Making another topic because this one got closed 3 hours ago from my forgetfulness.
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Prompts RAPUNZEL, QUAD BIKE, CAKE.
“So…? What do you think about her?”
I glanced at Emma from where I’m squatting before looking away and pretending to organizing my toolbox and said, “Who?”
She sighed, “Stop pretending, you know who I’m talking about.”
“Pretending what? I really don’t know what you’re talking about,” I evaded, taking out my already neat tools from the toolbox and putting them on the ground one by one.
“Need me to spell out her name? I’m talking about Rapunzel. Ra. Pun. Zel. And you can stop fiddling with your toolbox, I know how you usually arranged them and you’re just making a mess,” she said while rolling her eyes.
Defeated, I heaved a big, long sigh before spatting out, “Fine.”
I put back the tools I’ve taken out back in the box before closing them for good and putting them aside. I stand up while patting away some dust and muds on my pants. Emma waiting patiently beside me while having a saccharine sweet smile on her face.
I gave her a dirty look as she ask, “So?”
“So… What?” I asked back.
“So what do you think about her?” She repeated her question patiently, this time while pointing straight at the two person that’s talking happily on the far side while using their quad bikes as their stools. I slapped her arm down. “Hey!” She protested while making a face like I killed her whole family.
“Don’t point at them.”
“Then tell me what I want to know,” she said with both hands on her hips.
I gave her the dirty look again, “I don’t like her.”
“Though so,” she said with a laugh.
“If you know then why are you still asking me?” I said with exasperation.
“No reason except for being curious of why are you spying them on this very inconspicuous place. No, wait. Is this place even inconspicuous in the first place?” She glanced around the bushy area where we were with pretend curiosity on her face. I pouted.
“I’m spying on them. So what?”
“So nothing. Like I said I’m just curious,” she grins.
“You know what they said, curiosity killed the cat.”
“Luckily I’m not a cat, ain’t i right?”
Giving her the dirty look for the third time in this short moment, I decided to ignore her and keep my eyes on the two people far ahead. She didn’t say anything more and looking at them together with me. The silence definitely won’t last long however.
Watching the two double blond girls with an equally pretty faces, I can’t help getting irritated. I can’t actually make out what those two were talking about, but they seems to get along really well, and the two of them has become more touchy feely from the moment I took my eyes away from them when Emma disturb me. Like I thought, I don’t like her.
“Honestly, I don’t know what you don’t like about her. She seems to be a good enough person at first glance, and she doesn’t seems too shady. I mean, we only meet her like three times, but I can’t picture her as a bad person, and everyone know I’m a good judge of a character,” she started, with a long speech.
“Yeah, right,” I said with a huff, “I’m just worried Lily going to be duped by the girl she clearly hasn’t know long or met in a decent way.”
“And what kind of ‘decent way’ of meeting are you suggesting? Meeting in a bar? Meeting in a gym? Friends from work?” She air quoted the ‘decent way’ I mentioned and throwing it back at me.
“I don’t know, at least not from a fight from our video’s comment section?” I ruffled my short hair, frustrated with this conversation.
”Guess you’re right. Who would have thought that their drunken YouTube comment argument will leads to this? I thought that it’s kinda cute honestly. Just remembering what those two idiots-I mean, those two were typings on the comments that started with ‘Ew’ on our quad bike leisure race is enough to get Rapunzel ass over here,” she laughed while saying the last sentence. I rolled my eyes.
“Yeah, they’re lucky they didn’t dox themself out and sober enough to take that to a save private forum after two hundred replies. I can’t imagine what kind of mess they’ll be in if that did happen,” I grumbled.
“That can be bad, so true,” she agreed, “I was actually quite shocked when Lily told us that she got herself a new friend by having an argument on a stupid video.”
“It’s not stupid!”
“Just cause you’re the on who had to film everything and edit the majority of it, got it, anyway!” She evaded my flying palm, “that’s the only reason you don’t like her?”
“I, I… also don’t like her name. What kind of name Rapunzel is anyway?” I said while looking away.
“A kind of name people in the olde times gave to a fairytale girl?” she snickers.
“Whatever. That’s just such a silly name. How are we supposed to call her anyway? Rap? Zel? Rappun? Punzel? That sounds really dumb. What kind of parents will give their child a name from girl who got locked in a dank tower for years?”
“Or yo7 can just call her Rapunzel?”
“Too much syllables.”
She sigh and lose her smile, “Really, what’s bothering you? Are you worrying about Lily as a friend or as an ex?”
“Of course as a friend!” I retorted.
“You know Lily wasn’t the kind of person to be easily deceived and she have the right to make new friends and new relationship. If she judges someone wrongly, we as a friend can intervene, but as of now, she looks totally fine and happy.”
I stood there quietly, and so do her, watching both Lily and Rapunzel get on their quad bike to the path again with the invitation of other riders.
I know she’s being reasonable and I’m being a totally unreasonable jerk, especially towards the new girl, but I just can’t let it go.
In that moment of hesitation, she continued softly, “So, what’s really on your mind?”
“…I don’t like how she got close to her and entered our community seamlessly in just a few days of online convo with Lily. It just feel… unnatural. Too fast.”
“Only that?” she questioned me again, and I could only mumble.
“What was that?” she asked again.
“I said I’m jealous. There. Satisfied?” I gave her a dirty look for the nth time.
She hummed, nodded, and said, “Thank you for being honest.”
“Just because of you…” I trailed off while looking down on my dirty shoes with a blush from the cringe confessions.
She laughed softly, and patted me in the head.
“Hey!” I yelled, feeling the heat all the way to my neck.
“Oh come on, sometimes an adult need a pat on their head too.”
I mumbled again while looking away.
“Why don’t we try to observe them more? It is okay to be worried, but excessive intervention can hurt Lily too, and it will eventually hurt you more. So why won’t we take it slow, eh? I’ll help too.”
I can feel the smile on her words. I know she is right, though it can’t completely sooth the ugly jealousy that I shouldn’t have anymore after our break up two years ago, I feel a lot more better by knowing that I have someone I can talk to. However annoying they are.
We don’t see Lily and Rapunzel on the track anymore. They probably has decided to park the quad bike on the resting area since they’ve been at it for some time.
Looking at my watch, I picked up my toolbox and said to Emma, “I’m hungry, do we got some food left?”
Emma glanced at me and coughed with a suppressed smile, “Well, actually, I came to tell you that uncle Josh has arrived and he brought his absolutely delicious orange meringues cakes and there’s only three slices left when I got here. Maybe there’s only one left by now.”
Hearing that, I blinked before giving her a look of disbelief and my head whipped to the resting area that’s somewhat far from my spying place, seeing everyone sitting on the picnic table and having a look of delight as they ate Uncle Josh’s cake delightfully. Including Lily and Rapunzel.
“Bish! Why won’t you told me sooner?!” I yelled while sprinting as fast as I can to where the resting area is while Emma was chasing after me with a gleeful laugh.
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This definitely need polishing. I kept going back and forth of which perspective i want to use. First it's Rapunzel's, then the comment section, and ended up deciding on this.
Anyway I'm still gonna continue the prompt game so anyone who wanna contribute some prompt (please read the closed thread first) feel free to do so.
I really feel like a dumba*s for being three hours late now. ಥ_ಥ
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closed Apr 24, '22