark then removed Winston's arms from his shoulder and walked in front of the tree house, now have veins and branches in some places since they haven't been there for a month. "Welcome to the Sanctuary" Mark spread his arms in the air, Winston stood there in awe while muttering "Cool" looking up at the tree house.

Clay's POV

"So that Winston guy took Mark out huh?" I sipped in my Milk tea, which I don't usually drink. It all fairness, it doesn't taste not so bad, but still edible personally. I just ordered it so I could meet Pancy once more. One of the things I learnt this past month, is to open more and meet other people. Jean then giggled and nodded her head. "Yeah and guess what I did?" I looked at her suspicious with her evilish look at me. "What did you do?" then she giggled again, looked sideways then whispered at me. "I let Winston inside his house, and I bet Lynn's hair he's in the shower that time" Jean and Lynn laughed silently with an evil tone. My mouth was slightly open in shock. "What the hell? That's evil-"I said to her but Lynn cut"-and hilarious" I crossed my arm facing them while I lean on my seat. "Oh, come on, don't they look good together?" Lynn reasoned out. To think about it, they really look good together. At first sight I think Winston's straight, but seeing him beside mark makes me smile too. I toned down and shipped with them. "Umm Guys, does any one of you know how to fix a computer?" I heard Pancy said. I did not notice her come to us. Not an hour ago, I introduced Pancy to Jean and Lynn, then she told us that she had been a regular employee just last week. As a treat, she gave our order out as a treat, and did not make us pay. I looked at jean which raised her shoulders indicating that she also doesn't know how to fix a computer. Lynn then looked at me and I gave her a duck lip to say that I don't know either. "I kind of know how to fix computer problems, but I can't make any promises" Lynn said then Pancy smiled. Lynn stood up and followed Pancy. "So, it's just the two of us" Jean said taking another sip of her beverage. "Yeah, just like before"