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☁︎︎ ✧˖* ━━ chapter nine!

❝ YOU SHOT A ROCKET LAUNCHER
AT ME?! ❞

REINA FELT SICK. she arrived at connor's house, now stood at his doorstep. she stared at his front door for a minute now, probably looking like a lunatic to every by passer. her fist was inches from the door as she silently contemplated on knocking.

after pulling herself together, she knocked on the door of her second home. seconds later, the door opened, revealing connor's mother. she had pin black straight hair and beautiful features - she didn't look a day over twenty.

"reina! i'm surprised to see you, amor(love)," she smiled.

"hi anne," she greeted politely.

"aren't you supposed to be at school?" she raised her brows, allowing the girl inside.

reina chuckled awkwardly, taking off her shoes and putting them with the others. "well..technically i'm on my break..?"

anne took a sip of her coffee. "you're here for connor aren't you?"

her shoulders dropped. "mhm. i heard he was sick, so i just wanted to check up on him," she admitted.

anne shook her head, feigning hurt. "and to think you came here for me."

reina stifled a laugh.

the woman then sighed. "but on a serious note, you and i both know your mother wouldn't like you skipping on the first week of school."

reina nodded, looking down. "yeah, i know."

"but," anne spoke, catching her attention. "i suppose this can be an exception."

reina smiled gratefully at her. "thanks anne, you're the best!" she said before speed walking up the stairs to connor's room.

stopping at the very last door down the hallway, she didn't waste time to knock on the door. inside, she heard the muffled sounds of a video game being played - presumably halo.

"i don't need anymore medicine, ma!" she heard.

reina opened the door, stepping inside and shutting it after her. "we all know you're not sick."

there he was, not a tissue box or medicine in sight. he wore simple grey sweats and a black tee. connor paused his game and sat up on his bed in shock. "rei?"

a small smile etched onto her face, but it left as soon as it came. "hey con.."

"what are you doing here?"

reina sighed deeply, rolling her eyes and walking towards his bed. she sat down on the edge of the bed, facing him.

"okay we all know i'm stubborn as fuck and i'd literally rather die than swallow my pride to talk about things but you matter to me so much so i'm really, really sorry con you're right dylan is a lying shithead and i shouldn't have assumed you were jealous and i should've known something had happened-"

"rei-"

"when koosh showed me the video i felt so fucking bad and i just had to be here to apologize because i got my head wrapped up in his shitty compliments that you always give me anyway and i was such an delusional idiot-"

"rei i-"

"but don't worry i kneed him in the balls and danica and i are cool so yeah i'm sorry for everything can we please go back to the way things were i missed my best friend-"

"reina!"

stopping her rambling, she looked up to see connor staring back at her with that smile she grew to love over the years, showing his pearly whites and his cute dimples.

he shook his head in amusement, reaching into one of his pockets. she quietly watched him retrieve a familiar light blue bracelet, and her eyes simply lit up at the sight of the object she grew such a big attachment to.

he gently took her wrist and tied the bracelet back on, and she noticed his bracelet on too. he never took his off, because he was also secretly hoping to get his best friend back by showing up her house. he guessed reina beat him to it.

"it's okay, rei. i was being a real asshole to you, too, so i'm sorry about that. i should've just told you what happened, but i was just mad as shit when you said i was jealous, and i don't know...you were kinda right," he mumbled the last part.

he finished putting the bracelet back on her wrist. she blinked at him in surprise as she felt her cheeks warming up. "i was..right?"

he nodded, smiling slightly. "i also missed my best friend. i couldn't go to school knowing we weren't talking. who would laugh at koosh and make fun of him with me? who would tease benj or scare eddie in the halls?"

oh - OH he meant...ah right, of course. reina huffed out a laugh. "me, duh."

"exactly."

she smiled brightly, feeling a weight lifted off of her shoulders. she instantly moved forwards and engulfed him in a much needed hug. their bodies pressed together as he held her closely, his arms wrapped around her torso as hers wrapped around his neck.

she relaxed under his hold, hating how soft she got when it came to him. fucksake.

he played with a curly strand of her hair, twisting it around his pointer finger. "shit man, i wish i could've seen you get back at him. you know i would've fought him that day if you didn't show up."

reina laughed. he missed hearing her laugh. "con, be so for real right now - i always believe in you, i do, but there's no fucking way you'd win."

connor scoffed. "hey, i could beat his ass if i wanted to!"

reina pulled away from the hug, but she still
kept her arms around his neck. ignoring how close they were, she raised her brows at him knowingly.

he rolled his eyes, tilting his head from side to side. "okay, fine, whatever. just wait till next year, i'll be unstoppable."

she giggled. "sure, whatever you say buddy."

"so much for always believing in me, rei." he sighed, un twisting her strand of hair from his index finger.

she gave him an innocent smile before removing her arms and switching her position. connor frowned a little in disappointment.

however, that changed when she laid down in between his legs, her back against his chest and her head resting just below his collarbone. his frown disappeared in record time.

she got herself comfortable, watching as he unpaused his game of halo after she gave him the controller. they were both more than contempt.

"hey let me join!"

"rei last time you killed yourself with your own grenade," he deadpanned.

"i've gotten better!" she argued. "and that's the grenade's fault, not mine."

sighing, connor grabbed the other controller from his bedside table and handed it to her. she grinned, watching as they switched to multi-player split-screen.

not even a minute into playing, connor face palmed and reina covered her mouth in shock and amusement.

"you shot a rocket launcher AT ME?!"

"IT HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN CON I SWEAR-"

ׅ𖥔 ۫ iloveblondead speaks ! ⋄ 𓍯

UGHHH i love them my favs😖😖
they finally made up everyone
cheer!!!

also finally d**** is gone .😒

or is he..?

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