"lili! lili! liam!" she's thought up a new line and who else to try it on but the one person she knows who loves bugs? the safest route, now if only she could stop looking so smug and giggling between her words. "you know what? if i was a fruit fly i would land on you first. because you're so sweet."
Liam was focused on the book he was reading when he heard the familiar voice calling for him. The boy shyly peeks from behind the huge book, enough to take a glimpse of her smiley face. “Hey, Nettie...” He says quietly, still covering his face with the book. But, of course, as she happily spoke without hesitation, Liam slowly dropped the book, brows furrowed in confusion. “Wha---?” He couldn’t finish the sentence because the realization hit him. And thanks to that, he couldn’t say another word, he could only stare at her, eyes widened and lips parted. Shocked.