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[msumalia]

aftermath

✘ CLOSED STARTER — N A T E  M O O N ( @naweyn )

She’d barely managed to trudge her way to the breakfast table the next morning. As if it had carried over from the night prior, Malia’s nose continued to sniffle sadly. While she could feel her mother’s intense glare, the girl decided to do her best to avoid any eye contact, opting to get lost in the bacon and eggs that sat on the plate before her. Snapping her out of her daze were heavy footsteps on the staircase. Unless her mother had a new partner that she didn’t know about, the sound could only come from one person: Nate. 

Her dear big brother who meant the entire world to her had stood her up on her birthday. And if that weren’t bad enough, Malia hadn’t heard anything from him for the entirety of the day— not even a text. Thoughts from the night before came rushing back as she watched him make his way over to his seat at the table, sleepily. Did he forget about her? Or did he just not care anymore? Malia tried to remember if she’d done anything to upset him in the weeks prior, but to no avail. Should she bring up the issue first? The girl munched down on her bacon as her thoughts battled back and forth. No, she wouldn’t. If he wanted her to forgive him, he’d have to make the first move.

[reposingminds]

breathe

it’s the kinda ending you don’t wanna see... w/ nate, 14/12/2020 ( @naweyn )

she had to wonder if this was a good idea. though at this point, it was probably too late to be asking herself that. standing outside of delphine’s shop, callie actually found herself debating whether or not to go on ahead inside — a predicament that has oddly never occurred to her before until today. normally, the junior would be able to walk into the store with no problem at all, almost as if it had become another home to her; and in a way, it did, especially with how many times she frequented the shop the past year to either help delphine out or just coming by to see nate himself. with that in mind, there’s absolutely no reason for callie to have so much hesitation going in. then again, that was back when everything was normal. 

it has been weeks since she had seen nate last. properly, at least. sure, she still saw him around on campus between classes and quidditch, but it just wasn’t the same as before. things have definitely changed. ‘how’ or ‘why’ they changed, she wasn’t sure. but if callie had to be honest with herself, she knew she didn’t like it. no, she definitely doesn’t like it. and whatever this feeling was that was sitting in the pit of her stomach, she couldn’t even begin to find the words to explain it. however, the one thing she does know is that she needed to see him.

so there she was, still standing outside the shop in the same predicament she was just moments ago. there was a wrapped gift tucked underneath her coat, an attempt she made to keep the christmas present dry from the sloshy snow and icicle droplets that threatened to fall from the tiled roofs above her. she took a deep breath and exhaled. she didn’t know why she was so nervous, but it was truly now or never. after taking one moment more, she finally garnered the courage to step into the shop.

right away, her eyes met the sight of a familiar figure. he seemed to be pre-occupied which was good news for her as it bought her a little more time to actually approach him. of course, it was short-lived, his attention suddenly turning onto her which surprised her. “hey stranger,” she finally greeted him, offering him a small smile as she approached him. she could only hope that it came off as easy and comfortable as she meant it to. even if things weren’t exactly normal, she wanted to at least make it seem like it. “is this a bad time?”