Marcus told his parents moving now is a bad idea. He told them. Many times. Awkward and weirdo (that's what he thinks of himself), he knew he wouldn't make a lot of friends. Not that he had many before. He's just not good around people. He talks to himself a lot and rambles when he's nervous.

Kairn seems like those mysterious bad boy types. Like those cool guys in black and white aesthetic pictures. Distant and solitary. It looks like he gets along with everyone and would talk to you if you talk to him, but he prefers to be alone. Girls dig him as well. But people just can't seem to figure him out. He doesn't really care about anything; it seems. When he looks at Marcus, he must think 'what a weirdo'. Yeah, that's what Marcus thinks. 
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They started introducing themselves. Now it's his turn.
He looked at me, his indifferent gaze resting on me for a few seconds and said, 
"I'm Kairn." And turned away. 

He's weird. But I'm probably weirder.

"We call him Kai," his friend said. He gave a curt nod.
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The Awkward Boy's Crush (BXB)

I feel so relaxed. This feeling, so pleasing. I'm lying down on grass, but it feels so soft. Like a soft mattress, safe and cosy. I look up at the sky. It's a purple, pink ombre. I see stars. They're moving. 


"That looks like a heart." There's someone lying down beside me. I know this voice. But the voice sounds dampened, like through a thick fog. It's not real. 


I have no control. I look at him. Kai. "Yeah it does." I smiled at him. 


I look up again. The sky is a black-blue ombre now. There are no stars. Just clouds floating away. There's a heart-shaped cloud. 


The clouds aren't white. They are floating away in different colours. I feel like the sky is moving, but it's the ombre gradient changing. I ease into the surrounding. It's calm. There's Kai beside me. I feel a sudden warm feeling spreading through my left hand. Kai is holding my hand gently. I have no control. I want to have control. Ask him. Understand those eyes. 


Chapter 12