“Do you know how precious you are to me?”
internally, he pukes at the cheesiness of the words that escapes her lips. externally, he grunts.
“precious,” he repeats, “precious as in a precious soccer player of your beloved team?” the girl had to be joking. didn’t she already realize that the reason behind his tardiness to practice most of the time was due to the fact that he had been smoking behind the bleachers? or how he’d purposely miss training altogether just so he could stay in his room (without his roommate around) to smoke some pot?
instead of spilling the details to why she shouldn’t be labelling him as ‘precious’, he stays silent.











