TW: mentions of c1garettes and/or smoking. ⁀➷ ⌛ sᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴠᴀʀɪ. ⌛ ❝ ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴀʟʟ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ? ❞ - lyric from, 'the day you kiIIed yourself,' by xójira. I saw Dixon in the library yesterday. The Hufflepuff, not the other ones. Which surprised me, considering the fact that I didn't even know she could read. Though, that's not really my point. We hung out a tad after I saw her near me in the restricted section of the library... which was after hours. I may or may not have broken two rules, but that's fine. And then we went to the lake to see the squid. Not that it appeared. My throat hurts, especially after- well, I started my bad habit of smoking again. But, honestly, I'd rather get rid of my sanity than ever have to see my mum, again. "Arch, something came- in... like, the mail, today," Lyla said, meeting me in our usual spot. The sun filtered through her hair and she grinned. "Mmm?" "Your old violin-" she smiled, handing the parcel over to me. Nostalgia hit my gut, and I smiled -- tired as I was. "Thanks, Ly..." merlin, she was such a good friend yet I never did anything for her. "Don't worry about it, Hawkes. Just... promise me one thing," she says, melancholy. I don't answer, but I do nod. Absent-mindedly, that is. "You'll quit doing whatever that-" she gestured towards the c1garette butts on the floor that I had rubbed into the ground, "-is, please?" "Sure." I don't actually mean it though, because I clutch the pack in my pocket. "I have to get to class, see you?" "Yeah, all right. See you," Lyla grinned, tucking her hair behind her ear. -right before I go into class, though, I ignite one of the c1garettes from my pack and cough up the smoke. It's so vile, I liked it- I throw it onto the floor, before stomping on it with my heel and entering D.A.D.A. I sit by the window, still tired. I guess I didn't sleep last night... but... ...then there's Dixon, sitting next to me. "Hey, you're good at this class, right? You better help me, Hawkes." I roll my eyes, before scoffing, "you're only sitting here so you can copy off my answers." She grins, and we just retort back and forth like that. Today was eerily nice. Too nice. Something's wrong. ⁀➷ @casey-dixon as casey @lyla_delacroix as lyla
